won three awards at the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards at the London Hilton, hosted by Dara O’Briain. The film noir-style thriller took home the BAFTAs for Original Music, Technical Innovation and Story.
MASS EFFECT 2
triumphed in the Best Game category. Lauded by the jury as a “combined achievement of technology, art, design [and] audio… a beautiful complete gaming experience”,The“exhilarating chases [and] heart-thumping shadowing missions” of ASSASSIN’S CREED
BROTHERHOOD were rewarded with the BAFTA for Action. CIVILIZATION V
won the BAFTA for Strategy. This is the second BAFTA for the series: Civilization Revolutions won this category in 2009.KINECT SPORTS
, which uses a new technology to allow players to play ‘controller-free’ took home the Family BAFTA. SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2
won the BAFTA for Gameplay; the original game won the Best Game award in 2009.CUT THE ROPE topped one million sales just nine days after its release: tonight the physics-based puzzle phenomenon won the BAFTA for Handheld.
The Social Network Game category - a new addition to this year’s ceremony - was won by MY EMPIRE, a Greco-Roman themed city-building game playable via Facebook.
The Sports BAFTAwent to F1 2010, an ultra-realistic simulation of the 2010 Formula One world championship. Another racing game NEED FOR SPEED: HOT PURSUIT
won this year’s Multiplayer award.The visceral and dramatic soundscape of BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY: 2
won the Use of Audio BAFTA.Epic action-adventure GOD OF WAR III
took home the Artistic Achievement award, the third for the series, which won two BAFTAs in 2007.Three groups of students and recent graduates who had each designed a new game prototype contested this year’s BAFTA Ones to Watch Award in association with Dare to be Digital. The awardwas presented to TWANG!, designed by That Game Studio.
Sir Ben Kingsley presented the Fellowship, the highest honour that the Academy can bestow, to PETER MOLYNEUX, the creative force behind some of the world's most popular and enduring video games, inlcuding Populous, Powermonger, Theme Park, Magic Carpet, Dungeon Keeper and the Fable series.
With over 110,000 votes The GAME Award of 2010, the only award at the ceremony voted for by the public, was won by Call of Duty: Black Ops
, this is the 3rd year the Call of Duty franchise has picked up this Award.