After not giving out any game awards last year because the British Academy realised at the last minute that most of the good games wouldn't have been released in October when the award ceremony is meant to be held, the Academy has finally caught up to itself and announced the award winners of yore.
Unfortunately, because of the delay and the fact that pretty much a year of games were quickly skipped over, it also means that there's a lot of older titles on the list.
The side effect of that then is that there are some games there which don't win the awards they arguably should have done as they've been edged out by older titles. It's strange to see
COD4 win the award for Story and Character too, especially considering some of the
other contenders.
Still, it's good to see the oft-overlooked
Prof. Layton and the Curious Village on there.
Check out the list below and then let us know your thoughts in
the forums.
BEST GAME
Super Mario Galaxy
ACTION/ADVENTURE
Fable II
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
LittleBigPlanet
CASUAL
Boom Blox
GAMEPLAY
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
HANDHELD
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
MULTIPLAYER
Left 4 Dead
ORIGINAL SCORE
Dead Space
SPORTS
Race Driver: GRID
STORY AND CHARACTER
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
STRATEGY
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Spore
USE OF AUDIO
Dead Space
THE BAFTA FELLOWSHIP
Nolan Bushnel
ONES TO WATCH AWARD
Boro-Toro
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Posted by Bauul - Wed Mar 11 2009 11:03
There's been a bit of a faff kicked up about GTA4 not winning anything, but the only things it really could have contended would be Best Game and Best Action/Adventure, and BAFTA's always had a preference for cutsey and family friendly over brutal realism.
Posted by kenco_uk - Wed Mar 11 2009 11:11
Boom Blox is amazing - more so with two players.
Technical Achievement - Spore? Well, I guess it had to be in there somewhere.
It is an odd bunch of games although I'm glad LBP got in there, despite its late release.
Posted by Tyrmot - Wed Mar 11 2009 11:40
Posted by M2k3 - Wed Mar 11 2009 12:47