BAFTA Award winners announced

(Winners in bold)

Action and Adventure

Crackdown (Xbox 360)
Development Team
Realtime Worlds/Microsoft Game Studios

Gears of War (Xbox 360)
Rod Fergusson, Michael Capps, Cliff Bleszinski
Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios

God of War 2 (PS2)
Cory Barlog, Michael Cheng, Eric Williams
SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

The Orange Box (PS3)
Development Team
Valve/Electronic Arts

Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction (PS3)
Development Team
SCE Foster City Studio & Insomniac/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo


Artistic Achievement

Bioshock (Xbox 360)
Development Team
2K Boston/2K Australia/2K Games

Heavenly Sword (PS3)
Development Team
Ninja Theory/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Okami (PS2)
Atsushi Inaba
Clover(Capcom)/Capcom

Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction (PS3)
Development Team
SCE Foster City Studio & Insomniac/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Skate (PS3)
Development Team
EA Black Box/Electronic Arts

Viva Piñata (Xbox 360)
Ryan Stevenson, Ed Bryan
Rare/Microsoft Game Studios


Best Game

Bioshock (Xbox 360)
Development Team
2K Boston/2K Australia/2K Games

Crysis (PC)
Development Team
Crytek/Electronic Arts

Gears of War (Xbox 360)
Rod Fergusson, Michael Capps, Cliff Bleszinski
Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios

Guitar Hero II (PS2)
Development Team
Harmonix/Activision/Red Octane

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Xbox 360)
Development Team
IO Interactive/Eidos

Wii Sports (Wii)
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo


Casual

Big Brain Academy for Wii (Wii)
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

Cake Mania (DS)
Development Team
Digital Embryo/Sandlot Games/Majesco

Guitar Hero II (PS2)
Development Team
Harmonix/Activision/Red Octane
More Brain Training (DS)
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

SingStar (PS3)
Development Team
SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Wii Sports (Wii)
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo


Gameplay

Crackdown (Xbox 360)
Development Team
Realtime Worlds/Microsoft Game Studios

Gears of War (Xbox 360)
Cliff Bleszinski, Ray Davis, Lee Perry
Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios

Sega Rally (PS3)
Development Team
SEGA Racing Studio/SEGA

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

Warhawk (PS3)
Dylan Jobe, Bruce Woodard, Brian Upton
Incognito/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Wii Sports (Wii)
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo


Innovation

fl0w (PSN)
Jenova Chen, Nicholas Clark, Austin Wintory
SCE Santa Monica Studio/Thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Okami (PS2)
Atsushi Inaba
Clover(Capcom)/Capcom

Super Paper Mario (Wii)
Development Team
Intelligent Systems/Nintendo

The Eye of Judgment (PS3)
Kazuhito Miyaki, Yusuke Watanabe
SCE Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Trauma Center: Second Opinion (Wii)
Development Team
Atlus USA/Nintendo

Wii Sports (Wii)
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo


Multiplayer

Battlefield 2142 (PC)
Development Team
EA Dice/Electronic Arts

Crackdown (Xbox 360)
Development Team
Realtime Worlds/Microsoft Game Studios

Guitar Hero II (PS2)
Development Team
Harmonix/Activision/Red Octane

Wii Sports (Wii)
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

World in Conflict (PC)
Development Team
Massive Entertainment/Sierra Entertainment/Vivendi Games

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (PC)
Development Team
Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment


Original Score

Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
Hitoshi Sakimoto, Nobuo Uematsu
Final Fantasy XII Project Team/Square Enix

God of War 2 (PS2)
Clint Bajakian, Jonathan Mayer, Chuck Doud
SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Lair (PS3)
John Debney, Ryan Hamlyn, Clint Bajakian
SCE Foster City Studio & Factor 5/Sony Computer Entertainment America

Okami (PS2)
Atsushi Inaba
Clover (Capcom)/Capcom

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

Viva Piñata (Xbox 360)
Grant Kirkhope
Rare/Microsoft Game Studio


Sports

Colin McRae: DiRT (Xbox 360)
Gavin Raeburn, Matt Horsman, Alex Grimbley
Codemasters/Codemasters

FIFA 08 (PS3)
Development Team
EA Chicago/Electronic Arts

Football Manager 2008 (PC)
Development Team
Sports Interactive/SEGA

MotorStorm (PS3)
Mick Hocking, Martin Kenwright, Pete Smith
SCE External Development Studio & Evolution/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Virtua Tennis 3 (Xbox 360)
Development Team
Sumo Digital/SEGA

Wii Sports (Wii)
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo


Strategy and Simulation

Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars (Xbox 360)
Development Team
Electronic Arts LA/Electronic Arts

Forza Motorsport 2 (Xbox 360)
Development Team
Turn 10/Microsoft Game Studios

Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms (PC)
Development Team
The Creative Assembly/SEGA

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas (Xbox 360)
Chadi Lebbos, Alexandre Parizeau, Maxime Beland
Ubisoft Studios (Montreal)/Ubisoft Entertainment

Wii Sports (Wii)
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

World in Conflict (PC)
Development Team
Massive Entertainment/Sierra Entertainment


Story and Character

Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
Development Team
Final Fantasy XII Project Team/Square Enix

God of War 2 (PS2)
Cory Barlog, David Jaffe, Marianne Krawczyk
SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Heavenly Sword (PS3)
Development Team
Ninja Theory/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Okami (PS2)
Atsushi Inaba
Clover (Capcom)/Capcom

The Darkness (Xbox 360)
Denby Grace, Lars Johansson, Jerk Gustafsson
Starbreeze Studios/2K

The Simpsons Game (Xbox 360)
Matt Selman, Scot Amos
EA/Gracie Films/Electronic Arts


Technical Achievement

Crackdown (Xbox 360)
Development Team
Realtime Worlds/ Microsoft Game Studios

Gears of War (Xbox 360)
Tim Sweeney, Ray Davis, Daniel Vogel
Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studio

God of War 2 (PS2)
Tim Moss, Christer Ericson
SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

MotorStorm (PS3)
Scott Kirkland, Martin Kenwright, Pete Smith
SCE External Development Studio/Evolution/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Okami (PS2)
Atsushi Inaba
Clover(Capcom)/Capcom

Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (PS3)
Development Team
Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe


Use of Audio

Crackdown (Xbox 360)
Development Team
Realtime Worlds/Microsoft Game Studios

Elite Beat Agents (DS)
Development Team
iNiS/Nintendo

Gears of War (Xbox 360)
Mike Larson, Lee Perry, Desmond Rogers
Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios

God of War 2 (PS2)
Dave Murrant, Philip Kovats, Chuck Russom
SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Guitar Hero II (PS2)
Development Team
Harmonix/Activision/Red Octane

Skate (PS3)
Development Team
EA Black Box/Electronic Arts


BAFTA One’s To Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital

Ragnarawk
Voodoo Boogy (Malcolm Brown, Robert Clarke, Peter Carr, Lynne Robertson, Finlay Sutton)

ClimbActic
Carebox (Jack Potter, Alan Campbell, Benjamin Rollinson, Zarek Cohen, Duncan Harrison)

Bear Go Home
Phoenix Seed (Fengming Bao, Xi Deng, Yi Li, Guangyao Wang, Christopher Isaacs)


The PC World Gamers’ Award
(The only award to be voted for by the public)

Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training (DS)
Nintendo/Nintendo
FIFA 07 (PS2)
EA Canada/Electronic Arts
Football Manager 2007 (PC)
Sports Interactive/SEGA
Gears of War (Xbox 360)
Epic Games/Microsoft
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (PSP)
Rockstar Leeds/Take Two
Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3)
Insomniac/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Wii Play (Wii)
Nintendo/Nintendo