{"id":51429,"date":"2013-03-06T11:44:11","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T09:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=51429"},"modified":"2013-03-06T11:45:35","modified_gmt":"2013-03-06T09:45:35","slug":"bafta-video-game-award-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/51429-bafta-video-game-award-winners-announced","title":{"rendered":"BAFTA video game award winners announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The annual BAFTA Video Game Awards for 2013 have taken place, and the winners for the respective categories have been announced.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Journey expectedly and deservedly won the Artistic Achievement award (among others), while The Walking Dead game bagged the best Video Game Story.<\/p>\n<p>The big award of the night went to Dishonored, as it claimed the prestigious Best Game honours.<\/p>\n<p>Check out all the winners below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Debut<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The Unfinished Swan<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Deadlight<\/li>\n<li>Forza Horizon<\/li>\n<li>Dear Esther<\/li>\n<li>Proteus<\/li>\n<li>The Room<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Original Music<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Diablo III<\/li>\n<li>Assassin\u2019s Creed III<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Was Alone<\/li>\n<li>The Unfinished Swan<\/li>\n<li><strong>Journey<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Walking Dead<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Story<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Journey<\/li>\n<li>Far Cry 3<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Walking Dead<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Thomas Was Alone<\/li>\n<li>Mass Effect 3<\/li>\n<li>Dishonored<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sports\/Fitness<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Forza Horizon<\/li>\n<li>F1 2012<\/li>\n<li>Nike+ Kinect Training<\/li>\n<li><strong>New Star Soccer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Trials Evolution<\/li>\n<li>FIFA 13<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Game Innovation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fez<\/li>\n<li>Call of Duty: Black Ops 2<\/li>\n<li>Wonderbook: Book of Spells<\/li>\n<li>Journey<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Unfinished Swan<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Kinect Sesame Street TV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Artistic Achievement<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Journey<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Halo 4<\/li>\n<li>Borderlands 2<\/li>\n<li>Far Cry 3<\/li>\n<li>The Room<\/li>\n<li>Dear Esther<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Online \u2013 Browser<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Settlers Online<\/li>\n<li><strong>SongPop<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Merlin: The Game<\/li>\n<li>Runescape<\/li>\n<li>Amateur Surgeon Hospital<\/li>\n<li>Dick and Dom\u2019s HOOPLA!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Game Design<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Journey<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Dishonored<\/li>\n<li>Far Cry 3<\/li>\n<li>XCOM: Enemy Unknown<\/li>\n<li>Borderlands 2<\/li>\n<li>The Walking Dead<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Strategy<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dark Souls: Prepare to Die<\/li>\n<li>Diablo III<\/li>\n<li>Great Big War Game<\/li>\n<li>Total War Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai<\/li>\n<li>Football Manager 2013<\/li>\n<li><strong>XCOM: Enemy Unknown<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Family Game<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes<\/li>\n<li>Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition<\/li>\n<li>Just Dance 4<\/li>\n<li>Skylanders Giants<\/li>\n<li>Clay Jam<\/li>\n<li><strong>LEGO Lord of the Rings<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Audio Achievement<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Far Cry 3<\/li>\n<li>Beat Sneak Bandit<\/li>\n<li>Halo 4<\/li>\n<li>Assassin\u2019s Creed III<\/li>\n<li>Dear Esther<\/li>\n<li><strong>Journey<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mobile &amp; Handheld<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LittleBigPlanet (Vita)<\/li>\n<li>New Star Soccer<\/li>\n<li>Incoboto<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Walking Dead<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Super Monsters Ate My Condo<\/li>\n<li>The Room<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Performer<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nolan North (Nathan Drake) \u2013\u00a0Uncharted: Golden Abyss<\/li>\n<li><strong>Danny Wallace (The Narrator) \u2013\u00a0Thomas Was Alone<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Melissa Hutchinson (Clementine) \u2013\u00a0The Walking Dead<\/li>\n<li>Dave Fennoy (Lee Everett) \u2013\u00a0The Walking Dead<\/li>\n<li>Adrian Hough (Haytham) \u2013\u00a0Assassin\u2019s Creed III<\/li>\n<li>Nigel Carrington (The Narrator) \u2013\u00a0Dear Esther<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Online \u2013 Multiplayer<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assassin\u2019s Creed III<\/li>\n<li>Call of Duty: Black Ops II<\/li>\n<li><strong>Journey<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Need For Speed Most Wanted<\/li>\n<li>Halo 4<\/li>\n<li>Borderlands 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best British Game<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Need for Speed Most Wanted<\/li>\n<li>Forza Horizon<\/li>\n<li>Dear Esther<\/li>\n<li>Super Hexagon<\/li>\n<li>LEGO: The Lord of the Rings<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Room<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Action in 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Far Cry 3<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Hitman: Absolution<\/li>\n<li>Call of Duty: Black Ops 2<\/li>\n<li>Halo 4<\/li>\n<li>Mass Effect 3<\/li>\n<li>Borderlands 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Best Game in 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Far Cry 3<\/li>\n<li>Journey<\/li>\n<li>Mass Effect 3<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dishonored<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The Walking Dead<\/li>\n<li>FIFA 13<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/awards.bafta.org\/award\/2013\/games\" target=\"_blank\">BAFTA<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/51389-simcity-constructive-success.html\">SimCity: constructive success?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/51399-aliens-colonial-marines-dev-hit-with-layoffs.html\">Aliens: Colonial Marines dev hit with layoffs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/51402-dead-space-4-cancelled-visceral-games-dismembered.html\">[FALSIFIED] Dead Space 4 cancelled, Visceral Games dismembered<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/51370-billionaires-of-gaming.html\">Billionaires of gaming<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who took home the awards this year?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":51430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31,1065,2757,3558,2758,9165,1199],"class_list":["post-51429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-active","tag-bafta","tag-bafta-awards","tag-dishonored","tag-game-of-the-year","tag-gaming-awards","tag-video-game-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51431,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51429\/revisions\/51431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}