Mass Effect 2 wins BAFTA for Best Game

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Published on March 16, 2011

The British game BAFTAs were awarded tonight, and hosted by Dara O'Briain. Lots of people won. Peter Molyneux accepted his BAFTA Fellowship award. It was all very lovely.

The awards were streamed live on BAFTA's site tonight, and tomorrow, we'll be hosting a re-run for anyone who missed it.

The list of nominees is below, and we've put winners in bold and moved them to the top of the list.

Heavy Rain walked away with three, and Mass Effect 2 won the Best Game award.

Academy Fellowship

Peter Molyneux

Action

Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood: Gaëlec Simard - Ubisoft
Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Patrick Bach, David Goldfarb -Electronic Arts/DICE
BioShock 2: Jordan Thomas, Zak McClendon -2K Games/2K Marin
Call of Duty: Black Ops: Development Team - Activision Blizzard UK Ltd/Treyarch
God of War III: Stig Asmussen, Todd Papy, Steve Caterson - SCE Santa Monica Studio
Halo: Reach: Marcus Lehton, Joe Tung, Alex Cutting - Microsoft Games Studios/Bungie

Artistic Achievement

God of War III: Stig Asmussen, Ken Feldman, Cecil Kim - SCE Santa Monica Studio
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood: Mohamed Gambouz - Ubisoft Montreal
Call of Duty: Black Ops: Colin Whitney, Brian Anderson, Dominique Drozdz - Activision
Heavy Rain: David Cage, Guillaume de Fondaumiere, Scott Johnson - Sony, Quantic Dream, XDev
LIMBO: Arnt Jensen, Morten Bramsen - Xbox Live Arcade/Playdead Games
Mass Effect 2: Development Team - Electronic Arts/BioWare

Best Game

Mass Effect 2: Development Team - Electronic Arts/BioWare
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood: Vincent Pontbriand - Ubisoft Entertainment
FIFA 11: Kaz Makita, David Rutter, Gavin Paterson - Electronic Arts/
Heavy Rain: David Cage, Guillaume de Fondaumiere, Scott Johnson - Sony, Quantic Dream, XDev Studio Europe
LIMBO: Arnt Jensen, Dino Patti, Mads Wibroe - Xbox Live Arcade/Playdead Games
Super Mario Galaxy 2: Koichi Hayashida, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Takashi Tezuka - Nintendo

Family

Kinect Sports: Development Team - Microsoft Games Studios/Rare
Dance Central: Development Team - Microsoft Games Studios, MTV Games, Harmonix
Kinect Adventures: Development Team - Microsoft Games Studios/Good Science Studio
Kinectimals: Development Team - Microsoft Games Studios/Frontier Developments Ltd
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4: Development Team - Warner Bros, TT Games
Toy Story 3: John Blackburn, Jonathan Warner, Jeff Bunker - Disney, Avalanche Software

Gameplay

Super Mario Galaxy 2: Koichi Hayashida, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Takashi Tezuka - Nintendo/Nintendo
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood: Patrick Plourde - Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal
God of War III: Stig Asmussen, Todd Papy, Adam Puhl - SCE Santa Monica Studio
Heavy Rain: David Cage, Guillaume de Fondaumiere, Scott Johnson - Sony, Quantic Dream, XDev Studio Europe
LIMBO: Arnt Jensen, Jeppe Carlsen, Peter Buchardt - Xbox Live Arcade/Playdead Games
Mass Effect 2: Development Team - Electronic Arts/BioWare

Handheld

Cut the Rope: Efim Voinov, Semyon Voinov - Chillingo/Zeptolab
God of War: Ghost of Sparta: Development Team - Sony , Ready at Dawn & SCE Santa Monica Studio
LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4: Development Team - Warner, TT Games
Professor Layton and the Lost Future: Akihiro Hino - Nintendo/Level 5 Games
Sonic Colours: Development Team - SEGA/Sonic Team
Super Scribblenauts: Joseph M Tringali, Marius Fahlbusch, Jeremiah Slaczka - Warner, 5th Cell

Multiplayer

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit: Development Team - Electronic Arts/Criterion Games
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood: Yann le Guyader - Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal
Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Patrick Bach, David Goldfarb - Electronic Arts/DICE
Call of Duty: Black Ops: Mark Gordon, Dan Bunting, David Vonderhaar - Activision Blizzard UK Ltd/Treyarch
Halo: Reach: Development Team - Microsoft Games Studios/Bungie
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty: Development Team - Blizzard Entertainment

Original Music

Heavy Rain: Normand Corbeil - Sony, Quantic Dream & XDev Studio Europe
Alan Wake: Petri Alanko - Microsoft Games Studios/Remedy
Fable III: Russell Shaw - Microsoft Games Studios/Lionhead Studios
James Bond 007: Bloodstone: Richard Jacques - Activision Blizzard UK/ Bizarre Creations
Mass Effect 2: Jack Wall - Electronic Arts/BioWare
Super Mario Galaxy 2: Koji Kondo - Nintendo/Nintendo

Social Network Game

My Empire: Development Team - Playfish/Playfish
Bejeweled Blitz: Jon David, Heather Hazen, Jason Kapalka - Popcap Games
Farmerama: Tobias Reisberger, Jan-Michel Saaksmeier, Marten Schröder - Bigpoint
FIFA Superstars: Development Team - EA Sports/Playfish
Zoo Mumba: Tobias Reisberger, Eduard Röhrich, Jan-Michel Saaksmeier - Bigpoint GMBH
Zuma Blitz: Isaac Aubrey, Jon David, Jason Kapalka - PopCap Games

Sports

F1 2010: Development Team - Codemasters/Codemasters Birmingham
FIFA 11: Development Team - Electronic Arts/ Electronic Arts Canada
Football Manager 2011: Development Team - SEGA/Sports Interactive
Gran Turismo 5: Development Team - Sony Computer Entertainment/Polyphony Digital Inc
International Cricket 2010: Development Team - Codemasters/Trickstar Games
Pro Evolution Soccer 2011: Shingo Takatsuka, Naoya Hatsumi, Jon Murphy - Konami/Winning Eleven Productions

Story

Heavy Rain: David Cage, Guillaume de Fondaumiere, Scott Johnson - Sony, Quantic Dream & XDev Studio Europe
Alan Wake: Development Team - Microsoft Games Studios/Remedy
BioShock 2: Jordan Thomas, Zak McClendon - 2K Games/2K Marin
Call of Duty: Black Ops: Dave Anthony, Craig Houston - Activision, Treyarch
Fallout: New Vegas: John Gonzalez, Eric Fenstermaker, Travis Stout - Bethesda, Obsidian Entertainment
Mass Effect 2: Development Team - Electronic Arts/BioWare

Strategy

Civilization V: Jon Shafer, Dorian Newcomb, Brian Wade - 2K Games/Firaxis
Fallout: New Vegas: Josh Sawyer, Frank Kowalkowski, Justin Reynard - Bethesda, Obsidian
FIFA Manager 11: Development Team - EA Sports/Bright Future
Napoleon Total War: Development Team - SEGA/Creative Assembly
Plants vs. Zombies XBLA: George Fan, Matt Lee Johnston, Ty Roberts - PopCap Games
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty: Development Team - Blizzard Entertainment

Technical Innovation

Heavy Rain: David Cage, Guillaume de Fondaumiere, Scott Johnson - Sony, Quantic Dream & XDev Studio Europe
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood: Stéphane Girard, Stephane Assadourian - Ubisoft
Call of Duty: Black Ops: Adam Rosas, Scott Bean, Dominique Drozdz Drozdz - Activision, Treyarch
Halo: Reach: Development Team - Microsoft Games Studios/Bungie
Kinectimals: Development Team - Microsoft Games Studios/Frontier Developments Ltd
Super Mario Galaxy 2: Koichi Hayashida, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Takashi Tezuka - Nintendo

Use of Audio

Battlefield: Bad Company: 2: Patrick Bach, David Goldfarb - Electronic Arts/DICE
Alan Wake: Development Team - Microsoft Games Studios/Remedy
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood: Mathieu Jeanson - Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft
Call of Duty: Black Ops: Brian Tuey, Chris Cowell - Activision Blizzard UK Ltd/Treyarch
DJ Hero 2: Development Team - Activision Blizzard UK LTD/Freestylegames
LIMBO: Martin Stig Andersen - Xbox Live Arcade/Playdead Games

BAFTA Ones To Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital

Twang!: Jocce Marklund, Annette Nielsen, Linus Nordgren, Marcus Heder, Thomas Finlay (That Game Studio)
Mush: Henry Hoffman, Ahmed Zaman, Matthew Dennis, Katherine Killick, Greg O’Brien (Angry Mango)
Sculpty: Druhin Mukherjee, Fabien Roussot, James Long, Fraser Littlejohn, Ronan Suess (Team Tickle)

GAME Award of 2010