BAFTA video game award winners announced

The annual BAFTA Video Game Awards for 2013 have taken place, and the winners for the respective categories have been announced.

Far Cry 3 managed to grab a win in the Action game category, while XCOM: Enemy Unknown sealed the deal for the best game in the Strategy category.

Journey expectedly and deservedly won the Artistic Achievement award (among others), while The Walking Dead game bagged the best Video Game Story.

The big award of the night went to Dishonored, as it claimed the prestigious Best Game honours.

Check out all the winners below:

Best Debut

• The Unfinished Swan
• Deadlight
• Forza Horizon
• Dear Esther
• Proteus
• The Room

Original Music

• Diablo III
• Assassin’s Creed III
• Thomas Was Alone
• The Unfinished Swan
• Journey
• The Walking Dead

Story

• Journey
• Far Cry 3
• The Walking Dead
• Thomas Was Alone
• Mass Effect 3
• Dishonored

Sports/Fitness

• Forza Horizon
• F1 2012
• Nike+ Kinect Training
• New Star Soccer
• Trials Evolution
• FIFA 13

Game Innovation

• Fez
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
• Wonderbook: Book of Spells
• Journey
• The Unfinished Swan
• Kinect Sesame Street TV

Artistic Achievement

• Journey
• Halo 4
• Borderlands 2
• Far Cry 3
• The Room
• Dear Esther

Online – Browser

• The Settlers Online
• SongPop
• Merlin: The Game
• Runescape
• Amateur Surgeon Hospital
• Dick and Dom’s HOOPLA!

Game Design

• Journey
• Dishonored
• Far Cry 3
• XCOM: Enemy Unknown
• Borderlands 2
• The Walking Dead

Strategy

• Dark Souls: Prepare to Die
• Diablo III
• Great Big War Game
• Total War Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai
• Football Manager 2013
• XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Family Game

• LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
• Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition
• Just Dance 4
• Skylanders Giants
• Clay Jam
• LEGO Lord of the Rings

Audio Achievement

• Far Cry 3
• Beat Sneak Bandit
• Halo 4
• Assassin’s Creed III
• Dear Esther
• Journey

Mobile & Handheld

• LittleBigPlanet (Vita)
• New Star Soccer
• Incoboto
• The Walking Dead
• Super Monsters Ate My Condo
• The Room

Performer

• Nolan North (Nathan Drake) – Uncharted: Golden Abyss
• Danny Wallace (The Narrator) – Thomas Was Alone
• Melissa Hutchinson (Clementine) – The Walking Dead
• Dave Fennoy (Lee Everett) – The Walking Dead
• Adrian Hough (Haytham) – Assassin’s Creed III
• Nigel Carrington (The Narrator) – Dear Esther

Online – Multiplayer

• Assassin’s Creed III
• Call of Duty: Black Ops II
• Journey
• Need For Speed Most Wanted
• Halo 4
• Borderlands 2

Best British Game

• Need for Speed Most Wanted
• Forza Horizon
• Dear Esther
• Super Hexagon
• LEGO: The Lord of the Rings
• The Room

Best Action in 2013

• Far Cry 3
• Hitman: Absolution
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
• Halo 4
• Mass Effect 3
• Borderlands 2

Best Game in 2013

• Far Cry 3
• Journey
• Mass Effect 3
• Dishonored
• The Walking Dead
• FIFA 13

Source: BAFTA

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