Horizon Zero Dawn developer Guerrilla Games grabbed the coveted Studio of the Year Award at last night’s Develop Awards 2017 in Brighton.
Rocksteady’s Batman VR grabbed two awards – Visual Design and Sound Design. Creative Assembly did the same, winning in the Music Design and In-House Studio categories. There was also a big win for indie publisher Curve, which claimed the Publishing Hero award. Playtonic nabbed the New Studio gong, too.
Brenda and John Romero were also the recipients of the Development Legends award.
Here’s the full list of winners:
CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT
New Games IP (Sponsored by Pole to Win)
Overcooked – Ghost Town Games
Animation (New for 2017)
Horizon Zero Dawn – Guerrilla Games
Visual Design (New for 2017)
Batman Arkham VR – Rocksteady Games
Music Design (New for 2017)
Total War Warhammer – Creative Assembly
Sound Design (New for 2017 – Sponsored by Dolby)
Batman Arkham VR – Rocksteady Games
Best Writing (New for 2017)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine – CD Projekt Red
Best Performance
Larry Fessenden (Until Dawn: Rush of Blood) – Supermassive Games
Publishing Hero
Curve Digital
Micro/Start Up Studio (Sponsored by Perforce)
Fiddlesticks Games
Indepemdent Studio (Sponsored by Amiqus)
Playground Games
In-House Studio (Sponsored by Green Man Gaming
Creative Assembly
New Studio (Sponsored by Games London)
Playtonic Games
SPECIALIST CONTRIBUTION
Creative Outsourcer: Visual & Development
Lost (Amazon Lumberyard) – Realtime UK
Design & Creativity Tool
Gamemaker Studio – YoYo Games
Tools Provider – Production (Sponsored by Testronic)
Popcorn FX – Persistent Studios
Engine
Epic Games – Unreal Engine
Services
Audiomotion Studios
QA & Localisation
Universally Speaking
Recruiter
Aardvark Swift
Creative Outsourcer: Audio
Soundcuts Ltd – Sunless Sea (Failbetter Games)
Technology Provider
Multiplay
SPECIAL AWARDS
Studio of the Year (Sponsored by Epic Games)
Guerrilla Games
Development Legends
Brenda and John Romero