Game Republic has revealed the nominees for its 2025 Industry Awards, with over 100 nominations throughout 12 classes celebrating growth, studios, and people in video games.
A brand new accolade has been launched this 12 months – the Martyn Brown Rising Star Award – honouring the reminiscence of the Team17 and Game Republic co-founder who handed away final December.
The awards might be judged by Game Republic, its sponsors, and its lead choose. This 12 months, that title goes to The Guardian’s Keith Stuart.
The Finest Indie Game in The North is judged by a public vote.
Winners might be revealed on November 13 at WX Wakefield as a part of GaMaYo. Over 400 builders are set to attend the general occasion.
“Yearly we see extra nominations coming by way of for studios, people and video games which is testimony to the good work occurring throughout The North,” Game Republic managing director Jamie Sefton.
“It is a nice alternative to shine a lightweight on that work and rejoice success and galvanizing people in addition to the video games being produced right here.”
Listed below are the total listing of nominees for the Game Republic Awards 2025:
Finest Indie Game Made within the North (Sponsored by Xsolla)
- Guidelines and Rodents (Gravy Crew)
- Empyreal (Silent Video games)
- Retro Slam Tennis (New Star Video games)
- Rugby League 24 (Distinctive Video games)
- Dunk Dunk (Badgerhammer/Playtonic Video games)
- Dicealot (Goodview Video games/Yogscast Video games)
- Ascend (Miami Avalon)
- Platypus Reclayed (Claymatic Video games)
- Wyrd Waters (Maximalist)
- Vextorial (Vext Video games/Dink)
- Starship Troopers Continuum (XR Video games)
- Practice Sim World VR: New York (Simply Add Water)
- Siege and The Sandfox (Cardboard Sword)
- Racoon Saloon (Theo Clarke)
- Positron (Retroburn)
Finest Small Studio Award (Sponsored by Yogscast Video games)
- Dink
- Observer Interactive
- Panda Cat Video games
- 10:10 Video games
- ShotDash
- BetaJester Ltd
- Cooperative Improvements
- Maximalist Ltd
- Dreaming Strategies
- North Breeze Leisure
- Claymatic Video games
- Badgerhammer
- 5 Aces/New Star Video games
- Distinctive Video games
Finest Mid-Sized Studio Award (Sponsored by Different Issues)
- Radical Forge
- Purple Kite Video games
- Atomhawk
- Nosebleed Interactive
- Skyhook Video games
- Behaviour Interactive
- Tanglewood Video games
- Metal Metropolis Interactive
Finest Giant Studio Award (Sponsored by Eaton Smith Solicitors)
- Team17
- Sumo Digital
- Wushu Studios
- Double11
- D3t
- Cloud Imperium
- Firesprite
- Lucid Video games
Inclusivity Award
- BetaJester Ltd
- Radical Forge
- Secure in our world
- One to One Growth Belief
Most Modern Use of Know-how Sponsored by HP and AMD with Escape Know-how)
- Cooperative Improvements
- Northwave
- Reflex Arc
- One to One Growth Belief
- Tanglewood Video games
- Huey Video games
Studio Hero Award (Sponsored by Plus Accounting)
- Niall Curran (Dink)
- Adam Roley (Team17)
- Harry Knott (Observer Interactive)
- Adam Grimley (Huey Video games)
- Natasha Vincent (EA Playdemic)
- Derek Cowap (Radical Forge)
- Tara Naz Fabric (Cat Video games)
- Adam Clewes-Boyne (BetaJester Ltd)
- Grant Clark (Double Eleven)
- Johnny Hughes (Double Eleven)
- Lewis Bibby (Cooperative Improvements)
- Jamie Smith (Behaviour Interactive)
- Ryan Smith (Radical Forge)
- Jake Richards (Dink)
- Ash Habib (Metal Metropolis Interactive)
Group Supervisor Award
- Molly Holmes (Panda Cat Video games)
- Pedro Silva (Double Eleven)
- Harry Flanagan (The Save Room Membership)
- Em Aspinall (Secure In Our World)
- Tom Birdsey (Team17)
- Luke Stead (Curve Video games)
- Kevin Johnson (Digital Arts)
Martyn Brown Rising Star Award
- Harry Flanagan (Revolution)
- Jess Whall (Chokepoint Artistic)
- Marco (Otterweave Video games Studio)
- Yasmina Fadel (Maximalist)
- Jordan Thorpe (Snappy Gurus)
- Sarah York (Panda Cat Video games)
- Natasha Handley
- Wealthy Thompson (Black Rose Studio)
- Ryan Smith (Radical Forge)
- Francesca White (Behaviour Interactive)
- Northwave
- Maximalist
- Paige Grant (Pitstop Productions)
Inspiring Course Chief Award sponsored by Double Eleven
- James Cotterill (College Campus Doncaster)
- Dr. Duke Gledhill (College of Huddersfield)
- Michael Smith (Coronary heart of Yorkshire)
- Kieran Hicks (College of Staffordshire)
- Rob Charlish (Wakefield Faculty/Coronary heart of Yorkshire)
- Marco A. Valerio (Leeds Beckett College)
- Stuart Lilford (College of Hull)
- Mike Acosta (College of Staffordshire)
- Emma Nuttall (College of Salford)
- Matthew Crossley (Manchester Metropolitan College)
Finest Game-Associated Analysis
- Dr Martin Turner, Dr John Henry, Dr Ashley Williams (Manchester Metropolitan College)
- TriageStory Crew (Sheffield Hallam College)
- Stuart Lilford, Adrian Mills & David Grant
- Francesca Foffano (IGGI)
- Tania Dales (College of York)
- Tom Garner (Sheffield Hallam College)
- Tom Battey (Sheffield Hallam College)
- Kieran Hicks and Chris Headleand (College of Staffordshire)
Video games Legend (Sponsored by Purple Kite Video games)
- Matt Shepcar (Purple Kite Video games)
- Shaun Southern (Playdemic)
- Sally Blake (Silent Video games)
- Matty McGrory (Observer Interactive)
- Simon Barratt (Cooperative Improvements)
- Matt Phillips (Double Eleven)
- Darren Falcus
- Ian Stewart (Gremlin Graphics)
- Nina Cliff (Auroch Digital)