The Annual Develop Industry Excellence Awards takes place every July, bringing over 500 game developers from all around the world to celebrate success of themselves and others in the industry. The awards honor particularly European developers, and is now in its sixth year, the ceremony this year will be held at the Hilton Metropole, Brighton on Wednesday 30th July. Earlier this week the team behind the awards revealed a list of who is in the running for awards this year. Rockstar North, NaturalMotion and Image Metrics are all in the running for several awards from their work on Grand Theft Auto IV with Rockstar London nominated for the best new UK games studio.

Visual Arts
Rockstar North (Grand Theft Auto IV)
Crytek (Crysis)
London Studio (SingStar PS3 UI)
Frontier Developments (Lost Winds)
Criterion Games (Burnout Paradise)
Ninja Theory/SCEE Cambridge (Heavenly Sword)

Audio Accomplishment
London Studio (SingStar PS3)
Rockstar North (Grand Theft Auto IV)
Ninja Theory/SCEE Cambridge (Heavenly Sword)
Sumo Digital (Sega Superstars Tennis)
Codemasters Studios (Race Driver GRID)
Criterion Games (Burnout Paradise)

Tools Provider
Hansoft
Epic Games
Sony & SN Systems
Havok
NaturalMotion
IDV

Technical Innovation
Rockstar North/NaturalMotion/Image Metrics (Grand Theft Auto IV)
Ninja Theory/SCEE Cambridge (Heavenly Sword)
Ideaworks3D (Airplay)
SCEE R&D Team (PhyreEngine)
Geomerics (Enlighten)

Best New UK/European Studio
Finblade
Konami Paris
Oxygen Studios
Rockstar London
Doublesix

Business Development
Zoë Mode
Rebellion
Realtime Worlds
Team 17
NaturalMotion

Best In-house Developer
Rockstar North
Codemasters Studios
Criterion Games
Sports Interactive
London Studio
Bizarre Creations

You can read more on the Develop Awards on DevelopMag.com. Best of luck to Rockstar North, Rockstar London and the two Technology Innovation Companies -- NaturalMotion and Image Metrics.