The show was hosted by the comedian Dara Ó Briain, with various C-list celebrities taking the stage to present individual awards. Ó Briain was in top form throughout the night, with hilarious geeky jokes keeping the crowd entertained throughout.
Without further ado, here are the categories and nominations, with the winners in bold and marked with asterisks:
Best Action Game
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Assassins Creed 2 Batman: Arkham Asylum Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Left 4 Dead 2 inFamous
Best Family and Social Game
Wii Sports Resort The Beatles: Rock Band Buzz Quiz World Eyepet New Super Mario Bros Wii Guitar Hero 5
Best Online Game
FIFA 10 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Battlefield 1943 Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 LittleBigPlanet PSP Singstar: Take That
Best Audio in a Videogame
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves flower DJ Hero Batman: Arkham Asylum Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Left 4 Dead 2
Best Handheld Videogame
LittleBigPlanet Gran Turismo Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story Scribblenauts Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box Locoroco Midnight Carnival
Best Strategy Game
Empire: Total War FIFA Manager 10 Plants vs Zombies Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3: Uprising Halo Wars Football Manager 2010
Best Original Score
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Batman: Arkham Asylum Assassin’s Creed 2 Pixeljunk Shooter Harry Potter and the Halfblood Prince
Best Multiplayer Game
Left 4 Dead 2 Halo 3 ODST Battlefield 1943 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves The Beatles: Rock Band
Best Gameplay
Batman: Arkham Asylum Uncharted 2: Among thieves New Super Mario Bros Wii Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Pixeljunk Shooter Assassins Creed 2
Best Sport Game
FIFA 10 Colin McRae: DIRT 2 Wii Fit Plus Forza Motorsport 3 Wii Sports Resort Football Manager 2010
Best Story in a Videogame
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Batman: Arkham Asylum Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars: Director’s Cut Assassin’s Creed 2 Dragon Age Origins Brutal Legend
BAFTA Ones to Watch
Shrunk! Quick as Thieves Colour Coded
Artistic Achievement
flower Batman: Arkham Asylum Assassin’s Creed 2 Street Fighter IV Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
GAME Award, as voted for by the British Public
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Assassin’s Creed 2 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Game of the Year
Batman: Arkham Asylum Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 FIFA 10 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Left 4 Dead 2 Asssassin’s Creed 2
The show finished with a tribute to Shigeru Miyamoto, who became the first Japanese man to be awarded the Academy Fellowship. As the closing video proved, it was a well-deserved award, given to a gentleman who has truly shaped modern video games. Miyamoto’s acceptance speech was inspirational . As someone who’s first videogame was Super Mario 64, I thought he was absolutely brilliant. The award could not have gone to a better person.
What do you think of the Award winners? Do you agree that Uncharted 2 had better audio than Left 4 Dead 2? - I don’t! Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
Source: BAFTA
