Last nights Videogame Baftas threw up a number of suprises, with Batman: Arkham Asylum and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves doing especially well. The hot favourite, Modern Warfare 2 walked away with the peoples choice GAME award. Below follows a list of all the winners. Academy Fellowship: Shigeru Miyamoto Action: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Artistic...

Tonight sees 2010′s British Academy Video Games Awards (BAGVAs?) taking place in London, starting at 8:45 pm (GMT). Nominees for Best Game include Assassins Creed 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, FIFA 10, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Left 4 Dead 2, and Uncharted 2: Amongst Thieves. Everyone has their personal favourites, but there can be only one (like...

MCV is reporting that Switzerland has just passed a law that could see a blanket ban for all violent games. Exact details of the enforcement of the new law have not yet come to light, but it’s being predicted that all games that currently have PEGI 16+ or 18+ ratings will be banned outright. Previously Australia and Germany have seen some...

Realtime Worlds, the Dundee based developer previously responsible for Crackdown are still looking for testers, for part three of their closed Beta for pseudo-MMO APB. APB sees players choosing between Enforcers and Criminals in a sprawling city-based game of Cops and Robbers. In-depth customisation, 100 player instances and action based gameplay are what...

Speaking to Critical Gamer, high profile research analyst for Wedbush Morgan Securities Michael Pachter weighed in with his thoughts on the recent news surrounding Activision and the firing of Infinity Ward studio heads Vince Zampella and Jason West . “It would be terrible for Activision if Zampella/West won the rights to the brand, only mildly negative if...