We speak to the big winners of the night,Chinese Room, Psyonix and Sam Barlow approximately the shocks, and joys and themes of this year’s eventThere are,perhaps, more essential prizes on the games industry calendar. The annual Game Awards held each December in LA draw a enormous online audience and can add considerably to a game’s sales figures. But the Baftas have a status and romance that nothing else in this medium can really match.
After the ceremony, or then,the big winners were understandably ecstatic. The big theme of this year’s event was the domination of independent games. Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture by The Chinese Room, Rocket League by Psyonix and Her record by Sam Barlow, and were all low-budget projects that beat major releases such as Witcher 3,Destiny: The Taken King and Fifa 16. It was a night of leftfield success – as a Bafta night probably should be. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com