11th British Academy Games Awards

Game award ceremony in 2015 11th British Academy Games Awards 12 March 2015 Tobacco Dock Rufus Hound Destiny Monument Valley and The Last of Us: Left Behind (2) Alien: Isolation (6) 10th 12th The 11th British Academy Video Games Awards ceremony, presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), honored video games of 2014 and took place on 12 March 2015 at the Tobacco Dock in London, beginning at 7:00pm (GMT). During the ceremony, BAFTA presented awards in 16 categories. The ceremony, broadcast live on streaming website Twitch, was hosted by comedian Rufus Hound. Monument Valley and The Last of Us: Left Behind won two awards each, while Destiny won the Best Game award. Other winners included Alien: Isolation, Far Cry 4, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, League of Legends, Lumino City, Minecraft, Never Alone, OlliOlli, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter and Valiant Hearts: The Great War. Winners and nominees The nominees for the 11th British Academy Video Games Awards were announced on 10 February 2015 at 10:30am (GMT).http://www.bafta.org/games/news/games-awards-2015-nominees-announced Nominees Announced for the British Academy Games Awards in 2015 British Academy of Film and Television Arts 10 February 2015 14 March 2015 https://twitter.com/BAFTAGames/status/565091020648763392 Now the #EEBAFTAs are finished, it's time for the #BAFTAGames Awards! Nominations announced at 10.30am... British Academy of Film and Television Arts British Academy of Film and Television Arts Twitter 10 February 2015 14 March 2015 Alien: Isolation received the most nominations with six total; Far Cry 4 and Monument Valley tied for second with five nominations each, followed by 80 Days, Destiny, Mario Kart 8 and Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor with four each.http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/02/10/bafta-games-awards-2015-nominees-revealed BAFTA Games Awards 2015 Nominees Revealed Karmali Luke IGN 10 February 2015 14 March 2015 The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on 12 March 2015.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31862717 Destiny surprises at the Bafta video game awards Kelion Leo BBC News 12 March 2015 14 March 2015 Destiny's win for Best Game was the fourth BAFTA win for developer Bungie, but their first outside of the Halo series.http://www.polygon.com/2015/3/13/8206933/destiny-takes-home-best-game-during-2015-bafta-games-awards Destiny takes home Best Game during 2015 BAFTA Games Awards Gera Emily Polygon 13 March 2015 14 March 2015 Ashley Johnson won the award for Performer for the second consecutive year for her portrayal of Ellie in The Last of Us: Left Behind. Awards thumb|right|150px|Ashley Johnson, winner of the Performer award. thumb|right|150px|Neil Druckmann, winner of the Story award. thumb|right|150px|David Braben, winner of the Fellowship award. Winners are shown first in bold.http://awards.bafta.org/award/2015/games Games in 2015 BAFTA Awards British Academy of Film and Television Arts 14 March 2015 #EEDD82 Artistic Achievement Lumino City – State of Play Games/State of Play Games Assassin's Creed Unity – Ubisoft/Ubisoft Far Cry 4 – Jean-Alexis Doyon, David Wilkinson and Scott Mitchell, Ubisoft/Ubisoft Hohokum – Honeyslug and Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Monument Valley – ustwo Games/ustwo Studio Valiant Hearts: The Great War – Paul Tumelaire, Ghislain Avrillon and Laurent Labouille, Ubisoft/Ubisoft#EEDD82 Mobile & Handheld Monument Valley – ustwo Games/ustwo Studio 80 Days – Joseph Humfrey and Jon Ingold, Inkle/Inkle and Profile Books Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment Hitman Go – Daniel Lutz, Square Enix Montréal/Square Enix Threes! – Asher Vollmer, Greg Wohlwend and Jimmy Hinson, Sirvo/Sirvo The Walking Dead: Season Two – Telltale Games/Telltale Games#EEDD82 Audio Achievement Alien: Isolation – The Creative Assembly/Sega The Banner Saga – Austin Wintory, Michael Theiler and Peret Von Sturmer, Stoic Studios/Versus Evil Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Sledgehammer Games/Activision Fantasia: Music Evolved – Disney Interactive Studios and Harmonix Music Systems/Disney Interactive Studios Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo/Nintendo The Sailor's Dream – Simogo/Simogo#EEDD82 Multiplayer Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Sledgehammer Games/Activision Destiny – Bungie/Activision Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo/Nintendo Minecraft: Console Editions – Mojang/4J Studios/Microsoft Studios Titanfall – Steve Fukuda, Richard Baker and Vince Zampella, Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts#EEDD82 Best Game Destiny – Bungie/Activision Alien: Isolation – The Creative Assembly/Sega Dragon Age: Inquisition – BioWare/Electronic Arts Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo/Nintendo Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Monument Valley – ustwo Games/ustwo Studio#EEDD82 Music Far Cry 4 – Cliff Martinez, Tony Gronick and Jerome Angelot, Ubisoft/Ubisoft Alien: Isolation – The Creative Assembly/Sega The Banner Saga – Stoic Studios/Versus Evil Fantasia: Music Evolved – Disney Interactive Studios and Harmonix Music Systems/Disney Interactive Studios Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment The Sailor's Dream – Simogo/Simogo#EEDD82 British Game Monument Valley – ustwo Games/ustwo Studio 80 Days – Joseph Humfrey and Jon Ingold, Inkle/Inkle and Profile Books Alien: Isolation – The Creative Assembly/Sega Forza Horizon 2 – Playground Games/Microsoft Studios Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions – Lucid Games/Sierra Entertainment Lumino City – State of Play Games/State of Play Games#EEDD82 Original Property Valiant Hearts: The Great War – Yoan Fanise, Paul Tumelaire and Simon Choquet, Ubisoft/Ubisoft Kalimba – Press Play/Microsoft Studios Monument Valley – ustwo Games/ustwo Studio Sunset Overdrive – Insomniac Games/Microsoft Studios Titanfall – Steve Fukuda, Richard Baker and Vince Zampella, Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts The Vanishing of Ethan Carter – Adrian Chmielarz, Andrzej Poznanski and Michal Kosieradzki, The Astronauts/The Astronauts, Nordic Games#EEDD82 Debut Game Never Alone – Upper One Games/E-Line Media The Banner Saga – John Watson, Alex Thomas and Arnie Jorgensen, Stoic Studios/Versus Evil CounterSpy – Dynamighty/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Hitman Go – Daniel Lutz, Square Enix Montréal/Square Enix Shovel Knight – Yacht Club Games/Yacht Club Games The Vanishing of Ethan Carter – Adrian Chmielarz, Andrzej Poznanski and Michal Kosieradzki, The Astronauts/The Astronauts, Nordic Games#EEDD82 Performer Ashley Johnson – The Last of Us: Left Behind as Ellie Adam Harrington – The Wolf Among Us as Bigby Wolf Kevin Spacey – Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare as Jonathan Irons Logan Cunningham – Transistor as Transistor Melissa Hutchison – The Walking Dead: Season Two as Clementine Troy Baker – Far Cry 4 as Pagan Min#EEDD82 Family Minecraft: Console Editions – Mojang/4J Studios/Microsoft Studios The Lego Movie Videogame – TT Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment LittleBigPlanet 3 – Pete Smith, Paul Porter and Darius Sardeghian, Sumo Digital and XDev Studios Europe/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Mario Kart 8 – Nintendo/Nintendo Skylanders: Trap Team – Toys for Bob and Vicarious Visions/Activision Twelve a Dozen – Bossa Studios/Bossa Studios#EEDD82 Persistent Game League of Legends – Riot Games/Riot Games Destiny – Bungie/Activision EVE Online: Phoebe – CCP Games/CCP Games RuneScape – Jagex/Jagex World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment World of Tanks – Wargaming/Wargaming#EEDD82 Game Design Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Alien: Isolation – The Creative Assembly/Sega Destiny – Bungie/Activision Far Cry 4 – Jean-Alexis Doyon, David Wilkinson and Scott Mitchell, Ubisoft/Ubisoft Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment Threes! – Asher Vollmer, Greg Wohlwend and Jimmy Hinson, Sirvo/Sirvo#EEDD82 Sport OlliOlli – John Ribbins, Simon Bennett and Tom Hegarty, Roll7/Roll7 FIFA 15 – EA Sports/Electronic Arts Football Manager 2015 – Sports Interactive/Sega Forza Horizon 2 – Playground Games/Microsoft Studios Madden NFL 15 – EA Sports/Electronic Arts Trials Fusion – Kim Lahti, Antti Ilvessuo and Karri Kiviluoma, Ubisoft/Ubisoft#EEDD82 Game Innovation The Vanishing of Ethan Carter – Adrian Chmielarz, Andrzej Poznanski and Michal Kosieradzki, The Astronauts/The Astronauts, Nordic Games 80 Days – Joseph Humfrey and Jon Ingold, Inkle/Inkle and Profile Books Alien: Isolation – The Creative Assembly/Sega Lumino City – State of Play Games/State of Play Games Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor – Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Titanfall – Steve Fukuda, Richard Baker and Vince Zampella, Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts#EEDD82 Story The Last of Us: Left Behind – Neil Druckmann, Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe 80 Days – Joseph Humfrey, Jon Ingold and Meg Jayanth, Inkle/Inkle and Profile Books Broken Age – Tim Schafer, Double Fine Productions/Double Fine Productions Far Cry 4 – Mark Thompson, Lucien Soulban and Li Kuo, Ubisoft/Ubisoft Never Alone – Upper One Games/E-Line Media The Wolf Among Us – Telltale Games/Telltale Games BAFTA Fellowship Award David Braben BAFTA Ones to Watch Award Chambara – Overly Kinetic Games with multiple nominations and wins Nominations Nominations Game 6 Alien: Isolation 5 Far Cry 4 Monument Valley 4 80 Days Destiny Mario Kart 8 Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor 3 The Banner Saga Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Lumino City Titanfall The Vanishing of Ethan Carter 2 Fantasia: Music Evolved Forza Horizon 2 Hitman Go The Last of Us: Left Behind Minecraft: Console Editions Never Alone The Sailor's Dream The Walking Dead: Season Two The Wolf Among Us Threes! Valiant Hearts: The Great War Wins Awards Game 2 Monument Valley The Last of Us: Left Behind Presenters and performers The following individuals presented awards or performed musical numbers.http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news/a634815/watch-the-bafta-games-awards-2015-as-it-happened.html Watch the BAFTA Games Awards 2015 - as it happened Langshaw Mark Digital Spy 12 March 2015 14 March 2015 Presenters (in order of appearance) thumb|right|Rufus Hound hosted the 11th British Academy Video Games Awards. Name(s)RoleRufus HoundAnnouncer for the 11th British Academy Video Games AwardsRiva TaylorDavid ArnoldPresenters of the award for MusicGeorgia May FootePresenter of the award for Persistent GameMartin Hollis Martin Hollis (video game designer)Presenter of the award for StoryMike BithellPresenter of the award for Original PropertyLinford ChristiePresenter of the award for SportRob BeckettPresenter of the award for Mobile & HandheldAndrea DeckPresenter of the award for Artistic AchievementDan Krull 1Katy HillPresenters of the award for Audio AchievementAlix Wilton ReganPresenter of the award for British GameAndy AkinwolerePresenter of the award for FamilyChet FaliszekPresenter of the award for Game InnovationDan Middleton 1Presenter of the Ones to Watch Award to ChambaraTim SchaferPresenter of the award for Game DesignAlex BrookerPresenter of the award for MultiplayerJo Twist 1Presenter of the award for Debut GameMaimie McCoyPresenter of the award for PerformerIan Livingston 1Presenter of the Fellowship Award to David BrabenDynamo Dynamo (magician)Presenter of the award for Best Game Performers Riva Taylor was the only performer at the 11th British Academy Video Games Awards, performing "Earth to Earth", a song written specifically for the event, to open the ceremony.http://www.bafta.org/games/awards/riva-taylor-opening-performance Riva Taylor Opens the British Academy Games Awards With a Specially Written Song British Academy of Film and Television Arts 12 March 2015 15 March 2015 Critical reviews The ceremony received generally mixed to positive reception from media publications. Paul Tassi of American business magazine Forbes claimed that the British Academy Video Games Awards "might be [his] favorite show worldwide right now", praising the "sheer breadth and diversity of their award categories, and what they choose to honor".https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2015/03/13/destiny-wins-bafta-for-best-game-of-2014/ 'Destiny' Wins BAFTA For Best Game Of 2014 Tassi Paul Forbes 13 March 2015 14 March 2015 Tassi went on to praise winning games such as The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (Game Innovation) and League of Legends (Persistent Game). Oliver Cragg of newspaper The Independent welcomed the strong presence of "creative indie titles" at the ceremony.https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming/bafta-video-game-awards-destiny-wins-best-game-but-its-a-good-night-for-indie-titles-10105799.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/gaming/bafta-video-game-awards-destiny-wins-best-game-but-its-a-good-night-for-indie-titles-10105799.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Bafta Video Game Awards: Destiny wins best game, but it's a good night for indie titles Cragg Oliver The Independent 13 March 2015 14 March 2015 A review written by GameCentral for newspaper Metro, however, went as far as to state that "we're not sure we agree with any of the awards, except for Alien Isolation and David Braben", criticising "nonsense" such as a win for Minecraft, which was originally released years previously.http://metro.co.uk/2015/03/13/destiny-wins-game-of-the-year-at-video-game-baftas-5101427/ Destiny wins game of the year at video game Baftas Metro 13 March 2015 14 March 2015 The majority of negative reactions to the ceremony related to Destiny winning the BAFTA for Best Game. Adam Rosser of BBC Radio 5 Live explained that "There was an audible ripple of surprise in the press room as Destiny took the best game Bafta", noting that the game had been "criticised in many quarters for ... suffering from a sparsely populated game world and repetitive gameplay". Some commentators supported the result, however: GamesRadar+, who named Destiny their game of the year, claimed that "it's good to see Bungie's masterpiece getting the attention it deserves".http://www.gamesradar.com/destiny-wins-best-game-2015-video-game-baftas/ Destiny wins Best Game at the 2015 video game BAFTAs GamesRadar+ 13 March 2015 14 March 2015 Entertainment Weekly's Jonathon Dornbush concluded that "despite its flaws, Destiny has demonstrated why it's tough to put the game down, and may be worth revisiting for those who initially wrote the game off",http://www.ew.com/bafta-games-awards-2015-winners BAFTA Games Awards 2015 winners: 'Destiny,' 'Shadow of Mordor,' more Dornbush Jonathon Entertainment Weekly 12 March 2015 14 March 2015 while Forbes writer Paul Tassi claimed that Dragon Age: Inquisition was arguably the "definitive" game of the year. Arguably one of the most surprising results was in the Sports category, where independent title OlliOlli beat out many bigger releases such as FIFA 15. Matt Kamen of Wired described this as a "shocking win",https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-03/13/bafta-game-award-winners-2015 Bafta Game Award 2015 winners revealed Kamen Matt Wired 13 March 2015 14 March 2015 and Mark Langshaw of Digital Spy similarly dubbed it "a shock".http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news/a635126/destiny-claims-the-top-prize-at-the-bafta-games-awards-2015.html#~p6Uiz6SXXnrMEW Destiny claims the top prize at the BAFTA Games Awards 2015 Langshaw Mark Digital Spy 12 March 2015 14 March 2015 References 2 External links 11th BAFTA Video Games Awards page Category:British Academy Games Awards ceremonies British Academy Games Awards British Academy Games Awards British Academy Games Awards British Academy Games Awards