BAFTA 2010 - Stealth Destroys Cinema

While Modern Warfare wins gamers' hearts

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The UK's Video Game BAFTAs (British Academy of Film and Television Awards) were, it must be said a great success. Celebrating the industry's achievements for the gaming year of 2009, the awards saw Eidos' stealthy game-full Batman Arkham Asylum scoop Best Game from a panel of industry professionals. It beat out the cinematic Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, which had been the bookies' favourite pre-ceremony.

A full list of winners and nominees is below. However, stand-outs include Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto gaining the BAFTA Fellowship award with a gracious and humble speech that included such lines as:

"I am embarrassed to receive such an award, so I am taking it for everyone who has worked with me in the last few years and I thank them for all their hard work.

I have been in the industry now, for over 20 years. I am grateful Nintendo took me in off the street. The industry has changed dramatically since I started my career at Nintendo. Back then there was no such thing as videogames at the company, but I wanted to make something that could surprise and entertain people. I was lucky to get a job that involved making videogames from the dawn of the industry."

There was also some insight into the great man's game-creation process:

"To create a new standard, you have to be up for new challenges. That’s why I have become even more conscious in how people play with videogames rather than the content I develop for them.

"When I was working on Super Mario Bros. Wii, I imagined how people would play and how people could enjoy it together, which had been my dream sine the first Mario game was made 25 years ago.

"So instead of focusing on content, I am more interested in atmosphere where player can interact with each other. Our imagination and creativity takes us to countless fascinating places were we hope to make new experiences for people of all ages

This I call a recipe for joy."

Back to the games. While the pros' choice for best game and game-play went to Batman, the people's choice went to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.

Pre-ceremony favourite Uncharted 2: Among Thieves grabbed four golden face-masks for Best Action, Original Score, Best Use of Audio and Best Story.

The full list of winners and nominees is... below:

Best Game
Winner: Batman: Arkham Asylum
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios

Assassin’s Creed II
Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets
Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Activision/Infinity Ward

FIFA 10
Andrew Wilson, David Rutter, Gary Paterson
Electronic Arts/EA Canada

Left 4 Dead 2
Gabe Newell, Chet Faliszek, Tom Leonard
Valve/EA

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio


Fellowship:
Winner: Shigeru Miyamoto


Gameplay
Winner: Batman: Arkham Asylum
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios

Assassin’s Creed II
Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets
Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Activision/Infinity Ward

New Super Mario Bros Wii
Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Hiroyuki Kimura
Nintendo/Nintendo

PixelJunk Shooter
Sony Computer Entertainment/Q-Games & SCE Santa Monica Studio

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio



Action
Winner: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio

Assassin’s Creed II
Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets
Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Activision/Infinity Ward

inFAMOUS
Brian Fleming, Bruce Oberg, Chris Zimmerman
Sony Computer Entertainment/Sucker Punch Productions & SCE Foster City Studio

Left 4 Dead 2
Gabe Newell, Chet Faliszek, Tom Leonard
Valve/EA


Artistic Achievement
Winner: Flower
Sony Computer Entertainment/ThatGameCompany and SCE Santa Monica Studio

Assassin’s Creed II
Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets
Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Activision/Infinity Ward

Streetfighter IV
Yoshinori Ono
Capcom/Capcom

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio


Family & Social
Winner: Wii Sports Resort
Katsuya Eguchi, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshikazu Yamashita
Nintendo/Nintendo

The Beatles: Rock Band
Alex Rigopulos, Paul DeGooyer, Josh Randall
Electronic Arts/MTV Games/Apple Corp/Harmonix Music Systems

Buzz! Quiz World
David Amor, Andrew Eades, Lee Clare
Sony Computer Entertainment/Relentless Software & XDEV Studio Europe

EyePet
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE London Studio

Guitar Hero 5
Brian Bright, Paul Robinson, Allen Freese
Activision/Neversoft Entertainment/Vicarious Visions/Budcat

New Super Mario Bros Wii
Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Hiroyuki Kimura
Nintendo/Nintendo



Handheld
Winner: LittleBigPlanet
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Cambridge Studio & XDEV Studio Europe

Gran Turismo
Kazunori Yamauchi, Yuji Yasuhara, Hiroki Imanishi
Sony Computer Entertainment/Polphony Digital Inc

LocoRoco Midnight Carnival
Kenji Sakai, Saeka Horikoshi, Hiroya Matsugami
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Japan Studio

Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story
Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Hiroyuki Kubota
Nintendo/Nintendo

Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box
Akira Tago, Akihiro Hino, Tatsuya Shinkai
Nintendo/Nintendo

Scribblenauts
Jeremiah Slaczka, Marius Fahlbusch
Warner Bros Interactive Entertainmnent/5th Cell


Multiplayer
Winner: Left 4 Dead 2
Gabe Newell, Chet Faliszek, Tom Leonard
Valve/EA

Battlefield 1943
Patrick Liu, Gordon Van Dyke
Electronic Arts/EA DICE

The Beatles: Rock Band
Alex Rigopulos, Paul DeGooyer, Josh Randall
Electronic Arts/MTV Games/Apple Corp/Harmonix Music Systems

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Activision/Infinity Ward

Halo 3 ODST
Microsoft Game Studios/Microsoft

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio


Original Score
Winner: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Greg Edmonson, Clint Bajakian, Jonathan Mayer
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio

Assassin’s Creed II
Jesper Kyd
Ubisoft Entertainment Ltd/Ubisoft Montreal

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Ron Fish, Nick Arundel
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
Activision/Infinity Ward

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
James Hannigan
Electronic Arts/EA Bright Light

PixelJunk Shooter
Dom Beken, Alex Paterson
Sony Computer Entertainment/Q-Games and SCE Santa Monica Studio


Sports
Winner: FIFA 10
Andrew Wilson, David Rutter, Gary Paterson
Electronic Arts/EA Canada

Colin McRae: DiRT 2
Matt Horsman, Clive Moody, Guy Pearce
Codemasters/Codemasters Studios

Football Manager 2010
Sega/Sports Interactive

Forza 3
Microsoft/Turn 10

Wii Fit Plus
Shigeru Miyamoto, Tadashi Sugiyama, Hiroshi Matsunaga
Nintendo/Nintendo

Wii Sports Resort
Katsuya Eguchi, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshikazu Yamashita
Nintendo/Nintendo


Story
Winner: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio

Assassin’s Creed II
Corey May, Joshua Rubin, Jeffrey Yohalem
Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios

Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: The Director’s Cut
Charles Cecil, Neil Richards, Tony Warriner
Ubisoft Entertainment/Revolution Software

Brutal Legend
Tim Schafer
Electronic Arts/Double Fine Productions

Dragon Age: Origins
Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, Mike Laidlaw
Electronic Arts/BioWare


Strategy
Winner: Empire: Total War
Sega/Creative Assembly

Command and Conquer 3: Uprising
Electronic Arts/EA Los Angeles

FIFA Manager 10
Gerald Köhler, Cord Westhoff, Bernhard Maiberg
EA Sports/Bright Future

Football Manager 2010
Sega/Sports Interactive

Halo Wars
Microsoft/Ensemble Studios

Plants vs Zombies
George Fan, Tod Semple, Rich Werner
Popcap Games/PopCap Games


Use of Audio
Winner: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Amy Hennig, Bruce Swanson, Greg Edmonson
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Activision/Infinity Ward

DJ Hero
Jamie Jackson, Dan Neil, Tim Riley
Activision/Freestyle Games

Flower
Vincent Diamante, Steve Johnson, Jenova Chen
Sony Computer Entertainment/ThatGameCompany and SCE Santa Monica Studios

Left 4 Dead 2
Gabe Newell, Chet Faliszek, Tom Leonard
Valve/EA


Use of Online
Winner: FIFA 10
Andrew Wilson, David Rutter, Gary Paterson
Electronic Arts/ EA Canada

Battlefield 1943
Patrick Liu, Gordon Van Dyke
Electronic Arts/EA DICE

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Activision/Infinity Ward

LittleBigPlanet
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Cambridge Studio and XDEV Studio Europe

Singstar TakeThat
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE London Studio

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio


BAFTA Ones To Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital
Winner: Shrunk!
Vykintas Kazdailis, Andrew Macdonald, Michael Cummings, Jacek Wernikowski, Stuart Kemp
The Butterflyers

Colour Coded
Murray Sinclair, Faye Wright, Liam Wong, Sean Donnelly, Nnanna Kama
PixelPirates

Quick as Thieves
William Wright, Michael Doig, Andrew Knight, Jamie MacKinnon, Lee Cresswell
Gentleman of Fortune


GAME Award of 2009

Winner: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Infinity Ward/Activision

Assassin’s Creed II
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Entertainment

Batman Arkham Asylum
Rocksteady Studios/Eidos

The Beatles: Rockband
MTV Games/Apple Corp/Harmonix Music Systems/Electronic Arts

FIFA 10
EA Canada/Electronic Arts

GTA China Town Wars
Rockstar Leeds/Rockstar North/Rockstar Games

Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks
Nintendo/Nintendo

Street Fighter IV
Capcom/Capcom

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment

Wii Sports Resort
Nintendo/Nintendo

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