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The July 10th Develop Awards will toast another diverse array of the finest European game development talent.

Almost 100 different companies have been listed as finalists for the July 10th event.

The shortlists for the 19 main prizes represents 36 different games and their creative talent, 49 different games studios and ten different European countries.

You can see the full list below.

Respected iOS outfit Fireproof Games, developer of The Room, gets the most nominations – five – followed by four each for Dennaton Games (Hotline Miami), SCE’s London Studio (Wonderbook), Arkane Studios (the French team that co-developed Dishonored) and Playground Games (Forza Horizon).

NaturalMotion and its studio Boss Alien studio claim four between them, also after the success of CSR Racing in 2012.

There are also key nominations for free-to-play experts Supercell and its hit mobile game Clash of Clans.

Our improved awards for Creative Contribution also acknowledge the work of external European art and audio teams on vast international projects like Halo 4 and Ni no Kuni.

There are nominations for all kinds of businesses, from solo indie games developers to 100-plus strong teams, middleware providers, service outfits and outsourcing firms.

The Develop Awards take place on July 10th at the Brighton Metropole hotel. To book a place, contact Kathryn.Humphrey@intentmedia.co.uk or call 01992 535 646.

For sponsorship and partner opportunities contact Alex.Boucher@intentmedia.co.uk or call 01992 535 647.

Current Develop Awards sponsors include Platinum Partners Crytek and Deep Silver, Gold Partners Testronic, Perforce, UKIE and Amiqus, Drinks Reception Partner NaturalMotion and Table Gift Partner OPM Jobs.

DEVELOP AWARDS 2013: THE FINALISTS

New IP

Clash of Clans – Supercell

Clay Jam – Fat Pebble

Dishonored – Arkane Studios

Hotline Miami – Dennaton Games

Surgeon Simulator – Bossa Studios

The Room – Fireproof Games

Thomas Was Alone – Mike Bithell

Warface – Crytek

Use of a Licence or IP

Angry Birds Star Wars – Rovio

DmC: Devil May Cry – Ninja Theory

LEGO City Undercover – Traveller’s Tales

LittleBigPlanet Vita – Tarsier Studios

Magic 2013 – Stainless Games

Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed – Sumo Digital

The Snowman and the Snowdog – Crash Lab

Wonderbook: Book of Spells – London Studio

Visual Arts

Awesomenauts – Ronimo Games

CSR Racing – Boss Alien

Crysis 3 – Crytek

Forza Horizon – Playground Games

Hotline Miami – Dennaton Games

LittleBigPlanet Vita – Tarsier Studios

Rayman Jungle Run – Pastagames

The Room – Fireproof Games

Audio Accomplishment

Crysis 3 – Crytek

Fable: The Journey – Lionhead

Forza Horizon – Playground Games

Hotline Miami – Dennaton Games

Kinect Sesame Street – Soho Productions

Sniper Elite 2 – Rebellion

The Room – Fireproof Games

Wonderbook: Book of Spells – London Studio

Use of Narrative

Crysis 3 – Crytek

Dishonored – Arkane Studios

The 39 Steps – The Story Mechanics

The Room – Fireproof Games

Thomas Was Alone – Mike Bithell

Xi: Continuum – nDreams

ZombiU – Ubisoft Montpellier

Wonderbook: Book of Spells – London Studio

Publishing Hero

AppyNation

Kickstarter UK

KISS

NaturalMotion Games

Ripstone

Square Enix London Studios

Strategic Content – SCEE

Valve

Online Innovation

Curiosity – 22Cans

Hitman: Absolution – Contracts – IO Interactive

Illyriad – Illyriad

RaceNet – Codemasters

Smart As – Climax Studios

Turbulenz Platform – Turbulenz

Technical Innovation

Dimensional Imaging

GameMaker – YoYo Games

Hitman Absolution Crowd Tech – IO Interactive

Just Dance TV – Ubisoft

Marmalade Juice – Marmalade

Oculus Rift – Oculus VR

Unreal Engine – Epic Games

Wonderbook – London Studio

Tools Provider

Donya Labs

Epic Games

FMOD

Geomerics

Havok

Marmalade

Perforce

Unity Technologies

Engine

CryEngine 3 – Crytek

GameMaker – YoYo Games

Havok Vision Engine – Havok

HeroEngine 2 – Idea Fabrik

Unity Engine – Unity Technologies

Unreal Engine – Epic Games

Services

Audiomotion

LocalizeDirect

Nimrod Productions

Pinewood Studios

Player Research

Quantic Dream

Testronic Labs

VMC Game Labs

Creative Contribution – Audio

David Housden – Thomas Was Alone

High Score Productions – Harry Potter Kinect

Savalas Sound – Halo 4: Spartans Ops

Side – Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

The Audio Guys – Sonic & AllStars Racing Transformed

Wave Studios – Kinect Sesame Street

Creative Contribution – Visuals

Axis Animation – Halo 4: Spartan Ops

Cubic Motion – LEGO City Undercover

Faceware Technologies and CounterPunch Studios – Crysis 3

Rabcat – Forza Horizon

Realtime UK – Wargaming trailers

Tarsier Studios – LittleBigPlanet Karting

Recruiter

Aardvark Swift

Amiqus

Avatar Games

Creative Personnel

Guru Careers

OPM Recruitment

Datascope

Specialmove

Micro Studio

Big Head Games

Crash Lab

Dennaton Games

Fireproof Games

FuturLab

Hotsauce Interactive

Mike Bithell

Terry Cavanagh

Business Development

Abertay University Prototype Fund

Eutechnyx

King

The Foundry

Mediatonic

Mind Candy

Jagex

Wargaming

Independent Studio

CCP

Crytek

Dlala

Ninja Theory

Playground Games

Sumo Digital

Supercell

Yippee Entertainment

In-house Studio

Arkane Studios

Boss Alien

Creative Assembly

Criterion Games

IO Interactive

Sports Interactive

Traveller’s Tales

Ubisoft Montpellier

New Studio

22Cans

Born Ready Games

Boss Alien

Dlala

FuturLab

Hotsauce Interactive

Playground Games

Soho Productions

Special Award: Development Legend

The winner of this award is chosen by the Develop team and will be announced next month.