6th British Academy Games Awards
































6th British Academy Games Awards
BAFTA Video Game Awards Logo.jpg
Date 19 March 2010
Location London Hilton
Hosted by
Dara Ó Briain[1]
Best Game Batman: Arkham Asylum
Most awards
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (4)
Most nominations
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (10)[2]


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The 6th British Academy Video Game Awards (known for the purposes of sponsorship as GAME British Academy Video Games Awards) awarded by British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA),[3] was an award ceremony honouring achievement in the field of video games in 2009. Candidate games must have been released in the United Kingdom between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2009.[4] The ceremony took place in the London Hilton on 19 March 2010.[3]




Contents






  • 1 Categories


  • 2 Winners and nominees


    • 2.1 Academy Fellowship


    • 2.2 Games with multiple nominations and wins


      • 2.2.1 Nominations


      • 2.2.2 Wins






  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Categories


Both publishers and developers were eligible to enter their games in fifteen categories, fourteen of which were awarded by a panel of judges. The categories are: Gameplay, Casual, Sports, Story and Character, Strategy, Best use of Audio, New Talent, Multiplayer, Best Technical Achievement, Original Score, Handheld, People's Choice (the only award voted for by the public),[5] Artistic Achievement, Best Action and Adventure and Best Game.[2]



Winners and nominees


Winners are shown first in bold.

































Action


  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment


    • Assassin's Creed II – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft


    • Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment


    • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision


    • inFAMOUS – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Computer Entertainment


    • Left 4 Dead 2 – Valve Corporation/Valve Corporation
Sports


  • FIFA 10 – EA Canada/EA Sports


    • Colin McRae: DiRT 2 – Codemasters/Codemasters


    • Football Manager 2010 – Sports Interactive/Sega


    • Forza Motorsport 3 – Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft Game Studios


    • Wii Fit Plus – Nintendo EAD Group No. 5/Nintendo


    • Wii Sports Resort – Nintendo EAD Group No. 2/Nintendo

Artistic Achievement


  • Flower – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment


    • Assassin's Creed II – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft


    • Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment


    • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision


    • Street Fighter IV – Dimps and Capcom/Capcom


    • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
Story


  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Amy Hennig, Neil Druckmann, Josh Scherr, Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment


    • Assassin's Creed II – Corey May, Joshua Rubin, Jeffrey Yohalem, and Dooma Wendschuh, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft


    • Batman: Arkham Asylum – Paul Dini, Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment


    • Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars – Director's Cut – Revolution Software/Ubisoft


    • Brütal Legend – Tim Schafer, Double Fine Productions/Electronic Arts


    • Dragon Age: Origins – David Gaider, BioWare/Electronic Arts

Best Game


  • Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment


    • Assassin's Creed II – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft


    • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision


    • FIFA 10 – EA Canada/EA Sports


    • Left 4 Dead 2 – Valve Corporation/Valve Corporation


    • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves– Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
Strategy


  • Empire: Total War – Creative Assembly/Sega


    • Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Uprising – EA Los Angeles/Electronic Arts


    • FIFA Manager 10 – Bright Future GmbH/Electronic Arts


    • Football Manager 2010 – Sports Interactive/Sega


    • Halo Wars – Ensemble Studios/Microsoft Game Studios


    • Plants vs. Zombies – PopCap Games/PopCap Games

Family & Social


  • Wii Sports Resort – Nintendo EAD Group No. 2/Nintendo


    • The Beatles: Rock Band – Harmonix/MTV Games


    • Buzz! Quiz World – Relentless Software/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe


    • EyePet – SCE London Studio and Playlogic Game Factory/Sony Computer Entertainment


    • Guitar Hero 5 – Neversoft/Activision


    • New Super Mario Bros Wii – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
Use of Audio


  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment


    • Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment


    • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision


    • DJ Hero – FreeStyleGames and Exient Entertainment/Activision


    • Flower – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment


    • Left 4 Dead 2 – Valve Corporation/Valve Corporation

Gameplay


  • Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment


    • Assassin's Creed II – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft


    • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision


    • New Super Mario Bros Wii – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo


    • PixelJunk Shooter – Q-Games and Double Eleven/Q-Games


    • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
Use of Online


  • FIFA 10 – EA Canada/EA Sports


    • Battlefield 1943 – EA DICE/Electronic Arts


    • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision


    • LittleBigPlanet – SCE Cambridge Studio and Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment


    • SingStar Take That – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe


    • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment

Handheld


  • LittleBigPlanet – SCE Cambridge Studio and Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment


    • Gran Turismo – Polyphony Digital/Sony Computer Entertainment


    • LocoRoco Midnight Carnival – SCE Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment


    • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story – AlphaDream/Nintendo


    • Professor Layton and Pandora's Box – Level-5, Nintendo


    • Scribblenauts – 5th Cell/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
BAFTA One's to Watch Award (in association with Dare to Be Digital)


  • Shrunk! – The Butterflyers

    • Colour Coded

    • Quick as Thieves

Multiplayer


  • Left 4 Dead 2 – Valve Corporation/Valve Corporation


    • Battlefield 1943 – EA DICE/Electronic Arts


    • The Beatles: Rock Band – Harmonix/MTV Games


    • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision


    • Halo 3 ODST – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios


    • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
GAME Award of 2009


  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision


    • Assassin's Creed II – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft


    • Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment


    • The Beatles: Rock Band –Harmonix/MTV Games


    • FIFA 10 – EA Canada/EA Sports


    • Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars – Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar North/Rockstar Games


    • The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks – Nintendo EAD Group No. 3/Nintendo


    • Street Fighter IV – Dimps and Capcom/Capcom


    • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment


    • Wii Sports Resort – Nintendo EAD Group No. 2/Nintendo

Original Score


  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Greg Edmonson, Carmen Rizzo, Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment


    • Assassin's Creed II – Jesper Kyd, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft


    • Batman: Arkham Asylum – Nick Arundel, Ron Fish, Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment


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


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


    • PixelJunk Shooter – High Frequency, Bandwidth, Alex Paterson, and Dom Beken, Q-Games and Double Eleven/Q-Games





Academy Fellowship


  • Shigeru Miyamoto


Games with multiple nominations and wins











References





  1. ^ "Dara O'Briain to host the 2010 Games Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 2010-01-26. Archived from the original on 29 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-22..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


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  3. ^ ab "GAME British Academy Video Games Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 2010-02-22.


  4. ^ "Video Games Eligibility & Judging". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 2009-01-01. Retrieved 2010-02-22.


  5. ^ "GAME Award 2009". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 2010-02-10. Archived from the original on 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2010-02-22.




External links


  • 6th BAFTA Video Games Awards page








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