BAFTA winners announced

Journey wins 5 awards, but Dishonored takes best game.
Text: Bengt Lemne
Published 2013-03-06

An exhausting list of developers were awarded BAFTAs last night and we've got the full list below. In addition to these categories Valve's Gabe Newell was presented with the Academy Fellowship for "his outstanding and exceptional creative contribution to the Games industry".

Gabe Newell with his award. Image courtesy of BAFTA.

Thatgamecompany's Journey took home five awards including artistic achivement and game design, while Arkane Studios' Dishonored took what should be considered the most prestigious award best game. Other winners include The Room (British game), Far Cry 3 (action), The Unfinished Swan (debut game, game innovation) and The Walking Dead (story, and mobile & handheld).

Action
Far Cry 3
Dan Hay, Patrick Plourde, Patrik Methé
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft

Artistic Achievement
Journey
Development Team
That Game Company/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Audio Achievement
Journey
Steve Johnson, Austin Wintory, Keith Leary
That Game Company/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Best Game
Dishonored
Development Team
Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks

British Game
The Room
Development Team
Fireproof Games/Fireproof Games

Debut Game
The Unfinished Swan
Ian Dallas, Nathan Gary
Giant Sparrow/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Family
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
Jon Burton, Jonathan Smith, John Hodskinson
TT Games/Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment

Game Design
Journey
Development Team
That Game Company/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Game Innovation
The Unfinished Swan
Ian Dallas, Nathan Gary
Giant Sparrow/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Mobile & Handheld
The Walking Dead
Dan Connors, Kevin Bruner, Kevin Boyle
Telltale Games/Telltale

Online - Browser
SongPop
Olivier Michon, Thibaut Crenn, Daouna Jeong
FreshPlanet/FreshPlanet

Online-Multiplayer
Journey
Development Team
That Game Company/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Original Music
Journey
Austin Wintory, Keith Leary, Mony Mudd
That Game Company/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Performer
Danny Wallace (The Narrator) - Thomas Was Alone

Sports/Fitness
New Star Soccer
Simon Read
New Star Games/New Star Games

Story
The Walking Dead
Development Team
Telltale Games/Telltale

Strategy
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Development Team
Firaxis/2K Games

BAFTA Ones to Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital
Starcrossed
Kimi Sulopuisto, Vili Viitaniemi, Minttu Meriläinen, Petri Liuska, Andrew MacLean
(Kind of a Big Deal)

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