The finalists for the 2025 installment of the TIGA Games Industry Awards have been announced.
One of the standouts for this year’s awards is Slitherine Software with three nominations for Strategy, Publisher, and Commitment To Workplace Wellbeing. Marco Alessandro Minoli, Director of Publishing at Slitherine said this about the company’s inclusion:
“We’re incredibly proud to be finalists for the prestigious TIGA Awards once again. To be nominated for our blockbuster Broken Arrow, which has now sold over a million copies, is fantastic, but we’re particularly happy about the Commitment to Workplace Wellbeing. We are proud to be members of TIGA and want to fully support the great work the organization is doing to push the British video game industry. It’s a real honor to see our efforts recognized with three nominations at this event.”
Dr Richard Wilson OBE, CEO of TIGA, also said:
“The TIGA Games Industry Awards 2025 shortlist reflects the creativity, ingenuity and world-class talent that define our industry. We are privileged to be able to celebrate the developers, educators, and service providers who make such an extraordinary contribution to our industry. Congratulations to all those shortlisted – we look forward to recognising your achievements at the Awards ceremony. I would also like to thank all of our sponsors for their support and for making TIGA’s celebration of excellence possible.”
Game of the Year will be voted on by attendees of the TIGA Games Industry Awards while Outstanding Individual of the Year will be revealed during the ceremony. The TIGA Games Industry Awards will take place on November 4 at the Hurlingham Club in London. A limited number of tickets can be purchased right now here.
TIGA Games Industry Awards 2025 finalists
ACTION AND ADVENTURE
Kwalee: The Precinct
Playground Games: Forza Horizon 5
Rebellion: Atomfall
Saber Interactive: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Sandfall Interactive: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Secret Mode: Still Wakes the Deep: Siren’s Rest
Sony Interactive Entertainment: Astro Bot
Sony Interactive Entertainment: Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Soul Assembly: Last Stand
ARCADE
Auroch Digital: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun – Words of Vengeance
KeelWorks: CYGNI: All Guns Blazing
Psypher Interactive: Cosmic Race: Galactic Showdown
Secret Mode: DEATHSPRINT 66
Secret Mode: Parcel Corps
Sloclap: REMATCH
Sony Interactive Entertainment: Astro Bot
Wales Interactive: Sker Ritual
AUDIO DESIGN
Discipleship Tech: The Serpent & The Seed
Fireproof Games: Ghost Town
Frontier Developments: Planet Coaster 2
KeelWorks: CYGNI: All Guns Blazing
Monster And Monster: Star Trucker
Playground Games: Forza Horizon 5
Rebellion: Atomfall
Sony Interactive Entertainment: Until Dawn
ustwo games: Monument Valley 3
BEST USE OF A LICENCE
Auroch Digital: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun – Words of Vengeance
BBC with Mobile Pie: BBC Wonder Chase (Roblox)
Bithell Games: TRON: Catalyst
Dovetail Games: Train Sim World® 5: Spoorlijn Zwolle – Groningen Route Add-On
FuturLab: PowerWash Simulator
Saber Interactive: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Sony Interactive Entertainment: LEGO Horizon Adventures
Tactile Games: Simon’s Cat Match!
Team 17: Nice Day for Fishing
CASUAL
EA Playdemic: Golf Clash
FuturLab: PowerWash Simulator
Secret Mode: Critter Café
Soul Assembly: Just Dance VR – Welcome to Dancity
Spilt Milk Studios: Trash Goblin
Tactile Games: Simon’s Cat Match!
Two Point Studios: Two Point Museum
University of Staffordshire: Crab Sticks
ustwo games: Monument Valley 3
CREATIVITY
Ant Workshop: Into the Restless Ruins
Dovetail Games: Train Sim World 5: Thomas & Friends™ 80th Anniversary Expansion
Illam Software Entertainment: Mirage: Ignis Fatuus
KeelWorks: CYGNI: All Guns Blazing
Secret Mode: Still Wakes the Deep: Siren’s Rest
Secret Mode: Empyreal
Spilt Milk Studios: Trash Goblin
Two Point Studios: Two Point Museum
University of Staffordshire: Crab Sticks
DIVERSITY
Don’t Nod: Lost Records: Bloom & Rage
ESDigital Games: Island of Winds
NikkiJay: Quantum Witch
Sony Interactive Entertainment: Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Spilt Milk Studios: Trash Goblin
Trailmix: Love & Pies
Wispfire: Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition
Women in Games
EDUCATIONAL/SERIOUS/SIMULATION
BBC with Chunk: JoJo and Gran Gran: A Day with JoJo
BBC with Playerthree: Guardians: Defenders of Mathematica
Dovetail Games: Train Sim World 5
Frontier Developments: Planet Coaster 2
FuturLab: PowerWash Simulator
HexWar Games: Company Commander
Lockwood Publishing: Avakin Life x PlanetPlay
Mrs Wordsmith: Word Tag
Playerthree: Art Leap
Sony Interactive Entertainment: Climate Station
HERITAGE
Ant Workshop: Into the Restless Ruins
BBC with Mobile Pie: History Explorer: Secrets Through Time
Exient: Lemmings / Lemmings Creatorverse
Rebellion: Atomfall
ustwo games: Monument Valley Trilogy
Wales Interactive: Maid of Sker
Wales Interactive: Sker Ritual
Wispfire: Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition
NARRATIVE / STORYTELLING
Devolver Digital: Look Outside
Fireproof Games: Ghost Town
Fireshine Games: Shadows of Doubt
Psychic Software: The Necromancer’s Tale
Rebellion: Atomfall
Sandfall Interactive: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Sony Interactive Entertainment: Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Sony Interactive Entertainment: Until Dawn
Team 17: Date Everything
PUZZLE
ESDigital Games: Island of Winds
Exient: Lemmings / Lemmings Creatorverse
Fragile Shapes Studio: Beyond the Board
IDEA Games: In other Words
Fireproof Games: Ghost Town
Fireshine Games: Shadows of Doubt
Kwalee: Text Express: Word Adventure
Robust Games: Loco Motive
ustwo games: Monument Valley 3
SOCIAL
Fireshine Games: Core Keeper
Saber Interactive: Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Sloclap: REMATCH
Soul Assembly: Just Dance VR: Welcome to Dancity
Sony Interactive Entertainment: Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
Torn Ltd: Torn
University of Staffordshire: Crab Sticks
University of Staffordshire: Disc-Go!
STRATEGY
Abylight Barcelona: Citadelum
Ant Workshop: Into the Restless Ruins
Chimera Entertainment GmbH: Songs of Silence
Kalypso Media: Commandos: Origins
Megabit Publishing: Grit and Valor – 1949
Only4Gamers: Space Menace 2
Shiny Shoe/Big Fan Games: Monster Train 2
Slitherine: Broken Arrow
VISUAL DESIGN
Atomhawk Design: Hell Divers 2
ESDigital Games: Steel Seed
Fireproof Games: Ghost Town
Fireshine Games: Core Keeper
Outsider Games: Jennifer Wilde: Unlikely Revolutionaries
Playground Games: Forza Horizon 5
Secret Mode: Still Wakes the Deep: Siren’s Rest
Sony Interactive Entertainment: Astro Bot
Wales Interactive: Maid of Sker
VR / XR / AR / MR
Devolver Digital: GORN 2
IO Interactive: HITMAN World of Assassination
nDreams: Frenzies
Nosebleed Interactive: Arcade Paradise VR
Rebellion: Zombie Army VR
Resolution Games: Spatial Ops
Soul Assembly: Just Dance VR: Welcome to Dancity
Super Hyper Mega: Project AEROES
SMALL STUDIO
Ant Workshop
Code Wizards
Dlala Studios
Fireproof Studios
KeelWorks
Silent Games
Spilt Milk
Two Point Studios
ustwo games
Wales Interactive
BUSINESS CATEGORIES
ART/ANIMATION/TRAILER SUPPLIER
Big Farmer
Liquid Crimson
Room 8 Group
Side
Trailer Farm
AUDIO SERVICES SUPPLIER
PitStop Productions
Side
Soundcuts
Tazman Audio
CO-DEVELOPMENT PARTNER
Expression Games
Flix Interactive
Red Kite Games
Rocket Science Group
Room 8 Group
Side
Sumo Digital
COMMITMENT TO ESG
Dovetail Games
Flix Interactive
PlanetPlay
Playground Games
Rebellion
Room 8 Group
University of Portsmouth
University of the Arts, London
COMMITMENT TO WORKPLACE WELLBEING
Dovetail Games
Expression Games
Flix Interactive
Playground Games
Rebellion
Room 8 Group
Side
Slitherine Software
Sumo Digital
EDUCATION INITIATIVE
Birmingham City University
Manchester Metropolitan University
Norwich University of the Arts
Rebellion
Sumo Academy (Sumo Digital)
University of Portsmouth
University of Staffordshire
University of the West of England
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Birmingham City University
Bournemouth University
Manchester Metropolitan
Norwich University of the Arts
University of Greenwich
University of Hertfordshire
University of Portsmouth
University of Staffordshire
University of Surrey
University of the Arts, London
IN-HOUSE RECRUITMENT & TALENT DEVELOPMENT
Dovetail Games
Expression Games
Playground Games
Rebellion
Rocket Science Group
Side
Ubisoft Consumer Relationship Centre
LARGE STUDIO
Dovetail Games
Expression Games
Kwalee
nDreams
Playground Games
Rebellion
Steel City Interactive
Sumo Digital
Supermassive Games
Team Asobi
Trailmix
LEGAL SERVICES SUPPLIER
Eaton Smith LLP
Fragomen LLP
Lee & Thompson LLP
Lewis Silkin LLP
Mishcon de Reya LLP
Stevens & Bolton LLP
Wiggin LLP
OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP
Ben Forrester, VP of PC and Console Publishing, Kwalee
Ben Lavery, Group Studio Head, Keywords Studios
Deborah Kirkham, CEO, Side
Errol Ismail, CEO, Expression Games
Gemma Brown and Rob O’Farrell, Co-CEOs, Dovetail Games
Liz Prince, Business Manager, Amiqus
Professor Chris Headleand, Head of Department, University of Staffordshire
Rhea Loucas, Founder & CEO, Planet Play
Stuart Muckley, CEO, Code Wizards
Tom Daniel, Co-Founder & CEO and Brian Corrigan, President, Rocket Science Group
PUBLISHER
Dovetail Games
Kwalee
nDreams
Rebellion
Slitherine Software
Team 17
QA AND/OR LOCALISATION PROVIDER
Quantic Labs
Side
Testronic
Universally Speaking
RECRUITMENT AGENCY
Amiqus
Avatar
Datascope Recruitment
SERVICES PROVIDER
1minus1
Amiqus
Avatar
Code Wizards
Flix Interactive
Maverick
Pitstop Productions
PlanetPlay
Side
Testronic
TAX AND ACCOUNTANCY FIRM
Johnston Carmichael
Plus Accounting
TECHNICAL INNOVATION
Code Wizards
Gameworks
Rebellion
Room 8 Group
Side
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Sony Interactive Entertainment: LEGO Horizon Adventures
Speech Graphics
Ubisoft Consumer Relationship Centre