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British Academy Games Award For Evolving Game
The British Academy Video Games Award for Evolving Game is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). It is given in honor to "the best game that displays excellence in ongoing developer support", this includes games that "receive ongoing content and updates". The award was first presented at the 11th British Academy Games Awards in 2015 to ''League of Legends'' under the name of Persistent Game. The category received its current name in 2017 at the 13th edition. Since the inception of the award, no game has ever won more than once. Epic Games' online battle royale game ''Fortnite'' holds the record for most nominations in the category, with five consecutive nominations, including a 2018 win. ''Destiny'', ''Destiny 2'' and ''Apex Legends'' are tied for most nominations without a win, with three. Bungie is the most nominated developer, with six, as well as the most nominated without a win. Among publishers, Activision have the most nomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Academy Of Film And Television Arts
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *'' Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th British Academy Video Games Awards
The 11th British Academy Video Games Awards ceremony, presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), honored video games of 2014 and took place on 12 March 2015 at the Tobacco Dock in London, beginning at 7:00pm (GMT). During the ceremony, BAFTA presented awards in 16 categories. The ceremony, broadcast live on streaming website Twitch, was hosted by comedian Rufus Hound. ''Monument Valley'' and '' The Last of Us: Left Behind'' won two awards each, while ''Destiny'' won the Best Game award. Other winners included '' Alien: Isolation'', ''Far Cry 4'', '' Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft'', ''League of Legends'', ''Lumino City'', ''Minecraft'', '' Never Alone'', ''OlliOlli'', ''The Vanishing of Ethan Carter'' and '' Valiant Hearts: The Great War''. Winners and nominees The nominees for the 11th British Academy Video Games Awards were announced on 10 February 2015 at 10:30am (GMT). '' Alien: Isolation'' received the most nominations with six total; ''Far Cry 4' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Realm Reborn
''Final Fantasy XIV'' is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Square Enix. Directed and produced by Naoki Yoshida, it was released worldwide for Windows and PlayStation 3 in August 2013, as a replacement for the failed 2010 version of the game, with support for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and macOS releasing later. ''Final Fantasy XIV'' takes place in the fictional land of Eorzea, five years after the events of the original 2010 release. At the conclusion of the original game, the primal dragon Bahamut escapes from its lunar prison to initiate the Seventh Umbral Calamity, an apocalyptic event which destroys much of Eorzea. Through the gods' blessing, the player character escapes the devastation by time traveling five years into the future. As Eorzea recovers and rebuilds, the player must deal with the impending threat of invasion by the Garlean Empire from the north. The original ''Final Fantasy XIV'', released in September 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Taken King
''Destiny: The Taken King'' is a major expansion for Bungie's first-person shooter, ''Destiny''. Released on September 15, 2015, as the third expansion of ''Destiny'', it revolves around Oryx, The Taken King and his plot for revenge after players slew his son Crota in ''Destiny''s first downloadable content (DLC) pack, ''The Dark Below''. Players must face the "Taken", Oryx's army of corrupted aliens forced to fight for him. ''The Taken King'' adds content across the game, including new missions, a Player versus Environment location, Player versus Player maps, player gear, weaponry, and a new raid. Upon the expansion's release, retailers also issued ''Destiny: The Taken King Legendary Edition'' which includes ''Destiny'' (base game)'','' ''The Taken King,'' and the previous two expansions, ''The Dark Below'' and ''House of Wolves''. Two days after its release, Sony announced that the game broke the record for the most downloaded day-one game in PlayStation history, in terms of bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Introversion Software
Introversion Software Limited is a British video game developer based in Walton-on-Thames, England. History The company was founded in 2001 by three friends, Chris Delay, Mark Morris, and Thomas Arundel, who met as undergraduates at Imperial College London. The company originally labelled itself "the last of the bedroom programmers" due to the trio working out of their homes - they moved into an office when working on their fourth game, '' Multiwinia''. Their first released video game, ''Uplink'', was programmed and designed almost exclusively by Chris, while Mark and Tom handled marketing, materials and the other business elements. Their small initial investment enabled them to buy CD-Rs and printer cartridges. Early copies of the game were handmade. The company was able to fully make back their investment within a few hours of accepting orders. A large community formed and the team, along with a new programmer Andy Bainbridge, started work on two new games. '' Darwinia'' wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prison Architect
''Prison Architect'' is a private prison construction and management simulation video game developed by Introversion Software. It was made available as a crowdfunded paid alpha pre-order on September 25, 2012 with updates scheduled every three to four weeks. With over 2,000,000 copies sold, ''Prison Architect'' made over in pre-order sales for the alpha version. ''Prison Architect'' was an entrant in the 2012 Independent Games Festival. The game was available on Steam's Early Access program, and was officially released on October 6, 2015. In 2019, Paradox Interactive acquired the rights to ''Prison Architect'' for an undisclosed sum. Gameplay The game is a top-down 2D (with a partially 3D mode) construction and management simulation where the player has been hired by the CEO of a for-profit prison company to take control of building and running a prison. The player's role is of both architect and governor with sandbox micromanagement themes, responsible for managing various as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12th British Academy Video Games Awards
The 12th British Academy Game Awards awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, is an award ceremony that was held on 7 April 2016 at Tobacco Dock in London. The ceremony honoured achievement in video gaming in 2015 and was hosted by Dara Ó Briain. Winners and nominees The nominees for the 12th British Academy Games Awards were announced on 10 March 2016. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on 7 April 2016. Awards Winners are shown first in bold. BAFTA Fellowship Award *John Carmack BAFTA Ones to Watch Award *''Sundown'' – Steven Li, Aaron Hong, Mclean Goldwhite, Theodore Park, Kenny Regan, Cynthia Cantrell, Gracie May and Jade Kim AMD eSports Audience Award *''Smite ''Smite'' is a 2014 free-to-play, third-person multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game developed and published by Hi-Rez Studios for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch, and Amazon Luna. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 In Video Gaming
The year 2015 saw releases of numerous video games as well as a follow-up to Nintendo's portable 3DS console, the New Nintendo 3DS. Top-rated games originally released in 2015 included '' Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain'', '' The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt'', ''Bloodborne'', '' Undertale'', and ''Fallout 4''. Sales of video games in 2015 reached $61 billion, according to analysis firm SuperData, an 8% increase from 2014. Of this, the largest sector was in computer game sales and subscription services, accounting for $32 billion. Mobile games revenues were at $25.1 billion, a 10% increase from 2014. Digital sales on consoles made up the remaining $4 billion. In the United States, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and the NPD Group estimated total video game market revenues at $23.5 billion, a 5% increase from 2014. Of this, the total software market was $16.5 billion, with the NPD Group estimating retail sales subset at $13.1 billion. The ESA reported that there were 2,4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wargaming (company)
Wargaming Group Limited (also known as Wargaming.net) is a video game company formed in Minsk, Belarus in 1998 and is currently based in Nicosia, Cyprus. The group operates across more than 16 offices globally and development studios. Initially focused on turn-based strategy and real-time strategy games, Wargaming switched to developing free-to-play online action games in 2009, including the military-themed team-based game ''World of Tanks'', and later '' World of Warships'' and ''World of Warplanes''. History Wargaming was founded by Victor Kislyi () in Minsk on 2 August 1998, intending the company as a developer of strategy video games. The company's first project was ''DBA Online''—the digital version of a miniature tabletop rule set ''De Bellis Antiquitatis''—launched in 2000. Wargaming started working on its first full-scale commercial project—the sci-fi turn-based strategy game ''Massive Assault'', in March 2002. Over the course of five years, the company shippe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Of Tanks
''World of Tanks'' (''WoT'') is a massively multiplayer online game developed by Belarusian company Wargaming, featuring 20th century (1910s–1970s) era combat vehicles. It is built upon a freemium business model where the game is free-to-play, but participants also have the option of paying a fee for use of "premium" features. The focus is on player vs. player gameplay with each player controlling an armored vehicle, from the time of Pre-World War 2, to the Cold War-era. ''World of Tanks'' has been ported to multiple gaming consoles. The PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One version, called ''World of Tanks: Modern Armor'' (formerly World of Tanks: Valor), was developed by studio Wargaming West. ''World of Tanks'' has also expanded to mobile platforms under the title ''World of Tanks Blitz'', in addition to a board game titled ''World of Tanks Rush'' and a collectible card game titled ''World of Tanks: Generals''. ''World of Tanks'' was followed by '' World of Warplanes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blizzard Entertainment
Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and video game publisher, publisher based in Irvine, California. A subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, the company was founded on February 8, 1991, under the name Silicon & Synapse, Inc. by three graduates of the University of California, Los Angeles: Michael Morhaime, Frank Pearce and Allen Adham. The company originally concentrated on the creation of game Porting, ports for other studios' games before beginning development of their own software in 1993 with games like ''Rock n' Roll Racing'' and ''The Lost Vikings''. In 1993, the company became Chaos Studios, Inc., and eventually Blizzard Entertainment after being acquired by distributor Davidson & Associates. Shortly thereafter, Blizzard released ''Warcraft: Orcs & Humans''. Since then, Blizzard Entertainment has created several ''Warcraft'' sequels, including highly influential massively multiplayer online role-playing game ''World of Warcraft'' in 2004, as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warlords Of Draenor
''World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor'' is the fifth expansion set to the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) ''World of Warcraft'', following ''Mists of Pandaria''. It was announced on November 8, 2013 at BlizzCon 2013. The expansion was released on November 13, 2014. The expansion raised the existing level cap from 90 to 100 and introduced player-built, upgradeable garrisons. Most of the player models were updated to have more detailed textures, animations and facial expressions, thus increasing the system requirements of the game. Gameplay The expansion allows players to level up to 100, an increase from the cap of 90 in the previous expansion ''Mists of Pandaria''. It initially included eight 5-man dungeons and one raid, Highmaul, that opened in early December 2014. There was also a rebalancing of raid difficulty by the addition of a new difficulty called Mythic, which became the hardest version of the raid system that requires exactly 20 players. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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