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Empire: Total War wins at BAFTA Game awards


March 22, 2010

‘Empire: Total War’ – featuring music by Epic Sound – wins for Best Strategy Game at the BAFTA Game Awards!


This adds to its already impressive list of wins; a list which also includes:


IGN – Best Strategy Game of 2009, Gamasutra – Top 5 PC games of 2009, Develop Awards – Audio Excellence finalist, Metacritic Universal Acclaim,  Gamingheaven Heavenly Gold Award, IGN Editor’s Choice Award, PCFormat Gold Award, Gamespy Editor’s Choice Award and PCGAMER’s MUST BUY award, among others.


Scoring session for Empire: Total War

The picture above is from one of the scoring sessions for the game, and here’s the full list of the BAFTA Video Game Award winners, courtesy of Joystiq:


2010 BAFTA Video Game Awards Winners


Best Action Game
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Naughty Dog


Artistic Achievement
Flower, thatgamecompany


Best Game
Batman: Arkham Asylum, Rocksteady Studios


Best Family & Social Game
Wii Sports Resort, Nintendo


Best Gameplay
Batman: Arkham Asylum, Rocksteady Studios


Best Handheld Game
LittleBigPlanet PSP, SCE Cambridge / XDEV


Best Multiplayer Game
Left 4 Dead 2, Valve Software


Best Original Score
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Naughty Dog


Best Sports Game
FIFA 10, Electronic Arts


Best Strategy Game
Empire: Total War, Creative Assembly/SEGA


Best Story
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Naughty Dog


Best Use of Audio
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Naughty Dog


Best Use of Online
FIFA 10, Electronic Arts


GAME Award of 2009 (Best game as voted by public poll)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Infinity Ward






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Watch the BAFTA game awards live


March 19, 2010

Tonight’s the night for the GAME British Academy Video Award show, and you can watch the event live online right here at 8:45 PM GMT.


Creative Assembly’s ‘Empire: Total War’ – with music by Epic Sound – is nominated in the Best Strategy Game-category, so we’re keeping our fingers crossed!






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‘Empire: Total War’ nominated for a BAFTA award


February 23, 2010

The critically acclaimed ‘Empire: Total War’ from Creative Assembly – and with Epic Sound on the music team – has been nominated for a BAFTA Best Strategy Game Award. We’re keeping our fingers crossed! It also entered the Top Ten list of Best-Selling PC games in the US for 2009.


Check out the BAFTA nominees here.



Here’s the trailer for the game:






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