British Academy Games Award for British Game

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]

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	Observation
Website	www.bafta.org/games

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. Observation, developed by No Code and published by Devolver Digital, 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
2017 (14th)	Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice	Ninja Theory	Ninja Theory	[8]
	Monument Valley 2	ustwo games	ustwo games
	Reigns: Her Majesty	Nerial Ltd	Devolver Digital
	The Sexy Brutale	Cavalier Game Studios	Tequila Works
	Sniper Elite 4	Rebellion Developments	Rebellion Developments
	Total War: Warhammer II	Creative Assembly	SEGA
2018 (15th)	Forza Horizon 4	Playground Games	Microsoft Studios	[9]
	11-11: Memories Retold	Digixart, Aardman, and Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe	Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe
	Red Dead Redemption 2	Rockstar Games	Rockstar Games
	The Room: Old Sins	Fireproof Games	Fireproof Games
	Overcooked 2	Ghost Town Games and Team17	Team17
	Two Point Hospital	Two Point Studios	Sega
2019 (16th)	Observation	No Code	Devolver Digital	[10]
	Dirt Rally 2.0	Codemasters	Codemasters
	Heaven's Vault	Inkle	Inkle
	Knights and Bikes	Foam Sword	Double Fine Presents
	Planet Zoo	Frontier Developments	Frontier Developments
	Total War: Three Kingdoms	Creative Assembly	Sega

Multiple wins and nominations

Developers

The following developers received two or more British Game nominations:

Nominations	Developer
4	Playground Games
3	Fireproof Games
2	The Chinese Room
	Frontier Developments
	Media Molecule
	Ninja Theory
	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	Fireproof Games
	Microsoft Studios
2	Frontier Developments
	Rockstar Games

References

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.
8. "What Remains of Edith Finch wins Bafta's top games award". BBC. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
9. Fox, Chris; Kleinman, Zoe (4 April 2019). "God of War wins best game at Bafta Awards". BBC. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
10. "2020 BAFTA Games Awards: The Nominations". BAFTA. Retrieved 4 March 2020.