• BEST ACTION AND ADVENTURE GAME

  • Auroch Digital: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
  • Out of the Bit Ltd: Full Void
  • Pentakill Studios: The Occultist
  • Rain Games: Teslagrad 2
  • Sloclap: SiFU
  • Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerilla: Horizon: Call of the Mountain
  • Sony Interactive Entertainment/Santa Monica Studio: God of War Ragnarök
  • Supermassive Games: The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me
  • The Parasight: Blacktail

• BEST ARCADE GAME

  • Exient: Ultimate Sackboy
  • Island Bender Games: Island Bender
  • Ping Creates: Super Stretchy Chicken Legs
  • Secret Base Pte Ltd: Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons
  • Staffordshire University: MechHead
  • Sumo Digital Academy: Zool Redimensioned
  • Supermassive Games: The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR

• BEST CASUAL GAME

  • Awaceb: Tchia
  • Deadpan and Gaziter: Wildfrost
  • Exient: Ultimate Sackboy
  • FuturLab: PowerWash Simulator
  • Gearbox Publishing: Blanc
  • Kwalee: Hunt and Seek
  • Outplay Entertainment: Subway Surfers Blast
  • Outright Games: DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos
  • Terahard Studios: Monster Mop Up

• BEST SOCIAL GAME

  • Disney Games/Dlala Studios: Disney Illusion Island
  • Dovetail Games: CATAN – Console Edition
  • FuturLab: PowerWash Simulator
  • GameXPlosion Ltd: Ultimate Supremacy
  • Gearbox Publishing: Tribes of Midgard
  • Gearbox Publishing: Homeworld Mobile
  • Gearbox Publishing: Blanc
  • Hugecalf Studios: Turbo Golf Racing
  • Outright Games: DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos

• BEST EDUCATIONAL, SERIOUS OR SIMULATION GAME

  • Auroch Digital: Brewmaster: Beer Brewing Simulator
  • BBC/Mobile Pie: Planet Planners
  • BBC/Playerthree: Operation Ouch! It Take Guts!
  • Charles Games: Beecarbonize
  • FuturLab: PowerWash Simulator
  • Fish in a Bottle / BBC: Divided Islands
  • Frontier Developments: F1 Manager 2023
  • Frontier Developments/Haemimont Games: Stranded: Alien Dawn
  • litherine Software UK Ltd: Command: Modern Operations
  • Somewhat Unsettling: The Longest Walk

• BEST STRATEGY GAME

  • Abylight: One Military Camp
  • Deadpan & Gaziter: Wildfrost
  • Dovetail Games: CATAN – Console Edition
  • Gearbox Publishing: Homeworld Mobile
  • Kraken Empire: Toy Tactics
  • Only4Gamers: Space Menace
  • Slitherine Software UK Ltd: Starship Troopers: Terran Command
  • The Iterative Collective: Homeseek
  • Thing Trunk: Hellcard

• BEST RPG GAME

  • BBC / Jollywise: Silverpoint: The Game
  • GameXPlosion Ltd: Ultimate Supremacy
  • Gearbox Publishing: Tribes of Midgard
  • Imperia Online JSK: Crush Them All
  • Pentakill Studios: The Occultist
  • The Iterative Collective: Knight Crawlers
  • Ustwo Games: Desta: The Memories Between

• BEST PUZZLE GAME

  • ARTE France: How to say Goodbye
  • Chanko Studios: It’s a Wrap!
  • Disney Games/Dlala Studios: Disney Illusion Island
  • Max Inferno: A Little to the Left
  • Outplay Entertainment: Gordon Ramsay’s Chef Blast
  • Space Ape Games: Chrome Valley Customs
  • Staffordshire University: Mental Block
  • Supersolid: Cook & Merge
  • Trailmix: Love & Pies
  • Wired Productions: Tin Hearts

• BEST CREATIVITY IN GAMES

  • Disney Games/Dlala Studios: Disney Illusion Island
  • Fireshine Games: Shadows of Doubt
  • FuturLab: PowerWash Simulator
  • Hugecalf Studios: Turbo Golf Racing
  • Jump Over the Age: Citizen Sleeper
  • Noun Town: Nown Toun: VR Language Learning
  • Supermassive Games: The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR
  • Supermassive Games: The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me
  • Ustwo Games: Desta: The Memories Between
  • Wired Productions: Tin Hearts

• HERITAGE IN GAMES

  • Cave Monsters: Lord Winklebottom Investigates
  • D’Avekki Studios: Murderous Muses
  • Frogwares: Sherlock Holmes The Awakened
  • The Parasight: Blacktail
  • Sugar Creative: 878 AD: Winchester Revealed
  • Sumo Digital Academy: Zool Redimensioned
  • Ustwo Games: Desta: The Memories Between
  • Wales Interactive, Dead Pixel Productions, Good Gate Media: Mia and the Dragon Princes
  • Wales Interactive and Good Gate Media: Ten Dates

• DIVERSITY AWARD

  • Awaceb: Tchia
  • D’Avekki Studios: Murderous Muses
  • DON’T NOD: Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
  • GameXPlosion Ltd: Ultimate Supremacy
  • Sony Interactive Entertainment/Santa Monica Studio: God of War Ragnarök
  • Staffordshire University: Staffordshire University Games Development
  • Trailmix: Love & Pies
  • Ustwo Games: Desta: The Memories Between
  • Wales Interactive and Good Gate Media: Ten Dates
  • Women in Games

• BEST AUDIO DESIGN

  • Air Edel Associates Ltd: After Us
  • Auroch Digital: Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
  • Dovetail Games: Train Sim World 3
  • Frontier Developments: F1 Manager 2023
  • Frontier Developments: Deliver Us Mars
  • Sony Interactive Entertainment/Santa Monica Studio: God of War Ragnarök
  • Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerilla: Horizon Call of the Mountain
  • Supermassive Games: The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me
  • TiMi Studio Group: Honor of Kings – Mayene
  • Wired Productions: Tin Hearts

• BEST VISUAL DESIGN

  • Arte France: To Hell with Ugly
  • DON’T NOD: Harmony: The Fall of Reverie
  • Gearbox Publishing: Blanc
  • Max Inferno: A Little to the Left
  • Plot Twist: the Last Case of Benedict Fox
  • Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerilla: Horizon Call of the Mountain
  • The Parasight: Blacktail
  • Trailmix: Love and Pies
  • Wales Interactive, Dead Pixel Productions, Good Gate Media: Mia and the Dragon Princes
  • Wired Productions: The Last Worker

• BEST VR/AR/XR/MR GAME

  • Maze Theory: Peaky Blinders: The King’s Ransom
  • nDreams: Synapse
  • Noun Town: Nown Town: VR Language Learning
  • Squido Studio: No More Rainbows
  • Sony Interactive Entertainment/Guerilla: Horizon Call of the Mountain
  • Sugar Creative: 878AD: Winchester Revealed
  • Supermassive Games: The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR
  • Wired Productions: The Last Worker
  • XR Games: Zombieland: Headshot Fever Reloaded

• BEST SMALL STUDIO

  • D’Avekki Studio
  • Dlala Studios
  • Exient
  • Fireshine Games
  • Huge Calf Studios
  • Party for Introverts
  • Purple Yonder
  • Trailmix
  • Ustwo Games
  • Wired Productions

• BUSINESS CATEGORIES BEST ART/ANIMATION TRAILER SUPPLIER

  • Airship Interactive
  • Atomhawk
  • Liquid Crimson
  • Maverick Media
  • Sony Interactive Entertainment/PlayStation Studios
  • TrailerFarm
  • 1518 Studios

• BEST AUDIO SERVICES PROVIDER

  • PitStop Productions
  • SIDE
  • Sony Interactive Entertainment/PlayStation Studios/Creative Arts
  • Soundcuts Ltd
  • Tazman-Audio

• BEST LARGE STUDIO

  • Auroch Digital
  • Dovetail Games
  • Flix Interactive
  • Guerrilla
  • Kwalee
  • nDreams
  • Outplay Entertainment
  • Rebellion
  • Santa Monica Studio
  • Space Ape Games
  • Sumo Digital
  • Supermassive Games

• OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP AWARD

  • Ben Forrester, Head of PC and Console, Kwalee
  • Ben Lavery, Studio Head TrailerFarm
  • Bobby Thandi CEO XR Games
  • John Sanderson, CEO PitStop Productions
  • John Tearle, CEO Flix Interactive
  • Nathan Burlow Studio Director and Darius Sadeghian Studio Production Director, Rocksteady Studios.
  • Patrick O’Luanaigh, CEO nDreams
  • Professor Martin Jones, Vice-Chancellor Staffordshire University
  • Russ Clarke, CEO, Co-Founder and Creative Director, Payload Studios
  • Simon Iwaniszak, Studio Director Red Kite Games
  • Trevor Williams, Studio Head, Playground Games
  • Viki Freeman, Chief Strategy Officer Airship Interactive and Tim Horton, Chief Commercial Officer Airship Interactive

• COMMITMENT TO ESG AWARD

  • Airship Interactive
  • Behaviour Interactive
  • London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London
  • PlanetPlay
  • Rebellion
  • Rocksteady Studios
  • Santa Monica Studio
  • Sumo Group
  • Testronic
  • Ubisoft Reflections and Ubisoft Leamington Spa
  • University of Portsmouth

• COMMITMENT TO WORKPLACE WELLBEING AWARD

  • Airship Interactive
  • Dovetail Games
  • nDreams
  • Outplay Entertainment
  • Payload Studios
  • Playground Games
  • PlayStation London Studio
  • Rebellion
  • Rocksteady Studios
  • Sumo Group
  • TrailerFarm
  • Ubisoft Reflections and Ubisoft Leamington Spa

• BEST EDUCATION INITIATIVE

  • Birmingham City University STEAMHOUSE
  • London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London
  • Norwich University of the Arts
  • Staffordshire University
  • University of Hertfordshire
  • University of Portsmouth

• BEST TALENT DEVELOPMENT

  • Dlala Studios
  • Dovetail Games
  • Flix Interactive
  • Grads in Games
  • nDreams Academy
  • PlayStation London Studio
  • Rocksteady Studios
  • Sumo Group
  • XR Games

• BEST EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

  • Birmingham City University
  • Bournemouth University
  • London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London
  • Norwich University of the Arts
  • Staffordshire University
  • University of Gloucestershire
  • University of Greenwich
  • University of Hertfordshire
  • University of Portsmouth
  • University of the West of England
  • University of the West of Scotland

• EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR Dovetail Games Rebellion Sumo Group LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDER

  • Charles Russell Speechlys
  • Eaton Smith LLP
  • Lewis Silkin LLP
  • Stevens & Bolton LLP
  • Wiggin LLP

• BEST PUBLISHER

  • Curve Games
  • Kwalee
  • nDreams
  • Rebellion
  • Secret Mode
  • Sony Interactive Entertainment

• BEST QA and/or LOCALISATION PROVIDER

  • PTW
  • Testronic
  • Universally Speaking

• BEST RECRUITMENT AGENCY

  • Aardvark Swift
  • Amiqus
  • Avatar
  • Big Planet

• BEST SERVICES PROVIDER

  • Airship Interactive
  • Big Planet
  • Flix Interactive
  • Liquid Crimson
  • Magic Media
  • Maverick Media
  • PitStop Productions
  • PTW Family of Brands
  • Testronic
  • TrailerFarm
  • Sky Life Accountancy
  • RSM

• TECHNICAL INNOVATION

  • CG Hero Ltd
  • Rebellion
  • Speech Graphics
  • TrailerFarm & Big Farmer

We have heard you. We apologize for the confusion and angst the runtime fee policy we announced on Tuesday caused. We are listening, talking to our team members, community, customers, and partners, and will be making changes to the policy. We will share an update in a couple of days. Thank you for your honest and critical feedback.

On a different note: This is my first time deliberately linking to Nitter instead of X/Twitter. Let me know if you prefer this and I'll do it more often. I'm not going to restrict posting of X/twitter links, but some in the community have asked for nitter. Let me know if this is a welcome change.

Have you heard of this "classic"?

An old AVGN review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyaF_gCKWsI

I'm usually not one to splurge for collector's editions of games, let alone controllers, and I never bought any console covers, but I couldn't pass up on the FF XVI limited edition controller / covers (at a very close to MSRP price).
Needless to say I'm super happy with my purchases, haha :)

I really hope we'll see more limited edition console covers in the future (provided they don't all get scalped in a matter of minutes...).

For me, it's more Dave the Diver on Steam Deck and Baldur's Gate 3 on PS5. Been loving both and taking my time.

I also purchased Sea of Stars but haven't started it yet. And I may have slipped and fallen on a Spiderman 2 Digital Deluxe Preorder yesterday...so I've been playing the latest gameplay trailer on repeat (if that counts lol)

What're you all up to this great weekend?