Tonight, the great and the good of the video games industry (and Tuffcub) will be congregating in a top secret London location* for the video game BAFTAs. There will be a live stream of the show, hosted by champion of gaming culture, Dara Ó’Briain, on the BAFTAs website from 20:45 GMT.
Tuffcub wil be there, representing TheSixthAxis (and on his best behaviour) so we can expect all of the gossip from the red carpet, news of who made what fashion faux pas and any other behind-the-scenes shenanigans he can bear witness to.
We’ve also been told that there will be a video of the whole ceremony online sometime after midnight so when that goes live we’ll try to get it embedded into a post for you.
It’s easy to lose sight of the fact that, when most of the established media is quick to condemn video games, the prestigious British Academy is all too willing to celebrate the successes of the industry. Hopefully everyone has a great night.
*It’s not really a secret, the ceremony is in the London Hilton.
hazelam
well if the video they’re running now on
http://www.baftagameaward.com/awards/liveStream.html
is any indication, it won’t work on ps3. :(
pc it is then.
jonny_bolton
This is the most boring, low budget thing I’ve ever seen. Dara O’Brien is trying his hardest to drag it up but my god it’s just awful. The voice over guy has given me ear cancer.
jonny_bolton
There you go CoD:BlOps wins. Great game no doubt but just goes to show how idiotic the voting public are with games like Red Dead and Heavy Rain in there…
dnlgee
Not idiotic really, as the public go with what they like, with the sheer volume that Blops has sold and it’s pretty obvious and large COD fanbase, it was a no brainer. Shame really as people can’t see past the brand of COD.
jonny_bolton
Yeah, I’m just upset that, even though I did really enjoy CoD, it certainly wasn’t the best game this year. Obviously it’s an opinion thing but what I wonder is, out of the millions of people who buy and play CoD, would actually vote in this thing? I was assuming it wouldn’t be that many but apparently I was wrong.
colmshan1990
3 years in a row.
Is there really a point to this award?
The last one NOT to win was the one truly great COD game that really raised the bar- COD4: Modern Warfare.
StevenHibs
Gemma Atkinson is there, yum yum!!!
hazelam
fallout’s a strategy game now?
and peter molyneux lost for words? i never thought i’d live to see that. :)
jonny_bolton
Yeah that confused me. I don’t get how FIFA Manager falls into that category as Football Manager doesn’t either…
I’m glad I tuned out before that smarmy bugger appeared.
aerobes
Hoooo-kaaaay. Glad I never even sought out the stream if that’s the case. I realise genres are getting more mixed but that just isn’t right.
gideon1451
I’m a bit disappointed with the results to be honest :/