They always say that just being nominated makes you a winner but as we get older, we know that’s not true. Truth be said winning makes you a winner and at last night’s BAFTA Games Awards, Sony Computer Entertainment was the big winner walking away with staggering 8 awards for their hit PS3 and PS Vita titles The Last of Us and Tearaway.
Naughty Dog’s, action-packed, blockbuster adventure The Last of Us picked up a jaw dropping five awards including Best Story, Best Action/Adventure, Audio Achievement and the prestigious Best Game, with voice actor Ashley Johnson awarded a BAFTA for her role as Ellie.
Sony’s addictive PS Vita platformer Tearaway also won three awards for Best Family, Best Mobile & Handheld and Artistic Achievement.
A huge highlight of the night was when Rockstar Games were presented with a BAFTA Fellowship by Metal Gear Solid creator and gaming legend, Hideo Kojima and to top-off the night for Rockstar Games, they went on to pick up three awards for last September’s Grand Theft Auto 5, including Best Multiplayer, Best Game Design and Best British Game.
Oh and last but not least, Indie smash Papers, Please also took the award for Strategy & Simulation, while Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons won Game Innovation and Gone Home picked up Best Debut Game.
So, do you agree with all of this years winners Or would you have gone in a different direction?
Anywho… Here’s the full list of winners for your viewing pleasure:
BEST GAME
- Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- WINNER – THE LAST OF US
- Papers, Please
- Super Mario 3D World
- Tearaway
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE
- Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- WINNER – THE LAST OF US
- LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
- Tomb Raider
BEST STRATEGY & SIMULATION
- Civilization 5: Brave New World
- Democracy 3
- Forza Motorsport 5
- Surgeon Simulator 2013
- XCOM: Enemy Within
- WINNER – PAPERS, PLEASE
BEST SPORTS
- F1 2013
- NBA 2K14
- GRID 2
- Forza Motorsport 5
- Football Manager 2014
- WINNER – FIFA 14
BEST FAMILY
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf
- WINNER – TEARAWAY
- Super Mario 3D World
- Skylanders SWAP Force
- Rayman Legends
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
BEST MULTIPLAYER
- World of Tanks
- Super Mario 3D World
- The Last of Us
- WINNER – GRAND THEFT AUTO 5
- Dota 2
- Battlefield 4
BEST STORY
- The Stanley Parable
- Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
- WINNER – THE LAST OF US
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- Gone Home
- Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
- Tearaway
- Super Mario 3D World
- The Last of Us
- WINNER – BIOSHOCK INFINITE
- Beyond: Two Souls
- Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag
BEST MOBILE & HANDHELD
- BADLAND
- DEVICE 6
- Plants vs. Zombies 2
- Ridiculous Fishing
- The Room Two
- WINNER – TEARAWAY
BEST BRITISH GAME
- Tearaway
- The Room Two
- LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
- Gunpoint
- WINNER – GRAND THEFT AUTO 5
- DmC Devil May Cry
BEST PERFORMER
- WINNER – ASHLEY JOHNSON (ELLIE – THE LAST OF US)
- Courtnee Draper (Elizabeth – BioShock Infinite)
- Ellen Page (Jodie – Beyond: Two Souls)
- Kevan Brighting (The Narrator – The Stanley Parable)
- Steven Ogg (Trevor Phillips – Grand Theft Auto 5)
- Troy Baker (Joel – The Last of Us)
BEST DEBUT GAME
- The Stanley Parable
- Remember Me
- Gunpoint
- WINNER – GONE HOME
- Castles in the Sky
- BADLAND
BEST GAME DESIGN
- Tomb Raider
- Tearaway
- Papers, Please
- The Last of Us
- WINNER – GRAND THEFT AUTO 5
- Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
- Beyond: Two Souls
- BioShock Infinite
- DEVICE 6
- The Last of Us
- Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
- WINNER – TEARAWAY
GAME INNOVATION
- WINNER – BROTHERS: A TALE OF TWO SONS
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- Papers, Please
- The Stanley Parable
- Tearaway
- Year Walk
AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT
- Battlefield 4
- BioShock Infinite
- DEVICE 6
- Grand Theft Auto 5
- WINNER – THE LAST OF US
- Tomb Raider
BAFTA ONES TO WATCH AWARD
- Project Heera: Diamond Heist
- WINNER – SIZE DOES MATTER
- The Unknown
BAFTA FELLOWSHIP
- Rockstar Games
