WINNERS
Winners
Winners and Nominee Shortlist
Here's a reminder of our winners and shortlist for 2026
Celebrating Game Quality professionals who empower teams, champion excellence and push innovation forward across our industry.
Champion of the Player
This category honors individuals who advocate for the player.
Winner
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Alex Smith
Electronic Arts
Shortlisted nominees
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Yohan Mehta
Ubisoft Pune -
Dasha Barsky
Trailmix Games -
Vanessa Vaz
Funcom
Elite Quality Squad
Recognizing teams that are seeking to improve the lives of those on the team around them.
Winner
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DevQA
Funcom
Shortlisted nominees
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Nintendo Compliance Team
Ubisoft Romania -
Publishing Compliance Team
PlayStation Studios QA -
The Crew Motorfest QC Team
Ubisoft Entertainment India
Hero Class Leader
Celebrating leaders who are growing the next generation of quality professionals through excellent practice of both quality leadership and human leadership.
Winner
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Emily Maclean
Ubisoft
Shortlisted nominees
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Aniruddha Pawar
Ubisoft Pune -
Charlotte Woolley
Media Molecule
Innomaker
This category is dedicated to innovators who are making/creating tooling, code, processes and content that expands the boundaries of quality professionals.
Winner
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Tish Graham
Trailmix Games
Shortlisted nominees
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Jawad Shakil
Ubisoft Pune -
Tom Timmins
Xbox Studios
Trailblazer of Quality
Honoring individuals who are advocating for game quality in the Industry.
Winner
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Rob Weber
Electronic Arts
Shortlisted nominees
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Ritu Chowdhary
Ubisoft Pune -
Claire Naval
Ubisoft -
Alexandru-Marius Pitigoi
Ubisoft QC Romania
Voice of Games Quality
Recognizing those who are championing for other game quality folks.
Winner
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David Jenkins
Aonic Games
Shortlisted nominees
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Juan Antonio Nepormoseno Rosales
Nokorpo -
Razvan Safta
Funcom
Congratulations to our shortlist nominees and winners!
Read about the past award winners here!
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Our Judges
Past Award Winners
Champion of the Player
This category honors individuals who advocate for the player.
Winner
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Branden Lee
Epic Games
Shortlisted nominees
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Aidan Bower
Studios Quality -
Andrei-Remus Horotan
QC Romania/ Ubisoft
Elite Quality Squad
Recognizing teams that are seeking to improve the lives of those on the team around them.
Winner
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Just Dance VR Team
Ubisoft Pune
Shortlisted nominees
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Lead Dev QA
Funcom -
BGS Dev QA
Bethesda Game Studios
Hero Class Leader
Celebrating leaders who are growing the next generation of quality professionals through excellent practice of both quality leadership and human leadership.
Winner
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Chelsea Curran Addams
Baby Centaur inc. / GameQuality.org
Shortlisted nominees
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Aniruddha Pawar
Ubisoft Pune -
Austin Adamson
Santa Monica Studio
Innomaker
This category is dedicated to innovators who are making/creating tooling, code, processes and content that expands the boundaries of quality professionals.
Winner
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Ramesh Raghavan
Ubisoft Mumbai
Shortlisted nominees
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Oliver Peacock
Behaviour Interactive -
Ru Cindrea
AltTester
Trailblazer of Quality
Honoring individuals who are advocating for game quality in the Industry.
Winner
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Ben Fuller
Electronic Arts FC Sports
Shortlisted nominees
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Alisa Polishchuck
Ubisoft Kyiv -
Ritu Chowdhary
Ubisoft Pune
Voice of Games Quality
Recognizing those who are championing for other game quality folks.
Winner
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Rex Black
Epic Games
Shortlisted nominees
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Benjamin Williams
XboX G4E&S -
Razvan Safta
Funcom
Rising Star
Winner
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Cameron Yates
Gram Games
Shortlisted nominees
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Miruna Bercaru
Funcom -
Michael Wirthbergeron
xtensionQA
Team Award
Winner
- Media Molecule
Shortlisted nominees
- Behaviour Interactive
- PTW Montreal
- Roll7
- Secret Mode
DE&I Champion
Winner
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Chloe Mills
Media Molecule
Shortlisted nominees
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Joe Kemp
Player XP -
David Jenkins
Roll7
Future Leader
Winner
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Lauren Walton
Modern Wolf
Shortlisted nominees
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Alex Cohen
Riot Games - Sarah Pavlich