West Auckland-based Grinding Gear Games' Path of Exile has won "Best Evolving Game" at the 2020 Bafta Games Awards - beating a lineup of blockbuster fellow nominees that included the likes of Fortnite and Final Fantasy XIV.
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Bafta (the British Academy of Film and Television Arts) is best known for its film awards, but Since 2003, it has included computer games alongside film and television in its annual award ceremonies.
This year's event was due to be held at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall, but with the city in a Covid-19 lockdown, it was live-streamed on YouTube, Twitch and Twitter earlier today from the living room of its host - comedian Dara O'Briain.
Grinding Gear Games founder Chris Wilson said in a pre-recorded thank you speech, "Our dream was always to create an RPG [role-playing game] that we'd love to play ourselves."