Naughty Dog's Uncharted 2 hardly needs any more accolades, but it just won another four awards at GAME British Academy Video Games Awards. It was developer Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham Asylum that took home the award for Best Game, however. Batman also won for best Gameplay, while Uncharted 2 garnered awards for Action, Story, Original Score and Use of Audio.
Other highlights included Infinity Ward's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 winning the public-voted GAME Award of 2009, EA's FIFA 10 winning awards for Sports and Use of Online, Left 4 Dead 2 winning the award for Multiplayer, Flower winning for Artistic Achievement, Wii Sports Resort winning for Family and Social, and Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto winning the Fellowship award.
“Our imaginations and creativity … should be the only limits and that is what makes our industry a joy and a dream to work in,” said Miyamoto.
Here's the complete list of finalists and winners:
Action
Assassin’s Creed II
Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Entertainment
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Development Team
Rocksteady Studios/Eidos
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development Team
Infinity Ward/Activision
inFAMOUS
Brian Fleming, Bruce Oberg, Chris Zimmerman
Sucker Punch Productions & SCE Foster City Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
Left 4 Dead 2
Gabe Newell, Chet Faliszek, Tom Leonard
Valve/Electronic Arts
WINNER: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
Artistic Achievement
Assassin’s Creed II
Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Entertainment
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Development Team
Rocksteady Studios/Eidos
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development Team
Infinity Ward/Activision
WINNER: Flower
Development Team
ThatGameCompany & SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
Streetfighter IV
Yoshinori Ono
CapcomCapcom
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
Best Game
Assassin’s Creed II
Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Entertainment
WINNER: Batman: Arkham Asylum
Development Team
Rocksteady Studios/Eidos
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development Team
Infinity Ward/Activision
FIFA 10
Andrew Wilson, David Rutter, Gary Paterson
EA Canada/Electronic Arts
Left 4 Dead 2
Gabe Newell, Chet Faliszek, Tom Leonard
Valve/Electronic Arts
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
Family & Social
The Beatles: Rock Band
Alex Rigopulos, Paul DeGooyer, Josh Randall
MTV Games/Apple Corp/Harmonix Music Systems/Electronic Arts
Buzz! Quiz World
David Amor, Andrew Eades, Lee Clare
Relentless Software & XDEV Studio Europe/Sony Computer Entertainment
EyePet
Development Team
SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
Guitar Hero 5
Brian Bright, Paul Robinson, Allen Freese
Neversoft Entertainment/Vicarious Visions/Budcat/Activision
New Super Mario Bros Wii
Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Hiroyuki Kimura
Nintendo/Nintendo
WINNER: Wii Sports Resort
Katsuya Eguchi, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshikazu Yamashita
Nintendo/Nintendo
Gameplay
Assassin’s Creed II
Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Entertainment
WINNER: Batman: Arkham Asylum
Development Team
Rocksteady Studios/Eidos
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development Team
Infinity Ward/Activision
New Super Mario Bros Wii
Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Hiroyuki Kimura
Nintendo/Nintendo
PixelJunk Shooter
Development Team
Q-Games & SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
Handheld
Gran Turismo
Kazunori Yamauchi, Yuji Yasuhara, Hiroki Imanishi
Polyphony Digital Inc/ Sony Computer Entertainment
WINNER: LittleBigPlanet
Development Team
SCE Cambridge Studio & XDEV Studio Europe/Sony Computer Entertainment
LocoRoco Midnight Carnival
Kenji Sakai, Saeka Horikoshi, Hiroya Matsugami
SCE Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story
Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Hiroyuki Kubota
Nintendo/Nintendo
Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box
Akira Tago, Akihiro Hino, Tatsuya Shinkai
Nintendo/Nintendo
Scribblenauts
Jeremiah Slaczka, Marius Fahlbusch
5th Cell/ Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment
Multiplayer
Battlefield 1943
Patrick Liu, Gordon Van Dyke
EA DICE/Electronic Arts
The Beatles: Rock Band
Alex Rigopulos, Paul DeGooyer, Josh Randall
MTV Games/Apple Corp/Harmonix Music Systems/Electronic Arts
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development Team
Infinity Ward/Activision
Halo 3 ODST
Development Team
Microsoft/Microsoft Game Studios
WINNER: Left 4 Dead 2
Gabe Newell, Chet Faliszek, Tom Leonard
Valve/Electronic Arts
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
Original Score
Assassin’s Creed II
Jesper Kyd
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Entertainment
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Nick Arundel, Ron Fish
Rocksteady Studios/Eidos
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
Infinity Ward/Activision
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
James Hannigan
EA Bright Light/Electronic Arts
PixelJunk Shooter
Dom Beken, Alex Paterson
Q-Games & SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
WINNER: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Greg Edmonson, Clint Bajakian, Jonathan Mayer
Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
Sports
Colin McRae: DiRT 2
Matt Horsman, Clive Moody, Guy Pearce
Codemasters Studios/Codemasters
WINNER FIFA 10
Andrew Wilson, David Rutter, Gary Paterson
EA Canada/Electronic Arts
Football Manager 2010
Development Team
Sports Interactive/Sega
Forza Motorsport 3
Development Team
Turn 10/Microsoft
Wii Fit Plus
Shigeru Miyamoto, Tadashi Sugiyama, Hiroshi Matsunaga
Nintendo/Nintendo
Wii Sports Resort
Katsuya Eguchi, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshikazu Yamashita
Nintendo/Nintendo
Story
Assassin’s Creed II
Corey May, Joshua Rubin, Jeffrey Yohalem
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Entertainment
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Development Team
Rocksteady Studios/Eidos
Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: The Director’s Cut
Charles Cecil, Neil Richards, Tony Warriner
Revolution Software/Ubisoft Entertainment
Brütal Legend
Tim Schafer
Double Fine Productions/Electronic Arts
Dragon Age: Origins
Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, Mike Laidlaw
BioWare/Electronic Arts
WINNER: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
Strategy
Command and Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising
Development Team
EA Los Angeles/Electronic Arts
WINNER: Empire: Total War
Development Team
Creative Assembly/Sega
FIFA Manager 10
Gerald Köhler, Cord Westhoff, Bernhard Maiberg
Bright Future/EA Sports
Football Manager 2010
Development Team
Sports Interactive/Sega
Halo Wars
Development Team
Ensemble Studios/Microsoft
Plants vs Zombies
George Fan, Tod Semple, Rich Werner
PopCap Games/PopCap Games
Use of Audio
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Development Team
Rocksteady Studios/Eidos
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development Team
Infinity Ward/Activision
DJ Hero
Jamie Jackson, Dan Neil, Tim Riley
Freestyle Games/Activision
Flower
Vincent Diamante, Steve Johnson, Jenova Chen
ThatGameCompany & SCE Santa Monica Studios/ Sony Computer Entertainment
Left 4 Dead 2
Gabe Newell, Chet Faliszek, Tom Leonard
Valve/Electronic Arts
WINNER: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Amy Hennig, Bruce Swanson, Greg Edmonson
Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
Use of Online
Battlefield 1943
Patrick Liu, Gordon Van Dyke
EA DICE/Electronic Arts
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development Team
Infinity Ward/Activision
WINNER: FIFA 10
Andrew Wilson, David Rutter, Gary Paterson
EA Canada/Electronic Arts
LIttleBigPlanet (PSP)
Development Team
SCE Cambridge Studio & XDEV Studio Europe/Sony Computer Entertainment
Singstar Take That
Development Team
SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
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)
WINNER: Shrunk!
Vykintas Kazdailis, Andrew Macdonald, Michael Cummings, Jacek Wernikowski, Stuart Kemp
(The Butterflyers)
GAME Award of 2009
(The only award to be voted for by the public)
Assassin’s Creed II
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Entertainment
Batman Arkham Asylum
Rocksteady Studios/Eidos
The Beatles: Rockband
MTV Games/Apple Corp/Harmonix Music Systems/Electronic Arts
WINNER: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Infinity Ward/ Activision
FIFA 10
EA Canada/Electronic Arts
GTA China Town Wars
Rockstar Leeds/Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks
Nintendo/Nintendo
Street Fighter IV
Capcom/Capcom
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
Wii Sports Resort
Nintendo/Nintendo
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