British Academy Games Award for Multiplayer
British Academy Video Games Award for Multiplayer |
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Awarded for |
The best multiplayer game experience, including social, online or offline |
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Country |
United Kingdom |
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Presented by |
BAFTA |
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First awarded |
2004 |
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Currently held by |
Rocket League |
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Website |
www.bafta.org/games |
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The British Academy Video Games Award for Multiplayer is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). It is given in honor of "the best multiplayer game experience, including social, online or offline".[1] The 1st British Academy Video Games Awards ceremony was held in 2004, with EA Digital Illusions CE and Electronic Arts game Battlefield 1942 winning the award.[2] The award was known as the British Academy Video Games Award for Online Multiplayer for the 2005, 2012 and 2013 ceremonies.
Since its inception, the award has been given to twelve games. Valve Corporation have received the most awards in this category as both developers as publishers, with three wins. Valve were also nominated on more occasions than any other developer, four times; Electronic Arts are the most nominated publisher, with twelve nominations. Rocket League, developed and published by Psyonix, is the most recent winner of the Multiplayer award.[3]
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
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Indicates the winner |
Year |
Game |
Developer(s) |
Publisher(s) |
Ref. |
2002/03 (1st) |
Battlefield 1942 |
EA Digital Illusions CE |
Electronic Arts |
[2] |
EyeToy: Play |
SCE London Studio |
Sony Computer Entertainment |
MotoGP 2 |
Climax Brighton |
THQ |
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark |
BioWare |
Atari |
Project Gotham Racing 2 |
Bizarre Creations |
Microsoft Game Studios |
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory |
Splash Damage |
Activision |
2003/04 (2nd) |
Half-Life 2 |
Valve Corporation |
Valve Corporation, Sierra Entertainment |
[4] |
Burnout 3: Takedown |
Criterion Games |
Electronic Arts |
Far Cry |
Crytek |
Ubisoft |
Halo 2 |
Bungie |
Microsoft Game Studios |
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal |
Insomniac Games |
Sony Computer Entertainment |
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow |
Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Annecy |
Ubisoft |
2005/06 (3rd) |
Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach |
Turbine, Inc. |
Atari, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
[5] |
2006 FIFA World Cup |
EA Canada, Exient Entertainment |
Electronic Arts |
Animal Crossing: Wild World |
Nintendo EAD |
Nintendo |
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat |
EA Digital Illusions CE |
Electronic Arts |
Guild Wars Factions |
ArenaNet |
NCSOFT |
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter |
Ubisoft Shanghai, Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Paris, Tiwak, Grin |
Ubisoft |
2006/07 (4th) |
Wii Sports |
Nintendo EAD |
Nintendo |
[6] |
Battlefield 2142 |
EA Digital Illusions CE |
Electronic Arts |
Crackdown |
Realtime Worlds |
Microsoft Game Studios |
Guitar Hero II |
Harmonix |
Activision |
World in Conflict |
Massive Entertainment |
Sierra Entertainment |
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade |
Blizzard Entertainment |
Blizzard Entertainment |
2007/08 (5th) |
Left 4 Dead |
Valve Corporation |
Valve Corporation |
[7] |
Buzz!: Quiz TV |
Relentless Software |
Sony Computer Entertainment |
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare |
Infinity Ward |
Activision |
Gears of War 2 |
Epic Games |
Microsoft Game Studios |
Mario Kart Wii |
Nintendo EAD |
Nintendo |
Rock Band |
Harmonix |
MTV Games |
2009 (6th) |
Left 4 Dead 2 |
Valve Corporation |
Valve Corporation |
[8] |
Battlefield 1943 |
EA Digital Illusions CE |
Electronic Arts |
The Beatles: Rock Band |
Harmonix |
MTV Games |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 |
Infinity Ward |
Activision |
Halo 3: ODST |
Bungie |
Microsoft Game Studios |
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves |
Naughty Dog |
Sony Computer Entertainment |
2010 (7th) |
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit |
Criterion Games |
Electronic Arts |
[9] |
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood |
Ubisoft Montreal |
Ubisoft |
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 |
EA Digital Illusions CE |
Electronic Arts |
Call of Duty: Black Ops |
Treyarch |
Activision |
Halo: Reach |
Bungie |
Microsoft Studios |
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty |
Blizzard Entertainment |
Blizzard Entertainment |
2011 (8th) |
Battlefield 3 |
EA Digital Illusions CE |
Electronic Arts |
[10] |
Assassin's Creed: Revelations |
Ubisoft Montreal |
Ubisoft |
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 |
Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games |
Activision |
Dark Souls |
From Software |
Namco Bandai Games |
Gears of War 3 |
Epic Games |
Microsoft Studios |
LittleBigPlanet 2 |
Media Molecule |
Sony Computer Entertainment |
2012 (9th) |
Journey |
Thatgamecompany |
Sony Computer Entertainment |
[11] |
Assassin's Creed III |
Ubisoft Montreal |
Ubisoft |
Borderlands 2 |
Gearbox Software |
2K Games |
Call of Duty: Black Ops II |
Treyarch |
Activision |
Halo 4 |
343 Industries |
Microsoft Studios |
Need for Speed: Most Wanted |
Criterion Games |
Electronic Arts |
2013 (10th) |
Grand Theft Auto V |
Rockstar North |
Rockstar Games |
[12] |
Battlefield 4 |
EA Digital Illusions CE |
Electronic Arts |
Dota 2 |
Valve Corporation |
Valve Corporation |
The Last of Us |
Naughty Dog |
Sony Computer Entertainment |
Super Mario 3D World |
Nintendo EAD Tokyo, 1-UP Studio |
Nintendo |
World of Tanks |
Wargaming.net |
Wargaming.net |
2014 (11th) |
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft |
Blizzard Entertainment |
Blizzard Entertainment |
[13] |
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare |
Sledgehammer Games |
Activision |
Destiny |
Bungie |
Activision |
Mario Kart 8 |
Nintendo EAD |
Nintendo |
Minecraft: Console Editions |
Mojang |
Mojang, Microsoft Studios |
Titanfall |
Respawn Entertainment |
Electronic Arts |
2015 (12th) |
Rocket League |
Psyonix |
Psyonix |
[3] |
Destiny: The Taken King |
Bungie |
Activision |
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime |
Asteroid Base |
Asteroid Base |
Splatoon |
Nintendo EAD |
Nintendo |
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege |
Ubisoft Montreal |
Ubisoft |
World of Warships |
Lesta Studio, Wargaming.net |
Wargaming.net |
2016
(13th) |
Overwatch |
Blizzard Entertainment |
Blizzard Entertainment |
[14] |
Battlefield 1 |
EA DICE |
Electronic Arts |
Forza Horizon 3 |
Playground Games |
Microsoft Studios |
Overcooked |
Ghost Town Games |
Team17 |
Titanfall 2 |
Respawn Entertainment |
Electronic Arts |
Tom Clancy's The Division |
Massive Entertainment |
Ubisoft |
Multiple wins and nominations
Developers
The following developers received two or more Multiplayer awards:
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The following developers received three or more Multiplayer nominations:
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Publishers
The following publishers received two or more Multiplayer awards:
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The following publishers received three or more Multiplayer nominations:
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References
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