7th British Academy Games Awards
The 7th British Academy Video Game Awards (known for the purposes of sponsorship as GAME British Academy Video Games Awards) awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, was an award ceremony held on 16 March 2011 in the London Hilton. The ceremony honoured achievement in video gaming in 2010 and was hosted by Dara Ó Briain. Heavy Rain was the major winner on the night, taking three of the seven awards available.
Winners and nominees
Winners are shown first in bold.
Action
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Social Network Game
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Artistic Achievement
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Sports
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Story
- Heavy Rain – David Cage, Quantic Dream/Sony Computer Entertainment
- Alan Wake – Sam Lake, Mikko Rautalahti, Petri Järvilehto, Remedy Entertainment/Microsoft Game Studios
- BioShock 2 – Jordan Thomas, 2K Marin/2K Games
- Call of Duty: Black Ops – Craig Houston, Dave Anthony, David S. Goyer, Treyarch/Activision
- Fallout: New Vegas – John R. Gonzalez, Obsidian Entertainment/Bethesda Softworks
- Mass Effect 2 – Mac Walters, Drew Karpyshyn, BioWare/Electronic Arts
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Family
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Strategy
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Gameplay
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Technical Innovation
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Handheld
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Use of Audio
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Multiplayer
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BAFTA Ones to Watch Award (in association with Dare to Be Digital)
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Original Music
- Heavy Rain – Normand Corbeil. Quantic Dream/Sony Computer Entertainment
- Alan Wake – Petri Alanko, Remedy Entertainment/Microsoft Game Studios
- Fable III – Russell Shaw, Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studios
- James Bond 007: Blood Stone – Richard Jacques, Bizarre Creations/Activision
- Mass Effect 2 – Jack Wall, Jimmy Hinson, Sam Hulick, David Kates, BioWare/Electronic Arts
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 – Mahito Yokota, Ryo Nagamatsu, Koji Kondo, Nintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo
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GAME Award of 2010
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Academy Fellowship
Games with multiple nominations and wins
Nominations
Nominations |
Game |
7 |
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood |
Call of Duty: Black Ops |
Heavy Rain |
6 |
Mass Effect 2 |
5 |
Super Mario Galaxy 2 |
Limbo |
4 |
Halo: Reach |
3 |
Alan Wake |
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 |
FIFA 11 |
God of War III |
2 |
BioShock 2 |
Dance Central |
Fallout: New Vegas |
Kinectimals |
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 |
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit |
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty |
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Wins
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