Welcome to TVG

The longest running independent UK gaming site. Signup today and make it your site as well.

Join for freeLog in
Email:
Password:

Cancel

Video Game BAFTA Winners Announced News

By Jon Wilcox on 06/10/2006 It was a big night for Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and Shadow of the Colossus...

Last night the BAFTA Video Game Awards were held at the Roundhouse in London, and celebrated some of the key titles from the past twelve months. Hosted by Vernon Kay, the award show will be broadcast on UK digital channel E4 and the terrestrial Channel 4 in the near future.

It was a night of celebration for Ubisoft, with Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter coming away with two gongs (Best Game and Technical Achievement) out of the seven it had been nominated for. Sony Computer Entertainment's Shadow of the Colossus also picked up two BAFTA masks for Best Artistic Achievement and Best Action & Adventure game, along with LocoRoco for Best Character and Best Children's Game.

Elsewhere, Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training on Nintendo won the Best Innovation award, whilst Harmonix/Red Octane's Guitar Hero won Best Soundtrack.

The full list of winners are listed below:

  • INNOVATION - Dr Kawashima's BRAIN TRAINING: How Old Is Your Brain? - Nintendo Production team
  • ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT - Shadow of the Colossus - Fumito Ueda/SCEI/SCEE
  • BEST SOUNDTRACK - Guitar Hero - Eric Brosius/Harmonix Music Systems Inc./ Red Octane
  • BEST CHARACTER - LocoRoco in LocoRoco - Tsutomu Kouno & Keigo Tsuchiya/SCEJ/ SCEE
  • BEST GAME - Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter - Ubisoft Paris Production Team/Ubisoft
  • BEST STRATEGY - Rise And Fall: Civilizations At War - Mark Caldwell/Midway
  • BEST CASUAL & SOCIAL - Buzz!: The BIG Quiz - Relentless Software Production Team/SCEE
  • BEST SCREENPLAY - Psychonauts -DoubleFine Production Team/Majesco
  • BEST CHILDREN'S - LocoRoco - Tsutomu Kouno/SCEJ/SCEE
  • BEST GAMEPLAY - Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy - Jon Burton/ Traveller's Tales/ LucasArts
  • BEST SIMULATION - The Movies - Lionhead Studios & Feral Interactive Production Teams
  • BEST MULTIPLAYER - Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach -Turbine Production Team/ATARI
  • BEST ACTION & ADVENTURE - Shadow of the Colossus - Fumito Ueda/SCEI/ SCEE
  • BEST TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT - Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter - Ubisoft Paris Production Team/Ubisoft
  • BEST SPORTS - Fight Night Round 3 - EA Chicago Production Team/EA Sports
  • BEST AUDIO - Electroplankton - Toshio Iwai/Nintendo
  • BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - Tomb Raider: Legend - Troels B. Folmann/Crystal Dynamics/ Eidos Interactive
  • We'll have more news shortly...

Save / Promote This Post

If you enjoyed this post, your vote is always highly appreciated!!

Become a fan of this game

Login or register to be alerted of updates...

Click To Register Click To Login

Would you like to comment?

Join TVG for a free account, or sign in if you are already a member. You can still post anonymously.

Please respect other users, post wisely and avoid flaming... Terms & Conditions

Post Comment
By: aliendon73

Added:Thu 24th Jan 2008 19:39, Post No: 5

This is a must have game for all Tomb Raider fans, try ebay you can get for about a fiver!

User avatar By: Anonymous Coward

Added:Sat 28th Apr 2007 00:46, Post No: 4

The controls and camera in Tomb Raider Legend are even worse than Tomb Raider AOD. I don't like the analog stick for the caracter movement

User avatar By: Anonymous Coward

Added:Wed 28th Mar 2007 20:24, Post No: 3

wots wrong

User avatar By: Anonymous Coward

Added:Wed 28th Mar 2007 20:24, Post No: 2

why

User avatar By: Anonymous Coward

Added:Tue 07th Nov 2006 14:37, Post No: 1

help