Destiny wins its first major award as Game of the Year 2014. The MMO shooter swept the BAFTAs. Meanwhile, other online games Hearthstone and the perennial favorite League of Legends win in the side categories.
Destiny is a success, but not necessarily equally popular with everyone. “Has it won an award? Is there even an award for the game with the most potential that turned out just okay?” asked a sharp-tongued reader on a US site.
Destiny finally ahead of Shadow of Mordor and Dragon Age: Inquisition
No, there isn’t such an award, but a real one, and one of the many “This is the Game of the Year!” awards has now been brought back to Seattle.
Destiny won the British Academy Game Awards as Game of the Year on the night from Thursday to Friday. At almost all other awards ceremonies in the last months, this title was either reserved for Dragon Age: Inquisition or for Shadow of Mordor. Destiny also always won awards at these events, but mostly in the side categories for the best technology, the best soundtrack, the best online game or the best Action Game. Not this time. They took the big prize and were correspondingly pleased about it.
They tweeted about the success, turned the BAFTA into Destiny loot and happily gave interviews, emphasizing how important player recognition is for the team. And they take harsh criticism as an incentive to do even better and as a sign of how much Destiny means to so many these days.
Hearthstone wins Multiplayer Medal, League of Legends is consistent
This time, the award for best “Multiplayer” went to Blizzard’s Hearthstone . Hearthstone has already collected several awards for 2014, often for best “Mobile” or best “Strategy Game.” League of Legends, on the other hand, has been on the market longer and is therefore not represented at most award ceremonies. However, it can surely count on player favor, in no other online game have PC gamers spent as many hours as in League of Legends. Who needs awards anyway? But they are certainly not harmful: At the BAFTAs, this time there was the award for the best “persistent game.” (Persistent Game)
A lifetime achievement award was given to David Braben, the mind behind Elite: Dangerous, .
