British Academy Video Games Awards

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The British Academy Video Games Awards , also known as BAFTA Video Games Awards , are an annual awards event for computer games organized by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) .

description

The British Academy Video Games Awards originated in 2003 when BAFTA decided to split up the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards , which had been awarding computer games and other forms of multimedia entertainment since 1998. The first two awards took place in February 2004 and March 2005. In 2006, the BAFTA upgraded the event as “one of the most important contemporary art forms” to the third arm alongside the film and TV prize and moved it to October. There were no awards ceremonies in 2008 because the date was postponed from October to March of the following year. Previously, in 2007 the jury was forced to test games that had not yet been completed, and one of the candidates was ultimately no longer on the market in the same year. With the new date, the publication window in which a game must appear for a candidacy has been restricted more precisely. In addition, confusion with the Golden Joystick Awards taking place during the same period should be avoided. Until 2013, the event was only for invited guests, with the tenth award ceremony in 2014, it was opened to the public for the first time.

Award winners

Awarded in 2004

Event in February 2004.

game of the year
Call of Duty

Other categories

Awarded in 2005

Event on March 1, 2005 in London.

game of the year
Half-Life 2

Other categories

Awarded in 2006

Event on October 5, 2006 at The Roundhouse , London, moderated by Vernon Kay .

game of the year
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter

Other categories

Awarded in 2007

Event on October 23, 2007 at Battersea Evolution , London, moderated by Vic Reeves . The event was embedded in the London Games Festival and took place three days before the Golden Joystick Awards .

game of the year
BioShock

Other categories

Awarded in 2009

Event on March 10, 2009 at the Park Lane Hilton Hotel, London, moderated by Dara Ó Briain .

game of the year
Super Mario Galaxy

Other categories

Awarded in 2010

Event on March 19, 2010 at the Park Lane Hilton Hotel, London, moderated by Dara Ó Briain .

game of the year
Batman: Arkham Asylum

Other categories

Awarded in 2011

Event on March 16, 2011 at the Park Lane Hilton Hotel, London, moderated by Dara Ó Briain .

game of the year
Mass Effect 2

Other categories

Awarded in 2012

Event on March 16, 2012 at the Park Lane Hilton Hotel, London, hosted by Dara Ó Briain .

game of the year
Portal 2

Other categories

Awarded in 2013

Event on March 5, 2013 at the Park Lane Hilton Hotel, London, moderated by Dara Ó Briain .

game of the year
Dishonored: The Mask of Wrath

Other categories

Awarded in 2014

Event on March 12, 2014 at Tobacco Dock , London, moderated by Dara Ó Briain .

game of the year
The Last of Us

Other categories

Awarded in 2015

Event on March 12, 2015 at Tobacco Dock , London, hosted by Rufus Hound .

Game of the year:

Other categories

Award ceremony 2016

Event on April 7, 2016 at Tobacco Dock , London, moderated by Dara Ó Briain .

Game of the year:

Other categories

Award ceremony 2017

Event on April 6, 2017 at Tobacco Dock , London, hosted by Danny Wallace .

Game of the year:

Other categories

Award ceremony 2018

Event on April 12, 2018 at Troxy , London, moderated by Dara Ó Briain .

Game of the year:

Other categories

Award ceremony 2019

Event on April 4, 2019 at Queen Elizabeth Hall , London, moderated by Dara Ó Briain .

Game of the year:

Other categories

Award ceremony 2020

Event on April 2, 2020 as a live stream, moderated by Dara Ó Briain .

Game of the year:

Other categories

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/189832.stm
  3. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2006/mar/09/news.games1
  4. ↑ http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/no-games-baftas-in-2008
  5. ↑ a b http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/video-game-news/10694122/Bafta-video-game-awards-2014-The-Last-of-Us-cleans-up .html
  6. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3488592.stm
  7. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4308315.stm
  8. ↑ http://www.gamespot.com/articles/bafta-announces-game-award-noms/1100-6157442/
  9. ↑ http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/ghost_recon_3/news/bafta_video_game_awards_winners.html
  10. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news/a77598/vic-reeves-to-host-gaming-bafta-awards.html
  11. ↑ http://www.destructoid.com/the-london-games-festival-a-week-of-gaming-celebration-sounds-good-to-me-46906.phtml
  12. ↑ http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/bafta-winners-announced
  13. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/gamesblog/2009/mar/11/bafta-game-awards
  14. ↑ Super Mario Galaxy voted 'best game' by BAFTA ( Memento from January 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  15. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news/a199349/obriain-to-host-2010-bafta-game-awards.html
  16. ↑ BAFTA announces 2010 Video Games Awards winners, goes batty for Batman ( Memento from January 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  17. ↑ Nick Cowen: Call Of Duty Black Ops is Bafta favorite. In: The Telegraph. Telegraph Media Group, March 8, 2011, accessed September 3, 2016 .
  18. ↑ Steve Boxer: Bafta game awards: Mass Effect 2 hailed as Call of Duty is snubbed. In: The Guardian. Guardian News and Media, March 17, 2011, accessed September 3, 2016 .
  19. ↑ http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/portal-2-wins-best-game-bafta-interview-316127
  20. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a371399/bafta-video-game-awards-2012-winners-in-full.html
  21. ↑ http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-12-bafta-2013-video-game-nominations-revealed
  22. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/news/a463490/bafta-games-awards-2013-winners-in-full.html
  23. ↑ Alien: Isolation leads 2015 BAFTA Game Awards nominations
  24. ^ Destiny surprises at the Bafta video game awards
  25. ^ British Academy Games Awards Winners Announced
  26. ^ Winners Announced for the British Academy Games Awards in 2017
  27. ^ Winners Announced for the British Academy Games Awards in 2018
  28. ↑ BAFTA Games Awards winners 2019. In: www.bafta.org. March 11, 2019, accessed on August 28, 2020 .
  29. ↑ 2020 BAFTA Games Awards: The Winners. In: www.bafta.org. March 3, 2020, accessed on August 28, 2020 .