wraggster
March 16th, 2011, 22:35
Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops has won the only public-voted category in the GAME British Academy Video Game Awards, with over 110,000 consumers casting their votes.
EA and BioWare's Mass Effect 2 won the award for best game, presented at 195 Piccadilly in London this evening.
Sony and Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain took three awards, for technical achievement, story and use of audio, while Sony Santa Monica won the artistic achievement gong for God of War III.
Codemasters received the best sports game award for F1 2011 and Criteron's Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit claimed the best multiplayer award.
Lionhead's Peter Molyneux was awarded the BAFTA Academy Fellowship, joining fellow game makers Nolan Bushnell, Shigeru Miyamoto and Will Wright.
The BAFTA winners follow:
Action
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
Artistic Achievement
God of War III
Best Game
Mass Effect 2
Family
Kinect Sports
Gameplay
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Handheld
Cut the Rope
Multiplayer
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Original Music
Heavy Rain
Social Network Game
My Empire
Sports
F1 2010
Story
Heavy Rain
Strategy
Civilization V
Technical Innovation
Heavy Rain
Use of Audio
Battlefield: Bad Company: 2
BAFTA Ones To Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital
Twang!
GAME Award of 2010
Call of Duty: Black Ops
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-03-16-black-ops-takes-public-voted-bafta
EA and BioWare's Mass Effect 2 won the award for best game, presented at 195 Piccadilly in London this evening.
Sony and Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain took three awards, for technical achievement, story and use of audio, while Sony Santa Monica won the artistic achievement gong for God of War III.
Codemasters received the best sports game award for F1 2011 and Criteron's Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit claimed the best multiplayer award.
Lionhead's Peter Molyneux was awarded the BAFTA Academy Fellowship, joining fellow game makers Nolan Bushnell, Shigeru Miyamoto and Will Wright.
The BAFTA winners follow:
Action
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
Artistic Achievement
God of War III
Best Game
Mass Effect 2
Family
Kinect Sports
Gameplay
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Handheld
Cut the Rope
Multiplayer
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Original Music
Heavy Rain
Social Network Game
My Empire
Sports
F1 2010
Story
Heavy Rain
Strategy
Civilization V
Technical Innovation
Heavy Rain
Use of Audio
Battlefield: Bad Company: 2
BAFTA Ones To Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital
Twang!
GAME Award of 2010
Call of Duty: Black Ops
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-03-16-black-ops-takes-public-voted-bafta