Lego Batman Wins BAFTA
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has graced local-boys-done-good Telltale Games with the Best Videogame Award at the 2008 Children's BAFTA Awards. TT Games, which was bought by Warner Bros. in 2007, beat out Mario Kart Wii, Professor Layton, and their own Guinness World Records: The Videogame to score big with Lego Batman: The Videogame:
"We're absolutely delighted; it's a very special accolade for the whole team" said TT Games head of production Jonathan Smith."To get this acknowledgment, here in our home country of the UK, to be acknowledged by the British Academy for the work that everyone's done on LEGO Batman, was really thrilling."
Congrats, TT blokes! More after the jump.
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WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCE LEGO Batman wins Best Videogame at the 2008 Children's BAFTA's
London, UK -Dec 1st, 2008 - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment are pleased to announce that LEGO Batman: The Videogame has won a prestigious Children's BAFTA Award for Best Videogame 2008.
Developer TT Games was snapped up by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment in 2007 and has since had a hugely successful 2008 seeing the release of LEGO Indiana Jones and LEGO Batman: The Videogame.
TT Games beat stiff competition from Nintendo's Mario Kart Wii and Professor Layton and the Curious Village to scoop the top prize at the Children's BAFTA Awards. Only four titles were short-listed for the award two of which were titles developed by TT Games - LEGO Batman: The Videogame and Guinness World Records: The Videogame.
"We're absolutely delighted; it's a very special accolade for the whole team" said TT Games head of production Jonathan Smith.
"To get this acknowledgment, here in our home country of the UK, to be acknowledged by the British Academy for the work that everyone's done on LEGO Batman, was really thrilling."
Spencer Crossley, head of videogames UK at Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment said, "We extremely happy for everyone at TT Games. They have brought to life two great brands through fantastic game play and lots of humour which works perfectly for children."
About LEGO Batman: The Videogame
LEGO Batman: The Videogame is the latest game from the award-winning team behind the LEGO Star Wars series of games. With trademark LEGO fun and charm, the game takes you into the world of the ultimate crime-fighting hero. LEGO Batman: The Videogame brings the one-and-only Caped Crusader to life in a completely original storyline. Players will take control of the Dynamic Duo, Batman and Robin, to fight Gotham City's most notorious criminals including The Joker, The Penguin, Catwoman, Scarecrow, Killer Croc and many more. The criminals have broken out of Arkham Asylum and are set to wreak havoc on the city.
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Posted to Miscellany, Video Games on 1 December 2008
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Don't you mean Traveller's Tales, not Telltale Games (creators of the new Sam and Max and the Strongbad point-and-click adventure games)?
I won't buy any more lego games until they start actually fixing bugs and improving the engine. I'm tired of the same old broken frustrations every single release.