# 6th British Academy Games Awards

The 6th British Academy Video Game Awards (known for the purposes of sponsorship as GAME British Academy Video Games Awards) awarded by British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), was an award ceremony honouring achievement in the field of video games in 2009. Candidate games must have been released in the United Kingdom between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2009. The ceremony took place in the London Hilton on 19 March 2010.

## Categories

Both publishers and developers were eligible to enter their games in fifteen categories, fourteen of which were awarded by a panel of judges. The categories are: Gameplay, Casual, Sports, Story and Character, Strategy, Best use of Audio, New Talent, Multiplayer, Best Technical Achievement, Original Score, Handheld, People's Choice (the only award voted for by the public), Artistic Achievement, Best Action and Adventure and Best Game.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are shown first in bold.
| Action Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Assassin's Creed II – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision inFAMOUS – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Computer Entertainment Left 4 Dead 2 – Valve/Valve | Sports FIFA 10 – EA Canada/EA Sports Colin McRae: DiRT 2 – Codemasters/Codemasters Football Manager 2010 – Sports Interactive/Sega Forza Motorsport 3 – Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft Game Studios Wii Fit Plus – Nintendo EAD Group No. 5/Nintendo Wii Sports Resort – Nintendo EAD Group No. 2/Nintendo |
| Artistic Achievement Flower – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment Assassin's Creed II – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision Street Fighter IV – Dimps and Capcom/Capcom Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment | Story Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Amy Hennig, Neil Druckmann, Josh Scherr, Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Assassin's Creed II – Corey May, Joshua Rubin, Jeffrey Yohalem, and Dooma Wendschuh, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Batman: Arkham Asylum – Paul Dini, Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars – Director's Cut – Revolution Software/Ubisoft Brütal Legend – Tim Schafer, Double Fine Productions/Electronic Arts Dragon Age: Origins – David Gaider, BioWare/Electronic Arts |
| Best Game Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Assassin's Creed II – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision FIFA 10 – EA Canada/EA Sports Left 4 Dead 2 – Valve/Valve Uncharted 2: Among Thieves– Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment | Strategy Empire: Total War – Creative Assembly/Sega Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – Uprising – EA Los Angeles/Electronic Arts FIFA Manager 10 – Bright Future GmbH/Electronic Arts Football Manager 2010 – Sports Interactive/Sega Halo Wars – Ensemble Studios/Microsoft Game Studios Plants vs. Zombies – PopCap Games/PopCap Games |
| Family & Social Wii Sports Resort – Nintendo EAD Group No. 2/Nintendo The Beatles: Rock Band – Harmonix/MTV Games Buzz! Quiz World – Relentless Software/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe EyePet – London Studio and Playlogic Game Factory/Sony Computer Entertainment Guitar Hero 5 – Neversoft/Activision New Super Mario Bros. Wii – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo | Use of Audio Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision DJ Hero – FreeStyleGames and Exient Entertainment/Activision Flower – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment Left 4 Dead 2 – Valve/Valve |
| Gameplay Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Assassin's Creed II – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision New Super Mario Bros. Wii – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo PixelJunk Shooter – Q-Games and Double Eleven/Q-Games Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment | Use of Online FIFA 10 – EA Canada/EA Sports Battlefield 1943 – EA DICE/Electronic Arts Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision LittleBigPlanet – SCE Studio Cambridge and Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment SingStar Take That – London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Handheld LittleBigPlanet – SCE Studio Cambridge and Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Gran Turismo – Polyphony Digital/Sony Computer Entertainment LocoRoco Midnight Carnival – Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story – AlphaDream/Nintendo Professor Layton and Pandora's Box – Level-5, Nintendo Scribblenauts – 5th Cell/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | BAFTA One's to Watch Award (in association with Dare to Be Digital) Shrunk! – The Butterflyers Colour Coded Quick as Thieves |
| Multiplayer Left 4 Dead 2 – Valve/Valve Battlefield 1943 – EA DICE/Electronic Arts The Beatles: Rock Band – Harmonix/MTV Games Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision Halo 3 ODST – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment | GAME Award of 2009 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision Assassin's Creed II – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment The Beatles: Rock Band –Harmonix/MTV Games FIFA 10 – EA Canada/EA Sports Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars – Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar North/Rockstar Games The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks – Nintendo EAD Group No. 3/Nintendo Street Fighter IV – Dimps and Capcom/Capcom Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Wii Sports Resort – Nintendo EAD Group No. 2/Nintendo |
| Original Score Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Greg Edmonson, Carmen Rizzo, Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Assassin's Creed II – Jesper Kyd, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Batman: Arkham Asylum – Nick Arundel, Ron Fish, Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Lorne Balfe, Hans Zimmer, Infinity Ward/Activision Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – James Hannigan, EA Bright Light Studio/Electronic Arts PixelJunk Shooter – High Frequency, Bandwidth, Alex Paterson, and Dom Beken, Q-Games and Double Eleven/Q-Games |

### Academy Fellowship

* Shigeru Miyamoto