Games Baftas 2016: Fallout 4 wins big as Rocket League beats Fifa 16 to pick up awards

Competitive gaming was celebrated for the first time ever at the 2016 awards, with an audience award being given to the best game for playing in front of audiences

‘Fallout 4’ is set 200 years after a nuclear holocaust

Fallout 4 was crowned the best game of the year at the Bafta video awards, during a night that also celebrated some of the industry's smaller, indie titles.

The post-apocalyptic role-playing game won the big awards on the night. But it also celebrated smaller developers, including games like Everybody's Gone To The Rapture and the popular Rocket League, which beat Fifa 16 to be the best sport game.

The British awards also picked Batman: Arkham Knight as its favourite game from the country.

The awards in London were hosted by comedian Dara O'Briain, who joked of the video games industry's "obsession" with horses and facial scars, after several of the best game nominees - including The Witcher III and Metal Gear Solid V featured both prominently as part of their central characters.

Everybody's Gone To The Rapture, the story-based mystery set in a small English village whose inhabitants have all disappeared was nominated for 10 awards, winning the Bafta for music, audio achievement and best performer for US actress Merle Dandridge, who voices lead character Kate Collins.

Fellow indie title Her Story, an interactive fiction game where players must watch live action footage of police interviews with one suspect picked up the awards for debut game, innovation and best mobile and handheld game.

Rocket League was honoured in the family game, multi-player and sport categories, beating global franchise Fifa 16 to the sport award.

eSports, the growing trend of competitive gaming in front large crowds was also celebrated for the first time at the ceremony, with the first ever AMD eSports Audience award going to battle game Smite, which won the public vote ahead of established names including Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3 and League Of Legends.

The Bafta Fellowship was presented to game engineer John Carmack, who helped pioneer the use of 3D graphics in video games and was the lead designer for the original Doom and Wolfenstein 3D, some of the earliest games in the first-person shooter genre which is now one of the industry's biggest.

Additional reporting by agencies