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After years of being classed as simply a bit of fun, it would seem
videogames are finally getting a little recognition for their
artistic merit. The first BAFTA Video Game Awards Ceremony was held
last night at London’s Roundhouse and hopefully
signals the start of increased acknowledgment for the designers of
the titles we have come to know and love. The event was hosted by
Vernon Kay and featured a variety of awards including prizes for
Innovation, Technical Achievement and Gameplay. For those
interested, the Ceremony will be shown on E4 on October 17th, 2006. Now, without further ado,
here are the nominees:
(Winners
are shown in bold, brackets denote Publisher/Developer)
INNOVATION:
Dr.
Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?
(Nintendo/Nintendo)
Electroplankton (Nintendo/Nintendo)
Guitar Hero (RedOctane/Harmonix Music Systems Inc.)
LocoRoco (SONY Computer Entertainment Europe/SONY Computer
Entertainment
Japan
)
Shadow Of The Colossus (SONY Computer Entertainment
Europe
/Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.)
We Love Katamari (Electronic Arts/Namco)
ARTISTIC
ACHIEVEMENT:
Black
(EA Games/Criterion Games)
Hitman: Blood Money (Eidos Interactive/IO Interactive)
LocoRoco (SONY Computer Entertainment Europe)/ (SONY Computer
Entertainment Japan)
Shadow Of The Colossus
(SONY Computer Entertainment Europe/SONY Computer Entertainment Inc.)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2K Games/Bethesda Games
Studios)
We Love Katamari (Electronic Arts/Namco)
CHARACTER:
Agent
47 in Hitman: Blood Money (Eidos Interactive/IO Interactive)
Han Solo in LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts/Traveller's
Tales)
Lara Croft in Lara Croft; Tomb Raider: Legend (Eidos
Interactive/Crystal Dynamics)
LocoRoco in LocoRoco (SONY Computer
Entertainment Europe/SONY Computer Entertainment
Japan
)
Rogue in Rogue Trooper (Eidos Interactive/Rebellion &
2000A.D.)
STRATEGY:
Age Of Empires: The Age Of Kings (Majesco/Backbone)
Football Manager 2006 (SEGA Europe/Sports Interactive)
Medieval II: Total War (SEGA Europe/Creative Assembly)
Rise And Fall: Civilizations At War (Midway/ Midway)
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords (2K Games/Firaxis
Games)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (Ubisoft/Ubisoft
Paris)
CASUAL
& SOCIAL:
Buzz!: The BIG Quiz (SONY Computer
Entertainment
Europe
/Relentless
Software)
Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? (Nintendo/Nintendo)
Electroplankton (Nintendo/Nintendo)
Guitar Hero (RedOctane/Harmonix Music Systems, Inc)
LocoRoco (SONY Computer Entertainment
Europe
/
SONY Computer Entertainment Japan)
SingStar: Rocks! (SONY Computer Entertainment
Europe
/
SONY Computer Entertainment
Europe)
SCREENPLAY:
24:
The Game
(SONY Computer Entertainment
Europe
/
SONY Computer Entertainment
Europe)
Psychonauts (Majesco/DoubleFine)
Rogue Trooper (Eidos Interactive/Rebellion & 2000 A.D.)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2K Games/Bethesda Games
Studios)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (Ubisoft/Ubisoft
Paris)
Lara Croft; Tomb Raider: Legend (Eidos Interactive/Crystal
Dynamics)
CHILDREN'S:
Daxter
(SONY Computer Entertainment Europe/Ready At Dawn)
Ice Age II: The Meltdown (Vivendi Games/Eurocom)
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts/Traveller's
Tales)
LocoRoco (SONY Computer Entertainment
Europe
/SONY
Computer Entertainment
Japan
)
NEW Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo/Nintendo)
We Love Katamari (Electronic Arts/Namco)
GAMEPLAY:
Guitar Hero (RedOctane/Harmonix Music Systems Inc)
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts/Traveller's
Tales)
LocoRoco (SONY Computer Entertainment
Europe
/
SONY Computer Entertainment
Japan
)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2K Games/Bethesda Games
Studios)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (Ubisoft/Ubisoft
Paris)
We Love Katamari (Electronic Arts/Namco)
SIMULATION:
C-130
Hercules
(Just Flight/Captain Sim)
Championship Manager 2006 (Eidos Interactive/Beautiful Game
Studios)
Football Manager 2006 (SEGA Europe/Sports Interactive)
Rockstar Games Presents: Table Tennis (Take-Two
Interactive/Rockstar
San
Diego
)
The Movies (Feral Interactive/Lionhead Studios)
Trauma Center: Under The Knife
(Nintendo/Atlus)
MULTIPLAYER:
2006
FIFA World Cup (Electronic Sports/EA Canada)
Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo/Nintendo)
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (EA Games/Digital Illusions)
Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach
(Atari/Turbine)
Guild Wars: Factions (NCsoft/ArenaNet)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (Ubisoft/Ubisoft
Paris)
ACTION
& ADVENTURE:
Metroid Prime: Hunters (Nintendo/Nintendo)
Shadow Of The Colossus (SONY Computer
Entertainment Europe/SONY
Computer Entertainment Inc.)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2K Games/The Bethesda
Games Studios)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (Ubisoft/Ubisoft
Paris)
Lara Croft; Tomb Raider: Legend (Eidos Interactive/Crystal
Dynamics)
We Love Katamari (Electronic Arts/Namco)
TECHNICAL
ACHIEVEMENT:
Battlefield
2: Modern Combat (EA Games/Digital Illusions)
Black (EA Games/Criterion Games)
Burnout Revenge (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games)
Just Cause (Eidos Interactive/Avalanche Studios)
Shadow Of The Colossus (SONY Computer Entertainment
Europe
/
SONY Computer Entertainment Inc.)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (Ubisoft/Ubisoft
Paris)
SPORTS:
2006
FIFA World Cup (EA Sports/EA
Canada
)
Fight Night Round 3 (EA Sports/EA
Chicago
)
Football Manager 2006 (SEGA Europe/Sports Interactive)
MotoGP ‘06 (THQ/Climax)
Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (Konami/Konami Computer Entertainment
Tokyo
(KCAT))
Rockstar Games Presents: Table Tennis (Take-Two
Interactive/Rockstar
San
Diego
)
ORIGINAL
SCORE:
Dragon Quest: The Journey Of The Cursed King
(SquareEnix/Level 5)
LocoRoco (SONY Computer Entertainment
Europe
/
SONY Computer Entertainment
Japan
)
Shadow Of The Colossus (SONY Computer Entertainment
Europe
/
SONY Computer Entertainment Inc.)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2K Games/Bethesda Games
Studios)
The Movies (Feral Interactive/ Lionhead Studios)
Lara Croft; Tomb Raider: Legend
(Eidos Interactive/Crystal Dynamics)
SOUNDTRACK:
B-Boy
(SONY
Computer Entertainment Europe/FreeStyleGames)
Guitar Hero (RedOctane/Harmonix Music Systems Inc)
Reservoir Dogs (Eidos Interactive/Volatile Games)
SingStar: Rocks! (SONY Computer Entertainment
Europe
/
SONY Computer Entertainment
Europe
)
AUDIO:
Black (EA Games/Criterion Games)
Electroplankton (Nintendo/Nintendo)
LocoRoco (SONY Computer Entertainment
Europe
/
SONY Computer Entertainment
Japan
)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (Ubisoft/Ubisoft
Paris)
Lara Croft; Tomb Raider: Legend (Eidos Interactive/Crystal
Dynamics)
We Love Katamari (Electronic Arts/Namco)
GAME:
Black (EA Games/Criterion Games)
Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?
(Nintendo/Nintendo)
Guitar Hero (RedOctane/Harmonix Music Systems Inc)
Hitman: Blood Money (Eidos Interactive/IO Interactive)
LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (LucasArts/Traveller's
Tales)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (Ubisoft/Ubisoft
Paris)
The
Gamers' Award:
(Sponsored by Nokia N-Gage (and voted for by readers of
The Sun's 'Something for the Weekend'))
Tetris
Mania
Sonic The Hedgehog: Part One
Namco Classic's: Pac-Man
Diner Dash
24: The Mobile Game
The
Sims
Civilization for N-Gage
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
Lemmings
Platinum Soduku
Clearly
not everybody is going to have the same opinion as the Academy, so
for those who totally agree or fervently disagree, be sure to check
out the debate on the Electronic
Theatre Forum.
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