British Academy Video Games Awards

In 2003, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) announced that they would be splitting their BAFTA Games Awards from the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards. The Games Awards are given to recognize eminent computer and video games.

The first BAFTA Games Awards were presented on February 25, 2004.

See BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards for previous BAFTA awards given to games.

2003 winners

Game genres

*Strategy - ""
*Racing - "Project Gotham Racing 2"
*Adventure ""
*Action - ""
*Sports - "FIFA Soccer 2004"
*Children's - ""

Features

*Multiplayer - "Battlefield 1942"
*Sound - ""
*Music - "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets"
*Animation or Intro - "Soul Calibur II"
*Design - ""
*Technical Achievement - ""

Platforms

*Xbox - ""
*Mobile - "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater"
*PlayStation 2 - ""
*GameCube - "Metroid Prime"
*Game Boy Advance - ""
*PC - ""

Other awards

*The Sunday Times Reader Award for Games - ""
*Game on any Platform (The Year's Best Game) - "Call of Duty"

2004 winners

Game genres

*Racing - ""
*Action/Adventure "Half Life 2"
*Sports - "Pro Evolution Soccer 4"
*Children's - "Donkey Konga"

Features

*Online & Multiplayer - "Half Life 2"
*Audio - ""
*Original Music - ""
*Animation or Intro - "Half Life 2"
*Art Direction - "Half-Life 2"
*Technical Direction - "Burnout 3"

Platforms

*Xbox - "Halo 2"
*Mobile - "Blue Tooth Biplanes"
*PlayStation 2 - "Burnout 3"
*GameCube - ""
*PC - "Half Life 2"
*Handheld Game - "Colin McRae Rally 2005"

Other awards

*The Sunday Times Reader Award for Games - "Football Manager 2005"
*Game on any Platform (The Year's Best Game) - "Half Life 2"
*BAFTA Special Award for outstanding contribution to the Games Industry - "Rockstar Games"

2005 winners

Due to the date of the awards being moved to the end of the year no awards were given for 2005. Games from that year were covered in the 2006 awards.

2006 winners

*Innovation - ""
*Artistic Achievement - "Shadow of the Colossus"
*Character - "LocoRoco in LocoRoco"
*Strategy - ""
*Casual & Social - "Buzz! The Big Quiz"
*Screenplay - "Psychonauts"
*Children's - "LocoRoco"
*Gameplay - ""
*Simulation - "The Movies"
*Multiplayer - ""
*Action & Adventure - "Shadow of the Colossus"
*Technical Achievement - "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter"
*Sports - "Fight Night Round 3"
*Original Score - ""
*Soundtrack - "Guitar Hero"
*Audio - "Electroplankton"
*Best Game - "Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter"
*The Gamers' Award - ""

2007 winners

*Innovation - "Wii Sports"
*Artistic Achievement - "Okami"
*Story and Character - "God of War II"
*Strategy and Simulation - "Wii Sports"
*Casual - "Wii Sports"
*Gameplay - "Wii Sports"
*Multiplayer - "Wii Sports"
*Action & Adventure - "Crackdown"
*Technical Achievement - "God of War II"
*Sports - "Wii Sports"
*Original Score - "Okami"
*Use of Audio - "Crackdown"
*Best Game - "Bioshock"
*BAFTA Ones To Watch Award - "Ragnarawk"
*The PC World Gamers Award (voted for by the public) - "Football Manager 2007"

2008

The BAFTA Video Games Awards will not take place in 2008, although games from the year will be judged in the 2009 ceremony that will take place on 11 March 2009. [cite web| last = Martin| first = Matt| title = No games BAFTAs in 2008 | work = Gamesindustry.biz| date = 2008-04-17| url = http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/no-games-baftas-in-2008| accessdate =2008-04-17 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.bafta.org/site/page20.html BAFTA Games Awards]