Call Of Duty 4 Takes 3 Gongs At The Video Game BAFTAs

Call Of Duty 4 was the big winner at the British Academy For The Arts (BAFTA) collecting 3 awards including the GAME award of 2008, the only award that is voted for by the public, 60,000 users voted for this. A surprise winner was Super Mario Galaxy for best game a category that many expected to be taken by Call Of Duty 4. The highly popular Profesor Layton and the Curious Village won the best handled.

A suprise was that Grand Theft Auto IV didant win anything dispite been one of the best selling games of last year.Dead Space one both the awards for audio and the most anticipated and contreverstial before its laucnh Little Big Planet picked up the gong for Artistic Achivement

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the full list of winners and loosers is listed below

BEST GAME

SUPER MARIO GALAXY Development Team Nintendo/Nintendo

CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE
Development Team
Infinity Ward/Activision
FABLE II
Development Team
Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studio
FALLOUT 3
Todd Howard, Emil Pagliarulo, Gavin Carter
Bethesda Game Studio/Bethesda Softworks Europe
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV
Development Team
Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
ROCK BAND
Alex Rigopulos, Eran Egozy, Mike Dornbrook
Harmonix Music Systems/MTV Games

ACTION & ADVENTURE

FABLE II Development Team Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studios

CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE
Development Team
Infinity Ward/Activision
DEAD SPACE
Glen Schofield, Chuck Beaver, Bret Robbins
Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV
Development Team
Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
PRINCE OF PERSIA
Ben Mattes, Jean-Christophe Guyot
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Entertainment
TOMB RAIDER: UNDERWORLD
Development Team
Crystal Dynamics/Eidos

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

LITTLEBIGPLANET Kareem Ettouney, Mark Healey, Leo Cubbin Media Molecule & XDev Studio Europe / Sony Computer Entertainment

ASSASSIN’S CREED
Jade Raymond, Patrice Desilets, Claude Langlais
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Entertainment
CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE
Development Team
Infinity Ward/Activision
DEAD SPACE
Ian Milham
Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts
GEARS OF WAR 2
Development Team
Epic Games/Microsoft Games Studios
METAL GEAR SOLID 4: GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS
Yoji Shinkawa
Kojima Productions/Konami Digital Entertainment

CASUAL

BOOM BLOX Steven Spielberg, Louis Castle, Amir Rahimi Electronic Arts LA/Electronic Arts

BUZZ! QUIZ TV
David Amor, Andrew Eades, Lee Clare
Relentless Software & XDev Studio Europe/Sony Computer Entertainment
GUITAR HERO: WORLD TOUR
Development Team
Neversoft/Activision
LITTLEBIGPLANET
Mark Healey, Dave Smith, Pete Smith
Media Molecule & XDev Studio Europe/Sony Computer Entertainment
SINGSTAR VOL. 2
Vera So, Gillian Connole, Kevin Mason
SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
WII FIT
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

GAMEPLAY

CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE Development Team Infinity Ward/Activision

GRAND THEFT AUTO IV
Development Team
Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
LEFT 4 DEAD
Gabe Newell, Mike Booth, Chet Faliszek
Valve/Valve
MARIO KART WII
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo
ROCK BAND
Alex Rigopulos, Dan Teasdale, Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom
Harmonix Music System/MTV Games
SUPER MARIO GALAXY
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

HANDHELD

PROFESSOR LAYTON AND THE CURIOUS VILLAGE Development Team Nintendo/Nintendo

GEOMETRY WARS: GALAXIES
Development Team
Doublesix/Sierra
GOD OF WAR: CHAINS OF THE OLYMPUS
Development Team
Ready at Dawn & SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer
Entertainment
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: PHANTOM HOURGLASS
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo
PATAPON
Development Team
Pyramid & SCE Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
SOUL BUBBLES
Olivier Lejade, Omar Cornut, Frederick Raynal
Mekensleep/Eidos

MULTIPLAYER

LEFT 4 DEAD Gabe Newell, Mike Booth, Chet Faliszek Valve/Valve

BUZZ! QUIZ TV
David Amor, Andrew Eades, Lee Clare
Relentless Software& SCE XDev Studio Europe/Sony Computer Entertainment
CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE
Development Team
Infinity Ward/Activision
GEARS OF WAR 2
Development Team
Epic Games/Microsoft Games Studios
MARIO KART WII
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo
ROCK BAND
Alex Rigopulos, Kasson Crooker
Harmonix Music System/MTV Games

ORIGINAL SCORE

DEAD SPACE Development Team Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts

ASSASSIN’S CREED
Jade Raymond, Patrice Desilets, Claude Langlais
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Entertainment
FABLE II
Russell Shaw
Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studios
FALLOUT 3
Inon Zur
Bethesda Game Studio/Bethesda Softworks Europe
LITTLEBIGPLANET
Mat Clark, Daniel Pemberton, Kenny Young
Media Molecule & XDev Studio Europe/Sony Computer Entertainment
METAL GEAR SOLID 4: GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS
Harry Gregson-Williams
Kojima Productions/Konami Digital Entertainment

SPORTS

RACE DRIVER: GRID Development Team Codemasters Studios/Codemasters

FIFA 09
Andrew Wilson, David Rutter, Gary Paterson
EA Canada/Electronic Arts
FOOTBALL MANAGER 2009
Development Team
Sports Interactive/SEGA
MOTORSTORM PACIFIC RIFT
Development Team
Evolution Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment
PURE
Development Team
Black Rock Studios/Disney Interactive Studios
WII FIT
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

STRATEGY

SID MEIER’S CIVILIZATION REVOLUTION Development Team Firaxis Games/2K Games

ADVANCE WARS: DARK CONFLICT
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo
COMMAND AND CONQUER: RED ALERT 3
Development Team
EA Los Angeles/Electronic Arts
NINJATOWN
Brandon Curiel, Jeremy Pope, Shawn Smith
Venan in conjunction with Cashmere Productions & Shawnimals/Southpeak Games
SOCOM: US NAVY SEALS TACTICAL STRIKE
Development Team
Slant Six Games & SCE Foster City Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
VIVA PINATA: POCKET PARADISE
Gary Richards, Paul Machacek, Joe Humfrey
Rare/THQ

STORY & CHARACTER

CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE Development Team Infinity Ward/Activision

ASSASSIN’S CREED
Jade Raymond, Patrice Desilets, Claude Langlais
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Entertainment
FABLE II
Development Team
Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studios
FALLOUT 3
Todd Howard, Emil Pagliarulo
Bethesda Game Studio/Bethesda Softworks Europe
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV
Development Team
Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
MASS EFFECT
Casey Hudson, Drew Karpyshyn, Derek Watts
Bioware/Electronic Arts

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

SPORE Development Team Electronic Arts Montreal/Electronic Arts

ASSASSIN’S CREED
Jade Raymond, Patrice Desilets, Claude Langlais
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Entertainment
FABLE II
Development Team
Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studios
FALLOUT 3
Todd Howard, Guy Carver
Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks Europe
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV
Development Team
Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
LITTLEBIGPLANET
Alex Evans, Dave Smith, Leo Cubbin
Media Molecule & XDev Studio Europe/Sony Computer Europe

USE OF AUDIO

DEAD SPACE Don Veca Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts

CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE
Development Team
Infinity Ward/Activision
GEARS OF WAR 2
Development Team
Epic Games/Microsoft Games Studios
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV
Development Team
Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
LITTLEBIGPLANET
Kenneth Young, Mark Healey, Leo Cubbin
Media Molecule & XDev Studio Europe/Sony Computer Entertainment
SUPER MARIO GALAXY
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

BAFTA ONES TO WATCH AWARD

in association with Dare to Be Digital

BORO-TORO Adam Westwood, Graham Ranson, Yves Wheeler, Matthew Booton, Owen Schwehr (DarkMatter Designs)

GAME Award of 2008

The only award to be voted for by the public

CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE Development Team Infinity Ward/Activision