Gareth David-Lloyd has been chosen to host the 2016 British Academy Cymru Games Award ceremony.
Gareth David-Lloyd – credit: walesonline.co.uk
Gareth David-Lloyd is best known for his portrayal of Ianto Jones on Torchwood (this year marking its ten year anniversary), but there is certainly more to his entertainment career than just that. For example, a couple of years into the Doctor Who spin-off’s run, he began doing voiceovers for video games. He began working in this particular industry in 2008 by doing the voice for Ianto in the BBC’s (now defunct) web-based Torchwood Mission Game and later branched out to other franchises: Adam Hale in Red Faction Armageddon (2011) and Solas in Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014) and Dragon Age: Inquisition – Trespasser (2015).
Continuing in this vein, David-Lloyd will be hosting the 2016 British Academy Cymru Games Award (why is it not “Awards”?) ceremony on Saturday, June 18th at the Wales Games Development Show, Tramshed, Cardiff. Quite appropriately for the occasion, Doctor Who Game Maker by the BBC and Aardman Animations is one of the nominees.
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David-Lloyd says that he is “thrilled to have been asked to host” considering all of the years that he has “been providing voiceovers to the games industry in Wales and the UK.” With “a clear growth in the games industry , over a very short time” and “more companies creating fantastic games across a variety of platforms every year,” he is “looking forward to getting hands on the games at the Wales Games Development Show and testing them out for .”
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If a 2014 report by Nesta is any indication of current trends, David-Lloyd is certainly correct about the state of the industry. At the time, there were “1,902 games businesses in the UK” whose economic value was “as much as £1.72 billion.” This was “double the official estimates for 2011 and 2012” and shows a growth of 22% year on year.
The nominations for the 2016 British Academy Cymru Games Award are as follows:
Best Game Award, Sponsored by Games Dev at Wrexham Glyndŵr University
- Wales Interactive for Soul Axiom
- Thud Media / Toots Enterprises Ltd for Toots Race
- Rantmedia for TV Sports Soccer
Artistic Achievement Commendation, sponsored by Ubisoft
- Thud Media / Pesky Productions Ltd for Boj Smoothies
- Squarehead Studios Ltd for Star Ghost
- Cube Kids for Teletubbies
Technical Achievement Commendation, sponsored by SEGA
- BBC Cymru/BBC Digital Creativity/Aardman Animations for Doctor Who Game Maker
- Tell Player Limited/Agatha Christie Limited for Mr Quin
- Cube Kids for Teletubbies
Game Play Design Commendation
- Thud Media / Pesky Productions Ltd for Boj Smoothies
- Squarehead Studios Ltd for Star Ghost
- Cube Kids for Teletubbies
Sound & Music Commendation, Sponsored By Spiros
- Thud Media / Pesky Productions Ltd for Boj Smoothies
- BBC Cymru Wales, BBC Digital Creativity, Aardman Animations for Doctor Who Game Maker
- Cube Kids for Teletubbies
Doctor Who Game Maker – credit: BBC
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If you wish to attend the 2016 Wales Games Development Show on Saturday, June 18th, tickets can be purchased through Eventbrite for £9.11 to £22.29. It runs from 10 AM to 7 PM.