BAFTA Video Game Awards 2010

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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.
 
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Action

  • Assassin’s Creed II
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  • inFAMOUS
  • Left 4 Dead 2

Artistic Achievement

  • Assassin’s Creed II
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  • Streetfighter IV
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Family & Social

  • The Beatles: Rock Band
  • Buzz! Quiz World
  • EyePet
  • Guitar Hero 5
  • New Super Mario Bros Wii

Gameplay

  • Assassin’s Creed II
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  • New Super Mario Bros Wii
  • PixelJunk Shooter
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Handheld

  • Gran Turismo
  • LocoRoco Midnight Carnival
  • Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story
  • Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box
  • Scribblenauts

Multiplayer

  • Battlefield 1943
  • The Beatles: Rock Band
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  • Halo 3 ODST
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Original Score

  • Assassin’s Creed II
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  • Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
  • PixelJunk Shooter

Sports

  • Colin McRae: DiRT 2
  • Football Manager 2010
  • Forza 3
  • Wii Fit Plus
  • Wii Sports Resort

Story

  • Assassin’s Creed II
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum
  • Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: The Director’s Cut
  • Brutal Legend
  • Dragon Age: Origins

Strategy

  • Command and Conquer 3: Uprising
  • FIFA Manager 10
  • Football Manager 2010
  • Halo Wars
  • Plants vs Zombies

Use of Audio

  • Batman: Arkham Asylum
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  • DJ Hero
  • Flower
  • Left 4 Dead 2

Use of Online

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  • Battlefield 1943
  • LittleBigPlanet (PSP)
  • Singstar TakeThat
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Best Game

  • 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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#2  Edited By The_Laughing_Man

I recall broken sword. My first sort of game like that. I got stuck in the level were you gotta talk to the guy in the hospital bed! Lol 

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#3  Edited By Video_Game_King
  • No other nominees for the Fellowship thing?
  • Well, it WAS a user vote...
  • Eh, AC2 was better. Batman rocks, but Ezio is like a medieval Batman. Consider the amount of kick in that ass.
  • Uncharted 2? For story? With all the Dan Brown comparisons? I thought they were insulting the game!
  • Again, AC2 was better.
  • How the hell are Modern Warfare 2 and Uncharted 2 nominated for Artistic Achievement? That'd be like nominating Superjail! for Best Children's Show.
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#4  Edited By samcotts

The GAME award makes me a little sad. I remember reading GAME's all time top 10 before (which was again chosen by the public), and CoD4 was chosen as the best game of all time.  
 
Batman winning Best Game and Gameplay awards annoys me a tad. Good game, but definitely overrated in my opinion. Uncharted 2 should have walked away with those two. 
 
Where were the awards broadcast?

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#5  Edited By Hamz
@samcotts: There was a livestream for the show. I'm sure you'll be able to watch it again tomorrow on the site? Or maybe see a highlights reel :)
 
@Video_Game_King:
The fellowship award is basically a lifetime achievement award. The winner is told beforehand, they have a long speech prepared in advance etc. Artistic Achievement was likely the only category I think they flopped the nominations for completely, but thankfully the winner was well deserved!
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#6  Edited By Video_Game_King
@Hamz: 
 
In that case, why the hell now? Why not sooner? This is the guy who pretty much laid the foundation for modern gaming, and you have to wait until 2010 to give him a lifetime award? Hell, I think Gunpei Yokoi got his award earlier than that.
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#7  Edited By KowalskiManDown

How on earth did Uncharted 2 beat Dragon Age to best story?!

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#8  Edited By evanbrau

Surprisingly ok for the game BAFTAs which are usually absolutely dreadful also in before pages and pages of people bemoaning MW2 winning something.