Special Achievement

Best UK-Developed Game

The United Kingdom is home to some of the best development studios in the world, despite facing increasingly stiff competition from countries such as Canada, China, and Korea. Rockstar North, Rockstar Leeds, Criterion Games, Codemasters, Rocksteady Studios, FreeStyleGames, SCE Studio Cambridge, Headstrong Games, Sega's Creative Assembly, and Sports Interactive are all situated in the United Kingdom. And these development powerhouses have all produced outstanding games this year.

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36 Comments

  • fredgwatkin

    Posted Dec 28, 2009 5:23 am GMT

    Plus I had no idea how much of a small niche in the market EmpireTW occupies.I thought it would be a lot more popular! Although admittedly they did make a royal mess of it before all the patches (slightly) improved it. Still the best game though.

  • fredgwatkin

    Posted Dec 28, 2009 5:21 am GMT

    "without a doubt" the best game out of the UK hmm? I think 94% of voters would agree you are, without doubt, talking s*$t.

  • milan4554

    Posted Dec 27, 2009 8:40 pm GMT

    it should hv been DIRT2

  • TfcIan

    Posted Dec 26, 2009 3:52 pm GMT

    DiRT for the simple fact that the devs pushed it back for DX11 to make it an even better game.
    dwd_27, are you an idiot? Fifa 10 is Canadian developed.

  • Tomrock101

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 6:10 pm GMT

    Only 5% for DIRT 2? Rubbish.

  • Vaithan

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 5:49 pm GMT

    Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is, without a doubt, the best UK-developed game this year.

    Aaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahaaa. I'm posting that comment all over the internet. These awards are all fixed. They must be.

  • dwd_27

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 12:08 pm GMT

    what chinatown wars doin dere wat about fifa 10

  • Nuggetol

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 6:30 am GMT

    A whole award dedicated to UK (Go UK!) and yea i agree that Arkham Asylum should've got it but to be honest it's the most overrated game of this year (Yes i have played it and yes it's amazing but it's still overrated). I bet that i'll get at least 5 thumbs down by tomorrow XD

  • derminator4

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 5:31 am GMT

    good god, just saw the video review for chinatown wars . what were they thinking. talk about a slap in the face for batman. i can only guess that they received some bribes,maybe some free ds's loaded with it.

    won't be checking the rest of the winners if this is anything to go by. really piss poor.

    absolutely unfathomable

  • STARS_Splinter

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 4:57 am GMT

    Chinatown Wars? Really? What?

    Batman fo' sho'!

  • derminator4

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 4:51 am GMT

    looks like my taste is totally out of sync with the judges( i went for batman too). might be taking their reviews with a pinch of salt in the future.

  • Flameberge

    Posted Dec 22, 2009 3:05 pm GMT

    It's good to see the large number of properly good AAA quality titles coming from UK developers these days

  • sambob530

    Posted Dec 22, 2009 10:17 am GMT

    Any of them, really, but DiRT 2 was very well made, so I'll go for that

  • Abbas803

    Posted Dec 22, 2009 3:04 am GMT

    I went for batman

  • Zaibach

    Posted Dec 21, 2009 4:55 pm GMT

    amazing games from the uk, makes me proud

  • HavQ-san

    Posted Dec 21, 2009 4:39 pm GMT

    LBP, definitely.

  • girdz

    Posted Dec 21, 2009 4:39 pm GMT

    Wtf, now that I disagree with, Batman is the best comic book game ever.

    And hey @linkyshinks

  • shooter-crazy

    Posted Dec 21, 2009 3:01 pm GMT

    Disappointed that Batman didn't win, but any game that gets an 18 on the DS is okay by me!

  • myungish

    Posted Dec 20, 2009 2:02 pm GMT

    Batman AA hands down,up and sideways

  • linkyshinks

    Posted Dec 20, 2009 7:03 am GMT

    Definitely Batman, but Frontiers Lost Winds 2 was awesome also..

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