Once again it is March, once again it is the BAFTA Games Awards, this year deciding it’s BAFTA Games Awards and not the previous British Academy Video Games Awards. Once again brought to us by Dara O’Briain, talking a bit faster than usual, though this year brining a new round of games.
It also brings a new patriotic award in British Game category, though Strategy still seems to be a category that alludes them in being solidly defined.
Debut Game
Forza Horizon
The Unfinished Swan
Dear Esther
The Room
Deadlight
Proteus
Original Music
Assassin’s Creed III
Diablo III
The Unfinished Swan
Thomas Was Alone
Journey
The Walking Dead
Story
The Walking Dead
Thomas Was Alone
Far Cry 3
Dishonored
Journey
Mass Effect 3
Sports/Fitness
Forza Horizon
F1 2012
Nike+ Kinect Training
New Star Soccer
Trials Evolution
FIFA 13
Innovation
Fez
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Wonderbook: Books of Spells
Journey
The Unfinished Swan
Kinect Sesame Street TV
Artistic Achievement
Journey
Halo 4
Borderlands 2
Far Cry 3
The Room
Dear Esther
Browser
The Settlers Online
SongPop
Merlin: The Game
Runescape
Amateur Surgeon Hospital
Dick and Dom’s HOOPLA!
Game Design
X-COM: Enemy Unknown
The Walking Dead
Dishonored
Journey
Far Cry 3
Borderlands 2
Strategy
Total War Shogun 2
Diablo III
Football Manager 2013
X-COM: Enemy Unknown
Great Big War Game
Dark Souls
Family Game
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
Minecraft: XBOX 360 Edition
Just Dance 4
Skylanders Giants
Clay Jam
LEGO The Lord of the Rings
Audio Achievement
Assassins Creed III
Dear Esther
Beat Sneak Bandit
Journey
Far Cry 3
Halo 4
Mobile & Handheld
LittleBigPlanet Vita
New Star Soccer
Super Monsters Ate My Condo
The Room
The Walking Dead
Incoboto
Performer
Nolan North (Nathan Drake) – Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Danny Wallace (The Narrator) – Thomas Was Alone
Melissa Hutchinson (Clementine) – The Walking Dead
Dave Fennoy (Lee Everett) – The Walking Dead
Adrian Hough (Haytham) – Assassin’s Creed III
Nigel Carrington (The Narrator) – Dear Esther
Online Multiplayer
Halo 4
Journey
Borderlands 2
Assassin’s Creed III
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
British Game
LEGO Lord of the Rings
Forza Horizon
The Room
Super Hexagon
Dear Esther
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Action
Far Cry 3
Borderlands 2
Mass Effect 3
Hitman Absolution
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Halo 4
BAFTA Ones to Watch Award
Starcrossed
Project Thanatos
Pixel Story
Best Game
Far Cry 3
Journey
Mass Effect 3
Dishonored
The Walking Dead
Fifa 13
BAFTA Fellowship
Gabe spoke of his nervousness in attending a prestigious British event, the expectation of wearing black suit and bowtie, and thanking the workers at Valve and the community of games. It was a rather brief speech compared to BAFTA Fellows of previous awards.
You can watch the awards ceremony yourself over at the BAFTA site. I would also direct your attention to a page where they’ve posted up an online viewable version of the brochures attendees receive, they’re rather nicely done.
