The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) have awards every year and they’re one of the few mainstream organizations to recognize achievements in gaming. Winning games get a ton of attention, but it’s not just about the exposure. It’s great to see game developers recognized and winning little statues for their incredible creations. This year’s BAFTAs gave recognition to a wide variety of games, but its biggest awards raised some eyebrows.
Here is the full list of winners as reported by the BBC:
- Best game: Destiny (Bungie)
- British game: Monument Valley (Ustwo)
- Debut game: Never Alone (Upper One Games)
- Story: The Last of Us: Left Behind (Naughty Dog)
- Performer: Ashley Johnson for The Last of Us: Left Behind
- Artistic achievement: Lumino City (State of Play)
- Audio achievement: Alien Isolation (The Creative Assembly)
- Family game: Minecraft (console editions) (Mojang/4J Studios)
- Game design: Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions)
- Game innovation: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts)
- Mobile and handheld game: Monument Valley (Ustwo)
- Multiplayer game: Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)
- Music: Far Cry 4 (Cliff Martinez, Tony Gronick and Jerome Angelot)
- Original property: Valiant Hearts (Ubisoft Studios)
- Persistent game: League of Legends (Riot Games)
- Sport game: OlliOlli (Roll7)
- Ones to watch: Chambara (Overly Kinetic)
- Bafta fellowship: David Braben, of Frontier Developments
Ashley Johnson beat out Kevin Spacey for the best performance – it’s her second time grabbing this award for The Last of Us. Monument Valley snagged a whole bunch of awards, and Alien Isolation picked up its expected kudos for audio achievement. The big surprise of the night came in the best game category. Destiny won the award despite being up against games like Dragon Age: Inquisition, Mario Kart 8, Shadow of Mordor, and Alien: Isolation. What were the judges thinking? Destiny has some cool elements and is all about potential, but I wouldn’t give it this award over those other contenders. No way!
Do you agree with these awards or do you think someone was drinking too much of the Activision kool-aid?
Last Updated: March 13, 2015
Jaded_Reprobate
March 13, 2015 at 11:33
Destiny for best game…. disconnect much?
Hammersteyn
March 13, 2015 at 11:38
Surprises indeed
Metal Rabbit
March 13, 2015 at 12:10
MAJOR. Or maybe mainstream just doesn’t care for proper intellectual engagement these days. Can’t fathom why though…
Admiral Chief
March 13, 2015 at 11:36
HUH?
Hammersteyn
March 13, 2015 at 11:38
He was in TLOU???
http://images.supersport.com/2012/Ashley-Johnson-Looks-110218G300.jpg
Darthdad
March 13, 2015 at 11:45
Yea, he played the little girl. Incredible performance!
Hammersteyn
March 13, 2015 at 11:50
XD
Chaos Lord Norm
March 13, 2015 at 12:01
That game can still surprise you.
Blood Emperor Trevor
March 13, 2015 at 11:46
Yes, you know that section where you had to defend the line but the clickers just got through?
CAE9872
March 13, 2015 at 12:02
He was in Gears of War? That had clickers too…
Chaos Lord Norm
March 13, 2015 at 12:03
Weren’t they Tickers?
CAE9872
March 13, 2015 at 12:09
Damn you right…
Metal Rabbit
March 13, 2015 at 12:14
Ticker right at the front, in case anyone’s wondering…
https://pixandpies.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/beast_buds.jpg
Kikmi
March 13, 2015 at 14:57
Matthew got one helluva tan.
Pariah
March 13, 2015 at 11:52
I smell a pay-off somewhere. And it’s not even local government. Who’d have thunk?
Gardos
March 13, 2015 at 11:55
Word of the day: “thunk”.
I shall now use that whenever possible. Thank you!
Gardos
March 13, 2015 at 11:55
* Thunk you
Pariah
March 13, 2015 at 12:00
thunk
~Hillbilly terminoligy for thought
“Who would have thunk it?”
Brady miaau
March 13, 2015 at 12:18
Grace Under Fire!
CAE9872
March 13, 2015 at 12:01
Well it isn’t that far fetched. There are millions of players out there that love that game. So maybe the panel made up of similar like-minded individuals. The mechanics brilliant; game looks great; it works online which bloody well helps; story atrocious (but not everyone likes a good story in their gaming); levelling system is innovative.
Am I surprised – yes; scandal of year – no.
Pariah
March 13, 2015 at 12:07
Millions? O_o
CAE9872
March 13, 2015 at 12:08
Yip millions! You go look at the concurrent players and it is millions; well when I last looked which was about a month ago.
Ranting Raptor
March 13, 2015 at 12:08
(•_•) ….. I guess you could say
( •_•)>??-?
(??_?) …….It was its destiny
YEEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
CAE9872
March 13, 2015 at 12:08
LOL
Pariah
March 13, 2015 at 12:12
Which article did you copy/paste that from?
Try something new next time. Like your 7 E’s.
Ranting Raptor
March 13, 2015 at 12:13
I actually have the page for this bookmarked lol
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/puts-on-sunglasses-yeeeeaaahhh
Pariah
March 13, 2015 at 12:15
hahaha, knew it.
Ranting Raptor
March 13, 2015 at 12:20
🙂 I shall use it forever!
Pariah
March 13, 2015 at 12:21
Just like we’ll keep pointing out 7. Like the amount of E’s you typed in that first comment.
Ah the circle of life.
Ranting Raptor
March 13, 2015 at 12:37
I shall just continue to ignore 7. I count like this now:
“1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9……”
Pariah
March 13, 2015 at 12:38
Denial is the first stage of recovery, so that’s ok. 🙂
nortee
March 13, 2015 at 12:44
I thought that denial is not just one of the *seven* rivers in Egypt… Ôo
Blood Emperor Trevor
March 13, 2015 at 13:08
You could… but you shouldn’t 😉
Jonah Cash
March 13, 2015 at 12:43
If you played Destiny and were part of the millions who actually LOVED it like I was then this isn’t suppose to be a surprise!! Just the fact that their launch wasn’t a complete and utter nightmare should have gotten them this prize!!
James Anderton
March 13, 2015 at 14:47
The sound for Alien Isolation was amazing, so at least they got that one right.
Rob
March 13, 2015 at 15:52
Hahaha Dragon Age Inquisition game of the year for sure and OlliOlli best sport game wahahahaha