Testronic Wins TIGA Diversity Award

2018 has proved to be a great year for the Testronic Games team. After celebrating a win at the Develop Awards this summer, we’re delighted to be celebrating again after the TIGA Awards!

There, we picked up the Diversity Award for recognition of the 50% Initiative, launched earlier this year by our Head of European Games Business Development Ann Hurley. The 50% Initiative was created to encourage more women to consider a career in the games industry, and to nurture and encourage talent already working in this exciting business.

It is an honour to be recognised by our friends, customers and peers in the industry, and we’re especially proud that our efforts to help address the gender imbalance within the games industry have been appreciated. It’s an issue that is important to us here at Testronic and we’re proud that over 40 per cent of our staff at our games QA and localisation offices are female.

We would like to thank everyone who voted for us, and a big thank you to the team at TIGA for hosting these fantastic awards, and for the great work they do for our development industry.

And a big congratulations to the other winners, including:

Best Action and Adventure Game 2018 – Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe, God of War

Best Arcade Game 2018 – Rebellion, Battlezone Gold Edition

Best Recruitment Agency 2018 – Amiqus

Best Audio Design 2018 – Polyphony Digital Inc, Gran Turismo Sport

Best Casual Game 2018 – Curve Digital Publishing Ltd, Human: Fall Flat

Best Social Game 2018 – Supermassive Games, Hidden Agenda

Best Legal Services Supplier 2018 – Wiggin LLP

Best Educational Game 2018 – Charles University and Czech Academy of Sciences, Attentat 1942

Creativity Award 2018 – Ninja Theory: Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice

Best Game By A Small Studio 2018 – Payload Studios, TerraTech

Best Puzzle Game 2018 – Outplay Entertainment, Booty Quest

Best Racing Game 2018 – Codemasters, F1 2017

Best Role Playing Game 2018 – Jagex, RuneScape

Best Strategy Game 2018 – Creative Assembly, A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia

Best Visual Design 2018 – Rare, Sea of Thieves

Heritage Award 2018 – Nomad Games, Fighting Fantasy Legends Portal

Best Start Up 2018 – Virtual Arts, Lightstream Racer

Best Large Independent Studio 2018 – Lockwood Publishing

Best Small Independent Studio 2018 – Red Kite Games

Best Technical Innovation 2018 – Space Ape Games

Outstanding Leadership Award 2018 – Frank Sagnier, Codemasters

Best Publisher Award 2018 – Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe

Outstanding Individual Award 2018 – Mark Gerhard

Game Of The Year 2018 – Lockwood Publishing, Avakin Life

For a full list, visit TIGA’s website:  http://tiga.org/awards/2018-winners