British Academy Games Award for Best Game
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.

British Academy Games Award for Best Game

Section Title: Winners and nominees
Table Section Text: 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.

Year	Game	Developer(s)	Publisher(s)	Ref.

2002/03 (1st)	Call of Duty	Infinity Ward	Activision

2003/04 (2nd)	Half-Life 2	Valve Corporation	Valve Corporation

FIFA Football 2005	EA Canada	Electronic Arts

Football Manager 2005	Sports Interactive	Sega

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas	Rockstar North	Rockstar Games

Halo 2	Bungie	Microsoft Game Studios

Pro Evolution Soccer 4	Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo	Konami

2005/06 (3rd)	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter	Ubisoft Paris, Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft Shanghai, Darkworks, Grin	Ubisoft

Black	Criterion Games	Electronic Arts

Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?	Nintendo SPD	Nintendo

Guitar Hero	Harmonix	RedOctane

Hitman: Blood Money	IO Interactive	Eidos Interactive

Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy	Traveller's Tales	LucasArts

2006/07 (4th)	BioShock	2K Boston, 2K Australia	2K Games

Crysis	Crytek	Electronic Arts

Gears of War	Epic Games	Microsoft Game Studios

Guitar Hero II	Harmonix	Activision

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men	IO Interactive	Eidos Interactive

Wii Sports	Nintendo EAD	Nintendo

2007/08 (5th)	Super Mario Galaxy	Nintendo EAD Tokyo	Nintendo

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare	Infinity Ward	Activision

Fallout 3	Bethesda Game Studios	Bethesda Softworks

Fable II	Lionhead Studios	Microsoft Game Studios

Grand Theft Auto IV	Rockstar North	Rockstar Games

Rock Band	Harmonix, Pi Studios	MTV Games, Electronic Arts

2009 (6th)	Batman: Arkham Asylum	Rocksteady Studios	Eidos Interactive, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Assassin's Creed II	Ubisoft Montreal	Ubisoft

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	Infinity Ward	Activision

FIFA 10	EA Canada, HB Studios, Sumo Digital, Exient Entertainment	Electronic Arts

Left 4 Dead 2	Valve Corporation	Valve Corporation

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves	Naughty Dog	Sony Computer Entertainment

2010 (7th)	Mass Effect 2	BioWare	Electronic Arts

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood	Ubisoft Montreal	Ubisoft

FIFA 11	EA Canada, HB Studios, Exient Entertainment	Electronic Arts

Heavy Rain	Quantic Dream	Sony Computer Entertainment

Limbo	Playdead	Microsoft Studios

Super Mario Galaxy 2	Nintendo EAD Tokyo	Nintendo

2011 (8th)	Portal 2	Valve Corporation	Valve Corporation

Batman: Arkham City	Rocksteady Studios	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

FIFA 12	EA Canada	Electronic Arts

L.A. Noire	Team Bondi	Rockstar Games

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim	Bethesda Game Studios	Bethesda Softworks

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword	Nintendo EAD	Nintendo

2012 (9th)	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, Straight Right	Electronic Arts

The Walking Dead	Telltale Games	Telltale Games

2013 (10th)	The Last of Us	Naughty Dog	Sony Computer Entertainment

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag	Ubisoft Montreal	Ubisoft

Grand Theft Auto V	Rockstar North	Rockstar Games

Papers, Please	3909	3909

Super Mario 3D World	Nintendo EAD Tokyo, 1-Up Studio	Nintendo

Tearaway	Media Molecule	Sony Computer Entertainment

2014 (11th)	Destiny	Bungie	Activision

Alien: Isolation	The Creative Assembly	Sega

Dragon Age: Inquisition	BioWare	Electronic Arts

Mario Kart 8	Nintendo EAD	Nintendo

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor	Monolith Productions, Behaviour Interactive	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Monument Valley	ustwo Games	ustwo Studio

2015 (12th)	Fallout 4	Bethesda Game Studios	Bethesda Softworks

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture	The Chinese Room, SCE Santa Monica Studio	Sony Computer Entertainment

Life is Strange	Dontnod Entertainment	Square Enix

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain	Kojima Productions	Konami Digital Entertainment

Rocket League	Psyonix	Psyonix

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	CD Projekt Red	CD Projekt

2016 (13th)	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End	Naughty Dog	Sony Interactive Entertainment

Firewatch	Campo Santo	Panic

Inside	Playdead	Playdead

Overwatch	Blizzard Entertainment	Blizzard Entertainment

Stardew Valley	ConcernedApe	Chucklefish

Titanfall 2	Respawn Entertainment	Electronic Arts

2017 (14th)	What Remains of Edith Finch	Giant Sparrow	Annapurna Interactive

Assassin's Creed Origins	Ubisoft Montreal	Ubisoft

Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice	Ninja Theory	Ninja Theory

Horizon Zero Dawn	Guerrilla Games	Sony Interactive Entertainment

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	Nintendo EPD	Nintendo

Super Mario Odyssey	Nintendo EPD	Nintendo

Sentence(s)

The Activision's game Call of Duty by Infinity Ward received the 1st British Academy Games Award.

final_sentence: The Activision's game Call of Duty by Infinity Ward received the 1st British Academy Games Award.