TESTRONIC SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 TIGA INDUSTRY AWARDS | Testronic

We’re delighted to have been listed as finalists in the upcoming TIGA Games Industry Awards, in the QA Provider and Commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) categories.

TIGA is the trade body for the UK games industry, and its annual awards are returning as a live event on November 10th so we’re looking forward to meeting up again with friends and colleagues.

The Awards are an opportunity to celebrate the games, studios and associated companies from across the industry, and we’re happy to see so many of our clients and associates also shortlisted.

Good luck to all!

The Finalists of the TIGA Games Industry Awards 2022 are:

Action and Adventure Game

Death’s Door – Acid Nerve/ Devolver Digital
Fracked – nDreams
Haven Park – Mooneye Studios
Horizon Forbidden West – Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerrilla Games
Sherlock Holmes Chapter One – Frogwares
Sniper Elite 5 – Rebellion
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes – Supermassive Games
The Occultist – Pentakill Studios
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands – Gearbox Software

Arcade Game

Arcade Paradise – Wired Productions
Beatstar – Touch Your Music – Space Ape Games
Climate Change: Global Manager – Friday Sundae
Dashpong – Victor Meunier
Hungry Shark World – Ubisoft Future Games of London
Spellbook Demonslayers Prologue – Xendra

Casual Game

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure – ustwo Games
Her Name Was Fire – Tissue Inu
Hypercharge: Unboxed – Digital Cybercherries
Inua: A Story in Ice and Time – ARTE France/IKO/The Pixel Hunt
Megaquarium – Auroch Digital
Perfect Coffee 3D – Kwalee
PowerWash Simulator – FuturLab
Trivial Pursuit Live! 2 – Snap Finger Click
Wobbledogs – Animal Uprising

Audio Design

A Musical Story – Digerati
Eyes in the Dark: The Curious Case of One Victoria Bloom – Gearbox Publishing
Honor of Kings: Miyamoto Musashi – TiMi Studio Group
Horizon Forbidden West – Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerrilla
Inua: A Story in Ice and Time – ARTE France/IKO/The Pixel Hunt:
Martha is Dead – Wired Productions
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy – Eidos Montreal
The Quarry – Supermassive Games
Total War: Warhammer III – Creative Assembly

Creativity in Games

Bloodshore – Wales Interactive
Card Shark – Nerial/Devolver Digital
Clays Bar – Clays
Epic Chef – Team17 Digital
Outcore: Desktop Adventure – Doctor Shinobi
Sniper Elite 5 – Rebellion
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes – Supermassive Games
The Serpent Rogue – Team17 Digital
Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus? – Wales Interactive

Diversity

OlliOlli World – Roll7
Putting The G into Gaming
Spells & Secrets – Alchemist Interactive
Women in Games

Educational, Serious or Simulation Game

Arcade Paradise – Wired Productions
Atomic Labs – BBC/Fish in a Bottle
Horrible Histories: Raid and Trade – BBC/Playerthree
Imagine Earth – Serious Brothers UG
Jojo and Gran Gran: Letters to St Lucia – BBC/Jollywise
LEGO® DUPLO® MARVEL – StoryToys
Mars Horizon – Auroch Digital
PowerWash Simulator – FuturLab
The Fermi Paradox – Anomaly Games

Heritage in Games

Airforce Action Stations – Friday Sundae
Antstream Arcade – Antstream
Card Shark – Nerial
Climate Change: Global Manager – Friday Sundae
Hungry Shark World – Ubisoft Future Games of London
Sniper Elite 5 – Rebellion
Svoboda 1945: Liberation – Charles Games
Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus? – Wales Interactive

Puzzle Game

Airforce Action Stations – Friday Sundae
Eternal Threads – Cosmonaut Studio
Gordon Ramsay’s Chef Blast – Outplay Entertainment
Inua: A Story in Ice and Time – ARTE France/Iko/The Pixel Hunt
Kredolis – Pharos Interactive
Lost Twins 2 – Playdew
Moss: Book II – Polyarc
Surviving the Humans – Surprised Monkey Studio
We Were Here Forever – Total Mayhem Games

Social Game

Big Brother: The Game 2 – 9th Impact
Core Keeper – Fireshine Games
RoPets – Supersolid
Smack the Table – Basalikum
The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes – Supermassive Games
The Quarry – Supermassive Games
Trivial Pursuit Live! 2 – Snap Finger Click

Strategy Game

Climate Change: Global Manager – Friday Sundae
Imagine Earth – Serious Brothers UG
Indies’ Lies – Fun Square Games
Jupiter Moons: Mecha – Rock&Bushes
SIEGE: World War II – Imperia Online JSC
Space Menace – Only4Gamers
The Fabulous Fear Machine – Fictiorama Studios
Total War: WARHAMMER III – Creative Assembly
Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus – Snowprint Studios

Visual Design

Card Shark – Nerial
Death’s Door – Acid Nerve/Devolver
Dubium – MUMO Studio
Horizon Forbidden West – Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerrilla
Inua: A Story in Ice and Time – Arte France/Iko/The Pixel Hunt
Martha is Dead – Wired Productions
Moss: Book II – Polyarc
OlliOlli World – Roll7
Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands – Gearbox Software

VR/AR Game

Clays Bar – Clays
Fracked – nDreams
Little Cities – nDreams
Moss: Book II – Polyarc
RUINSMAGUS – CharacterBank Inc.
The Green Planet AR Experience, Powered by EE 5G – Factory 42 with BBC Studios, EE, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Talesmith and Dimension Studio
We Are One – Flat Head Studio

Art/Animation/Trailer Supplier

1518 Studios (Part of the PTW family of Brands)
Airship Interactive
Atomhawk
Liquid Crimson

Audio Services

PitStop Productions
SIDE Global
Soundcuts
Tazman Audio

Education Initiative

Airship Interactive
Birmingham City University
Dovetail Games
London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London
Lucid Games
nDreams Academy
Norwich University of the Arts
Staffordshire University
Sumo Digital
University of Hertfordshire
University of the West of England
University of Portsmouth

Educational Institution

Birmingham City University
Bournemouth University
Escape Studios
London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London
Norwich University of the Arts
Sheffield Hallam University
Staffordshire University
University of Greenwich
University of Hertfordshire
University of Portsmouth

QA Provider

GlobalStep
PTW
Testronic
Universally Speaking

Tax and Accountancy Company

Sky Life Accountancy
RSM UK
MMP Tax

Recruitment Agency

Aardvark Swift
Amiqus
Avatar

Tools, Technology & Innovation

Antstream
Epic Games
Guerrilla
Panivox
Speech Graphics
Tazman-Audio

Legal Services

Bird & Bird LLP
Eaton Smith LLP
Lewis Silkin LLP
Stevens & Bolton LLP
Wiggin LLP

Services Provider

Airship Interactive
Games Jobs Direct
Liquid Crimson
Maverick Media
PitStop Productions
PTW Family of Brands
Renaissance PR
Soundcuts
S-Tech Insurance Services (GameS-Tech)
Tazman-Audio
Universally Speaking

Small Studio

Cosmonaut Studios
Digerati
Fireshine Games
Hugecalf Studios
Snowprint Studios
Trailmix
Total Mayhem Games
Ustwo Games
Wired Productions

Large Studio

Auroch Digital
Dovetail Games
Guerrilla
Kwalee
Lucid Games
nDreams
Outplay Entertainment
Rebellion
Space Ape Games
Sumo Digital
Supermassive Games

Commitment to CSR

Dovetail Games
PlayStation London Studio
SIDE | PTW
Sumo Group
Testronic

Employer of the Year

Atomhawk
Dovetail Games
Sumo Group

Outstanding Leadership

Bobby Thandi, CEO, XR Games
Dr Tomas Rawlings, Auroch Digital
Gary Dunn, MD, Sumo Digital
Karen McLoughlin, Group Director of HR, Sumo Group
Kaya Tilev, CEO, Lava Labs
Patrick O’Luanaigh, CEO, nDreams
Ryan Davies, Head of Digital Marketing, Kwalee
Simon Hade and John Earner, Co-Founders, Space Ape Games
Simon Iwaniszak, Studio Director, Red Kite Games
Simon Platt, Head of Development, Kwalee
Viki Freeman, Workship Strategy Director, Airship Interactive

Publisher of the Year

Dovetail Games
nDreams
Kwalee
Rebellion
Secret Mode
Sony Interactive Entertainment