Develop:Brighton is a three-day conference and expo that opened on Tuesday 9th and ends today, Thursday 11th July, 2019, and the accompanying Develop:Star Awards took place overnight on July 10th. The Awards – the first of which was handed out by Hello Games’ Sean Murray – “recognise the very best of the game development community” and celebrates the achievements of developers and their games across 15 categories, including one ultimate Develop Star award given to an “extraordinary game developer” for outstanding achievement and contribution to the industry.
The big winners last night included Sumo Digital who picked up Best Studio.
Sumo Digital, part of the Sumo Group PLC (LON:SUMO) is an award-winning business providing creative and development services to the video games and entertainment industries, from studios in Sheffield, Newcastle, Nottingham, Pune (India) and Vancouver (Canada).