British video game awards

The video game Baftas are given out to recognize the very best in artistic, creative and technical innovation in video games. They are the British version of the American video game awards held in December last year. And just as the game of the year in that awards show was presented by the sexy Megan Fox, the British version featured the gorgeous Kirsty Gallagher:



Kirsty Gallagher presented the best game of 2008 bafta to Super Mario Galaxy by Nintendo. In the awards held last week, the British academy members voted for more wholesome titles, unlike their counterparts across the Atlantic. Steven Spielberg’s boom blox won for best casual game, while Professor Layton and the Curious Village took the best handheld game bafta. All that remains now is for the academy to recognize video games for the elderly.

The full list of winners:

Best action and adventure game
Fable 2 (PS3, Xbox 360)

Artistic achievement
LittleBigPlanet (PS3)

Best game
Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)

Best casual game
Boom Blox (Wii)

BAFTA for best gameplay
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Best handheld game
Professor Layton and the Curious Village (DS)

Best Multiplayer game
Left 4 Dead (PC, Xbox 360)

Best original score
Dead Space (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Best sports game
Race Driver: GRID (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Best story
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

Best strategy game
Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution (DS, PS3, Xbox 360)

BAFTA for technical achievement
Spore (Mac/PC)  aka the Mila Kunis Game!

Use of audio BAFTA
Dead Space (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

The BAFTA Fellowship
To Nolan Bushnell, creator of Pong and founder of Atari

BAFTA ones to watch award
Boro-Toro