At the 2024 TIGA Awards (TIGA = The Independent Game Developers’ Association in the UK), Helldivers 2 scored a big win.

Let’s have a look at the categories and winners (developers and publishers in brackets):

Games categories:

• Best action & adventure game: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios)
• Best arcade game: Elsie (Playtonic Games)
• Best audio design: Still Wakes The Deep (The Chinese Room/Secret Mode)
• Best use of a licence: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Best casual game: Paper Trail (Newfangled Games)
• Creativity in Games: Paper Trail (Newfangled Games)
• Diversity in Games: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II (Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios)
• Best education, serious or simulation game: Modern Operations (Slitherine, Command)
• Heritage in Games: Still Wakes The Deep (The Chinese Room/Secret Mode)
• Best narrative game: The Last of Us Part II Remastered (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Best puzzle game: Viewfinder (Sad Owl Studios)
• Best social game: Go-Go Town! (Prideful Sloth)
• Best strategy game: Galacticare (Brightrock Games)
• Best visual design: Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Best VR/AR/XR/MR game: Assassin’s Creed: Nexus VR (Ubisoft Reflections, Ubisoft Leamington)
• Business categories:
• Best small studio: Dlala Studios
• Best art, animation and trailer supplier: Big Farmer
• Best audio services provider: Siide
• Best co-developer partner: Flix Interactive
• Commitment to ESG: Room 8 Group
• Commitment to workplace well-being: Dovetail Games
• Best education initiative: University of the West of England
• Best educational institution: Staffordshire University
• Best large studio: Rebellion
• Outstanding leadership award: Simon Iwaniszak, Founder and Studio Director of Red Kite Games
• Best legal services: Lee & Thompson LLP
• Best publisher: nDreams
• Best QA/localisation provider: PTW
• Best recruitment agency: Big Planet
• Best services provider: Pitstop Productions
• Best talent development initiative: Rocksteady Studios
• Best tax and accountancy provider: Johnston Carmichael
• Best technical innovation: Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
• Outstanding individual of the year: Patrick Buckland (Stainless Games)
• Game of the Year: Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment)

So Sony took home four awards (one each for The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, in addition to Helldivers) and Microsoft two for its Hellblade sequel. Paper Trail and Still Wakes the Deep also doubled up.

Congratulations to the winners!

Source: Gamesindustry (https://www.gamesindustry.biz/helldivers-2-wins-game-of-the-year-at-the-2024-tiga-awards)