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BBC News
09-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Barnsley pair's 'love letter to Yorkshire' scoops BAFTA Games Award
Two friends from Barnsley have taken home a BAFTA Games Award for their quirky comedy adventure set in a fictional northern Goodness You're Here, described as "reyt proper Yorkshire" and "the most northern game ever", won the best British game category at the ceremony in London on Tuesday. The cartoon-esque title was released in August and created by Will Todd and James Carbutt, founders of developer Coal Supper."To go from a stupid idea we had one weekend all the way to this stage is quite literally, really nice," Mr Carbutt told attendees. Players control a tiny, silent character through the streets of Barnsworth and tackle a series of surreal odd-jobs given to them by local Todd said: "It's been such a privilege to be able to make this game true to our vision and hopefully true to our hometown, without any compromises."After receiving the award, they thanked their publisher, Panic, along with the team that worked on the Goodness You're Here features voice performances from the pair, as well as actor Matt Berry. Voice actress Em Humble, who voiced multiple characters including Marge from Marge's Chippy, described the game as "crazy, colourful and funny"."It's nice for a northern game to be celebrated and for people to find it funny," she said."It just shows that people want games and entertainment from loads of different places - and places you don't hear from as often." Speaking to the BBC after the ceremony, Mr Todd said they were "very surprised" to win the award."We've never done it before, so we're still kind of getting used to it," he Todd said the pair came up with ideas for games by sitting in a room while "screaming obscenities to each other, and then the magic happens"."I think it might've won the respect of my parents, finally," he Bafta Games Awards 2025 was dominated by Astro Bot, winning five awards including best game. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds or catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
One of 2014's Best Games Is Just $0.99 on PS Store
Another day, another great deal on the . There are literally hundreds of awesome games available at pretty steep discounts right this second. This includes a very cheeky that launched for the PS4 in 2014. Developed by Bithell Games' Mike Bithell, the critically acclaimed Thomas Was Alone is currently just 99 cents on the PS Store. That is a whole 90% discount off its typical $9.99 price point. It's also cheaper than many things you'd find at a dollar store, which don't really seem to sell anything less than a dollar nowadays, but maybe that's a story for another time (or another website related to grocery news). Anyways, players will want to act fast on this one as the offer ends on March 6. 'Thomas Was Alone is the critically acclaimed indie platformer about friendship and jumping,' reads the official description. 'Guide a group of sentient rectangles through a series of environments, combining their skills to reach the end of the level.' 'Discover the story of the world's first sentient AIs, and how they worked together to, well… 'escape' is a strong word. 'Emerge' might be better. 'Emerge' has an air of importance about it, while keeping a plethora of plot twists and origin stories under wraps. We didn't even mention the bouncing. That'd be overkill,' continues the description. When Thomas Was Alone launched for the PS3 back in 2013, it received favorable reviews. According to the review aggregate site Metacritic, it garnered an average score of 80 across 21 reviews. The game's narrator Danny Wallace received a BAFTA Games Award for his performance in the platformer. Thomas Was Alone for PS4 is actually a cross-buy product. So anyone who still owns a PS3, or the PS Vita could also play the award-winning game on those devices if they really wanted to. Anyone who finds themselves enjoying Thomas Was Alone can grab the Benjamin's Flight level pack. This just costs 34 cents, a 90% discount off its $3.49 list price. The post One of 2014's Best Games Is Just $0.99 on PS Store appeared first on PlayStation LifeStyle.
