Rockstar Games reaffirmed its place as one of the top producers of  critically acclaimed games last night at the sixth annual Develop Industry Excellence Awards, taking home four individual awards. Rockstar North received both the visual arts and audio accomplishment prizes for Grand Theft Auto IV and was also named Best in-house developer.

Over 500 professionals from the European games industry gathered in Brighton, England for the show. Hosted by comedian Glenn Wool, the event honoured those behind the best games released in the past 12 months.

WiiWare also made an encouraging appearance, being the platform that helped two award-winners walk home with prizes: independent studio Frontier Developments’ LostWinds was named as Best New IP, while Nintendo itself received the Publishing-Hero award for letting studios publish their own games in the first place.

In addition, a special Grand Prix Award was awarded to Rockstar Games, not only for the commercial and critical behemoth that is Grand Theft Auto IV, but also Rockstar’s studio network.

The rest of the awards shaped up as follows:

Creativity:

• Best New IP:
  Lost Winds (Frontier Developments)
• Best Use of a Licence:
  Lego Indiana Jones (Traveller’s Tales)
• Visual Arts:
  Rockstar North (Grand Theft Auto IV)
• Audio Accomplishment:
  Rockstar North (Grand Theft Auto IV)
• Publishing Hero:
  Nintendo

Technology and Services:

• Tools Provider
  Epic Games
• Technical Innovation
  NaturalMotion / Image Metrics (Grand Theft Auto IV)
• Creative Outsourcing
  Richard Jacques Studios
• Services
  Babel Media
• Recruitment Company
  OPM
• Games:Edu New Talent Award
  University of Abertay & Dare to be Digital

Studios:

• Business Development
  Realtime Worlds
• Best Mobile Studio
  Ideaworks3D
• Best In-House Developer
  Rockstar North
• Best New UK/European Studio
  Doublesix
• Best Independent Developer
  Splash Damage

Special Recognition:

• Grand Prix
  Rockstar Games