Wii Sports Snags Six BAFTA Video Game Awards

October 23, 2007 6:21 PM

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts hosted the British Academy Video Games Awards 2007 today, and Nintendo's Wii pack-in compilation Wii Sports came home with the most metal, taking six of the ceremony's 15 awards.

The title was actually nominated for seven awards, losing only the Best Game honor to 2K Boston/2K Australia's underwater shooter BioShock (PC, X360). Although several unreleased titles had somehow made the list of nominees, none of these games came away with an award.

Both Clover Studio's artsy adventure title Okami (PS2) and SCE Santa Monica's brutal mythical action title God of War II (PS2) earned two awards each. Look below for the full list of winners or check out the dubious list of nominees.

Action and Adventure - Crackdown (Realtime Worlds, Microsoft, X360)
Artistic Achievement - Okami (Clover Studio, Capcom, PS2)
Best Game - BioShock (2K Boston/2K Australia, 2K Games, PC, X360)
Casual - Wii Sports (Nintendo, Wii)
Gameplay - Wii Sports (Nintendo, Wii)
Innovation - Wii Sports (Nintendo, Wii)
Multiplayer - Wii Sports (Nintendo, Wii)
Original Score - Okami (Clover Studio, Capcom, PS2)
Sports - Okami Wii Sports (Nintendo, Wii)
Strategy and Simulation - Wii Sports (Nintendo, Wii)
Story and Character - God of War II (SCE Santa Monica, SCE, PS2)
Technical Achievement - God of War II (SCE Santa Monica, SCE, PS2)
Use of Audio - Crackdown (Realtime Worlds, Microsoft, X360)
BAFTA Ones to Watch Award (Independent Dev) - Ragnarawk (Voodoo Boogy)
The PC World Gamers Award (Public Voting Online) - Football Manager 2007 (Sports Interactive, Sega, PC)

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Craven13

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October 23, 2007 6:22 PM

Strategy and Simulation - Wii Sports (Nintendo, Wii)

uhhh, what?
- moogle
  
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  October 23, 2007 6:24 PM
  
  Well it's a sports sim I guess. I have no idea why strategy is mixed in the same category though.
- Tripps
  
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  October 23, 2007 6:45 PM
  
  Sucking the proverbial cock of the new frenzy. Wii Sports is fun yes, but Strategy and Simulation material it's not. It's about as deep as a kids pool.
  - Vincent Grayson
    
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    October 23, 2007 7:02 PM
    
    And gameplay? Really?
    
    I mean sure, it's simple...but it's so fucking simple.
    - rustified
      
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      October 23, 2007 7:50 PM
      
      In other news, Tetris Gameplay >>> Gears of War gameplay. Wait, what?
- nudel
  
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  October 23, 2007 11:54 PM
  
  Let's ignore Wii Sports for a moment, why the heck are Strategy and Simulation grouped together as a single award in the first place?
  
  That's like a single award for Puzzles and Violence.
- Pneum0
  
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  October 24, 2007 2:24 PM
  
  Well, it's definetly the best of simulation. You cant even compare the two control methods for sports games.