The BAFTA Video Game Awards were held last night in London and many great games like Monument Valley, Alien: Isolation, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, and Valiant Hearts were all honoured with an award. David Braben was given the fellowship award and Ashley Johnson won Best Performer for her role as Ellie in The Last of Us, beating the great Kevin Spacey for his role in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.
There was a nice variety of wins from big triple A titles like Destiny as well smaller indie games like OlliOlli, which beat both FIFA and Madden for Best Sport Game. All in all, the event was a triumph and it’s great to see video games get the same recognition as films, television, and books. You can check out the full list of nominees below, with the winners in bold.
Artistic Achievement:
-ASSASSIN’S CREED UNITY Mohamed Gambouz, Patrick Limoges, Jean-Sebastien Guay – Ubisoft/Ubisoft
-FAR CRY 4 Jean-Alexis Doyon, David Wilkinson, Scott Mitchell– Ubisoft/Ubisoft
-HOHOKUM Development Team – Honeyslug/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
–LUMINO CITY Development Team – State of Play Games/State of Play Games
-MONUMENT VALLEY Development Team – ustwo Games/ustwo Studio
-VALIANT HEARTS Paul Tumelaire, Ghislain Avrillon, Laurent Labouille – Ubisoft/Ubisoft
Audio Achievement:
–ALIEN: ISOLATION Development Team – Creative Assembly/SEGA
-THE BANNER SAGA Austin Wintory, Michael Theiler, Peret Von Sturmer – Stoic/Versus Evil
-CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE Development Team – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
-DISNEY FANTASIA: MUSIC EVOLVED Development Team – Disney Interactive Studios and Harmonix Music Systems/Disney Interactive Studios
-MARIO KART 8 Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo
-THE SAILOR’S DREAM Development Team – Simogo/Simogo
Best Game:
-ALIEN: ISOLATION Development Team – Creative Assembly/SEGA
–DESTINY Development Team – Bungie/Activision
-DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION Development Team – BioWare/Electronic Arts
-MARIO KART 8 Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo
-MIDDLE-EARTH: SHADOW OF MORDOR Development Team – Monolith Productions/Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment
-MONUMENT VALLEY Development Team – ustwo Games/ustwo Studio
British Game:
-80 DAYS Joseph Humfrey, Jon Ingold, Meg Jayanth – Inkle/Inkle, Profile Books
-ALIEN: ISOLATION Development Team – Creative Assembly/SEGA
-FORZA HORIZON 2 Development Team – Playground Games/Microsoft Studios
-GEOMETRY WARS 3: DIMENSIONS Development Team – Lucid Games/Sierra
-LUMINO CITY Development Team – State of Play Games/State of Play Games
–MONUMENT VALLEY Development Team – ustwo Games/ustwo Studio
Debut Game:
-THE BANNER SAGA John Watson, Alex Thomas, Arnie Jorgensen – Stoic/Versus Evil
-COUNTERSPY Development Team – Dynamighty/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
-HITMAN GO Daniel Lutz – Square Enix Montréal/Square Enix
–NEVER ALONE (KISIMA INGITCHUNA) Development Team – Upper One Games/E-Line Media
–SHOVEL KNIGHT Development Team – Yacht Club Games/Yacht Club Games
-THE VANISHING OF ETHAN CARTER Adrian Chmielarz, Andrzej Poznanski, Michal Kosieradzki – The Astronauts/The Astronauts, Nordic Games
Family:
-THE LEGO MOVIE VIDEOGAME Jon Burton, Mike Taylor, Phill Ring – TT Games/Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment
-LITTLEBIGPLANET 3 Pete Smith, Paul Porter, Darius Sadeghian – Sumo Digital and XDev Studio Europe/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
-MARIO KART 8 Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo
–MINECRAFT: CONSOLE EDITIONS Development Team – Mojang/4J Studios/Microsoft Studios
-SKYLANDERS TRAP TEAM Development Team – Toys for Bob, Vicarious Visions/Activision
-TWELVE A DOZEN Development Team – Bossa Studios/Bossa Studios
Game Design:
-ALIEN: ISOLATION Development Team – Creative Assembly/SEGA
-DESTINY Development Team – Bungie/Activision
-FAR CRY 4 Patrik Methe, Hugo Desmeules, Andrea Zanini – Ubisoft/Ubisoft
-HEARTHSTONE: HEROES OF WARCRAFT Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
–MIDDLE-EARTH: SHADOW OF MORDOR Development Team – Monolith Productions/Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment
-THREES Asher Vollmer, Greg Wohlwend, Jimmy Hinson – Sirvo/Sirvo
Game Innovation:
-80 DAYS Joseph Humfrey, Jon Ingold – Inkle/Inkle, Profile Books
-ALIEN: ISOLATION Development Team – Creative Assembly/SEGA
-LUMINO CITY Development Team – State of Play Games/State of Play Games
-MIDDLE-EARTH: SHADOW OF MORDOR Development Team – Monolith Productions/Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment
-TITANFALL Steve Fukuda, Richard Baker, Vince Zampella – Respawn/Electronic Arts
–THE VANISHING OF ETHAN CARTER Development Team – The Astronauts/The Astronauts, Nordic Games
Mobile and Handheld:
-80 DAYS Joseph Humfrey, Jon Ingold, Meg Jayanth – Inkle/Inkle, Profile Books
-HEARTHSTONE: HEROES OF WARCRAFT Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
-HITMAN GO Daniel Lutz – Square Enix Montréal/Square Enix
–MONUMENT VALLEY Development Team – ustwo Games/ustwo Studio
-THREES Asher Vollmer, Greg Wohlwend, Jimmy Hinson – Sirvo/Sirvo
-THE WALKING DEAD: SEASON 2 Development Team – Telltale Games/Telltale Games
Multiplayer:
-CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE Development Team – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
-DESTINY Development Team – Bungie/Activision
–HEARTHSTONE: HEROES OF WARCRAFT Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
-MARIO KART 8 Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo
-MINECRAFT: CONSOLE EDITIONS Development Team – Mojang/4J Studios/Microsoft Studios
-TITANFALL Steve Fukuda, Richard Baker, Vince Zampella – Respawn/Electronic Arts
Music:
-ALIEN: ISOLATION Development Team – Creative Assembly/SEGA
-THE BANNER SAGA Austin Wintory – Stoic/Versus Evil
-DISNEY FANTASIA: MUSIC EVOLVED Development Team – Disney Interactive Studios and Harmonix Music Systems/Disney Interactive Studios
–FAR CRY 4 Cliff Martinez, Tony Gronick, Jerome Angelot – Ubisoft/Ubisoft
-MIDDLE-EARTH: SHADOW OF MORDOR Garry Schyman, Nathan Griggs – Monolith Productions/Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment
-THE SAILOR’S DREAM Development Team – Simogo/Simogo
Original Property:
-KALIMBA Development Team – Press Play/Microsoft Studios
-MONUMENT VALLEY Development Team – Ustwo Games/Ustwo Studio
-SUNSET OVERDRIVE Development Team – Insomniac/Microsoft Studios
-TITANFALL Steve Fukuda, Richard Baker, Vince Zampella – Respawn/Electronic Arts
–VALIANT HEARTS Yoan Fanise, Paul Tumelaire, Simon Choquet – Ubisoft/Ubisoft
-THE VANISHING OF ETHAN CARTER Adrian Chmielarz, Andrzei Poznanski, Michel Kosieradzki – The Astronauts/The Astronauts, Nordic Games
Performer:
-ADAM HARRINGTON Bigby Wolf in The Wolf Among Us
–ASHLEY JOHNSON Ellie in The Last of Us: Left Behind
-KEVIN SPACEY Jonathan Irons in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
-LOGAN CUNNINGHAM Transistor in Transistor
-MELISSA HUTCHISON Clementine in The Walking Dead: Season 2
-TROY BAKER Pagan Min in Far Cry 4
Persistent Game:
-DESTINY Development Team – Bungie/Activision
-EVE ONLINE – PHOEBE Development Team – CCP Games/CCP Games
–LEAGUE OF LEGENDS Development Team – Riot Games/Riot Games
-RUNESCAPE Development Team – Jagex/Jagex
-WORLD OF TANKS Development Team – Wargaming.net/Wargaming.net
-WORLD OF WARCRAFT: WARLORDS OF DRAENOR Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
Sport:
-FIFA 15 Development Team – EA Sports/Electronic Arts
-FOOTBALL MANAGER 2015 Development Team – Sports Interactive/SEGA
-FORZA HORIZON 2 Development Team – Playground Games/Microsoft Studios
-MADDEN NFL 15 Development Team – EA Sports/Electronic Arts
–OLLIOLLI John Ribbins, Simon Bennett, Tom Hegarty – Roll7/Roll7
-TRIALS FUSION Kim Lahti, Antti Ilvessuo, Karri Kiviluoma – Ubisoft/Ubisoft
Story:
-80 DAYS Joseph Humfrey, Jon Ingold, Meg Jayanth – Inkle/Inkle, Profile Books
-BROKEN AGE Tim Schafer – Double Fine Productions/Double Fine Productions
-FAR CRY 4 Mark Thompson, Lucien Soulban, Li Kuo – Ubisoft/Ubisoft
–THE LAST OF US: LEFT BEHIND Neil Druckmann – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
-NEVER ALONE (KISIMA INGITCHUNA) Development Team – Upper One Games/E-Line Media
-THE WOLF AMONG US Development Team – Telltale Games/Telltale Game
We look forward to seeing what big games of 2015 win big at next year’s BAFTA Video Game awards.
[Source: Bafta.org]
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