This year’s GAME British Academy Video Games Awards took place in London last night, with many of last year’s biggest hits in the running for some of the gongs. With the full line-up of winners revealed, there was truly one title that stood out as the victor: Valve’s Portal 2 won three awards, Design, Story and the coveted Best Game.
LittleBigPlanet 2, the follow-up to the multi-BAFTA Award-winning LittleBigPlanet, triumphed in the Family and Game Innovation categories while Batman: Arkham City took the Award for 
Action and Mark Hamill received his first-ever BAFTA in the new Performer category for his role as the Joker. The jury lauded Mark’s performance as: “… a compelling new dimension of the classic villain psyche”.
Battlefield 3, the 11th instalment in the Battlefield franchise, stormed off with two BAFTA Awards in the Online – Multiplayer and Audio Achievement categories. L.A. Noire with its sulty sound track took home the Award for Original Music. After four years of development Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, the shooter, exploration, puzzle game took home the Award for the new category Debut Game.
The full line-up of winners – along with the list of nominated titles – follows below, and Electronic Theatre will keep you updated with all the latest details on BAFTA’s involvement in the videogames industry.
Nominations with WINNERS highlighted in bold
16 March 2012
Action
Assassin’s Creed Revelations
Martin Schelling, Darby McDevitt, Raphael Lacoste
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
WINNER: Batman: Arkham City
Development Team
Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Development Team
Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Jean-Francois Dugas, Antoine Thisdale
Eidos Montreal/Square-Enix
Portal 2
Development Team
Valve/Valve
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Development Team
Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Artistic Achievement
Batman: Arkham City
Development Team
Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
L.A. Noire
Simon Wood, Cheekin Chan, Ben Brudenell
Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
LittleBigPlanet 2
Development Team
Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
WINNER: Rayman Origins
Michel Ancel, Celine Tellier, Christophe Villez
UBlart Montpellier/Ubisoft
The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim
Todd Howard
Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Game Studios
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Development Team
Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Audio Achievement
Batman: Arkham City
Development Team
Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
WINNER: Battlefield 3
Stefan Strandberg, Bence Pajor, Carl Vikman
Dice/Electronic Arts
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Development Team
Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
Dead Space 2
Andrew Boyd, J White, Steve Papoutsis
Visceral Games/Electronic Arts
The Nightjar
Development Team
Somethin’ Else/Somethin’ Else
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Development Team
Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Best Game
Batman: Arkham City
Development Team
Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
FIFA 2012
Kaz Makita, David Rutter, Aaron McHardy
Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts
L.A. Noire
Brendan McNamara, Naresh Hirani, Alex Carlyle
Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
WINNER: Portal 2
Development Team
Valve/Valve
The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim
Todd Howard
Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Game Studios
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo
Debut Game
Bastion
Amir Rao, Greg Kasavin, Darren Korb
Supergiant Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Eufloria
Rudolf Kremers, Alex May
Omni Systems Limited/Omni Systems Limited
WINNER: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Michel Gagne, Joe Olson
Shadow Planet Productions/Microsoft Studios
L.A. Noire
Brendan McNamara, Naresh Hirani, Alex Carlyle
Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
Monstermind
Development Team
Bossa Studios/Bossa Studios
RIFT
Scott Hartsman, Russ Brown
Trion Worlds/Trion Worlds
Design
Batman: Arkham City
Development Team
Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
L.A. Noire
Brendan McNamara, Alex Carlyle, Andrew Hamilton
Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
LittleBigPlanet 2
Development Team
Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
WINNER: Portal 2
Development Team
Valve/Valve
Super Mario 3D Land
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo
The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim
Todd Howard
Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Game Studios
Family
Dance Central 2
Development Team
Harmonix/Microsoft Studios
Kinect Sports 2
Development Team
Rare and Big Park Studios/Microsoft Studios
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean
Jon Burton, John Hodskinson, James Cunliffe
TT Games/Disney Interactive Studios
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
Jon Burton, Kellam Eanes, David Hoye
TT Games/Activision Blizzard and LucasArts
WINNER: LittleBigPlanet 2
Development Team
Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Mario Kart 7
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo
Game Innovation
Bastion
Amir Rao, Darren Korb, Gavin Simon
Supergiant Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Child of Eden
Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Takashi Ishihara, Yuki Ichiki
Q Entertainment/Ubisoft
From Dust
Eric Chahi, Guillaume Brunier, Bruno Gentile
Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft
L.A. Noire
Brendan McNamara, Oliver Bao, Franta Fulin
Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
WINNER: LittleBigPlanet 2
Development Team
Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo
Mobile & Handheld
Dead Space iOS
Development Team
Iron Monkey Studios/Electronic Arts
Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint
John Pickford, Ste Pickford
Pickford Bros/Zee-3 Limited
WINNER: Peggle HD
JP Vaughan, Paul O’Donnell, Sukhbir Sidhu
Popcap Games/Electronic Arts
Quarrel
Gary Penn, Aaron Puzey, Sean Taylor
Denki Games/UTV Ignition Games
Super Mario 3D Land
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo
The Nightjar
Development Team
Somethin’ Else/Somethin’ Else
Online – Browser
Gardens of Time
Development Team
Playdom/Disney Interactive Media Group
I Am Playr
Oli Madgett, Steve Didd, Dan Mayers
We R Interactive/We R Interactive
WINNER: Monstermind
Henrique Olifiers, Mike Bithell, Ric Moore
Bossa Studios/Bossa Studios
Global Resistance
Development Team
Insomniac Game/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Skylanders Spyro’s Universe
Development Team
Toys for Bob/Activision Blizzard
The Sims Social
Development Team
Playfish/Electronic Arts
Online-Multiplayer
Assassin’s Creed Revelations
Martin Schelling, Darby McDevitt, Raphael Lacoste
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
WINNER: Battlefield 3
Lars Gustavsson, Alan Kertz, Patrick O’Shaughnessy
Dice/Electronic Arts
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Development Team
Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
Dark Souls
Development Team
From Software/Namco Bandai Games
Gears of War 3
Development Team
Epic Games/Microsoft Studios
LittleBigPlanet 2
Development Team
Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Original Music
Assassin’s Creed Revelations
Jesper Kyd, Lorne Balfe
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
Batman: Arkham City
Nick Arundel, Jamie Walker, Sefton Hill
Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Michael McCann
Eidos Montreal/Square-Enix
WINNER: L.A. Noire
Andrew Hale, Simon Hale
Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim
Jeremy Soule
Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Game Studios
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Greg Edmonson, Azam Ali, Clint Bajakian
Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Performer
Aaron Staton (Cole Phelps) – L.A. Noire
WINNER: Mark Hamill (The Joker) – Batman: Arkham City
Nolan North (Nathan Drake) – Uncharted 3:
Drake’s Deception
Stephen Fry (Narrator) – LittleBigPlanet 2
Stephen Merchant (Wheatley) – Portal 2
Togo Igawa (Dipolomat, Advisor and Military General) – Total War: SHOGUN 2
Sports/Fitness
Dance Central 2
Development Team
Harmonix/Microsoft Studios
DiRT 3
Development Team
Codemasters Racing Studio/Codemasters
F1 2011
Development Team
Codemasters Birmingham/Codemasters
FIFA 2012
Kaz Makita, David Rutter, Aaron McHardy
Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts
WINNER: Kinect Sports 2
Development Team
Rare and Big Park Studios/Microsoft Studios
Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012
Stephane Decroix, Igor Manceau, Philippe Baude
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
Story
Batman: Arkham City
Development Team
Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Mary DeMarle, Jean-Francois Dugas, James Swallow
Eidos Montreal/Square Enix
L.A. Noire
Brendan McNamara
Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
WINNER: Portal 2
Development Team
Valve/Valve
The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim
Todd Howard
Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks Europe
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Development Team
Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Strategy
Dark Souls
Development Team
From Software/Namco Bandai Games
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Jean-Francois Dugas, Frank Lapikas
Eidos Montreal/Square Enix
Football Manager 2012
Development Team
Sports Interactive/SEGA
From Dust
Eric Chahi, Guillaume Brunier, Bruno Gentile
Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft
Ghost Recon Shadow Wars
Julian Gollop, Stefan Dyulgerov, Borislav Bogdanov
Ubisoft/Ubisoft
WINNER: Total War: SHOGUN 2
Development Team
Creative Assembly/SEGA
BAFTA Ones to Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital
Dreamweaver
Malath Abbas, Joseph Hurst, Daniel Scholes, Stuart Brown, Mat Stevenson
(Evolved Ape)
Joust!
Jose B Martinez Hernandez, Roman Graebsch, Agne Gediminskaite, Petr Papez, Amr Din
(Digital Knights)
WINNER: Tick Tock Toys
Sophia George, Kristian Francis, Rosemary Ball, Mark Bamford, Calum Goold
(Swallowtail)
GAME Award of 2011
(The only award to be voted for by the public)
Batman: Arkham City
Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
WINNER: Battlefield 3
Dice/Electronic Arts
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
FIFA 2012
Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts
L.A Noire
Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
Minecraft
Mojang/Mojang
Portal 2
Valve/Valve
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks Europe
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Nintendo/Nintendo
Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception
Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
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