6th British Academy Games Awards

Game award ceremony in 2010

6th British Academy Games Awards

Date| 19 March 2010
Location| London Hilton
Hosted by| Dara Ó Briain[1]
Best Game| Batman: Arkham Asylum
Most awards| Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (4)
Most nominations| Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (10)[2]
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The 6th British Academy Video Game Awards (known for the purposes of sponsorship as GAME British Academy Video Games Awards) awarded by British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA),[3] was an award ceremony honouring achievement in the field of video games in 2009. Candidate games must have been released in the United Kingdom between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2009.[4] The ceremony took place in the London Hilton on 19 March 2010.[3]

## Categories

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Both publishers and developers were eligible to enter their games in fifteen categories, fourteen of which were awarded by a panel of judges. The categories are: Gameplay, Casual, Sports, Story and Character, Strategy, Best use of Audio, New Talent, Multiplayer, Best Technical Achievement, Original Score, Handheld, People's Choice (the only award voted for by the public),[5] Artistic Achievement, Best Action and Adventure and Best Game.[2]

## Winners and nominees

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Winners are shown first in bold.

Action

* Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Assassin's Creed II – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
* Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
* Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision
* inFAMOUS – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Left 4 Dead 2 – Valve/Valve

Sports

* FIFA 10 – EA Canada/EA Sports
* Colin McRae: DiRT 2 – Codemasters/Codemasters
* Football Manager 2010 – Sports Interactive/Sega
* Forza Motorsport 3 – Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft Game Studios
* Wii Fit Plus – Nintendo EAD Group No. 5/Nintendo
* Wii Sports Resort – Nintendo EAD Group No. 2/Nintendo

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Artistic Achievement

* Flower – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Assassin's Creed II – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
* Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
* Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision
* Street Fighter IV – Dimps and Capcom/Capcom
* Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment

Story

* Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Amy Hennig, Neil Druckmann, Josh Scherr, Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Assassin's Creed II – Corey May, Joshua Rubin, Jeffrey Yohalem, and Dooma Wendschuh, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
* Batman: Arkham Asylum – Paul Dini, Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
* Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars – Director's Cut – Revolution Software/Ubisoft
* Brütal Legend – Tim Schafer, Double Fine Productions/Electronic Arts
* Dragon Age: Origins – David Gaider, BioWare/Electronic Arts

Best Game

* Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
* Assassin's Creed II – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
* Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision
* FIFA 10 – EA Canada/EA Sports
* Left 4 Dead 2 – Valve/Valve
* Uncharted 2: Among Thieves– Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment

Strategy

* Empire: Total War – Creative Assembly/Sega
* Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Uprising – EA Los Angeles/Electronic Arts
* FIFA Manager 10 – Bright Future GmbH/Electronic Arts
* Football Manager 2010 – Sports Interactive/Sega
* Halo Wars – Ensemble Studios/Microsoft Game Studios
* Plants vs. Zombies – PopCap Games/PopCap Games

Family & Social

* Wii Sports Resort – Nintendo EAD Group No. 2/Nintendo
* The Beatles: Rock Band – Harmonix/MTV Games
* Buzz! Quiz World – Relentless Software/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
* EyePet – London Studio and Playlogic Game Factory/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Guitar Hero 5 – Neversoft/Activision
* New Super Mario Bros. Wii – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo

Use of Audio

* Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
* Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision
* DJ Hero – FreeStyleGames and Exient Entertainment/Activision
* Flower – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Left 4 Dead 2 – Valve/Valve

Gameplay

* Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
* Assassin's Creed II – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
* Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision
* New Super Mario Bros. Wii – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
* PixelJunk Shooter – Q-Games and Double Eleven/Q-Games
* Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment

Use of Online

* FIFA 10 – EA Canada/EA Sports
* Battlefield 1943 – EA DICE/Electronic Arts
* Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision
* LittleBigPlanet – SCE Studio Cambridge and Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment
* SingStar Take That – London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
* Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment

Handheld

* LittleBigPlanet – SCE Studio Cambridge and Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Gran Turismo – Polyphony Digital/Sony Computer Entertainment
* LocoRoco Midnight Carnival – Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story – AlphaDream/Nintendo
* Professor Layton and Pandora's Box – Level-5, Nintendo
* Scribblenauts – 5th Cell/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

BAFTA One's to Watch Award (in association with Dare to Be Digital)

* Shrunk! – The Butterflyers
* Colour Coded
* Quick as Thieves

Multiplayer

* Left 4 Dead 2 – Valve/Valve
* Battlefield 1943 – EA DICE/Electronic Arts
* The Beatles: Rock Band – Harmonix/MTV Games
* Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision
* Halo 3 ODST – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
* Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment

GAME Award of 2009

* Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision
* Assassin's Creed II – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
* Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
* The Beatles: Rock Band –Harmonix/MTV Games
* FIFA 10 – EA Canada/EA Sports
* Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars – Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
* The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks – Nintendo EAD Group No. 3/Nintendo
* Street Fighter IV – Dimps and Capcom/Capcom
* Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Wii Sports Resort – Nintendo EAD Group No. 2/Nintendo

Original Score

* Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Greg Edmonson, Carmen Rizzo, Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Assassin's Creed II – Jesper Kyd, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
* Batman: Arkham Asylum – Nick Arundel, Ron Fish, Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
* Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Lorne Balfe, Hans Zimmer, Infinity Ward/Activision
* Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – James Hannigan, EA Bright Light Studio/Electronic Arts
* PixelJunk Shooter – High Frequency, Bandwidth, Alex Paterson, and Dom Beken, Q-Games and Double Eleven/Q-Games

### Academy Fellowship

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* Shigeru Miyamoto

### Games with multiple nominations and wins

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#### Nominations

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| Nominations  | Game

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10  | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
9  | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
8  | Batman: Arkham Asylum
7  | Assassin's Creed II
4  | FIFA 10
Left 4 Dead 2
3  | The Beatles: Rock Band
Wii Sports Resort
2  | Battlefield 1943
Flower
Football Manager 2010
LittleBigPlanet
PixelJunk Shooter
Street Fighter IV

#### Wins

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| Awards  | Game

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4  | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2  | Batman: Arkham Asylum
FIFA 10

## References

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1. ^ "Dara O'Briain to host the 2010 Games Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 2010-01-26. Archived from the original on 29 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
2. ^ a b "Video Games Awards Nominations". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 2010-02-16. Archived from the original on 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
3. ^ a b "GAME British Academy Video Games Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
4. ^ "Video Games Eligibility & Judging". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 2009-01-01. Archived from the original on 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
5. ^ "GAME Award 2009". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. 2010-02-10. Archived from the original on 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2010-02-22.

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* 6th BAFTA Video Games Awards page

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