Midoki are captains of gaming industry awards

Leamington based Midoki proved their place as captains of creativity last night (Wednesday 15 July) at the Develop Industry Excellence Awards.

The team of veteran game developers scooped the best New Game IP (mobile) within the creativity category for their hugely successful title Plunder Pirates.

The awards recognise the accomplishments of talented developers throughout the UK and Europe based entirely on the result of their endeavours: the games.

Plunder Pirates is a Rovio Stars title developed by Midoki, and is set on an animated 3D pirate island. The strategic combat game uses dynamic PlunderCam™ technology that allows players to zoom, swivel and manipulate the game camera within a fully rendered 3D environment. Small details and character animations can be examined in close-up, cinematic cuts at literally any point in the game.

"With Plunder Pirates we wanted to bring our knowledge and expertise to mobile and create a genre defining product, with a stunning 3D environment, engaging gameplay, as well as multiple online and social features; we think we've done just that. And thanks to Rovio we are able to reach a far wider audience than we could have ever imagined.” said Chris Gage, Co-Founder of Midoki.

More than 500 delegates from around the world gathered in Brighton for the biggest awards night in the game development industry calendar - and 'Silicon Spa' shone yet again. Seven Leamington Spa-based firms were shortlisted for awards - Exient, Midoki, Christopher Randle, SEGA Hardlight and Playground Games, as well as Team Lumo and Modern Dreams.