British Academy Games Award For Best Game

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". 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. 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
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBritish Academy of Film and Television Arts
First awarded2004
Websitewww.bafta.org/games

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

In the following table, the years are listed as per BAFTA convention, and generally correspond to the year of game release in the United Kingdom.

Table key
Indicates the winner
Year Game Developer(s) Publisher(s) Ref.
2002/03
(1st)
Call of Duty Infinity Ward Activision
2003/04
(2nd)
Half-Life 2 Valve
FIFA Football 2005 EA Canada Electronic Arts
Football Manager 2005 Sports Interactive Sega
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Rockstar North Rockstar Games
Halo 2 Bungie Microsoft Game Studios
Pro Evolution Soccer 4 Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Konami
2005/06
(3rd)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Ubisoft Paris, Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft Shanghai, Darkworks, Grin Ubisoft
Black Criterion Games Electronic Arts
Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? Nintendo SPD Nintendo
Guitar Hero Harmonix RedOctane
Hitman: Blood Money IO Interactive Eidos Interactive
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy Traveller's Tales LucasArts
2006/07
(4th)
BioShock 2K Boston, 2K Australia 2K Games
Crysis Crytek Electronic Arts
Gears of War Epic Games Microsoft Game Studios
Guitar Hero II Harmonix Activision
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men IO Interactive Eidos Interactive
Wii Sports Nintendo EAD Nintendo
2007/08
(5th)
Super Mario Galaxy Nintendo EAD Tokyo Nintendo
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Infinity Ward Activision
Fallout 3 Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks
Fable II Lionhead Studios Microsoft Game Studios
Grand Theft Auto IV Rockstar North Rockstar Games
Rock Band Harmonix, Pi Studios MTV Games, Electronic Arts
2009
(6th)
Batman: Arkham Asylum Rocksteady Studios Eidos Interactive, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Assassin's Creed II Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Infinity Ward Activision
FIFA 10 EA Canada, HB Studios, Sumo Digital, Exient Entertainment Electronic Arts
Left 4 Dead 2 Valve
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment
2010
(7th)
Mass Effect 2 BioWare Electronic Arts, Microsoft Game Studios
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
FIFA 11 EA Canada, HB Studios, Exient Entertainment Electronic Arts
Heavy Rain Quantic Dream Sony Computer Entertainment
Limbo Playdead Microsoft Game Studios
Super Mario Galaxy 2 Nintendo EAD Tokyo Nintendo
2011
(8th)
Portal 2 Valve Valve
Batman: Arkham City Rocksteady Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
FIFA 12 EA Canada Electronic Arts
L.A. Noire Team Bondi Rockstar Games
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Nintendo EAD Nintendo
2012
(9th)
Dishonored Arkane Studios Bethesda Softworks
Far Cry 3 Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
FIFA 13 EA Canada Electronic Arts
Journey Thatgamecompany, Santa Monica Studio Sony Computer Entertainment
Mass Effect 3 BioWare, Straight Right Electronic Arts
The Walking Dead Telltale Games
2013
(10th)
The Last of Us Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment
Batman: Arkham Origins Warner Bros Games. Montreal Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Grand Theft Auto V Rockstar North Rockstar Games
Papers, Please 3909
Super Mario 3D World Nintendo EAD Tokyo, 1-Up Studio Nintendo
Tearaway Media Molecule Sony Computer Entertainment
2014
(11th)
Destiny Bungie Activision
Alien: Isolation The Creative Assembly Sega
Dragon Age: Inquisition BioWare Electronic Arts
Mario Kart 8 Nintendo EAD Nintendo
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Monolith Productions, Behaviour Interactive Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Monument Valley ustwo Games ustwo Studio
2015
(12th)
Fallout 4 Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture The Chinese Room, Santa Monica Studio Sony Computer Entertainment
Life Is Strange Dontnod Entertainment Square Enix
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Kojima Productions Konami Digital Entertainment
Rocket League Psyonix
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt CD Projekt Red CD Projekt
2016
(13th)
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Naughty Dog Sony Interactive Entertainment
Firewatch Campo Santo Panic
Inside Playdead Playdead
Overwatch Blizzard Entertainment
Stardew Valley ConcernedApe Chucklefish
Titanfall 2 Respawn Entertainment Electronic Arts
2017

(14th)

What Remains of Edith Finch Giant Sparrow Annapurna Interactive
Assassin's Creed Origins Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Ninja Theory
Horizon Zero Dawn Guerrilla Games Sony Interactive Entertainment
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Nintendo EPD Nintendo
Super Mario Odyssey Nintendo EPD Tokyo Nintendo
2018

(15th)

God of War Santa Monica Studio Sony Interactive Entertainment
Assassin's Creed Odyssey Ubisoft Quebec Ubisoft
Astro Bot Rescue Mission Japan Studio Sony Interactive Entertainment
Celeste Matt Makes Games Inc.
Red Dead Redemption 2 Rockstar Games
Return of the Obra Dinn Lucas Pope 3909
2019

(16th)

Outer Wilds Mobius Digital Annapurna Interactive
Control Remedy Entertainment 505 Games
Disco Elysium ZA/UM ZA/UM
Luigi's Mansion 3 Next Level Games Nintendo
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice FromSoftware Activision
Untitled Goose Game House House Panic
2020

(17th)

Hades Supergiant Games Supergiant Games
Ghost of Tsushima Sucker Punch Productions Sony Interactive Entertainment
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo EPD Nintendo
Half-Life: Alyx Valve Valve
The Last of Us Part II Naughty Dog Sony Interactive Entertainment
Spider-Man: Miles Morales Insomniac Games Sony Interactive Entertainment
2021

(18th)

Returnal Housemarque Sony Interactive Entertainment
Deathloop Arkane Studios Bethesda Softworks
Forza Horizon 5 Playground Games Xbox Game Studios
Inscryption Daniel Mullins Games Devolver Digital
It Takes Two Hazelight Studios Electronic Arts
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Insomniac Games Sony Interactive Entertainment
2022

(19th)

Vampire Survivors Poncle
Elden Ring FromSoftware Bandai Namco Entertainment
God of War Ragnarök Santa Monica Studio Sony Interactive Entertainment
Marvel Snap Second Dinner Nuverse
Stray BlueTwelve Studio Annapurna Interactive
Cult of the Lamb Massive Monster Devolver Digital
2023

(20th)

Baldur's Gate 3 Larian Studios
Alan Wake 2 Remedy Entertainment Epic Games
Dave the Diver Mintrocket
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Nintendo
Spider-Man 2 Insomniac Games Sony Interactive Entertainment
Super Mario Bros. Wonder Nintendo

Multiple nominations and wins

Developers

Developer Nominations Wins
Nintendo 11 1
EA Vancouver 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

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

References

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