Miyamoto, Naughty Dog and Rocksteady may have been the names that dominated this week’s BAFTA awards night, but there was a abundance of talented, dedicated developers that filled the nominations sheet.
British outfit The Creative Assembly managed to win the Strategy award for the acclaimed Empire total War, and ThatGameCompany won the Artistic Achievement prize.
Meanwhile, the likes of Valve and Infinity Ward, though unfortunate to leave with less gold than hoped, had their names scattered across numerous hotly-contested categories.
Ultimately, the list below represents a vintage twelve months for the game development industry.
Winners in bold. Links lead to separate reports including speeches.
Action
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
(Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio)
Assassin’s Creed II
Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets
(Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal)
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Development Team
(Eidos/Rocksteady Studios)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development Team
(Activision/Infinity Ward)
inFAMOUS
Brian Fleming, Bruce Oberg, Chris Zimmerman
(Sony Computer Entertainment/Sucker Punch Productions & SCE Foster City Studio)
Left 4 Dead 2
Gabe Newell, Chet Faliszek, Tom Leonard
(Valve/EA)
Artistic Achievement
Flower
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/ThatGameCompany and SCE Santa Monica Studio
Assassin’s Creed II
Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets
Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Development Team
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development team
Activision/Infinity Ward
Streetfighter IV
Yoshinori Ono
Capcom/Capcom
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio
Best Game
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Development Team
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios
Assassin’s Creed II
Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets
Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development Team
Activision/Infinity Ward
FIFA 10
Andrew Wilson, David Rutter, Gary Paterson
Electronic Arts/EA Canada
Left 4 Dead 2
Gabe Newell, Chet Faliszek, Tom Leonard
Valve/EA
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio
Family & Social
Wii Sports Resort
Katsuya Eguchi, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshikazu Yamashita
Nintendo/Nintendo
The Beatles: Rock Band
Alex Rigopulos, Paul DeGooyer, Josh Randall
Electronic Arts/MTV Games/Apple Corp/Harmonix Music Systems
Buzz! Quiz World
David Amor, Andrew Eades, Lee Clare
Sony Computer Entertainment/Relentless Software & XDEV Studio Europe
EyePet
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE London Studio
Guitar Hero 5
Brian Bright, Paul Robinson, Allen Freese
Activision/Neversoft Entertainment/Vicarious Visions/Budcat
New Super Mario Bros Wii
Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Hiroyuki Kimura
Nintendo/Nintendo
Gameplay
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Development Team
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios
Assassin’s Creed II
Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets
Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development Team
Activision/Infinity Ward
New Super Mario Bros Wii
Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Hiroyuki Kimura
Nintendo/Nintendo
PixelJunk Shooter
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Q-Games & SCE Santa Monica Studio
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio
Handheld
LittleBigPlanet (PSP)
Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Cambridge Studio & XDEV Studio Europe
Gran Turismo
Kazunori Yamauchi, Yuji Yasuhara, Hiroki Imanishi
Sony Computer Entertainment/Polphony Digital Inc
LocoRoco Midnight Carnival
Kenji Sakai, Saeka Horikoshi, Hiroya Matsugami
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Japan Studio
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
Warner Bros Interactive Entertainmnent/5th Cell
Multiplayer
Left 4 Dead 2
Gabe Newell, Chet Faliszek, Tom Leonard
Valve/EA
Battlefield 1943
Patrick Liu, Gordon Van Dyke
Electronic Arts/EA DICE
The Beatles: Rock Band
Alex Rigopulos, Paul DeGooyer, Josh Randall
Electronic Arts/MTV Games/Apple Corp/Harmonix Music Systems
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development team
Activision/Infinity Ward
Halo 3 ODST
Development Team
Microsoft Game Studios/Microsoft
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio
Original Score
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Greg Edmonson, Clint Bajakian, Jonathan Mayer
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio
Assassin’s Creed II
Jesper Kyd
Ubisoft Entertainment Ltd/Ubisoft Montreal
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Ron Fish, Nick Arundel
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe
Activision/Infinity Ward
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
James Hannigan
Electronic Arts/EA Bright Light
PixelJunk Shooter
Dom Beken, Alex Paterson
Sony Computer Entertainment/Q-Games and SCE Santa Monica Studio
Sports
FIFA 10
Andrew Wilson, David Rutter, Gary Paterson
Electronic Arts/EA Canada
Colin McRae: DiRT 2
Matt Horsman, Clive Moody, Guy Pearce
Codemasters/Codemasters Studios
Football Manager 2010
Development Team
Sega/Sports Interactive
Forza 3
Development Team
Microsoft/Turn 10
Wii Fit Plus
Shigeru Miyamoto, Tadashi Sugiyama, Hiroshi Matsunaga
Nintendo/Nintendo
Wii Sports Resort
Katsuya Eguchi, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshikazu Yamashita
Nintendo/Nintendo
Story
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio
Assassin’s Creed II
Corey May, Joshua Rubin, Jeffrey Yohalem
Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Development Team
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios
Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: The Director’s Cut
Charles Cecil, Neil Richards, Tony Warriner
Ubisoft Entertainment/Revolution Software
Brutal Legend
Tim Schafer
Electronic Arts/Double Fine Productions
Dragon Age: Origins
Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, Mike Laidlaw
Electronic Arts/BioWare
Strategy
Empire: Total War
Development Team
Sega/Creative Assembly
Command and Conquer 3: Uprising
Development team
Electronic Arts/EA Los Angeles
FIFA Manager 10
Gerald Köhler, Cord Westhoff, Bernhard Maiberg
EA Sports/Bright Future
Football Manager 2010
Development Team
Sega/Sports Interactive
Halo Wars
Development Team
Microsoft/Ensemble Studios
Plants vs Zombies
George Fan, Tod Semple, Rich Werner
Popcap Games/PopCap Games
Use of Audio
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Amy Hennig, Bruce Swanson, Greg Edmonson
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Development Team
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development team
Activision/Infinity Ward
DJ Hero
Jamie Jackson, Dan Neil, Tim Riley
Activision/Freestyle Games
Flower
Vincent Diamante, Steve Johnson, Jenova Chen
Sony Computer Entertainment/ThatGameCompany and SCE Santa Monica Studios
Left 4 Dead 2
Gabe Newell, Chet Faliszek, Tom Leonard
Valve/EA
Use of Online
FIFA 10
Andrew Wilson, David Rutter, Gary Paterson
Electronic Arts/ EA Canada
Battlefield 1943
Patrick Liu, Gordon Van Dyke
Electronic Arts/EA DICE
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development Team
Activision/Infinity Ward
LittleBigPlanet (PSP)
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Cambridge Studio and XDEV Studio Europe
Singstar TakeThat
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE London Studio
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio
BAFTA Ones To Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital
Shrunk!
Vykintas Kazdailis, Andrew Macdonald, Michael Cummings, Jacek Wernikowski, Stuart Kemp
(The Butterflyers)
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)
GAME Award of 2009
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward/Activision)
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)
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)