The winners for the 2021 installment of the TIGA UK Games Industry Awards have been revealed today.

The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope walked away with the coveted Game of the Year award. The Supergiant Games title also won for Best Social Game. Other games that earned awards include Returnal (Best Visual Design), NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… (Best Audio Design), and Narita Boy (Best Arcade Game). The full list of winners can be seen below.

TIGA CEO Dr Richard Wilson OBE said this about the award ceremony:

“Congratulations to all the fantastic finalists and wonderful winners of the TIGA UK Games Industry Awards 2021.

Thank you once again to our judges, the TIGA team and to our generous sponsors for making our celebration of excellence in games, businesses and education possible.

The TIGA Awards are all about recognising excellence. TIGA looks forward to working with our friends, members and supporters to promote excellence in our sector in the months and years ahead.”

TIGA UK Games Industry Awards 2021 winners

BEST ARCADE GAME: Team 17 (publisher) and Studio Koba (developer): Narita Boy.

BEST RECRUITMENT AGENCY: Aardvark Swift.

BEST QA/LOCALISATION PROVIDER: PTW.

BEST CASUAL GAME: Trailmix: Love and Pies.

HERITAGE IN GAMES AWARD: Dovetail Games: Trains Sim World 2.

BEST EDUCATIONAL/SERIOUS/SIMULATION GAME: BBC Bitesize/Mobile Pie: BBC Bitesize History Detectives.

BEST TECHNICAL INNOVATION: Panivox.

BEST AUDIO DESIGN: Square Enix: NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139…

BEST ROLE PLAYING GAME: Variable State: Last Stop.

BEST ACTION AND ADVENTURE GAME: Sony Interactive Entertainment/Insomniac Games: Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales.

DIVERSITY AWARD: Payload Studios: Tentacle Zone Incubator.

CREATIVITY AWARD: State of Play: South of the Circle.

BEST EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION: The University of Portsmouth.

BEST SOCIAL GAME: Supermassive Games: The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope.

BEST AUDIO SERVICES SUPPLIER: Side.

BEST STRATEGY GAME: Creative Assembly: Total War: WARHAMMER II.

BEST PUBLISHER: Sony Interactive Entertainment.

BEST TAX AND ACCOUNTANCY FIRM: MMP Tax.

OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP: Jason Falcus, COO Kwalee.

BEST VR/AR GAME: Rebellion: Sniper Elite VR.

BEST ART/ANIMATION/TRAILER SUPPLIER: Atomhawk.

BEST PUZZLE GAME: Out of the Blue Games: Call of the Sea.

BEST EDUCATION INITIATIVE AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT: Ubisoft.

BEST LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDER: Stevens & Bolton LLP.

BEST VISUAL DESIGN: Sony Interactive Entertainment: Returnal.

BEST SERVICES PROVIDER: Liquid Crimson.

BEST SMALL STUDIO: XR Games.

BEST LARGE STUDIO: Kwalee.

OUTSTANDING EMPLOYER AWARD 2021: Dovetail Games.

OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL AWARD: Jake Habgood, Director of Education partnership at Sumo Group.

GAME OF THE YEAR: Supermassive Games: The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope.