Here's the TIGA Games Industry Awards 2023's shortlist

BEST ACTION AND ADVENTURE GAME

• Auroch Digital: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
• Out of the Bit Ltd: Full Void
• Pentakill Studios: The Occultist
• Rain Games: Teslagrad 2
• Sloclap: SiFU
• Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerilla: Horizon: Call of the Mountain
• Sony Interactive Entertainment/Santa Monica Studio: God of War Ragnarök
• Supermassive Games: The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me
• The Parasight: Blacktail

BEST ARCADE GAME

• Exient: Ultimate Sackboy
• Island Bender Games: Island Bender
• Ping Creates: Super Stretchy Chicken Legs
• Secret Base Pte Ltd: Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons
• Staffordshire University: MechHead
• Sumo Digital Academy: Zool Redimensioned
• Supermassive Games: The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR

BEST CASUAL GAME

• Awaceb: Tchia
• Deadpan and Gaziter: Wildfrost
• Exient: Ultimate Sackboy
• FuturLab: PowerWash Simulator
• Gearbox Publishing: Blanc
• Kwalee: Hunt and Seek
• Outplay Entertainment: Subway Surfers Blast
• Outright Games: DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos
• Terahard Studios: Monster Mop Up

BEST SOCIAL GAME

• Disney Games/Dlala Studios: Disney Illusion Island
• Dovetail Games: CATAN – Console Edition
• FuturLab: PowerWash Simulator
• GameXPlosion Ltd: Ultimate Supremacy
• Gearbox Publishing: Tribes of Midgard
• Gearbox Publishing: Homeworld Mobile
• Gearbox Publishing: Blanc
• Hugecalf Studios: Turbo Golf Racing
• Outright Games: DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos

BEST EDUCATIONAL, SERIOUS OR SIMULATION GAME

• Auroch Digital: Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator
• BBC/Mobile Pie: Planet Planners
• BBC/Playerthree: Operation Ouch! It Take Guts!
• Charles Games: Beecarbonize
• FuturLab: PowerWash Simulator
• Fish in a Bottle / BBC: Divided Islands
• Frontier Developments: F1 Manager 2023
• Frontier Developments/Haemimont Games: Stranded: Alien Dawn
• litherine Software UK Ltd: Command: Modern Operations
• Somewhat Unsettling: The Longest Walk

BEST STRATEGY GAME

• Abylight: One Military Camp
• Deadpan & Gaziter: Wildfrost
• Dovetail Games: CATAN – Console Edition
• Gearbox Publishing: Homeworld Mobile
• Kraken Empire: Toy Tactics
• Only4Gamers: Space Menace
• Slitherine Software UK Ltd: Starship Troopers: Terran Command
• The Iterative Collective: Homeseek
• Thing Trunk: Hellcard

BEST RPG GAME

• BBC / Jollywise: Silverpoint: The Game
• GameXPlosion Ltd: Ultimate Supremacy
• Gearbox Publishing: Tribes of Midgard
• Imperia Online JSK: Crush Them All
• Pentakill Studios: The Occultist
• The Iterative Collective: Knight Crawlers
• Ustwo Games: Desta: The Memories Between

BEST PUZZLE GAME

• ARTE France: How to say Goodbye
• Chanko Studios: It’s a Wrap!
• Disney Games/Dlala Studios: Disney Illusion Island
• Max Inferno: A Little to the Left
• Outplay Entertainment: Gordon Ramsay’s Chef Blast
• Space Ape Games: Chrome Valley Customs
• Staffordshire University: Mental Block
• Supersolid: Cook & Merge
• Trailmix: Love & Pies
• Wired Productions: Tin Hearts

BEST CREATIVITY IN GAMES

• Disney Games/Dlala Studios: Disney Illusion Island
• Fireshine Games: Shadows of Doubt
• FuturLab: PowerWash Simulator
• Hugecalf Studios: Turbo Golf Racing
• Jump Over the Age: Citizen Sleeper
• Noun Town: Nown Toun: VR Language Learning
• Supermassive Games: The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR
• Supermassive Games: The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me
• Ustwo Games: Desta: The Memories Between
• Wired Productions: Tin Hearts

HERITAGE IN GAMES

• Cave Monsters: Lord Winklebottom Investigates
• D’Avekki Studios: Murderous Muses
• Frogwares: Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
• The Parasight: Blacktail
• Sugar Creative: 878 AD: Winchester Revealed
• Sumo Digital Academy: Zool Redimensioned
• Ustwo Games: Desta: The Memories Between
• Wales Interactive, Dead Pixel Productions, Good Gate Media: Mia and the Dragon Princes
• Wales Interactive and Good Gate Media: Ten Dates

DIVERSITY AWARD

• Awaceb: Tchia
• D’Avekki Studios: Murderous Muses
• DON’T NOD: Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
• GameXPlosion Ltd: Ultimate Supremacy
• Sony Interactive Entertainment/Santa Monica Studio: God of War Ragnarök
• Staffordshire University: Staffordshire University Games Development
• Trailmix: Love & Pies
• Ustwo Games: Desta: The Memories Between
• Wales Interactive and Good Gate Media: Ten Dates
• Women in Games

BEST AUDIO DESIGN

• Air Edel Associates Ltd: After Us
• Auroch Digital: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
• Dovetail Games: Train Sim World 3
• Frontier Developments: F1 Manager 2023
• Frontier Developments: Deliver Us Mars
• Sony Interactive Entertainment/Santa Monica Studio: God of War Ragnarök
• Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerilla: Horizon Call of the Mountain
• Supermassive Games: The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me
• TiMi Studio Group: Honor of Kings – Mayene
• Wired Productions: Tin Hearts

BEST VISUAL DESIGN

• Arte France: To Hell with Ugly
• DON’T NOD: Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
• Gearbox Publishing: Blanc
• Max Inferno: A Little to the Left
• Plot Twist: the Last Case of Benedict Fox
• Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerilla: Horizon Call of the Mountain
• The Parasight: Blacktail
• Trailmix: Love and Pies
• Wales Interactive, Dead Pixel Productions, Good Gate Media: Mia and the Dragon Princes
• Wired Productions: The Last Worker

BEST VR/AR/XR/MR GAME

• Maze Theory: Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom
• nDreams: Synapse
• Noun Town: Nown Town: VR Language Learning
• Squido Studio: No More Rainbows
• Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerilla: Horizon Call of the Mountain
• Sugar Creative: 878AD: Winchester Revealed
• Supermassive Games: The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR
• Wired Productions: The Last Worker
• XR Games: Zombieland: Headshot Fever Reloaded

BEST SMALL STUDIO

• D’Avekki Studio
• Dlala Studios
• Exient
• Fireshine Games
• Huge Calf Studios
• Party for Introverts
• Purple Yonder
• Trailmix
• Ustwo Games
• Wired Productions

BUSINESS CATEGORIES BEST ART/ANIMATION TRAILER SUPPLIER

• Airship Interactive
• Atomhawk
• Liquid Crimson
• Maverick Media
• Sony Interactive Entertainment/PlayStation Studios
• TrailerFarm
• 1518 Studios

BEST AUDIO SERVICES PROVIDER

• PitStop Productions
• SIDE
• Sony Interactive Entertainment/PlayStation Studios/Creative Arts
• Soundcuts Ltd
• Tazman-Audio

BEST LARGE STUDIO

• Auroch Digital
• Dovetail Games
• Flix Interactive
• Guerrilla
• Kwalee
• nDreams
• Outplay Entertainment
• Rebellion
• Santa Monica Studio
• Space Ape Games
• Sumo Digital
• Supermassive Games

OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AWARD

• Ben Forrester, Head of PC and Console, Kwalee
• Ben Lavery, Studio Head TrailerFarm
• Bobby Thandi CEO XR Games
• John Sanderson, CEO PitStop Productions
• John Tearle, CEO Flix Interactive
• Nathan Burlow Studio Director and Darius Sadeghian Studio Production Director, Rocksteady Studios.
• Patrick O’Luanaigh, CEO nDreams
• Professor Martin Jones, Vice-Chancellor Staffordshire University
• Russ Clarke, CEO, Co-Founder and Creative Director, Payload Studios
• Simon Iwaniszak, Studio Director Red Kite Games
• Trevor Williams, Studio Head, Playground Games
• Viki Freeman, Chief Strategy Officer Airship Interactive and Tim Horton, Chief Commercial Officer Airship Interactive

COMMITMENT TO ESG AWARD

• Airship Interactive
• Behaviour Interactive
• London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London
• PlanetPlay
• Rebellion
• Rocksteady Studios
• Santa Monica Studio
• Sumo Group
• Testronic
• Ubisoft Reflections and Ubisoft Leamington Spa
• University of Portsmouth

COMMITMENT TO WORKPLACE WELLBEING AWARD

• Airship Interactive
• Dovetail Games
• nDreams
• Outplay Entertainment
• Payload Studios
• Playground Games
• PlayStation London Studio
• Rebellion
• Rocksteady Studios
• Sumo Group
• TrailerFarm
• Ubisoft Reflections and Ubisoft Leamington Spa

BEST EDUCATION INITIATIVE

• Birmingham City University STEAMHOUSE
• London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London
• Norwich University of the Arts
• Staffordshire University
• University of Hertfordshire
• University of Portsmouth

BEST TALENT DEVELOPMENT

• Dlala Studios
• Dovetail Games
• Flix Interactive
• Grads in Games
• nDreams Academy
• PlayStation London Studio
• Rocksteady Studios
• Sumo Group
• XR Games

BEST EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

• Birmingham City University
• Bournemouth University
• London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London
• Norwich University of the Arts
• Staffordshire University
• University of Gloucestershire
• University of Greenwich
• University of Hertfordshire
• University of Portsmouth
• University of the West of England
• University of the West of Scotland

EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR Dovetail Games Rebellion Sumo Group LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDER

• Charles Russell Speechlys
• Eaton Smith LLP
• Lewis Silkin LLP
• Stevens & Bolton LLP
• Wiggin LLP

BEST PUBLISHER

• Curve Games
• Kwalee
• nDreams
• Rebellion
• Secret Mode
• Sony Interactive Entertainment

BEST QA and/or LOCALISATION PROVIDER

• PTW
• Testronic
• Universally Speaking

BEST RECRUITMENT AGENCY

• Aardvark Swift
• Amiqus
• Avatar
• Big Planet

BEST SERVICES PROVIDER

• Airship Interactive
• Big Planet
• Flix Interactive
• Liquid Crimson
• Magic Media
• Maverick Media
• PitStop Productions
• PTW Family of Brands
• Testronic
• TrailerFarm
• Sky Life Accountancy
• RSM

TECHNICAL INNOVATION

• CG Hero Ltd
• Rebellion
• Speech Graphics
• TrailerFarm & Big Farmer