Now that the Golden Globes and the Oscars have been and gone, it’s time to make way for what we consider to be the one of the most important award ceremonies of the year. The BAFTA Video Game awards.
We look away from out consoles tonight to give you a run down of the nominees and lucky winners. So without further a-do here is a rundown of the 2013 Video game BAFTA’s
Best Action Game:
Nominees:
Far Cry 3
Hitman: Absolution
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Halo 4
Mass Effect 3
Borderlands 2
Winner: Far Cry 3
Best Strategy Game:
Nominees:
Dark Souls: Prepare To Die
Diablo III
Great Big War Game
Total War Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai
Football Manager 2013
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Winner: XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Best sports/fitness game:
Nominees:
Forza Horizon
F1 2012
Nike+ Kinect Training
New Star Soccer
Trials Evolution
FIFA 13
Winner: New Star Soccer
Best Family Game:
Nominees:
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
Minecraft: XBOX 360 Edition
Just Dance 4
Skylanders Giants
Clay Jam
LEGO The Lord of the Rings
Winner: LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
Best Mobile & Handheld Game:
Nominees:
LittleBigPlanet (Vita)
New Star Soccer
Incoboto
The Walking Dead
Super Monsters Ate My Condo
The Room
Winner: The Walking Dead
Best Online Browser Game:
Nominees:
The Settlers Online
SongPop
Merlin: The Game
Runescape
Amateur Surgeon Hospital
Dick and Dom’s HOOPLA!
Winner: SongPop
Best Online Multiplayer:
Nominees:
Assassin’s Creed III
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Journey
Need For Speed Most Wanted
Halo 4
Borderlands 2
Winner: Journey
Best Story:
Nominees:
Journey
Far Cry 3
The Walking Dead
Thomas was Alone
Mass Effect 3
Dishonored
Winner: The Walking Dead
Best British Game:
Nominees:
Need for Speed Most Wanted
Forza Horizon
Dear Esther
Super Hexagon
LEGO: The Lord of the Rings
The Room
Winner: The Room
BAFTA’s One to watch:
Nominees:
Starcrossed
Project Thanatos
Pixel Story
Winner: Starcrossed
Games Innovation Award:
Nominees
Fez
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Wonderbook: Books of Spells
Journey
The Unfinished Swan
Kinect Sesame Street TV
Winner: The Unfinished Swan
Artistic Achievement Award:
Nominees:
Journey
Halo 4
Borderlands 2
Far Cry 3
The Room
Dear Esther
Winner: Journey
Best Audio:
Nominees:
Far Cry 3
Beat Sneak Bandit
Halo 4
Assassin’s Creed III
Dear Esther
Journey
Winner: Journey
Original Music Award:
Nominees:
Diablo III
Assassin’s Creed III
The Unfinished Swan
Journey
The Walking Dead
Winner: Journey
Best Performance:
Nominees:
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
Winner: Danny Wallace (The Narrator) – Thomas Was Alone
Best Debut Game:
Nominees:
Deadlight
The Unfinished Swan
Forza Horizon
Dear Esther
Proteus
The Room
Winner: The Unfinished Swan
Best Game Design:
Nominees:
Dishonored
Far Cry 3
Journey
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Borderlands 2
The Walking Dead
Winner: Journey
Best Game:
Nominees:
Far Cry 3
Journey
Mass Effect 3
Dishonored
The Walking Dead
FIFA 13
Winner: Dishonored
Fellowship Award: Gabe Newall – Valve
So that’s it for this years Video Game BAFTA’s, congratulations to all of the nominees and winners. It has been a fantastic year of gaming, and with so many epic titles coming out this year I am already looking forward to next years ceremony!
- Garv
What do you think? Was there anything that surprised you? Feel free to comment below and let us know!
