Heavy Rain and Quantic Dream Win Big at the Develop Awards

In a ceremony at the Hilton Metropole Hotel in Brighton Develop hosted its video game oriented awards, which reward the European gaming industry and the products and creators that represent it worldwide. The big winner of the night was the United Kingdom video game industry, which picked up most of the awards handed out, with the only outsiders breaking in being the team at Quantic Dream, which is headquartered in Paris, France, and the studio behind Angry Birds, Rovio, located in Helsinki.

Quantic Dream received recognition for its newest launch, Heavy Rain, a game that pushes against the boundaries of the video games medium, aiming to create a real emotional connection between the player and the characters that he encounters in the story. The company has recently said that it will not be working on more Heavy Rain content and that it is creating two new video games that will probably make use of the PlayStation Move motion tracking system from Sony.

Here's the full list of the companies and video games that got awards:

Creativity

Best New IP - Heavy Rain from Quantic Dream Best New Download IP - Angry Birds from Rovio Best Use of a Licence or IP - Batman: Arkham Asylum from Rocksteady Studios Visual Arts - Split/Second from Black Rock Studio Audio Accomplishment - DJ Hero from FreeStyleGames Publishing Hero - Channel 4

Technology & Services

Technical Innovation - Unity Engine from Unity Technologies Tools Provider - Hansoft Engine - Unreal Engine 3 Audio Outsourcer - Side Visual Outsourcer - Axis Animation Recruitment Company - Amiqus

Studios

Best New Studio - Hello Games Micro Studio - Hello Games Handheld Studio - SCE Cambridge Business Development - Sony XDev In-House Studio - Rocksteady Studios Independent Studio - Quantic Dream

Special Awards