Grand Prix 4 Wins Bafta For Best Sports Game Of The Year

Infogrames today somehow proudly announced, a month after shutting down the studio and team who created it, that GP4 won a Bafta for Best Sports Game of the year and that “Geoff Crammond’s Grand Prix 4 has been enjoying huge success topping the charts all around Europe”.

Press release:

NEVERWINTER NIGHTS AND GRAND PRIX 4 ENJOY BAFTA SUCCESS

Lyon-France 25th October – Infogrames is proud to announce that two of its acclaimed titles were recognised at the 2002 BAFTA awards in London on Thursday 10th October.

Held annually in the heart of London the BAFTA awards are the premier international event of the year, rewarding achievement in technology and creativity. All the High Tech industry is acknowledged during this spectacular night and Infogrames were the winners of two of these prestigious awards :
– Neverwinter Nights, the RPG from Bioware : Best PC Game,
– Geoff Crammond’s Grand prix 4 on PC :v Best Sports Game of the year.

Each jury consisted of key industry figures that gave their feedback and opinion on all the entrants. The diversity of the entries – from art installations, WAP, CD-ROMs and DVDs through to games, websites and digital television – highlighted the increasing convergence between all forms of media.

Neverwinter Nights and Geoff Crammond’s Grand Prix 4 have been enjoying huge success topping the charts all around Europe.

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These latest rankings reflect the investments made by Infogrames in line with its strategy of winning market share, and will contribute to the Group’s profitable growth and financial balance.

About Infogrames

Infogrames is a major international producer, publisher and distributor of video games for consoles (Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony), PC CD-ROMs, and Macintosh hardware,under the Infogrames and Atari brands..

Infogrames is a global publisher of videogames for the whole family, with a catalog that includes popular franchises (Driver, Alone in the Dark, V-Rally, Unreal Tournament, Test Drive, Roller Coaster Tycoon) and many international licenses (Paramount’s Mission : Impossible, Men in Black, Superman, Matrix, Terminator and Dragon Ball Z…).

The Infogrames and Atari games are distributing in about 60 countries world-wide with a particular strength in Europe and the U.S., where the Group led by Bruno Bonnell possesses an outstanding distribution network.