BioShock Wins Best Game in BAFTA Awards

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced the winners of their 2007 video game awards, with 2K Games’ BioShock walking away with the top honor. The full list of winners and runners-up:

Action and adventure

Winner: Crackdown (Realtime Worlds)

Gears of War (Epic Games)
God of War 2 (SCE Santa Monica Studio)
Orange Box (Valve)
Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction (SCE Foster City Studio & Insomniac)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo)

Artistic achievement

Winner: Okami (Clover(Capcom))

BioShock (2K Boston/2K Australia)
Heavenly Sword (Ninja Theory)
Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction (SCE Foster City Studio & Insomniac)
Skate (EA Black Box)
Viva Piñata (Rare)

Best game

Winner: BioShock (2K Boston/2K Australia)

Crysis (Crytek)
Gears of War (Epic Games)
Guitar Hero II (Harmonix)
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Eidos)
Wii Sports (Nintendo)

Casual

Winner: Wii Sports (Nintendo)

SingStar (SCE London Studio)
Big Brain Academy for Wii (Nintendo)
Cake Mania (Digital Embryo)
Guitar Hero II (Harmonix)
More Brain Training (Nintendo)

Gameplay

Winner: Wii Sports (Nintendo)

Crackdown (Realtime Worlds)
Gears of War (Epic Games)
Sega Rally (SEGA Racing Studio)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo)
Warhawk (Incognito)

Innovation

Winner: Wii Sports (Nintendo)

fl0w (SCE Santa Monica Studio/Thatgamecompany)
Okami (Clover(Capcom))
Super Paper Mario (Intelligent Systems)
The Eye of Judgement (SCE Japan Studio)
Trauma Center: Second Opinion (Atlus USA)

Multiplayer

Winner: Wii Sports (Nintendo)

Battlefield 2142 (EA Dice)
Crackdown (Realtime Worlds)
Guitar Hero II (Harmonix)
World in Conflict (Massive Entertainment)
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (Blizzard Entertainment)

Original score

Winner: Okami (Clover (Capcom))

Final Fantasy XII (Final Fantasy XII Project Team)
God of War 2 (SCE Santa Monica Studio)
Lair (SCE Foster City Studio & Factor 5)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo)
Viva Piñata (Rare)

Sports

Winner: Wii Sports (Nintendo)

Football Manager 2008 (Sports Interactive)
Colin McRae: DiRT (Codemasters)
FIFA 08 (EA Chicago)
MotorStorm (SCE External Development Studio & Evolution)
Virtua Tennis 3 (Sumo Digital)

Strategy and simulation

Winner: Wii Sports (Nintendo)

Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars (Electronic Arts LA)
Forza Motorsport 2 (Turn 10) Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms (The Creative Assembly)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas (Ubisoft Studios (Montreal))
World in Conflict (Massive Entertainment)

Story and character

Winner: God of War 2 (SCE Santa Monica Studio)

Final Fantasy XII (Final Fantasy XII Project Team)
Heavenly Sword (Ninja Theory)
Okami Clover (Capcom))
The Darkness (Starbreeze Studios)
The Simpsons Game (EA)

Technical achievement

Winner: God of War 2 (SCE Santa Monica Studio)

Crackdown (Realtime Worlds)
Gears of War Epic Games)
MotorStorm (SCE External Development Studio/Evolution)
Okami (Clover(Capcom))
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (Naughty Dog)

Use of audio

Winner: Crackdown (Realtime Worlds)

Elite Beat Agents (iNiS)
Gears of War (Epic Games)
God of War 2 (SCE Santa Monica Studio)
Guitar Hero II (Harmonix)
skate (EA Black Box)

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

Winner: Ragnarawk (Voodoo Boogy)

ClimbActic (Carebox)
Bear Go Home (Phoenix Seed)

The PC World Gamers Award (voted for by the public)

Winner: Football Manager 2007 (Sports Interactive)

Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)
FIFA 07 (EA Canada)
Gears of War (Epic Games)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (Rockstar Leeds)
Resistance: Fall of Man (Insomniac)
Wii Play (Nintendo)