The Bafta (that is British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Videogame Awards were held last night in London and Fallout 4 walked away with top honours.
If you’ve never heard of it, the Bafta Videogame Awards honour both British and international titles from the year preceding the award ceremony and it’s basically the closest thing the games industry has to the Oscars.
Bethesda’s post apocalyptic open world RPG won the Bafta Award for best game, beating the likes of The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt, Rocket League, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Everybody’s Gone To Rapture and Life Is Strange.
It was a good night for the indies as Everybody’s Gone To Rapture, Her Story and Rocket League walked away with three Bafta Awards each.
Rocket League won the Family Game, Multiplayer and Sport Awards, Her Story took the gongs forDebut Game, Game Innovation and Mobile & Handheld and Everybody’s Gone To Rapture won Audio Achievement, Music and best performer for Merle Dandridge.
Most of the triple A titles nominated for a Bafta Award were roundly ignored with the likes of Hearthstone, The Witcher 3, Fifa 16 and Metal Gear Solid V going home empty-handed. Perhaps the biggest titles that took gongs on the night were Batman: Arkham Knight (Best British Game), Until Dawn (Original Property), Bloodborne (Game Design) and Life Is Strange (Story).
A full list of the winners can be seen below:
Artistic Achievement
Ori and the Blind Forest
Audio Achievement
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Best British Game
Batman: Arkham Knight
Best Game
Fallout 4
Best Performer
Merle Dandridge (Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture)
Best Sports Game
Rocket League
Debut Game
Her Story
eSports Audience award
Smite
Family
Rocket League
Game Design
Bloodborne
Game Innovation
Her Story
Mobile and Handheld
Her Story
Multiplayer
Rocket League
Music
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Ones to Watch
Sundown
Original Property
Until Dawn
Persistant Game
Prison Architect
Story
Life is Strange
Bafta Fellowship award
John Carmack
