BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM Takes Home 2 BAFTA Awards, Including Game Of The Year


The British Academy Of Film And Television Arts (BAFTA) gave out their Video Game awards yesterday. Naughty Dog’s UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves garnered the most awards (Four), but Rocksteady’s BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM took home the statue for Game Of The Year. Check out the list of winners below.

Best Game

Batman: Arkham Asylum – Sefton Hill, David Hego, Nick Arundel
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios

Action

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

Artistic Achievement

Flower – Development Team Sony Computer Entertainment/ThatGameCompany and SCE Santa Monica Studio

Family & Social

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

Gameplay

Batman: Arkham Asylum – Sefton Hill, David Hego, Nick Arundel Eidos/Rocksteady Studios

Handheld

LittleBigPlanet (PSP) – James Shepherd, Piers Jackson, Mark Green
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Cambridge & xev Studio Europe

Multiplayer

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

Original Score

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

Sports

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

Story

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

Strategy

Empire: Total War – Development Team Sega/Creative Assembly

Use of Audio

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

Use of Online

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

BAFTA Ones To Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital

Shrunk! – Vykintas Kazdailis, Andrew Macdonald, Michael Cummings, Jacek Wernikowski, Stuart Kemp (The Butterflyers)

GAME Award of 2009 (The only award to be voted for by the public)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Activision/Infinity Ward


Jason Moore
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