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    BAFTA Games Awards Nominees Announced (It's Mario Galaxy vs Grand Theft Auto IV)

    No Gaming BAFTAs For 2008, Life Goes On

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    Here Are Your BAFTA Winners

    After a year off in 2008 to sort themselves out, the British Academy Video Games Awards are back. With proceedings in London now done and dusted, let's see who took home a golden mask!

    Congratulations to Super Mario Galaxy, which took out best overall game. Other big winners were Call of Duty 4, which took home threeawards, and, in a heartwarming nod for such an under-appreciated game, Dead Space, which took out two.

    Full list of winners below (if you're wondering why there's so many older games, here's your explanation)

    BEST GAME
    Super Mario Galaxy

    ACTION/ADVENTURE
    Fable II

    ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
    LittleBigPlanet

    CASUAL
    Boom Blox

    GAMEPLAY
    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

    HANDHELD
    Professor Layton and the Curious Village

    MULTIPLAYER
    Left 4 Dead

    ORIGINAL SCORE
    Dead Space

    SPORTS
    Race Driver: GRID

    STORY AND CHARACTER
    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

    STRATEGY
    Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution

    TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
    Spore

    USE OF AUDIO
    Dead Space

    THE BAFTA FELLOWSHIP
    Nolan Bushnel

    ONES TO WATCH AWARD
    Boro-Toro

    PEOPLE'S CHOICE
    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare


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