British Academy Games Award for British Game

British Academy Games Award for British Game
Awarded for The best British game of the year, across all genres and platforms. Creative control and overall development must be led by a British development studio
Country United Kingdom
Presented by BAFTA
First awarded 2013
Currently held by Overcooked
Website www.bafta.org/games

The British Academy Games Award for British Game is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). It is given in honour of "the best British game of the year, across all genres and platforms. Creative control and overall development must be led by a British development studio.".[1] The first ceremony to introduce the award was the 9th British Academy Games Awards in 2013, and was received by Fireproof Games' The Room.[2]

Since its inception, the award has been given to four games, all from separate developers and publishers. As developers, Playground Games have been nominated the most times on three occasions. As publishers, both Sony Computer Entertainment and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment share the most nominations with four occasions each. Overcooked, developed by Ghost Town Games and published by Team17, is the most recent recipient of the award.

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.
2012

(9th)

 The Room Fireproof Games Fireproof Games [3]
Need for Speed: Most Wanted Criterion Games Electronic Arts
Forza Horizon Playground Games Microsoft Studios
Dear Esther The Chinese Room The Chinese Room
Super Hexagon Terry Cavanagh Terry Cavanagh
Lego The Lord of the Rings Traveller's Tales Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
2013

(10th)

 Grand Theft Auto V Rockstar North Rockstar Games [4]
DmC: Devil May Cry Ninja Theory Capcom
Gunpoint Suspicious Developments Suspicious Developments
Lego Marvel Super Heroes Traveller's Tales Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
The Room Two Fireproof Games Fireproof Games
Tearaway Tarsier Studios, Media Molecule Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
2014

(11th)

 Monument Valley ustwo Games ustwo Studio [5]
80 Days Inkle Inkle and Profile Books
Alien: Isolation The Creative Assembly Sega
Forza Horizon 2 Playground Games Microsoft Studios
Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions Lucid Games Sierra Entertainment
Lumino City State of Play Games State of Play Games
2015

(12th)

 Batman: Arkham Knight Rocksteady Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment [6]
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture The Chinese Room, SCE Santa Monica Studio Sony Computer Entertainment
Her Story Sam Barlow Sam Barlow
Prison Architect Introversion Software Introversion Software
Tearaway Unfolded Tarsier Studios, Media Molecule Sony Computer Entertainment
Until Dawn Supermassive Games Sony Computer Entertainment
2016

(13th)

 Overcooked Ghost Town Games Team17 [7]
Batman: Arkham VR Rocksteady Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Forza Horizon 3 Playground Games Microsoft Studios
No Man's Sky Hello Games Hello Games
Planet Coaster Frontier Developments Frontier Developments
Virginia Variable State 505 Games

Multiple wins and nominations

Developers

The following developers received two or more British Game nominations:

Nominations Developer
3 Playground Games
2 The Chinese Room
Fireproof Games
Media Molecule
Rocksteady Studios
Tarsier Studios
Traveller's Tales

Publishers

The following publishers received two or more British Game nominations:

Nominations Publisher
4 Sony Interactive Entertainment
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
3 Microsoft Studios
2 Fireproof Games

ferences

  1. ↑ http://awards.bafta.org/sites/default/files/images/final_games_awards_rule_book_2017_0.pdf
  2. ↑ "Games in 2013 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  3. ↑ "Games in 2013 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  4. ↑ "Games in 2014 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  5. ↑ "Games in 2015 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  6. ↑ "Games in 2016 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
  7. ↑ "Games in 2017 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
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