TheFlyingGerbil Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Not trolling, I'm curious as I've never played it, but what's innovative about Black Ops II? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faiblesse Des Sens Posted February 18, 2013 Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 I have played it and I'm wondering that as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftwaffles Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 Beats me. It's innovative for a Call of Duty game, but beyond that? No way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 http://awards.bafta.org/award/2013/games Nominees for this year. Once again Strategy proving to be an elusive genre. (And once again I'll point out the devs put themselves in these categories). I assume "Development Team" is placeholder text. It's kinda neat they're listing lead devs and not just studios. I actually think it's a bit of a dick move calling out a few individuals rather than the whole studio. Casey is a nice enough guy, but he's also one of the more highly compensated members of the studio. Gets his name at the top of the game credits. Gets to go to swanky events like the Baftas. For him to be basically the guy who wins the award is a bit of cheek. I'd guess it's to keep it in-line with the film side of things http://awards.bafta.org/award/2013/film. Plenty folks have been asking for individual recognition of team members for years instead of it being put towards a studio, even though particular teams/people might not work on the games the studio named attached to the game would imply, and here it is*. I think it should do both mind. I'm curious as to how it'll play out at the awards though. *People also dislike the VGAs for being shitty n full of adverts and trailers and not a very class act. Yet here's a a black tie event with just the awards, and the lifetime achievement events n such and folks hardly bother covering it. So what folks say they want and the reality of the situation aren't always the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 I can see why they hardly bother covering it seeing as it's just as tripe as the other big awards . . . though that doesn't stop them from covering the other awards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 On closer inspection I see that certain awards like Story and Audio do actually name the lead writer or sound guy. Which is fair enough. We could perhaps not split games into genres, just Best Game and instead throw in a couple of other categories like Best Character Design, Best Singleplayer or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 I have fired off a message their way asking about the choice to change it to crediting individuals instead of a studio, as and when I get a response back I'll fill you in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted February 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2013 http://www.bafta.org/press/valves-gabe-newell-to-be-honoured-with-bafta-fellowship,249,SNS.html Newell to become a BAFTA Fellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 http://pressxordie.com/2013/03/05/bafta-games-awards-2013/ Spoiler: Journey swept the floor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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