Wednesday, October 24, 2007

BAFTA Video Games Awards Winners Revealed


Nintendo skips away from the event with six awards - all for Wii Sports. In fact, the popular family pasttime secured wins under the following categories: Casual, Gameplay, Innovation, Mulitplayer, Sports, plus Strategy and Simulation.

Nintendo said of the accolades, "We are very honoured and proud to have been recognised in this way by the Academy".

However, it wasn't empty hands for everyone else. In fact, homegrown UK developer Realtime Worlds got its mitts on two awards for Crackdown - best Action and Adventure title and best Use of Sound. Elsewhere, Okami scored a much deserved slap on the back in the Artistic Achievement and Best Score categories, while God of War 2 attempted to maintain its angry exterior in the face of jubilation as it took home awards for best Story and Character, plus best Technical Achievement.

Finally, Best Game of the night went to 2K's superb Bioshock and the only public-voted category, The PC World Gamers' Award, shook its bucket of recognition in the general direction of Sports Interactive's Football Manager 2007.

The full rundown of nominees and eventual winners:

Action and Adventure

Crackdown (X360)
Gears of War (X360)
God of War 2 (PS2)
The Orange Box (PS3)
Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction (PS3)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)

Artistic Achievement

Bioshock (X360)
Heavenly Sword (PS3)
Okami (PS2)
Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction (PS3)
Skate (PS3)
Viva Pinata (Xbox 360)

Best Game


Bioshock (X360)
Crysis (PC)
Gears of War (X360)
Guitar Hero II (PS2)
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (X360)
Wii Sports (Wii)

Casual

Big Brain Academy for Wii (Wii)
Cake Mania (DS)
Guitar Hero II (PS2)
More Brain Training (DS)
SingStar (PS3)
Wii Sports (Wii)

Gameplay

Crackdown (X360)
Gears of War (X360)
Sega Rally (PS3)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
Warhawk (PS3)
Wii Sports (Wii)

Innovation

fl0w (PSN)
Okami (PS2)
Super Paper Mario (Wii)
The Eye of Judgment (PS3)
Trauma Center: Second Opinion (Wii)
Wii Sports (Wii)

Multiplayer

Battlefield 2142 (PC)
Crackdown (X360)
Guitar Hero II (PS2)
Wii Sports (Wii)
World in Conflict (PC)
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (PC)

Original Score

Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
God of War 2 (PS2)
Lair (PS3)
Okami (PS2)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
Viva Pinata (Xbox 360)

Sports

Colin McRae: DiRT (X360)
FIFA 08 (PS3)
Football Manager 2008 (PC)
MotorStorm (PS3)
Virtua Tennis 3 (X360)
Wii Sports (Wii)

Strategy and Simulation

Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars (X360)
Forza Motorsport 2 (X360)
Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms (PC)
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas (X360)
Wii Sports (Wii)
World in Conflict (PC)

Story and Character

Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
God of War 2 (PS2)
Heavenly Sword (PS3)
Okami (PS2)
The Darkness (X360)
The Simpsons Game (X360)

Technical Achievement

Crackdown (X360)
Gears of War (X360)
God of War 2 (PS2)
MotorStorm (PS3)
Okami (PS2)
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)

Use of Audio

Crackdown (X360)
Elite Beat Agents (DS)
Gears of War (X360)
God of War 2 (PS2)
Guitar Hero II (PS2)
Skate (PS3)

BAFTA One's To Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital

Ragnarawk
ClimbActic
Bear Go Home

The PC World Gamers' Award

Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (DS)
FIFA 07 (PS2)
Football Manager 2007 (PC)
Gears of War (Xbox 360)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (PSP)
Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3)
Wii Play (Wii)