9th British Academy Games Awards

9th British Academy Games Awards
Date	5 March 2013
Location	London Hilton
Hosted by	Dara Ó Briain
Best Game	Dishonored
Most awards	Journey (5)
Most nominations	Journey (8)

The 9th British Academy Video Game Awards awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, is an award ceremony that was held on 5 March 2013 in the London Hilton on Park Lane. The ceremony honoured achievement in video gaming in 2012 and was hosted by Dara Ó Briain. This was the first ceremony to introduce the award for British Game, and has been present in every ceremony thus far.

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown first in bold.

Action Far Cry 3 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Hitman: Absolution – IO Interactive/Square Enix Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Treyarch/Activision Halo 4 – 343 Industries/Microsoft Game Studios Mass Effect 3 – BioWare/Electronic Arts Borderlands 2 – Gearbox Software/2K Games	Mobile & Handheld The Walking Dead – Telltale Games/Telltale Games LittleBigPlanet PS Vita – Double Eleven and Tarsier Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment The Room – Fireproof Games/Fireproof Studios New Star Soccer – New Star Games/New Star Games Incoboto – Dene Carter Super Monsters Ate My Condo – Adult Swim/PikPok
Artistic Achievement Journey – Matt Nava, Aaron Jessie, thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment The Room – Robert Dodd, Mark Hamilton, Fireproof Games/Fireproof Studios Halo 4 – Scott Warner, Kenneth Scott, 343 Industries/Microsoft Game Studios Dear Esther – Robert Briscoe, The Chinese Room/The Chinese Room Borderlands 2 – Jeramy Cooke, Gearbox Software/2K Games Far Cry 3 – Jean-Alexis Doyon, Vincent Jean, Genseki Tanaka, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft	Online – Browser SongPop – FreshPlanet The Settlers Online – Blue Byte/Ubisoft Merlin: The Game – Bobbs Studios RuneScape – Jagex/Jagex Amateur Surgeon Hospital – Mediatonic Dick and Dom’s HOOPLA! – Team Cooper
Audio Achievement Journey – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment Far Cry 3 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Beat Sneak Bandit – Simogo Halo 4 – 343 Industries/Microsoft Game Studios Assassin's Creed III – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Dear Esther – The Chinese Room/The Chinese Room	Online Multiplayer Journey – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment Assassin's Creed III – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Treyarch/Activision Need for Speed: Most Wanted – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Halo 4 – 343 Industries/Microsoft Game Studios Borderlands 2 – Gearbox Software/2K Games
Best Game Dishonored – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks Far Cry 3 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft FIFA 13 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts Journey – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment Mass Effect 3 – BioWare/Electronic Arts The Walking Dead – Telltale Games/Telltale Games	Original Music Journey – Austin Wintory, thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment Diablo III – Russell Brower, Derek Duke, Glenn Stafford, Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment Assassin's Creed III – Lorne Balfe, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Thomas Was Alone – David Housden, Mike Bithell The Unfinished Swan – Joel Corelitz, Giant Sparrow and SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment The Walking Dead – Jared Emerson-Johnson, Telltale Games/Telltale Games
British Game The Room – Fireproof Games/Fireproof Studios 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 Lego The Lord of the Rings – Traveller's Tales/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment	Performer Danny Wallace – Thomas Was Alone as the Narrator Nolan North – Uncharted: Golden Abyss as Nathan Drake Melissa Hutchison – The Walking Dead as Clementine Dave Fennoy – The Walking Dead as Lee Everett Adrian Hough – Assassin's Creed III as Haytham Kenway Nigel Carrington – Dear Esther as the Narrator
Debut Game The Unfinished Swan – Giant Sparrow and SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Deadlight – Tequila Works/ Microsoft Studios Forza Horizon – Playground Games/Microsoft Studios Dear Esther – The Chinese Room/The Chinese Room The Room – Fireproof Games/Fireproof Studios Proteus – Ed Key, David Kanaga	Sports/Fitness New Star Soccer – New Star Games/New Star Games Forza Horizon – Playground Games/Microsoft Studios F1 2012 – Codemasters/Codemasters FIFA 13 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts Nike+ Kinect Training – Sumo Digital/Microsoft Studios Trials Evolution – RedLynx and Ubisoft Shanghai/Microsoft Studios
Family Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes – Traveller's Tales/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition – Mojang/Microsoft Studios Just Dance 4 – Ubisoft/Ubisoft Skylanders: Giants – Toys for Bob/Activision and Vivendi Games Clay Jam – Fat Pebble/Zynga Lego The Lord of the Rings – Traveller's Tales/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment	Story The Walking Dead – Sean Vanaman, Mark Darin, Gary Whitta, Telltale Games/Telltale Games Journey – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment Far Cry 3 – Jeffrey Yohalem, Lucien Soulban, Li Kuo, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Thomas Was Alone – Mike Bithell Mass Effect 3 – Mac Walters, BioWare/Electronic Arts Dishonored – Harvey Smith, Austin Grossman, Terri Brosius, Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks
Game Design Journey – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment Dishonored – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks Far Cry 3 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft XCOM: Enemy Unknown – Firaxis Games/2K Games Borderlands 2 – Gearbox Software/2K Games The Walking Dead – Telltale Games/Telltale Games	Strategy XCOM: Enemy Unknown – Firaxis Games/2K Games Dark Souls: Prepare to Die – FromSoftware/Namco Bandai Games Diablo III – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment Great Big War Game – Rubicon Developments Total War: Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai – The Creative Assembly/Sega Football Manager 2013 – Sports Interactive/Sega
Game Innovation The Unfinished Swan – Giant Sparrow and SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Fez – Polytron Corporation/Trapdoor Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Treyarch/Activision Wonderbook: Book of Spells – SCE London Studio/SCE London Studio Journey – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment Kinect Sesame Street TV – Microsoft Studios and Soho Productions/Microsoft Studios	BAFTA Ones to Watch Award (in association with Dare to Be Digital) Starcrossed – Kajak Games Project Thanatos – Raptor Games Pixel Story – Lamplight Studios

Academy Fellowship

Gabe Newell

Games with multiple nominations and wins

Nominations

Nominations	Game
8	Journey
7	The Walking Dead
6	Far Cry 3
5	Dear Esther
4	Assassin's Creed III
	Borderlands 2
	Halo 4
	The Room
3	Call of Duty: Black Ops II
	Dishonored
	Forza Horizon
	Mass Effect 3
	The Unfinished Swan
	Thomas Was Alone
2	Diablo III
	FIFA 13
	Lego The Lord of the Rings
	Need for Speed: Most Wanted
	New Star Soccer
	XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Wins

Awards	Game
5	Journey
2	The Unfinished Swan
2	The Walking Dead

External links

9th BAFTA Video Games Awards page

British Academy Games Awards
Categories	Best Game British Game Debut Game Game Design Game Innovation Multiplayer Performer
Ceremonies	2002/3 2003/4 2005/6 2006/7 2007/8 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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