6th British Academy Games Awards

6th British Academy Games Awards
Date	19 March 2010
Location	London Hilton
Hosted by	Dara Ó Briain
Best Game	Batman: Arkham Asylum
Most awards	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (4)
Most nominations	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (10)
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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[]

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[]

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
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 Cambridge Studio 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 Cambridge Studio 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[]

Shigeru Miyamoto

Games with multiple nominations and wins[]

Nominations[]

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

Wins[]

Awards	Game
4	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2	Batman: Arkham Asylum
2	FIFA 10

References[]

↑ "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. {{cite web}}:
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "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. {{cite web}}:
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "GAME British Academy Video Games Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 2010-02-22. {{cite web}}:
↑ "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. {{cite web}}:
↑ "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. {{cite web}}:

External links[]

6th BAFTA Video Games Awards page

Template:British Academy Games Awards

[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. {{cite web}}:

[nominations-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "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. {{cite web}}:

[BAFTA-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "GAME British Academy Video Games Awards". British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 2010-02-22. {{cite web}}:

[voting-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. {{cite web}}:

[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. {{cite web}}:

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