The latest BAFTA games award ceremony took place last night, probably to fthe amiliar tune of large amounts of drunken revelry and self-congratulations with much fun being had by all. In short, here’s what happened: Nintendo pwned. Well, Wii Sports pwned, to be precise; it scooped up every award from best casual game to best multiplayer game to best game I would marry to my sister.

The coveted Best Game award was somehow missed by the ‘sports though; that went instead to the Xbox 360’s BioShock. Nonetheless, there is something for Sony fans to be upbeat about – PlayStation did manage come away with several awards anyway: Okami won Artistic Achievement and Original Score, while God of War II won Story & Character and Technical Achievement.

Funny thing is though, these aren’t really Sony’s latest blockbusting’, eye-poppin’ titles. Instead they’re now decidedly old school, being for the PS2. That points (yet again) at a glaring hole in both the PS3 line-up and the idiocy of removing backwards compatibility from the current 40GB models. Those old games still make money, are still very good and apparently still win awards. People want them, occasionally more than all that poorly built high definition crap that keeps being shovelled at us.

Wonder why Warhawk wasn’t even nominated in the Multiplayer category. I call foul play! Full list of winners and nominees on the turn.

Action and Adventure

Crackdown (Xbox 360)
Gears of War (Xbox 360)
God of War 2 (PS2)
The Orange Box (PS3)
Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction (PS3)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)

Artistic Achievement

Bioshock (Xbox 360)
Heavenly Sword (PS3)
Okami (PS2)
Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction (PS3)
Skate (PS3)
Viva Piñata (Xbox 360)

Best Game

Bioshock (Xbox 360)
Crysis (PC)
Gears of War (Xbox 360)
Guitar Hero II (PS2)
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Xbox 360)
Wii Sports (Wii)

Casual

Big Brain Academy for Wii (Wii)
Cake Mania (DS)
Guitar Hero II (PS2)
More Brain Training (DS)
SingStar (PS3)
Wii Sports (Wii)

Gameplay

Crackdown (Xbox 360)
Gears of War (Xbox 360)
Sega Rally (PS3)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
Warhawk (PS3)
Wii Sports (Wii)

Innovation

fl0w (PSN)
Okami (PS2)
Super Paper Mario (Wii)
The Eye of Judgment (PS3)
Trauma Center: Second Opinion (Wii)
Wii Sports (Wii)

Multiplayer

Battlefield 2142 (PC)
Crackdown (Xbox 360)
Guitar Hero II (PS2)
Wii Sports (Wii)
World in Conflict (PC)
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (PC)

Original Score

Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
God of War 2 (PS2)
Lair (PS3)
Okami (PS2)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
Viva Piñata (Xbox 360)

Sports

Colin McRae: DiRT (Xbox 360)
FIFA 08 (PS3)
Football Manager 2008 (PC)
MotorStorm (PS3)
Virtua Tennis 3 (Xbox 360)
Wii Sports (Wii)

Strategy and Simulation

Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars (Xbox 360)
Forza Motorsport 2 (Xbox 360)
Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms (PC)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas (Xbox 360)
Wii Sports (Wii)
World in Conflict (PC)

Story and Character

Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
God of War 2 (PS2)
Heavenly Sword (PS3)
Okami (PS2)
The Darkness (Xbox 360)
The Simpsons Game (Xbox 360)

Technical Achievement

Crackdown (Xbox 360)
Gears of War (Xbox 360)
God of War 2 (PS2)
MotorStorm (PS3)
Okami (PS2)
Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (PS3)

Use of Audio

Crackdown (Xbox 360)
Elite Beat Agents (DS)
Gears of War (Xbox 360)
God of War 2 (PS2)
Guitar Hero II (PS2)
Skate (PS3)

BAFTA One’s To Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital

Ragnarawk
ClimbActic
Bear Go Home

The PC World Gamers’ Award (voted for by the public)

Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training (DS)
FIFA 07 (PS2)
Football Manager 2007 (PC)
Gears of War (Xbox 360)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (PSP)
Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3)
Wii Play (Wii)

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