In Bafta 2010 awards, Batman: Arkham Asylum has been crowned as best game. In the UK gaming calendar, the Bafta Awards is one of the biggest nights. Industry figures chose the winners for the 14 categories. There is one award sponsored by high-street store Game, which was chosen by gamers. Batman: Arkham Asylum sees the superhero tackle a series of old foes in the asylum setting.
The Modern Warfare has the biggest selling game of all time, where their sales racked up in 2009. Assassin’s Creed II was also nominated in all seven categories, but unfortunately, it didn’t manage to win any of them. Little Big Planet won the best award for best handheld game. Left 4 Dead took the award for best multiplayer game.
The legendary game maker Shigeru Miyamoto, was the man behind the creation of Super Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda and many more. Bafta presented a lifetime achievement Fellowship award to Miyamoto. Last year 2009, the fellowship was awarded to Nolan Bushnell, the maker of some of the first video games and also co-founders of Atari.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) awards acknowledge the artistic, creative and technical innovation in video games. Since 1998, Bafta has been giving out awards to games industry. However, it has become a separate event in 2004.
