The Sims Creator to Become BAFTA Fellow

Games are capable of being as artistically relevant as any other medium, deal with it. That's the message the British Academy of Film and Television Arts is sending by way of inducting SimCity and The Sims creator Will Wright into BAFTA's Fellowship at the Video Game Awards 2007 occurring next week on October 23. Wright is currently working on Spore, a real-time "god" game in which players direct the evolution of a species from its multicellular inception to its spread throughout the galaxy.

According to BAFTA chairwoman Hilary Bevan Jones, "Will's immense, creative body of work and his continued contribution to the industry make him a most worthy recipient of the fellowship and being such a pioneer, we are thrilled that he will be the first person to receive this honor."

BAFTA Fellowships are a big deal. They've previously been reserved for folks like Charlie Chaplin, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, and Steven Spielberg -- 67 in all since the award was launched in 1971. This marks the first time anyone in the video game industry has been honored.

[Thanks, Variety]

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