European Software Excellence Awards

This is the sixth year of the European Software Excellence Awards - the only awards scheme of its kind in Europe. It honours the publishers and republishers of the best software shipping over the past year in the major European markets. These awards recognise and celebrate quality, excellence and innovation in software, and are highly prized by publishers and republishers who receive them. Judged by Ziff-Davis's software specialists in France, the UK and Germany the awards are given by a committee drawn from the laboratory review-based publications, PC Professionell, PC Expert and PC Magazine, the German Internet business title ZD internet Professionell and from their sister consumer publications Computer Gaming World and Univers Jeux & Micro.

Who were the star performers in software this year? Read on to find out.