adminThe Best Places to Work Awards 2026 brought UK games industry teams together in London to recognise workplaces shaped by employee feedback and supportive policies. This gallery features attendees and winners from the ceremony, held at the Royal Institution after the annual HR Summit.
Best Places to Work Awards 2026: the ceremony
The awards recognised organisations across the UK games industry. The ceremony took place at the Royal Institution in London at the close of the HR Summit. The gallery below offers a visual record of the event and its winners.
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How the workplace awards were assessed
Each company’s score was based primarily on feedback from its employees, gathered through an anonymous survey. This feedback accounted for 80% of the score. The other 20% came from submissions describing each company’s internal policies.
That balance makes both staff perspectives and documented workplace provisions relevant to the assessment. When considering an award result, readers can keep in mind that the employee survey and company policy submission played different roles in the overall score.
Special awards and industry priorities
Alongside the main categories, the programme included special awards judged by the editorial team. The G into Gaming award was presented by Liz Prince MBE of Amiqus.
Submissions reflected continued efforts by UK games businesses to support their staff during a period marked by layoffs, studio closures and job losses. Employees highlighted workplace policies, provisions and the contributions of individual colleagues. Close results in some categories also indicated that areas such as mental health, environmental sustainability, education and mentoring have become increasingly prominent in workplace support.
For employees comparing potential workplaces, these themes can provide useful prompts when researching a studio: consider what support is available, how learning and mentoring are approached, and whether wellbeing measures are clearly explained. The awards’ results offer one view of workplace practices, while individual needs and experiences can vary between teams.
2026 awards gallery
The gallery includes images from the ceremony, including the winners who attended. Use the captions and attributions alongside each image to identify the people and teams shown; the information supplied for this gallery identifies the first image as the winners attending the 2026 awards.
Gallery image 1 of 22: The winners attending the 2026 Awards.
Looking ahead
The Best Places to Work Awards are scheduled to return in 2027. The 2026 ceremony highlighted the role of employee feedback and workplace policies in recognising supportive organisations across the UK games industry. This Best Places to Work Awards 2026 gallery provides a record of the people and teams celebrated at this year’s event.
