Rockstar Games is to be awarded the BAFTA Fellowship at this year's BAFTA Games Awards.

The Grand Theft Auto, LA Noire, Manhunt, Bully and Red Dead Redemption developer will be given the accolade in recognition of "outstanding and exceptional" contribution to games.

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Citing Grand Theft Auto in particular, BAFTA said that the best-selling series helped bring "the medium to the masses".

"We have long believed in the potential for videogames to become a new form of cultural expression and worked to show that in our games, so for us accepting the BAFTA Fellowship is incredibly humbling," said founder Sam Houser.

"This honour reflects the creative vision and dedication of a huge number of people over many years, and we look forward to accepting the Fellowship on their behalf."

Chair of BAFTA's Games Committee Harvey Elliott added: "It is hugely exciting to be able to recognise the amazing contribution made by Rockstar to the games industry over the past 16 years.

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"The creativity and passion exhibited by the Rockstar teams have inspired a generation of game developers to raise the bar in every aspect of game development.

"From design and mechanics, through to storytelling, cinematics and audio immersion, and in the process creating games that compete so profoundly on a global stage across all entertainment media - Rockstar, this Fellowship is wholly deserved."

Sam Houser, Dan Houser, Leslie Benzies and Aaron Garbut will attend the awards on March 12 to collect the accolade.

Previous Fellowship winners include Gabe Newell, Peter Molyneux, Shigeru Miyamoto and Will Wright.

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