Since I'm from the UK and because I couldn't find a topic on this already I figured I would share, for those interested, the results of tonight's British Academy of Film & Television Arts video game award show presented by Dara Ó Briain . Below is a list of the categories, nominees and winners of each award and here is a link to the official site.
Host
Action
- WINNER: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- Assassin’s Creed II
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- inFAMOUS
- Left 4 Dead 2
Artistic Achievement
- WINNER: Flower
- Assassin’s Creed II
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Streetfighter IV
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Family & Social
- WINNER: Wii Sports Resort
- The Beatles: Rock Band
- Buzz! Quiz World
- EyePet
- Guitar Hero 5
- New Super Mario Bros Wii
Gameplay
- WINNER: Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Assassin’s Creed II
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- New Super Mario Bros Wii
- PixelJunk Shooter
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Handheld
- WINNER: LittleBigPlanet (PSP)
- Gran Turismo
- LocoRoco Midnight Carnival
- Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story
- Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box
- Scribblenauts
Multiplayer
- WINNER: Left 4 Dead 2
- Battlefield 1943
- The Beatles: Rock Band
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Halo 3 ODST
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Original Score
- WINNER: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- Assassin’s Creed II
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
- PixelJunk Shooter
Sports
- WINNER: FIFA 10
- Colin McRae: DiRT 2
- Football Manager 2010
- Forza 3
- Wii Fit Plus
- Wii Sports Resort
Story
- WINNER: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- Assassin’s Creed II
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: The Director’s Cut
- Brutal Legend
- Dragon Age: Origins
Strategy
- WINNER: Empire: Total War
- Command and Conquer 3: Uprising
- FIFA Manager 10
- Football Manager 2010
- Halo Wars
- Plants vs Zombies
Use of Audio
- WINNER: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- DJ Hero
- Flower
- Left 4 Dead 2
Use of Online
- WINNER: FIFA 10
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Battlefield 1943
- LittleBigPlanet (PSP)
- Singstar TakeThat
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Best Game
- WINNER: Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Assassin’s Creed II
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- FIFA 10
- Left 4 Dead 2
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
GAME Award (winner decided by public vote)
- WINNER: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Batman Arkham Asylum
- The Beatles: Rockband
- Assassin’s Creed II
- FIFA 10
- GTA China Town Wars
- Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks
- Street Fighter IV
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- Wii Sports Resort
Academy Fellowship Award
After reading that list was anyone surprised or shocked by some of the results? I think we can all agree that seeing Naughty Dog walk away with four awards for Uncharted 2 wasn't entirely unexpected. Seeing Modern Warfare 2 nominated for so many awards yet only end up winning one of them was a bit surprising. The biggest and most pleasant surprise for me however was seeing Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars (Director's Cut) nominated for best story. For those unaware the original Broken Sword was released back in 1996 and the recent director's cut version released in 2009 still retains the same original story from the game's much earlier release. So to see a game from an almost extinct genre who's story was written over a decade ago still be considered brought a smile to my face.
Overall it was a pretty good show in my opinion, what did everyone else think?
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