TIGA Games Industry Awards 2012 winners revealed, Dear Esther wins big

The 2012 TIGA Games Industry Award winners have been revealed at a ceremony in Bath.

Taking place at the Bath Assembly Rooms last night (November 1), the ceremony was hosted by video game voice actor Corey Johnston and was attended by numerous UK-based developers and industry veterans.



Dear Esther was the big winner of the night, picking up six gongs for Portsmouth-based development team thechineseroom.

Taking place on a mysterious island, Dear Esther is an experimental first-person adventure in which players attempt to discover who they are controlling, why they are on the island and why a person named Esther has sent them there.

It won the 'Best Arcade/Adventure Game' award, and also picked up prizes for its visual and audio design, originality and for being this year's 'Best Debut'.

Double Eleven won the award for 'Game of the Year' for its work on LittleBigPlanet Vita, which was released in September.

Minecraft: Xbox Live Arcade Edition was named 'Best Arcade Game', while Blitz Studio CEO Philip Oliver was named 'Person of the Year'.



> Read Digital Spy's Dear Esther review

TIGA Games Industry Award winners in full:

Best Action/Adventure Game 2012: Rebellion and 505 Games – Sniper Elite V2

Best Action/Adventure Game 2012: thechineseroom – Dear Esther

Best Arcade Game 2012: 4J Studios – Minecraft XBLA

Best Arcade Game 2012: FuturLab – Velocity

Best Casual Game 2012: NaturalMotion Games – CSR Racing

Best Casual Game 2012: First Touch Games Ltd – Score! Classic Goals

Best Social Game 2012: Eutechnyx Ltd – Auto Club Revolution

Best Social Game 2012: Denki – Quarrel XBLA

Best Serious Game 2012: Denki – Quarrel XBLA

Best Student Game 2012: Faceplant – GravTech

Best Debut Game 2012: thechineseroom – Dear Esther

Best Visual Design 2012: thechineseroom – Dear Esther

Best Game Design 2012: Games – The Room

Best Audio Design 2012: thechineseroom – Dear Esther

Originality Award 2012: thechineseroom – Dear Esther

Best Tools and Technology 2012: GamesAnalytics

Leadership Award 2012: Lee Hutchinson, CEO, Double Eleven Limited

Best Publisher 2012: NaturalMotion Games

Best Service Provider 2012: Fireproof Studios

Best Education Initiative 2012: Games Britannia and Replay Events

Best Start-up Business 2012: thechineseroom

Friend of the Sector Award 2012: All Party Computer and Video Games Industry Group in the Westminster Parliament

Person of the Year Award 2012: Philip Oliver, CEO, Blitz Games Studios

Game of the Year Award 2012: Double Eleven Limited – LittleBigPlanet PlayStation Vita

Watch a trailer for Dear Esther below:

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