Hardware Innovation of the Year

Nitro Deck (CRKD)

Playstation Access Controller (Sony)

Playstation VR2 (Sony)

Quest 3 (Meta)

Spectrum Next Issue 4 (SpecNext Ltd)

Stealth Ultra (Turtle Beach)

Steam Deck OLED (Valve)

Super Pocket (HyperMegaTech!)

Visual Innovation of the Year

Akka Ahhr (Llamasoft/Atari)

C-Smash VRS (Wolf&Wood/RapidEyeMovers)

Cassette Beasts (Bytten Studio/Raw Fury)

Dead Island 2 (Dambuster Studio/Deep Silver)

Disney Illusion Island (Dlala Studios/Disney)

Synapse (nDreams)

The Banished Vault (Lunar Division/Bithell Games)

Viewfinder (Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful)

Audio Innovation of the Year

A Highland Song (inkle)

Baldur’s Gate 3 (Pitstop Productions/Larian Studios)

Deliver Us Mars (KeokeN Interactive/Frontier Foundry)

Synapse (nDreams)

Tchia (Awaceb/Kepler)

The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR (Supermassive Games)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Sumo Digital)

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun (Auroch Digital/Focus Entertainment)

Accessibility Innovation of the Year

BLINNK and the Vacuum of Space (Changingday)

Disney Illusion Island (Dlala Studios/Disney)

Moving Out 2 (SMG Studio/Team17)

Polyfury (Wayfarer Games)

Skye Tales (Puny Astronaut)

Sniper Elite VR Winter Warrior (Rebellion)

Stories of Blossom (Soft Leaf Studios)

Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun (Auroch Digital/Focus Entertainment)

Narrative Innovation of the Year

A Highland Song (inkle)

Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)

Dredge (Black Salt Games/Team17)

Full Void (OutOfTheBit)

Killer Frequency (Team17)

Ten Dates (Wales Interactive)

Tin Hearts (Rogue Sun/Wired Productions)

Viewfinder (Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful)

Ongoing Innovation of the Year

Avakin Life (Lockwood Publishing)

Elite Dangerous (Frontier Developments)

Eve Online (CCP Games)

Fall Guys (Mediatonic)

No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)

PowerWash Sim (FuturLab)

RuneScape (Jagex)

Sea of Thieves (Rare)

Gamesplay Innovation of the Year

Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian Studios)

C-Smash VRS (Wolf&Wood/RapidEyeMovers)

Dredge (Black Salt Games/Team17)

Make Way (Ice Beam/Secret Mode)

Synapse (nDreams)

Tchia (Awaceb/Kepler)

Tin Hearts (Rogue Sun/Wired Productions)

Viewfinder (Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful)

Media Brand of the Year

Debug (Boss Mode)

Eurogamer (Gamer Network)

Fusion Retro (Fusion Retro Books)

Future Games Show (Future)

IGN UK (IGN)

Nintendo Life (Hookshot Media)

PC Gamer (Future)

VGC (1981 Media)

PR Agency of the Year

71 Consulting

Bastion

Big Games Machine

Heaven Media

ICO Partners

Overload PR

Plan of Attack

Raptor PR

Renaissance PR

Media Campaign of the Year

Alan Wake 2 (TAKEOFF)

C-Smash VRS (Wolf&Wood/RapidEyeMovers/4media group)

Dead Island 2 (Premier/PLAION)

Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games)

Lords of the Fallen (CI Games)

Goat Simulator 3 x CATAN (Swipe Right/Coffee Stain Publishing)

Starfield (Bethesda)

The Sims 4 For Rent (Premier/EA)

Wo Long (Renaissance/Koei Tecmo)

Event of the Year

Develop:Brighton (Tandem Events)

FormatGG (Format)

GAconf Europe 23 (IGDA-GASIG)

Games Growth Summit (Analog)

London Games Festival (Games London)

Scottish Games Week (Scottish Games Network)

W.A.S.D. (Roucan)

Women in Games Careers, Development & Networking Expo (Women in Games)