BBC WebsiteChurch leaders at Manchester Cathedral have "forgiven" Sony for not asking permission to use images of the building in a violent video game.
Sony's PlayStation game Resistance: Fall of Man, uses the historic church as a backdrop to a violent gunfight.
The game was nominated, but failed, to win an award at the British Academy Video Games Awards on Tuesday evening.
The company has apologised for using the graphics, but said it would not be withdrawing the game from sale.
The awards, organised by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), took place at Battersea Evolution, in Battersea Park, London.
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