At the Develop Awards — the Develop Conference’s ceremony dedicated to choosing the best European studios and the games they’ve created — both Batman: Arkham Asylum and Heavy Rain nabbed trophies while their developers took home awards too. Joe Danger developer Hello Games snagged two studio-centric awards.

Heavy Rain, Arkham Asylum, and their creators win big at the Develop Awards

Here is the list of winners, courtesy Eurogamer:

Creativity

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


Technology & Services

* Technical Innovation – Unity Engine (Unity Technologies)
* Tools Provider – Hansoft
* Engine – Unreal Engine 3
* Services – Testology
* Audio Outsourcer – Side
* Visual Outsourcer – Axis Animation
* Recruitment Company – Amiqus

Studios

* Best New Studio – Hello Games (Joe Danger)
* Micro Studio – Hello Games
* Handheld Studio – SCE Cambridge (LittleBigPlanet PSP)
* Business Development – Sony XDev
* In-House Studio – Rocksteady Studios (Batman: Arkham Asylum)
* Independent Studio – Quantic Dream (Heavy Rain)

Special Awards

* Development Legend – Andrew Gower & Paul Gower (Jagex)
* Grand Prix – Unity Technologies

For the entire listing of nominees, check out Develop’s official list. Are there any Eurpoean developers or games you think should have captured one of the aforementioned awards?

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