# 2nd British Academy Games Awards

The 2nd British Academy Video Games Awards, awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, was an award ceremony held on 1 March 2005 at Café Royal in London. The ceremony honoured achievement in 2004 and was hosted by Jonathan Ross. Half-Life 2 was the major winner on the night, taking six out of the eight awards available.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are shown first in bold.
| Action Game Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios Metroid Prime 2: Echoes – Retro Studios and Nintendo/Nintendo Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal – Insomniac Games/Sony Computer Entertainment The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay – Starbreeze Studios and Tigon Studios/Vivendi Universal Games | Original Music Hitman: Contracts – Jesper Kyd, IO Interactive/Eidos Interactive Evil Genius – James Hannigan Fable – Danny Elfman and Russell Shaw, Big Blue Box Studios and Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studios Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone – Stormfront Studios and Zono/Atari Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Jeremy Soule, Griptonite Games, KnowWonder and EA UK/Electronic Arts Rome: Total War – Jeff van Dyck, The Creative Assembly/Sega |
| Animation Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios Jak 3 – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Killzone – Guerrilla Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Onimusha 3: Demon Siege – Capcom/Capcom | Originality SingStar/SingStar Party – London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Animal Crossing – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo Donkey Konga – Namco/Nintendo Fable – Big Blue Box Studios and Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studios Second Sight – Free Radical Design/Codemasters Sid Meier's Pirates! – Firaxis Games/Atari |
| Art Direction Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve Burnout 3: Takedown – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Doom 3 – id Software/Activision Killzone – Guerrilla Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Onimusha 3: Demon Siege – Capcom/Capcom Prince of Persia: Warrior Within – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft | PC Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve Doom 3 – id Software/Activision Far Cry – Crytek/Ubisoft Myst IV: Revelation – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Rome: Total War – The Creative Assembly/Sega The Sims 2 – Maxis/Electronic Arts |
| Audio Achievement Call of Duty: Finest Hour – Spark Unlimited/Activision Doom 3 – id Software/Activision DJ Decks & FX: House Edition – Relentless Software/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone – Stormfront Studios and Zono/Atari Manhunt – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games SingStar/SingStar Party – London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment | PS2 Burnout 3: Takedown – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Call of Duty: Finest Hour – Spark Unlimited/Activision EyeToy: Play 2 – London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games SingStar/SingStar Party – London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 – Red Storm Entertainment/Ubisoft |
| Best Game Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve 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 | Racing Burnout 3: Takedown – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts FlatOut – Bugbear Entertainment/Empire Interactive Mario Kart: Double Dash – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo Need for Speed: Underground 2 – EA Black Box/Electronic Arts RalliSport Challenge 2 – Digital Illusions CE/Microsoft Game Studios WRC 4 – Evolution Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe |
| Children's Donkey Konga – Namco/Nintendo EyeToy: Groove – London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment EyeToy: Play 2 – London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Shrek 2 – Luxoflux/Activision SingStar/SingStar Party – London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Sly 2: Band of Thieves – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Computer Entertainment | Sports Pro Evolution Soccer 4 – Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo/Konami FIFA Football 2005 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts Mario Golf: Advance Tour – Camelot Software Planning/Nintendo Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 – EA Sports/Electronic Arts Tony Hawk's Underground 2 – Neversoft/Activision WRC 4 – Evolution Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe |
| GameCube Prince of Persia: Warrior Within – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Donkey Konga – Namco/Nintendo Mario Kart: Double Dash – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo Metroid Prime 2: Echoes – Retro Studios and Nintendo/Nintendo Second Sight – Free Radical Design/Codemasters Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 – EA Sports/Electronic Arts | Sunday Times Reader Award for Games Football Manager 2005 – Sports Interactive/Sega FIFA Football 2005 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios Pro Evolution Soccer 4 – Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo/Konami |
| Handheld Colin McRae Rally 2005 – Codemasters/Codemasters Fire Emblem – Intelligent Systems/Nintendo Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Griptonite Games/Electronic Arts Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen – Game Freak/The Pokémon Company Star Wars Trilogy – Traveller's Tales/LucasArts The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap – Capcom and Flagship/Nintendo | Technical Direction Burnout 3: Takedown – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Doom 3 – id Software/Activision EyeToy: Play 2 – London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve Metroid Prime 2: Echoes – Retro Studios and Nintendo/Nintendo Pikmin 2 – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo |
| Mobile BlueTooth BiPlanes – Morpheme Wireless Ltd/Morpheme Wireless Ltd 3D Pool – 3R Studio/3R Studio Ancient Empires – Macrospace/Macrospace Colin McRae Rally 2005 – Codemasters/Codemasters Fatal Force: Earth Assault – Macrospace/Macrospace Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 – EA Sports/Electronic Arts | Xbox Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios Burnout 3: Takedown – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Fable – Big Blue Box Studios and Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studios Grand Theft Auto: Double Pack – Rockstar North and Rockstar Vienna/Rockstar Games The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay – Starbreeze Studios and Tigon Studios/Vivendi Universal Games Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 – Red Storm Entertainment/Ubisoft |
| Online Multiplayer Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve 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 and Ubisoft Milan/Ubisoft |

### Special Award (Games)

* Sam Houser
* Leslie Benzies