Batman: Arkham Asylum from Rocksteady Studios won Best Game at this year's BAFTA Video Game Awards. Here is a complete list of the winners as well as a video of the awards show.
2010 BAFTA Video Game Awards Winners
Best Game: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Rocksteady Studios
Best Action Game: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Naughty Dog
Artistic Achievement: Flower, thatgamecompany
Best Family & Social Game: Wii Sports Resort, Nintendo
Best Gameplay: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Rocksteady Studios
Best Handheld Game: LittleBigPlanet PSP, SCE Cambridge / XDEV
Best Multiplayer Game: Left 4 Dead 2, Valve Software
Best Original Score: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Naughty Dog
Best Sports Game: FIFA 10, Electronic Arts
Best Story: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Naughty Dog
Best Use of Audio: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Naughty Dog
Best Use of Online: FIFA 10, Electronic Arts
Here is a video of the awards presentation. Take a look:
The winners of the 2007 Spike Video Game of the Year have been announced. BioShock took home the most awards with three wins including Game of the Year.
The winners of the 2007 Game Critics Awards have been announced. Rock Band won the most awards of any games with three wins. Mass Effect won two awards. Electronic Arts led game publishers by winning six awards. Here is a list of this year's winners:
Game Developers Conference Underway in San Francisco
The Game Developers Conference is currently underway in San Francisco. Gamasutra is offering live coverage of the GDC. In the video included below, PodTech's Rio Pesino speaks with Game Developers Conference Manager Jane Pinckard about the event and whether its trying to be the new E3, which used to be gaming's biggest expo. She also explains the difference between the GDC and a E3 type of event. The event most likely to replace the E3 is the E for All Expo which is to be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center in October. The GDC does include the annual Game Developers Choice Awards at the conference and this year's winners will announced later today.
The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has announced the recipients of the 5th annual Game Developers Choice Awards at a ceremony during the 2005 Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco. Professional game developers around the world nominated and voted for the awards, free of charge, ensuring that the recipients reflect the community's opinions. Half-Life 2 continues to win awards and this was no exception at the Game Developers Conference. Half-Life 2's developers and writers won in the Best Game, Character Design, Technology and Writing categories. Katamari Damacy took home two awards in the Game Design and Innovation categories. Eugene Jarvis, a legendary arcade game developer, won the Lifetime Achievement award. A complete list of the winners can be found here.
The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS), a professional organization dedicated to the advancement and recognition of interactive arts, has announced
the winners of this year's Interactive Achievement Awards. This is the 8th
year the organization has given awards for interactive entertainment. The
awards are extensive with 39 different categories. Half-Life 2, which won in the Game of the Year category, won nine awards total. Halo 2, which won in the Consule Game of the Year category, won four different awards. Click here for a complete list of this year's winners.