Fallout 4 wins Best Game at the video game BAFTAs - Here's all the winners
It was the glitz and glamour of the British Academy Games awards last night and Fallout 4 wandered home with the gong for Best Game. The awards took place at London's Tobacco Docks and were presented by Dara O'Briain.
In other big wins, Rocksteady took Best British Game for Batman Arkham Knight, Rocket League cleaned up with three wins across the Sport, Family and Multiplayer categories and Game Design was snapped up by PS4 exclusive Bloodborne. Plus, Until Dawn won best the Original Property award with its brand of gory teen horror and Sam Barlow took home three lovely gold trophies for Her Story. Check out the a list of winners and nominees below.
Best Game
Fallout 4 - Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Game Studios
Everybody's Gone To The Rapture – The Chinese Room/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Life Is Strange - Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain Development Team – Kojima Productions/Konami
Rocket League - Psyonix
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projeckt Red/Bandai Namco Entertainment
British Game
Batman: Arkham Knight - Rocksteady Studios/WB Games
Everybody's Gone To The Rapture - The Chinese Room/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Her Story Sam Barlow - Sam Barlow/ Sam Barlow
Prison Architect - Introversion Software/Introversion Software
Tearaway Unfolded - Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Until Dawn - Supermassive Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Artistic Achievement
Ori And The Blind Forest - Moon Studios/Microsoft Studios
Assassin's Creed Syndicate - Development Team – Ubisoft/Ubisoft
Batman Arkham Knight - Rocksteady Studios/WB Games
Everybody's Gone To The Rapture - The Chinese Room/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain - Kojima Productions/Konami
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt Red/Bandai Namco Entertainment
Audio Achievement
Everybody's Gone To The Rapture - The Chinese Room/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Assassin's Creed Syndicate - Ubisoft
Batman Arkham Knight - Rocksteady Studios/WB Games
Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain - Kojima Productions/Konami
Star Wars Battlefront - EA Dice/Electronic Arts
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt Red/Bandai Namco Entertainment
Debut Game
Her Story - Sam Barlow
Keep Talking And Nobody Explodes - Ben Kane, Brian Fetter, Allen Pestaluky – Steel Crate Games/Steel Crate Games
Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime - Matt Hammill, Jamie Tucker, Adam Winkels – Asteroid Base/Asteroid Base
Mini Metro - Dinosaur Polo Club/AGM Playism
Ori And The Blind Forest - Moon Studios/Microsoft Studios
Prune - Joel McDonald, Kyle Preston/Joel McDonald
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Family
Rocket League - Psyonix/Psyonix
Disney Infinity: Play Without Limits - Avalanche Studios, Disney Interactive Studios/Disney Interactive Studios
FIFA 16 – EA Canada/EA Sports
Guitar Hero: Live - Freestyle Games/Activision
Lego Dimensions - TT Games/WB Games
Super Mario Maker - Nintendo/Nintendo
Game Design
Bloodborne - FromSoftware/Sony Computer Entertainment EuropeGrow Home - Ubisoft/Ubisoft
Her Story - Sam Barlow
Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime - Asteroid Base/Asteroid Base
Rocket League - Psyonix/Psyonix
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projeckt Red/Bandai Namco Entertainment
Game Innovation
Her Story - Sam Barlow
Everybody's Gone To The Rapture - The Chinese Room/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Life Is Strange - Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix
Metal Gear Solid 5 - The Phantom Pain - Kojima Productions/Konami
Splatoon - Nintendo/Nintendo
Until Dawn - Supermassive Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Mobile & Handheld
Her Story - Sam Barlow
Alphabear - Spry Fox/Spry Fox
Fallout Shelter - Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks
Lara Croft GO - Square Enix Montreal/Square Enix
Prune - Joel McDonald, Kyle Preston/Joel McDonald
The Room Three - Fireproof Games/Fireproof Games
Multiplayer
Rocket League - Psyonix/Psyonix
Destiny: The Taken – Bungie/Activision
Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime - Asteroid Base/Asteroid Base
Splatoon - Nintendo/Nintendo
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege - Ubisoft
World Of Warships - Wargaming.net
Music
Everybody's Gone To The Rapture - Jessica Curry - The Chinese Room/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Assassin's Creed Syndicate - Ubisoft
Batman: Arkham Knight - Rocksteady Studios/WB Games
Fallout 4 - Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softoworks
Halo 5: Guardians - 343 Industries/Microsoft Studios
Ori And The Blind Forest - Gareth Coker – Moon Studios/ Microsoft Studios
Original Property
Until Dawn - Supermassive Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Everybody's Gone To The Rapture - The Chinese Room/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Her Story - Sam Barlow
Life Is Strange - Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix
Ori And The Blind Forest - Moon Studios/Microsoft Studios
Splatoon - Nintendo/Nintendo
Performer
Merle Dandridge as Kate Collins in Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Ashly Burch as Chloe Price in Life is Strange
Doug Cockle as Geralt of Rivia, Witcher in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Oliver Dimsdale as Stephen Appleton in Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Mark Hamill as The Joker in Batman: Arkham Knight
Masasa Moyo as Vella in Broken Age: Act 2
Persistent Game
Prison Architect - Introversion Software/Introversion Software
Destiny: The Taken King - Bungie/Activision
Final Fantasy Online Square Enix/Square Enix
Guitar Hero: Live - Freestyle Games/Activision
Lego Dimensions – TT Games/WB Games
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt Red/Bandai Namco Entertainment
Story
Life Is Strange - Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix
Everybody's Gone To The Rapture - The Chinese Room/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Her Story - Sam Barlow
Undertale– tobyfox/tobyfox
Until Dawn Supermassive Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - CD Projekt Red/Bandai Namco Entertainment
Louise Blain is a journalist and broadcaster specialising in gaming, technology, and entertainment. She is the presenter of BBC Radio 3’s monthly Sound of Gaming show and has a weekly consumer tech slot on BBC Radio Scotland. She can also be found on BBC Radio 4, BBC Five Live, Netflix UK's YouTube Channel, and on The Evolution of Horror podcast. As well as her work on GamesRadar, Louise writes for NME, T3, and TechRadar. When she’s not working, you can probably find her watching horror movies or playing an Assassin’s Creed game and getting distracted by Photo Mode.
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