Crackdown Dev Tops Industry Excellence Awards
A whopping seven nominations
By: Gavin Ogden, CVG

Crackdown developer Realtime Worlds has picked up a whopping seven nominations, the most ever for one studio in the event's five-year history.

Due to be held on July 25, the Develop Industry Excellence Awards aims to honour those at the forefront of the development community.

Crackdown has been nominated in the New Console/PC IP category, with the studio itself picking up a further six nominations in the Visual Arts, Audio Accomplishment, Best Use of Online, Innovation, New UK/European Studio and Independent Developer categories.

Other developers up for gongs include Evolution Studios (MotorStorm), Rare (Viva Pinata), SCEE Studio Liverpool (Formula One Championship Edition) and Introversion (Defcon) with three nominations each.

"The last 12 months have seen European developers literally raise their games," says Stuart Dinsey, managing director of Intent Media, publisher of Develop. "In a period which has seen the launch of two home consoles, the continued improvement of Xbox 360 and PC software, and the mobile games market emerge as a genuine creative and commercial alternative to the more traditional games platforms, only the most excellent titles have any chance of standing out from the crowd."

The awards are voted for by a panel of almost 100 industry experts.

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