British Academy Games Award for Game Innovation
| British Academy Games Award for Game Innovation | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | "The best innovation in gameplay or technology." |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | BAFTA |
| First awarded | 2006 |
| Currently held by | That Dragon, Cancer |
| Website |
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The British Academy Games Award for Game Innovation is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). It is given in honour of "the best innovation in gameplay or technology". The award was initially known as Innovation at the 3rd British Academy Games Awards ceremony, held in 2006, and was awarded to Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old is Your Brain?, developed and published by Nintendo.[1] The award was absent from ceremonies held in 2008 to 2010. before returning to the 8th ceremony held in 2011, under the name Game Innovation.
Since its inception, the award has been given to eight games. As developers, Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development have won the most awards with two. It is also the most nominated developer with four awards. The most won publishers are Nintendo and Sony Computer Entertainment with two awards each. The most nominated publishers are Sony Computer Entertainment with eight. The most recent recipient of the award is That Dragon, Cancer, developed and published by Numinous Games.[2]
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.
| Indicates the winner |
Multiple nominations
Developers
The following developers received two or more Game Innovation awards:
| Wins | Developer |
|---|---|
| 2 | Nintendo EPD |
The following developers received two or more Game Innovation nominations:
| Nominations | Developer |
|---|---|
| 4 | Nintendo EPD |
| 2 | Harmonix |
| Media Molecule | |
| SCE Japan Studio | |
| SCE Santa Monica Studio |
Publishers
The following publishers received two or more Game Innovation awards:
| Wins | Publisher |
|---|---|
| 2 | Nintendo |
| Sony Computer Entertainment |
The following publishers received two or more Game Innovation nominations:
| Nominations | Publisher |
|---|---|
| 8 | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| 5 | Nintendo |
| 3 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| 2 | Activision |
| Electronic Arts | |
| Microsoft Studios | |
| Rockstar Games | |
| Ubisoft |
References
- 1 2 "Games in 2006 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- 1 2 "Games in 2017 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ↑ "Games in 2007 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ↑ "Games in 2012 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ↑ "Games in 2013 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ↑ "Games in 2014 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ↑ "Games in 2015 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ↑ "Games in 2016 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2017-04-14.