2007 BAFTA Video Games Award Winners
By Steve on Thursday, October 25th, 2007 at 5:43 AM PST In Gamer Life, Games Industry
Here’s a follow-up on the BAFTA Video Games Award ceremony that went down Tuesday night. We now have the winners (you can see the losers after the break):
- Academy Fellowship: Will Wright
- Action and Adventure: Crackdown (Xbox 360)
- Artistic Achievement: Okami (PS2)
- Best Game: Bioshock (Xbox 360)
- Casual: Wii Sports (Wii)
- Gameplay: Wii Sports (Wii)
- Innovation: Wii Sports (Wii)
- Multiplayer: Wii Sports (Wii)
- Original Score: Okami (PS2)
- Sports: Wii Sports (Wii)
- Strategy And Simulation: Wii Sports (Wii)
- Story and Character: God Of War 2 (PS2)
- Use Of Audio: Crackdown (Xbox 360)
- BAFTA Ones To Watch Award: Ragnarawk
- The PC World Gamers Award: Football Manager 2007 (PC)
Wii Sports made out like a bandit. Apparently waving a plastic wand around in the air impresses even ‘the elite”.
Below are the winners and nominees for this year’s British Academy Video Games Awards in association with PC World. The winners are in bold and were announced at the ceremony on Tuesday 23 October 2007 at Battersea Evolution.
ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP
- WILL WRIGHT
ACTION AND ADVENTURE
- CRACKDOWN (Xbox 360) – Development Team (Realtime Worlds/Microsoft Game Studios)
- GEARS OF WAR (Xbox 360) – Rod Fergusson, Michael Capps, Cliff Bleszinski (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios)
- GOD OF WAR 2 (PS2) – Cory Barlog, Michael Cheng, Eric Williams (SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
- ORANGE BOX (PS3) – Development Team (Valve/Electronic Arts)
- RATCHET AND CLANK: TOOLS OF DESTRUCTION (PS3) – Development Team (SCE Foster City Studio & Insomniac/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
- THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS (Wii) – Development Team (Nintendo/Nintendo)
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
- BIOSHOCK (Xbox 360) – Development Team (2K Boston/2K Australia/2K Games)
- HEAVENLY SWORD (PS3) – Development Team (Ninja Theory/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
- OKAMI (PS2) – Atsushi Inaba (Clover(Capcom)/Capcom)
- RATCHET AND CLANK: TOOLS OF DESTRUCTION (PS3) – Development Team (SCE Foster City Studio & Insomniac/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
- SKATE (PS3) – Development Team (EA Black Box/Electronic Arts)
- VIVA PINATA (Xbox 360) – Ryan Stevenson, Ed Bryan (Rare/Microsoft Game Studios)
BEST GAME
- BIOSHOCK (Xbox 360) – Development Team (2K Boston/2K Australia/2K Games)
- CRYSIS (PC) – Development Team (Crytek/Electronic Arts)
- GEARS OF WAR (Xbox 360) – Rod Fergusson, Michael Capps, Cliff Bleszinski (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios)
- GUITAR HERO II (PS2) – Development Team (Harmonix/Activision/Red Octane)
- KANE & LYNCH: DEAD MEN (Xbox 360) – Development Team (Eidos/IO Interactive)
- WII SPORTS (Wii) – Development Team (Nintendo/Nintendo)
CASUAL
- BIG BRAIN ACADEMY FOR WII (Wii) – Development Team (Nintendo/Nintendo)
- CAKE MANIA (DS) – Development Team (Digital Embryo/Sandlot Games/Majesco)
- GUITAR HERO II (PS2) – Development Team (Harmonix/Activision/Red Octane)
- MORE BRAIN TRAINING (DS) – Development Team (Nintendo/Nintendo)
- SINGSTAR (PS3) – Development Team (SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
- WII SPORTS (Wii) – Development Team (Nintendo/Nintendo)
GAMEPLAY
- CRACKDOWN (Xbox 360) – Development Team (Realtime Worlds/Microsoft Game Studios)
- GEARS OF WAR (Xbox 360) – Cliff Bleszinski, Ray Davis, Lee Perry (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios)
- SEGA RALLY (PS3) – Development Team (SEGA Racing Studio/SEGA)
- THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS (Wii) – Development Team (Nintendo/Nintendo) WARHAWK (PS3) – Dylan Jobe, Bruce Woodard, Brian Upton (Incognito/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
- WII SPORTS (Wii) – Development Team (Nintendo/Nintendo)
INNOVATION
- FLOW (PSN) – Jenova Chen, Nicholas Clark, Austin Wintory (SCE Santa Monica Studio/Thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
- OKAMI (PS2) – Atsushi Inaba (Clover(Capcom)/Capcom)
- SUPER PAPER MARIO (Wii) – Development Team (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
- THE EYE OF JUDGMENT (PS3) – Kazuhito Miyaki, Yusuke Watanabe (SCE Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
- TRAUMA CENTRE: SECOND OPINION (Wii) – Development Team (Atlus USA/Nintendo)
- WII SPORTS (Wii) – Development Team (Nintendo/Nintendo)
MULTIPLAYER
- BATTLEFIELD 2142 (PC) – Development Team (EA Dice/Electronic Arts)
- CRACKDOWN (Xbox 360) – Development Team (Realtime Worlds/Microsoft Game Studios)
- GUITAR HERO II (PS2) – Development Team (Harmonix/Activision/Red Octane)
- WII SPORTS (Wii) – Development Team (Nintendo/Nintendo)
- WORLD IN CONFLICT (PC) – Development Team (Massive Entertainment/Sierra Entertainment/Vivendi Games)
- WORLD OF WARCRAFT: THE BURNING CRUSADE (PC) – Development Team (Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment)
ORIGINAL SCORE
- FINAL FANTASY XII (PS2) – Hitoshi Sakimoto, Nobuo Uematsu (Final Fantasy XII Project Team/Square Enix)
- GOD OF WAR 2 (PS2) – Clint Bajakian, Jonathan Mayer, Chuck Doud (SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
- LAIR (PS3) – John Debney, Ryan Hamlyn, Clint Bajakian (SCE Foster City Studio & Factor 5/Sony Computer Entertainment America)
- OKAMI (PS2) – Atsushi Inaba (Clover (Capcom)/Capcom)
- THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS (Wii) – Development Team (Nintendo/Nintendo)
- VIVA PIÑATA (Xbox 360) – Grant Kirkhope (Rare/Microsoft Game Studio)
SPORTS
- FOOTBALL MANAGER 2008 (PC) – Development Team (Sports Interactive/SEGA)
- COLIN McRAE: DIRT (Xbox 360) – Gavin Raeburn, Matt Horsman, Alex Grimbley (Codemasters/Codemasters)
- FIFA 08 (PS3) – Development Team (EA Chicago/Electronic Arts)
- MOTORSTORM (PS3) – Mick Hocking, Martin Kenwright, Pete Smith (SCE External Development Studio & Evolution/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
- VIRTUA TENNIS 3 (Xbox 360) – Development Team (Sumo Digital/SEGA)
- WII SPORTS (Wii) – Development Team (Nintendo/Nintendo)
STRATEGY AND SIMULATION
- COMMAND & CONQUER: TIBERIUM WARS (Xbox 360) – Development Team (Electronic Arts LA/Electronic Arts)
- FORZA MOTORSPORT 2 (Xbox 360) – Development Team (Turn 10/Microsoft Game Studios)
- MEDIEVAL II: TOTAL WAR KINGDOMS (PC) – Development Team (The Creative Assembly/SEGA)
- TOM CLANCY’S RAINBOW SIX VEGAS (Xbox 360) – Development Team (Ubisoft Studios (Montreal)/Ubisoft Entertainment)
- WII SPORTS (Wii) – Development Team (Nintendo/Nintendo)
- WORLD IN CONFLICT (PC) – Development Team (Massive Entertainment/Sierra Entertainment)
STORY AND CHARACTER
- FINAL FANTASY XII (PS2) – Development Team (Final Fantasy XII Project Team/Square Enix)
- GOD OF WAR 2 (PS2) – Cory Barlog, David Jaffe, Marianne Krawczyk (SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
- HEAVENLY SWORD (PS3) – Development Team (Ninja Theory/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
- OKAMI (PS2) – Atsushi Inaba (Clover (Capcom)/Capcom)
- THE DARKNESS (Xbox 360) – Denby Grace, Lars Johansson, Jerk Gustafsson (Starbreeze Studios/ 2K)
- THE SIMPSONS GAME (Xbox 360) – Scot Amos, Jonathan Knight, Greg Rizer (EA/Electronic Arts)
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
- CRACKDOWN (Xbox 360) – Development Team (Realtime Worlds/ Microsoft Game Studios)
- GEARS OF WAR (Xbox 360) – Tim Sweeney, Ray Davis, Desmond Rogers (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studio)
- GOD OF WAR 2 (PS2) – Tim Moss, Christer Ericson (SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
- MOTORSTORM (PS3) – Scott Kirkland, Martin Kenwright, Pete Smith (SCE External Development Studio/Evolution/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
- OKAMI (PS2) – Atsushi Inaba (Clover(Capcom)/Capcom)
- UNCHARTED: DRAKE’S FORTUNE (PS3) – Development Team (Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
USE OF AUDIO
- CRACKDOWN (Xbox 360) – Development Team (Realtime Worlds/Microsoft Game Studios)
- ELITE BEAT AGENTS (DS) – Development Team (iNiS/Nintendo)
- GEARS OF WAR (Xbox 360) – Mike Larson, Lee Perry, Desmond Rogers (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios)
- GOD OF WAR 2 (PS2) – Dave Murrant, Philip Kovats, Chuck Russom (SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
- GUITAR HERO II (PS2) – Development Team (Harmonix/Activision/Red Octane)
- SKATE (PS3) – Development Team (EA Black Box/Electronic Arts)
BAFTA Ones To Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital
- RAGNARAWK – Voodoo Boogy (Malcom Brown, Robert Clarke, Peter Carr, Lynne Robertson, Finlay Sutton)
- CLIMBACTIC – Carebox (Jack Potter, Alan Campbell, Benjamin Rollinson, Zarek Cohen, Duncan Harrison)
- BEAR GO HOME – Phoenix Seed (Fengming Bao, Xi Deng, Yi Li, Guangyao Wang, Christopher Isaacs)
THE PC WORLD GAMERS AWARD (The only award to be voted for by the public)
- DR KAWASHIMA’S BRAIN TRAINING (DS) (Nintendo/Nintendo)
- FIFA 07 (PS2) (EA Canada/Electronic Arts)
- FOOTBALL MANAGER 2007 (PC) (Sports Interactive/SEGA)
- GEARS OF WAR (Xbox 360) (Epic Games/Microsoft)
- GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY STORIES (PSP) (Rockstar Leeds/Take Two)
- RESISTANCE: FALL OF MAN (PS3) (Insomniac/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
- WII PLAY (Wii) (Nintendo/Nintendo)
Via BAFTA.org
Wii Wii Wii.. And its good
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Could anyone explain the significant lack of a certain fps for the 360, last game in a trilogy, massivly anticipated, huge marketing campaign?
I’m thinking cut-off date. Or maybe it just wasn’t the best, and that’s from a devoted Halo fan.
Then again, I just read through most of the article after the break, and realiseda bunch of the games aren’t even out yet. Hmmm.
And the winner of the BAFTA Award for Best Multiplayer Game is…………….
Wii Sports?
I mean, seriously. World in Conflict alone pounds Wii Sports into the ground. WoW’s Burning Crusade expansion is packing how many million subscribers? Battlefield 2142 killed the series, and was still better than Wii Sports. Heck, even Crackdown was a more lasting multiplayer experience.
Don’t get me wrong, Wii Sports can be fun under an exact set of conditions (friends over, everyone into the game), but these games have one thing that Wii Sports doesn’t, and that’s the ability to play multiplayer without being in the same room. That alone should have put them over the hump.
Perhaps Ron, they were taking multiplayer back to the roots when considering that factor and decided that Sports had the best offline multiplayer as it involved so many people and was so fun. Just guessing though. I am entirely surprised it won that when I was certain WoW would get it.
That could be it; however, I have a personal gripe with that, simply because it’s a 2007 award. I would think that they would be looking at games in light of the current gaming environment, and not that of 1997.
That’s just me, though.
Wiisports, Wiisports.
Wiisports.
Also, Halo wasn’t any kind of revolutionary, it is more of a Halo 2 mod.
What a complete and utter load of crap. I wonder if the judges have even played any games over the last year.
Is there anyone that agrees with the chosen winners…
Wow… I like Wii Sports but I never expected it to get that many!! Bravo Nintendo.
Eish man!Wii sports is taken over dawg.I mean that is some major competition from the woods.Looks like Nintendo was planning its comeback when Playstation and Xbox were up against each other.You might see the guys down there are failing but you don’t know what they have planned for you.Keep the trend going Ninty.We need tough competition from people like you.
does any 1 no wat the name of the song is at the end of the British Academy Video Games Awards 2007
im surprised none of the award presenters didnt turn around and say “f**k it, why dont just give ‘em all to wii bloody sports!”
wii sports is awesome!