Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Tops Nomination List for the 2025 Develop:Star Awards

The organizers of the Develop:Star Awards 2025 have unveiled the list of finalists for the prestigious award. Leading the pack in terms of potential trophies is «Indiana Jones and the Great Circle,» which debuted at the end of 2024 and missed the previous year’s awards season. This title from MachineGames is also in the running for the main award of the ceremony.

The top three titles by the number of nominations are as follows:

For 2025, the team behind the Develop:Star Awards has introduced several new categories, including «Best Marketing,» «Best Equality and Diversity Initiatives,» and «Best Accessibility,» which honors games with the most helpful and comprehensive accessibility options.

This year, the special The Develop Star Award will be presented to Sam Lake, the writer and creative director at Remedy Entertainment. He previously received a trophy in the «Best Creative Leader» category at the Develop:Star Awards 2024. Additionally, Lake was recently honored with the «Legend» award named after Andrew Yoon at the New York Game Awards.

Winners of the Develop:Star Awards 2025 will be determined by voting among industry representatives, which will close on May 30. The award ceremony is scheduled for July 9 during the Develop:Brighton conference.