Dishonored takes top honors at BAFTAs

Like its mask-wearing protagonist, Dishonored came from seemingly nowhere to claim a trophy tonight at the British Academy Game Awards. Despite ThatGameCompany's Journey dominating the show all night long and winning five awards, Dishonored took home the BAFTA for Best Game after falling short in the only two other categories it was nominated.

Journey netted more than a quarter of the awards up for grabs, with wins for Original Music, Artistic Achievement, Game Design, Audio Achievement, and Online Multiplayer. Even beyond Journey, downloadable games dominated the awards all night long. In fact, the only other multiple award winners were also downloadable titles; The Walking Dead won three categories (Story, Performer, and Mobile & Handheld), while The Unfinished Swan took home BAFTAs for Debut Game and Innovation.

After the main awards were all doled out, the BAFTA Fellowship Award was also presented to Valve's Gabe Newell. The ceremony was hosted for the fifth straight year by comedian Dara O'Briain. The full list of nominees and categories follows below; winners are bolded.

Debut Game
Deadlight--Raul Rubio, Luz Sancho, Oscar Cuesta
The Unfinished Swan--Ian Dallas, Nathan Gary
Forza Horizon--Development Team
Dear Esther--Daniel Pinchbeck, Robert Briscoe, Jessica Curry
Proteus--Ed Key, David Kanaga
The Room--Development Team

Original Music
Diablo III--Development Team
Assassin's Creed III--Lorne Balfe
Thomas Was Alone--David Housden
The Unfinished Swan--Joel Corelitz, Keith Leary, Peter Scaturro
Journey--Austin Wintory, Keith Leary, Monty Mudd
The Walking Dead--Jared Emerson-Johnson

Story
Journey--Development Team
Far Cry 3--Jeffrey Yohalem, Lucien Soulban, Jeffrey Yohalem
The Walking Dead--Development Team
Thomas was Alone--Mike Bithell
Mass Effect 3--Mac Walters
Dishonored--Development Team

Sports/Fitness
Forza Horizon--Development Team
F1 2012--Development Team
Nike+ Kinect Training--Development Team
New Star Soccer--Simon Read
Trials Evolution--Development Team, Antti llvessup, Kim Lahti
FIFA 13--Development Team

Game Innovation
Fez--Development Team
Call of Duty: Black Ops II--Development Team
Wonderbook: Books of Spells--Development Team
Journey--Development Team
The Unfinished Swan--Ian Dallas, Nathan Gary, Development Team
Kinect Sesame Street TV--Brian Stone, Josh Atkins, Todd Slepian

Artistic Achievement
Journey--Development Team
Halo 4--Development Team
Borderlands 2--Randy Pitchford, Paul Hellquist, Jeramy Cooke
Far Cry 3--Jean-Alexis Doyon, Genseki Tanaka, Vincent Jean
The Room--Development Team
Dear Esther--Robert Briscoe

Online - Browser
The Settlers Online--Christopher Schmitz, Guido Schmidt, Rainer Reber
SongPop--Olivier Michon, Thibaut Crenn, Daouna Jeong
Merlin: The Game--Development Team
Runescape--Development Team
Amateur Surgeon Hospital--Paul Croft, Jim Griffiths
Dick and Dom's Hoopla!--Development Team

BAFTA Ones To Watch Award
Starcrossed--Kimi Sulopuisto, Vili Viitaniemi, Minttu Meriläinen, Petri Liuska, Andrew MacLean (Kind of a Big Deal)
Project Thanatos--Hugh Laird, Andrew Coles, Thomas Laird, Alexandra Shapland, Thomas Kemp (Raptor Games)
Pixel Story--Martin Cosens, Thomas McParland, Ashley Hayes, Benjamin Rushton, Luke Harrison (Loan Wolf Games)

Game Design
Dishonored--Development Team
Far Cry 3--Patrick Methè, Jamie Keen
Journey--Development Team
XCOM: Enemy Unknown--Development Team
Borderlands 2--Randy Pitchford, Paul Hellquist, Jeramy Cooke
The Walking Dead--Dan Connors, Kevin Bruner, Kevin Boyle

Strategy
Dark Souls: Prepare To Die--Development Team
Diablo III--Development Team
Great Big War Game--David Moss, Steve Venezia, Paul Johnson
Total War Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai--Development Team
Football Manager 2013--Development Team
XCOM: Enemy Unknown--Development Team

Family
Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes--Jon Burton, Jonathan Smith, John Hodskinson
Minecraft: XBOX 360 Edition--Development Team
Just Dance 4--Alkis Argyriadis, Matthew Tomkinson, Veronique Halbrey
Skylanders Giants--Paul Reiche, Fred Ford, Scott Krager
Clay Jam--Chris Roe Iain Gilfeather, Michael Movel
Lego The Lord of the Rings--Jon Burton, James McLoughlin, Nicola Daly

Audio Achievement
Far Cry 3--Dan Hay, Tony Gronick, Brian Tyler
Beat Sneak Bandit--Simon Flesser, Magnus "Gordon" Gardebäck
Halo 4--Development Team
Assassin's Creed III--Mathieu Jeanson
Dear Esther--Jessica Curry
Journey--Steve Johnson, Austin Wintory, Keith Leary

Mobile & Handheld
LittleBigPlanet (Vita)--Tom O'Connor, Mattias Nygren, Lee Hutchinson
New Star Soccer--Simon Read
Incoboto--Dene Carter
The Walking Dead--Dan Connors, Kevin Bruner, Kevin Boyle
Super Monsters Ate My Condo--Development Team
The Room--Development Team

Performer
Nolan North (Nathan Drake)--Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Danny Wallace (The Narrator)--Thomas Was Alone
Melissa Hutchinson (Clementine)--The Walking Dead
Dave Fennoy (Lee Everett)--The Walking Dead
Adrian Hough (Haytham)--Assassin's Creed III
Nigel Carrington (The Narrator)--Dear Esther

Online - Multiplayer
Assassin's Creed III--Damien Kieken, Mathieu Granjon, Yann Le Guyader
Call of Duty: Black Ops II--Development Team
Journey--Development Team
Need For Speed Most Wanted--Development Team
Halo 4--Development Team
Borderlands 2--Randy Pitchford, Paul Hellquist, Jeramy Cooke

British Game
Need for Speed Most Wanted--Development Team
Forza Horizon--Development Team
Dear Esther--Daniel Pinchbeck, Robert Briscoe, Jessica Curry
Super Hexagon--Terry Cavanagh, Niamh Houston, Jenn Frank
Lego The Lord of the Rings--Jon Burton, James McLoughlin, Nicola Daly
The Room--Development Team

Action
Far Cry 3--Dan Hay, Patrick Plourde, Patrik Methe
Hitman: Absolution--Development Team
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2--Development Team
Halo 4--Development Team
Mass Effect 3--Development Team
Borderlands 2--Randy Pitchford, Paul Hellquist, Jeramy Cooke

Best Game
Far Cry 3--Dan Hay, Patrick Plourde, Patrik Methè
Journey--Development Team
Mass Effect 3--Casey Hudson
Dishonored--Development Team
The Walking Dead--Dan Connors, Kevin Bruner, Kevin Boyle
FIFA 13--Development Team