Helldivers 2 Takes Home Sport of the Year at the 2024 TIGA Awards
The UK honors Riot as the Top Large Studio, and nDreams as the Top Creator of the Year
Arrowhead Game Studios along with Sony’s Helldivers 2 claimed the prestigious title of the 2024 TIGA Awards winner, securing the Top Technical Innovation and Game of the Year awards last night.
Sony Interactive Entertainment also received accolades for Top Use of a License, thanks to Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and Top Story in Games for The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered.
Ninja Theory and Microsoft’s Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 earned two awards, for Top Stream & Adventure Game of 2024, and Inclusion in Games.
Likewise, Newfangled Games’ Paper Trail received honors for Innovation in Games and Top Casual Game of 2024, while The Chinese Room’s Silent Wakes the Deep was recognized for Top Audio Achievement and Heritage in Games.
In the business categories, Dlala Studio was honored with the Top Small Studio of 2024 award, Riot was named Top Large Studio, and nDreams took home the Top Creator of the Year award.
A couple of individual honors were awarded as well, with Red Kite Games’ studio director Simon Iwaniszak winning the Popular Leadership Award, and Stainless Games’ founder and CEO Patrick Buckland being recognized as Popular Individual of the Year.
The awards celebrate excellence in the UK gaming industry and are hosted annually by the trade body TIGA.
Here is the complete list of winners for the 2024 TIGA Awards:
GAMES CATEGORIES
BEST ACTION & ADVENTURE GAME 2024
Ninja Theory, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
BEST ARCADE GAME 2024
Playtonic Games, Elsie
BEST AUDIO DESIGN 2024
The Chinese Room/Secret Mode, Silent Wakes The Deep
BEST USE OF A LICENSE 2024
Sony Interactive Entertainment, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
BEST CASUAL GAME 2024
Newfangled Games, Paper Trail
INNOVATION IN GAMES 2024
Newfangled Games, Paper Trail
INCLUSION IN GAMES 2024
Ninja Theory, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
BEST EDUCATIONAL, SERIOUS OR SIMULATION GAME 2024
Slitherine, Discover: Standard Operations
HERITAGE IN GAMES 2024
The Chinese Room/Secret Mode, Silent Wakes The Deep
BEST NARRATIVE IN GAMES 2024
Sony Interactive Entertainment, The Last of Us Part II Remastered
BEST PUZZLE GAME 2024
Sad Owl Studios, Viewfinder
BEST SOCIAL GAME 2024
Prideful Sloth, Plod-Plod City!
BEST STRATEGY GAME 2024
Brightrock Games, Galacticare
BEST VISUAL DESIGN 2024
Sony Interactive Entertainment, Helldivers 2
BEST VR/AR/XR/MR GAME 2024
Ubisoft Reflections & Ubisoft Leamington, Assassin’s Creed: Nexus VR
BUSINESS CATEGORIES
BEST SMALL STUDIO 2024
Dlala Studios
BEST ART, ANIMATION