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A real "first".

Will Wright will become the first videogame "celebrity" to be awarded the Fellowship BAFTA; joining the ranks of recognised and household names like Dame Judi Dench, Alfred Hitchcock and Steven Spielberg.

It will be the first time the award has branched out into games, as it can apparently no longer ignore their massive impact on day-to-day life - especially if you read The Daily Mail.

Wright will receive his award on 23rd October (or a day before my birthday), and be applauded for his work on creating enormous franchises like SimCity and The Sims.

His current master work Spore is being allowed to take its jolly time, however, and the last we heard was that it would be out sometime after March next year.

Other games up for BAFTA awards this year include the likes of BioShock, Gears of War and Okami, and a full list can be found behind you.

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Cloudane #1 4 years ago

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Heh; 'a day before my birthday'.

Whilst I never played The Sims very much, it was pretty much a household game as just about everyone who had a PC owned the game.
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EmiliasHorse #2 4 years ago

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Oh well they might as well give it to someone.

/claps
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Fallen_Angel #3 4 years ago

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Am I the only one who read that and first thought "Phoenix Wright?"
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EmiliasHorse #4 4 years ago

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Yes.
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Der_tolle_Emil #5 4 years ago

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Am I the only one who read that and first thought "Phoenix Wright?"

I instantly thought of Phoenix Wright as well. Will Wright hasn't done much for me after Sim City.
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Triggerhappytel #6 4 years ago

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So, he's getting recognised ahead of Shigeru Miyamoto?
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mikew1985 #7 4 years ago

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Well... it's a British award...

Edited by 1 at 15/10/07 @ 12:29
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Kelduum #8 4 years ago

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So, he's getting recognised ahead of Shigeru Miyamoto?

Well... it's a British award...

And Will Wright is American...

I would have thought that Miyamoto would be more deserving myself, also...
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IAmBatman #9 4 years ago

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> Will Wright hasn't done much for me after Sim City

The games industry isn't about you.
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bloke #10 4 years ago

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I can't think of anyone who's made a bigger contribution in bringing games into the mainstream, so this is a hugely well deserved award.
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GingerNathan #11 4 years ago

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Load of rubbish, there's a load of game developers that should be ahead of him.
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projectmayhem #12 4 years ago

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CliffyB should have gotten it.

...I just want to see his hair appear on national TV
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enzima #13 4 years ago

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To me Miyamoto is like Michael Jordan: no one has done as much as him for the growth of videogaming. Also he delivered by far the longest list of AAA titles. I cant even think of anyone close to his level of contribution to gaming. Long live to the King!
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mikew1985 #14 4 years ago

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"And Will Wright is American...

I would have thought that Miyamoto would be more deserving myself, also... "

Oh i genuinely always thought he was a Briton, sorry.

I would also agree that Miyamoto would be more deserving but I guess Wright is in there because of the Sims.
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MrChuckles #15 4 years ago

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Will Wright got my sister to play a PC game... My sister!

He deserves it....
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ZeroAX #16 4 years ago

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miyiamoto got me to buy a video game console. he deserved it more. but please DON'T give it to peter molynuex (next year) just cause he is british.
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kangarootoo #17 4 years ago

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"The games industry isn't about you"

Lol. If Der_tolle_Emil is a gamer, then of course it is.
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MrChuckles #18 4 years ago

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But Miyamoto gets people who are already gamers to buy many more games, he doesn't get non-gamers to try stuff out imo...

Who came up with the design of the Wii remote, they have done pretty well.... If it was Miyamoto (I've never been a big Nintendo fan tbh, so i may well be talking gibberish!) then fair enough.
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IAmBatman #19 4 years ago

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> Lol. If Der_tolle_Emil is a gamer, then of course it is.

No it isn't. He's one person.
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kangarootoo #20 4 years ago

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All gamers are one person. Where do you draw the line as to whose opinion matters?
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IAmBatman #21 4 years ago

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> Where do you draw the line as to whose opinion matters

When there are significantly more than 1 of them. Or, as a helpful shorthand, if an opinion is posted on a eurogamer comments thread, it's probably worthless.
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Grogmonkey #22 4 years ago

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@ IAmBatman

zOMG. Paradox!

I hear Will Wright is a pretty nice guy. And, from what I've seen of him on Gamasutra's GDC coverage a couple of years back, he seems to know his stuff. Kudos to him, say I.
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Charlie_Miso #23 4 years ago

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groovemeister - Jordon vs Bird on the Megadrive.

get with the times! word.
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pointBlank #24 4 years ago

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FYI:

the game has 30 missions not 50 + 60 challenges
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