The nominees for the annual Develop Awards are in. The awards celebrate the finest of European video game developers with awards including categories like New IP, Visual Arts, Online Innovation, Publishing Hero, Engine, New Studio and many more. MCV report that 36 different games and 49 studios are represented across the 19 main awards.

Dennation Games (Hotline Miami), Sony London (Wonderbook), Arkane Studios (Dishonored) and PlayGround Games (Forza Horizon) all tied for second place with four nominations each, but the leader with five is Fireproof Games, the UK iOS studio behind The Room. Where European studios have contributed significant development to titles outside of the EU, there are the Creative Contribution awards that cover the likes of Ni No Kuni, Halo 4 and Thomas Was Alone.

The winners will be announced at a ceremony in Brighton on July 10th. We have the full list of nominees after the break.

NEW IP

Clash of Clans – Supercell
Clay Jam – Fat Pebble
Dishonored – Arkane Studios
Hotline Miami – Dennaton Games
Surgeon Simulator – Bossa Studios
The Room – Fireproof Games
Thomas Was Alone – Mike Bithell
Warface – Crytek

USE OF A LICENCE OR IP

Angry Birds Star Wars – Rovio
DmC: Devil May Cry – Ninja Theory
LEGO City Undercover – Traveller’s Tales
LittleBigPlanet Vita – Tarsier Studios
Magic 2013 – Stainless Games
Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed – Sumo Digital
The Snowman and the Snowdog – Crash Lab
Wonderbook: Book of Spells – London Studio

VISUAL ARTS

Awesomenauts – Ronimo Games
CSR Racing – Boss Alien
Crysis 3 – Crytek
Forza Horizon – Playground Games
Hotline Miami – Dennaton Games
LittleBigPlanet Vita – Tarsier Studios
Rayman Jungle Run – Pastagames
The Room – Fireproof Games

AUDIO ACCOMPLISHMENT

Crysis 3 – Crytek
Fable: The Journey – Lionhead
Forza Horizon – Playground Games
Hotline Miami – Dennaton Games
Kinect Sesame Street – Soho Productions
Sniper Elite 2 – Rebellion
The Room – Fireproof Games
Wonderbook: Book of Spells – London Studio

USE OF NARRATIVE

Crysis 3 – Crytek
Dishonored – Arkane Studios
The 39 Steps – The Story Mechanics
The Room – Fireproof Games
Thomas Was Alone – Mike Bithell
Xi: Continuum – nDreams
ZombiU – Ubisoft Montpellier
Wonderbook: Book of Spells – London Studio

PUBLISHING HERO

AppyNation
Kickstarter UK
KISS
NaturalMotion Games
Ripstone
Square Enix London Studios
Strategic Content – SCEE
Valve

ONLINE INNOVATION

Curiosity – 22Cans
Hitman: Absolution – Contracts – IO Interactive
Illyriad – Illyriad
RaceNet – Codemasters
Smart As – Climax Studios
Turbulenz Platform – Turbulenz

TECHNICAL INNOVATION

Dimensional Imaging
GameMaker – YoYo Games
Hitman Absolution Crowd Tech – IO Interactive
Just Dance TV – Ubisoft
Marmalade Juice – Marmalade
Oculus Rift – Oculus VR
Unreal Engine – Epic Games
Wonderbook: Book of Spells – London Studio

TOOLS PROVIDER

Donya Labs
Epic Games
FMOD
Geomerics
Havok
Marmalade
Perforce
Unity Technologies

ENGINE

CryEngine 3 – Crytek
GameMaker – YoYo Games
Havok Vision Engine – Havok
HeroEngine 2 – Idea Fabrik
Unity Engine – Unity Technologies
Unreal Engine – Epic Games

SERVICES

Audiomotion
LocalizeDirect
Nimrod Productions
Pinewood Studios
Player Research
Quantic Dream
Testronic Labs
VMC Game Labs

CREATIVE CONTRIBUTION – AUDIO

David Housden – Thomas Was Alone
High Score Productions – Harry Potter Kinect
Savalas Sound – Halo 4: Spartan Ops
Side – Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
The Audio Guys – Sonic & AllStars Racing Transformed
Wave Studios – Kinect Sesame Street

CREATIVE CONTRIBUTION – VISUALS

Axis Animation – Halo 4: Spartan Ops
Cubic Motion – LEGO City Undercover
Faceware Technologies and CounterPunch Studios – Crysis 3
Rabcat – Forza Horizon
Realtime UK – Wargaming trailers
Tarsier Studios – LittleBigPlanet Karting

RECRUITER

Aardvark Swift
Amiqus
Avatar Games
Creative Personnel
Guru Careers
OPM Recruitment
Datascope
Specialmove

MICRO STUDIO

Big Head Games
Crash Lab
Dennaton Games
Fireproof Games
FuturLab
Hotsauce Interactive
Mike Bithell
Terry Cavanagh

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Abertay University Prototype Fund
Eutechnyx
King
Luxology
Mediatonic
Mind Candy
Jagex
Wargaming

INDEPENDENT STUDIO

CCP
Crytek
Dlala
Ninja Theory
Playground Games
Sumo Digital
Supercell
Yippee Entertainment

IN-HOUSE STUDIO

Arkane Studios
Boss Alien
Creative Assembly
Criterion Games
IO Interactive
Sports Interactive
Traveller’s Tales
Ubisoft Montpellier

NEW STUDIO

22Cans
Born Ready Games
Boss Alien
Dlala
FuturLab
Hotsauce Interactive
Playground Games
Soho Productions

SPECIAL AWARD: DEVELOPMENT LEGEND

TBA.