Heavy Rain – a PlayStation 3 game by Quantic Dream, that tells the story of four characters (Detective Scott Shelby, journalist Madison Paige, FBI agent Norman Jayden and concerned father Ethan Mars) caught up in the case of the Origami killer – was the biggest winner at this year’s video games British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ (Bafta) Video Games Awards (Baftas). A full list of winners is presented below:
- Action: Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
- Artistic achievement: God of War III
- Best game: Mass Effect 2
- Family: Kinect Sports
- Gameplay: Super Mario Galaxy 2
- Handheld: Cut the Rope
- Multiplayer: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
- Original music: Heavy Rain
- Social network game: My Empire
- Sports: F1 2010
- Story: Heavy Rain
- Strategy: Civilization V
- Technical innovation: Heavy Rain
- Use of audio: Battlefield: Bad Company: 2
- Bafta ones to watch: Twang!
- GAME award 2010: Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Bafta fellowship: Peter Molyneux
Talking Point
Are you surprised by the achievements of Heavy Rain – written and directed by Quantic Dream’s chief executive, David De Gruttola?