Uncharted 2 dominates BAFTA Awards

Batman: Arkham Asylum wins Best Game.

News by Robert Purchese Associate Editor

Updated on 19 Mar 2010

Batman: Arkham Asylum shocked the BAFTA Video Game Award 2010 audience by winning Best Game - a trophy expected to fall to Uncharted 2. The Rocksteady-developed superhero game also took Best Gameplay.

Naughty Dog's superb action game Uncharted 2: Among Thieves didn't miss out, however, and took home four one-eyed golden face trophies - the most of any game.

Uncharted 2 scooped Best Action Game, Best Use of Audio, Best Original Score and Best Story. Evan Wells and Christophe Balestra were on hand to cart the trophies home. They thanked their families and loved ones for putting up with the long hours they had to put in.

FIFA 10 took home two trophies, one for Best Sports Game and one for Best Use of Online.

Wii Sports Resort was considered the Best Family & Social game, and Best Handheld Game was LittleBigPlanet PSP. Empire: Total War scooped Best Strategy Game.

Left 4 Dead 2 was voted Best Multiplayer Game, and Batman: Arkham Asylum was considered to have the Best Gameplay.

Artistic Achievement was given to Flower and the public-voted Game Award of 2009 went to Modern Warfare 2, with Assassin's Creed II in second place and Uncharted 2 in third.

BAFTA Ones to Watch was Shrunk! by The Butterflyers.

And, of course, Shigeru Miyamoto was honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship for his staggering lifetime's achievement in videogames.

The full list of winners (in bold) and their categories are in order below. Nominees are included.

Action

Assassin's Creed II
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
inFAMOUS
Left 4 Dead 2
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Family & Social

The Beatles: Rock Band
Buzz! Quiz World
EyePet
Guitar Hero 5
New Super Mario Bros Wii
Wii Sports Resort

Use of Online

Battlefield 1943
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
FIFA 10
LIttleBigPlanet PSP
SingStar Take That
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Use of Audio

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
DJ Hero
Flower
Left 4 Dead 2
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Handheld

Gran Turismo
LittleBigPlanet PSP
LocoRoco Midnight Carnival
Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
Professor Layton and Pandora's Box
Scribblenauts

GAME Award of 2009

Assassin's Creed II
Batman: Arkham Asylum
The Beatles: Rock Band
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
FIFA 10
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
Street Fighter IV
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Wii Sports Resort

Strategy

Command & Conquer 3: Uprising
Empire: Total War
FIFA Manager 10
Football Manager 2010
Halo Wars
Plants vs Zombies

Original Score

Assassin's Creed II
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
PixelJunk Shooter
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Multiplayer

Battlefield 1943
The Beatles: Rock Band
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Halo 3: ODST
Left 4 Dead 2
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Gameplay

Assassin's Creed II
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
PixelJunk Shooter
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Sports

Colin McRae: DiRT 2
FIFA 10
Football Manager 2010
Forza 3
Wii Fit Plus
Wii Sports Resort

Story

Assassin's Creed II
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Broken Sword Shadow of the Templars: The Director's Cut
Brutal Legend
Dragon Age: Origins
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

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

Colour Coded (Murray Sinclair, Faye Wright, Liam Wong, Sean Donnelly, Nnanna Kama - PixelPirates)
Quick as Thieves (William Wright, Michael Doig, Andrew Knight, Jamie MacKinnon, Lee Cresswell - Gentleman of Fortune)
Shrunk! - Vykintas Kazdailis, Andrew Macdonald, Michael Cummings, Jacek Wernikowski, Stuart Kemp - The Butterflyers)

Artistic Achievement