The finalists for the UKIE Video Game Awards 2024 have been announced, with Sports Interactive’s Football Manager 2024 and Sad Owl Studios’ Viewfinder picking up the most nominations.
All the games that were nominated were made in the UK, including Dlala Studios’ Disney Illusion Island for best console game, and FuturLab’s PowerWash Simulator in the mixed reality game category.
Fireshine Games’ Shadows of Doubt was also nominated for Game of the Year alongside Football Manager 2024 and Viewfinder.
Nominees were chosen by UKIE members, which consists of over 650 games companies from across the country in every sub sector of the industry.
UKIE members will also choose the winners, which will be announced at a dinner event in Birmingham on Thursday, March 7. For more information on attending, email sam@ukie.org.uk.
Read the full list of nominees below:
Game of the Year
Football Manager 2024 (Sports Interactive)
Shadows of Doubt (Fireshine Games)
Viewfinder (Sad Owl Studios)
Best PC game
Boltgun (Auroch Digital)
Football Manager 2024 (Sports Interactive)
Viewfinder (Sad Owl Studios)
Best console game
Disney Illusion Island (Dlala Studios)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Sumo Nottingham)
Viewfinder (Sad Owl Studios)
Best mobile game
Desta: The Memories Between (Ustwo Games)
Football Manager 2024 Mobile (Sports Interactive)
The Queen’s Gambit Chess (Rockwater)
Best mixed reality game (VR, AR, XR)
Assassin’s Creed Nexus VR (Ubisoft Leamington and Ubisoft Reflections)
PowerWash Simulator VR (FuturLab)
Synapse (nDreams)
Sustainability champion
Sports Interactive/Sega
Sumo Group
Ustwo Games
Diversity and inclusion champion
nDreams
Special Effect
Sumo Group
Best developer
FuturLab
Playground Games
Sumo Digital
Best publisher
nDreams
Secret Mode
Yogscast Games
Rising Star
Bonsai Collective
Sad Owl Studios
Sketchbook Games
