BAFTA Dishes Out First Games Awards October 6, 2006

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There will be many online dwarves, paladins and rangers aghast at the news that the brilliant Elder Scrolls: Oblivion – nominated for four BAFTA Games Awards – was ignored on all accounts and had to slink off home with its double-bladed axe between its legs.

Still, other developers and publishers will have been more than chuffed, none more so than Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter which snatched the Game of The Year Award from Hitman: Blood Money, Black and Guitar Hero among others. Most innovative game went to Dr Kawashima's BRAIN TRAINING: How Old Is Your Brain?, while Shadow of the Colossus (pictured) took gongs for Artistic Achievement and Action & Adventure.

Loco Roco for the PSP also took two awards, Best Character and Best Kids Game.

For a full list of the winners and nominees, point your Axe Of Unholy Smiting +6 here.-Martin Lynch

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