The British Academy Video Games Award for Best Game is an award presented annually at the British Academy Games Awards. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is honouring "the best game of the year, across all genres and platforms".[1] The 1st British Academy Video Games Awards ceremony was held in 2004, with Infinity Ward and Activision's game Call of Duty receiving the award.[2] The award was originally known as Game of the Year – The Year's Best Game for the 2004 ceremony.
| British Academy Video Games Award for Best Game | |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| First awarded | 2004 |
| Website | www |
Since its inception, the award has been given to eighteen games. As developers, Valve and Naughty Dog have received the most awards in this category, with two wins, while Sony Interactive Entertainment are the most awarded publishers in this category, with five wins. Nintendo's Entertainment Analysis & Development division were nominated on six occasions, more than any other developer; and Sony are the most nominated publisher, with sixteen nominations.
The most recent winner of the award is Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Studios, which received it at the 20th British Academy Games Awards.
Winners and nominees
editIn the following table, the years are listed as per BAFTA convention, and generally correspond to the year of game release in the United Kingdom.
| Indicates the winner |
Multiple nominations and wins
editDevelopers
edit| Developer | Nominations | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| Nintendo | 11 | 1 |
| EA Vancouver[a] | 5 | 0 |
| Ubisoft Montreal | 5 | 0 |
| Naughty Dog | 4 | 2 |
| Valve Corporation | 4 | 2 |
| BioWare | 3 | 1 |
| Infinity Ward | 3 | 1 |
| Santa Monica Studio | 4 | 1 |
| Harmonix | 3 | 0 |
| Rockstar North | 3 | 0 |
| Arkane Studios | 2 | 1 |
| Bungie | 2 | 1 |
| FromSoftware | 2 | 0 |
| Remedy Entertainment | 2 | 0 |
| Rocksteady Studios | 2 | 1 |
| Insomniac Games | 3 | 0 |
| IO Interactive | 2 | 0 |
| Playdead | 2 | 0 |
Publishers
edit| Publisher | Nominations | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| Sony Interactive Entertainment | 17 | 5 |
| Electronic Arts | 12 | 1 |
| Nintendo | 13 | 1 |
| Ubisoft | 7 | 1 |
| Activision | 6 | 2 |
| Bethesda Softworks | 5 | 2 |
| Xbox Game Studios | 5 | 0 |
| Valve Corporation | 4 | 2 |
| Eidos Interactive | 3 | 1 |
| Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | 3 | 1 |
| Annapurna Interactive | 3 | 2 |
| 3909 | 2 | 0 |
| Devolver Digital | 2 | 0 |
| Konami | 2 | 0 |
| Panic | 2 | 0 |
| Sega | 2 | 0 |
Notes
edit- ^ All nominated as EA Canada.
References
edit- ^ "British Academy Games Awards Rules and Guidelines 2015" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2015. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
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- ^ "Games in 2007". BAFTA Awards. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ "Games in 2009". BAFTA Awards. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ "Games in 2010". BAFTA Awards. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ "Games in 2011". BAFTA Awards. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ "Games in 2012". BAFTA Awards. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ "Games in 2013". BAFTA Awards. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ "Games in 2014". BAFTA Awards. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ "Games in 2015". BAFTA Awards. British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
- ^ "British Academy Games Awards Winners in 2016". BAFTA.org. 10 March 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ^ "Games in 2017 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
- ^ "Winners List for the British Academy Games Awards in 2018 (Plain Text) | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ^ "BAFTA Games Awards winners 2019". awards.bafta.org. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- ^ "2020 BAFTA Games Awards: The Nominations". BAFTA. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Ankers, Adele (March 2, 2021). "BAFTA Games Awards 2021 Nominations Announced". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ "2022 BAFTA Games Awards Winners". 3 March 2022.
- ^ "2023 BAFTA Games Awards: The Winners". BAFTA. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- ^ "2024 BAFTA Games Awards: The Winners". BAFTA Games Awards. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.