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BAFTA 2007 Winners Announced

The BAFTA 2007 Video Games Awards winners have been announced, marking a big win for Nintendo with Wii Sports that bagged six of the ceremony’s 15 awards – it was nominated for seven.

Other winners include Okami and God of War 2, both of which walked away with two awards; Crackdown for best action/adventure game and use of audio; and BioShock for best game of the year. Here is the full list of winners.

  • Action and Adventure – Crackdown (Realtime Worlds, Microsoft, X360)
  • Artistic Achievement – Okami (Clover Studio, Capcom, PS2)
  • Best Game – BioShock (2K Boston/2K Australia, 2K Games, PC, X360)
  • Casual – Wii Sports (Nintendo, Wii)
  • Gameplay – Wii Sports (Nintendo, Wii)
  • Innovation – Wii Sports (Nintendo, Wii)
  • Multiplayer – Wii Sports (Nintendo, Wii)
  • Original Score – Okami (Clover Studio, Capcom, PS2)
  • Sports – Wii Sports (Nintendo, Wii)
  • Strategy and Simulation – Wii Sports (Nintendo, Wii)
  • Story and Character – God of War II (SCE Santa Monica, SCE, PS2)
  • Technical Achievement – God of War II (SCE Santa Monica, SCE, PS2)
  • Use of Audio – Crackdown (Realtime Worlds, Microsoft, X360)
  • BAFTA Ones to Watch Award (Independent Dev) – Ragnarawk (Voodoo Boogy)
  • The PC World Gamers Award (Public Voting Online) – Football Manager 2007 (Sports Interactive, Sega, PC)

Golden Joystick Awards Nominees Announced

This year’s Golden Joystick Awards nominees have been announced, marking the 25th anniversary of the UK’s oldest and biggest award ceremony. The second round of shortlist voting has already begun, with users now able to logon to the event’s site and choose their favorites from 17 categories.

Shortlisted nominees this year include Guitar Hero II, GTA 4, Crysis, Okami, God of War 2 and many other games. The ceremony will be hosted by David Mitchell, star of Channel 4’s Peep Show and feature film Magicians, at London’s Park Lane, Hilton hotel on October 26.

The full, long list of nominees after the jump.
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Develop Industry Awards Winners Announced

phil_harrison.jpgThe fifth annual Develop Industry Excellence Awards was held to honor the visionaries behind the greatest games in the gaming industry. Voted for by an independent panel of industry experts, this year’s winners include Motorstorm (PS3), Crush (PSP), Crackdown (Xbox 360) and many other titles. In all, there were 17 different companies and individuals claiming the 18 awards.

Evolution Studio’s PS3-exclusive racer and Zoe Mode’s Crush picked up the best new IP awards, while Traveller’s Tales picked up best indie developer and best use of a license for Lego Star Wars II. Test Drive Unlimited by Eden Games picked up the best use of online award, while Rare’s Viva Pinata grabbed the award for visual arts. Other winners include Sega, Ubisoft, NCSoft and many more. Below is the full winners list:

New Console IP
MotorStorm (Evolution/SCEE External Development)

New Handheld IP
Crush (Zoe Mode)

Best Use of a Licence
Lego Star Wars II (Traveller’s Tales)

Visual Arts
Rare (Viva Pinata)

Audio Accomplishment
FreeStyle (B-Boy)

Publishing Hero
Sega

Innovation
Real Time Worlds (Crackdown)

Tools Provider
Havok

Best Use of Online
Eden Studios (Test Drive Unlimited)

Services & Outsourcing
Babel Media

Recruitment Company
Datascope

New UK Studio
Realtime Worlds

Handheld Studio
Rockstar Leeds

Business Development
Blitz

Independent Developer
Traveller’s Tales

In-house Developer
Ubisoft France

Development Legend
Ian Hetherington

Grand Prix
Sony

GDC and IGF Awards

The Game Developer Choice Awards have been announced, with Lord British (Richard Garriott) picking up his lifetime achievement award and Double Fine Productions winning Best New Studio and its game Psychonauts getting the best writing award. Shadow of the Colossus picked up a total of five awards, including Game Design, Character Design and the Best Game award.

In more awards news, the 7th Annual Independent Games Festival awards were announced, with Introversion’s Darwinia winning the grand prize of $20,000 for Best Independent Game. The game picked up three prizes, including the Seumas McNally Grand Prize. Other winners include Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space, as well as modifications for games including Dystopia for Half-Life 2, the Last Man Standing Co-op for DOOM 3 and Path of Vengeance for Unreal Tournament 2004, among others.

Game Developers Choice Awards Nominees Selected

This year’s Game Developers Choice Awards nominees have been selected. Check them out below:

Best Game

  • Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
  • God of War (Sony Computer Entertainment America)
  • Guitar Hero (Harmonix Music Systems / RedOctane)
  • Shadow of the Colossus (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.)
  • The Movies (Lionhead Studios / Activision)

    Audio

  • Call of Duty 2 (Infinity Ward / Activision)
  • Electroplankton (Nintendo)
  • God of War (Sony Computer Entertainment America)
  • Guitar Hero (Harmonix Music Systems / RedOctane)
  • Project Gotham Racing 3 (Bizarre Creations / Microsoft Game Studios)

    Character Design

  • City of Villains (Cryptic Studios / NCsoft Corporation)
  • God of War (Sony Computer Entertainment America)
  • Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath (Oddworld Inhabitants / Electronic Arts)
  • Psychonauts (Double Fine Productions / Majesco Entertainment Company)
  • Shadow of the Colossus (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.)

    Game Design

  • Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
  • God of War (Sony Computer Entertainment America)
  • Nintendogs (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
  • Psychonauts (Double Fine Productions / Majesco Entertainment Company)
  • Shadow of the Colossus (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.)

    Technology

  • Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (Digital Illusions / Electronic Arts)
  • Guitar Hero (Harmonix Music Systems / RedOctane)
  • Nintendogs (Nintendo EAD / Nintendo)
  • Project Gotham Racing 3 (Bizarre Creations / Microsoft Game Studios)
  • Shadow of the Colossus (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.)

    Visual Arts

  • God of War (Sony Computer Entertainment America)
  • Project Gotham Racing 3 (Bizarre Creations / Microsoft Game Studios)
  • Resident Evil 4 (Capcom Production Studio 4 / Capcom Entertainment)
  • Shadow of the Colossus (Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.)
  • We Love Katamari (Namco Limited / Namco Hometek)

    Writing

  • Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich (Irrational Games / Vivendi Universal Games)
  • God of War (Sony Computer Entertainment America)
  • Indigo Prophecy (Quantic Dream / Atari)
  • Jade Empire (BioWare Corp. / Microsoft Game Studios)
  • Psychonauts (Double Fine Productions / Majesco Entertainment Company)

    New Studio

  • ArenaNet (Guild Wars)
  • Double Fine Productions (Psychonauts)
  • New Crayon Games (Bonnie’s Bookstore)
  • TellTale Games (Bone: Out From Boneville)
  • Wideload Games (Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse)

    • Results will be published on March 22.