# 8th British Academy Games Awards

The 8th British Academy Video Game Awards (known for the purposes of sponsorship as GAME British Academy Video Games Awards) awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, was an award ceremony held on 16 March 2012 in the London Hilton. The ceremony honoured achievement in video gaming in 2011 and was hosted by Dara Ó Briain.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are shown first in bold.
| Action Batman: Arkham City – Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Eidos Montréal/Square Enix Portal 2 – Valve/Valve Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment | Online – Browser Monstermind – Bossa Studios/Bossa Studios Gardens of Time – Playdom/Playdon I Am Playr – We R Interactive/Big Balls Productions Global Resistance – Insomniac Games/Insomniac Games Skylanders: Spyro’s Universe – Frima Studio/Activision The Sims Social – Playfish/Electronic Arts |
| Artistic Achievement Rayman Origins – Ubisoft Batman: Arkham City – Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment L.A. Noire – Team Bondi/Rockstar Games LittleBigPlanet 2 – Media Molecule The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Bethesda Game Studios Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – Naughty Dog | Online Multiplayer Battlefield 3 – EA DICE/Electronic Arts Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision Dark Souls – FromSoftware/Namco Bandai Games Gears of War 3 – Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios LittleBigPlanet 2 – Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe |
| Audio Achievement Battlefield 3 – EA DICE/Electronic Arts Batman: Arkham City – Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision Dead Space 2 – Visceral Games/Electronic Arts The Nightjar – Somethin' Else/Somethin' Else Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment | Original Music L.A. Noire – Andrew Hale, Simon Hale, Team Bondi/Rockstar Games Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Jesper Kyd, Lorne Balfe, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Batman: Arkham City – Nick Arundel, Ron Fish, Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Michael McCann, Eidos Montréal/Square Enix The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Jeremy Soule, Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – Greg Edmonson, Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Best Game Portal 2 – Valve/Valve Batman: Arkham City – Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment FIFA 12 – EA Canada/EA Sports 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 | Performer Mark Hamill – Batman: Arkham City as The Joker Aaron Staton – L.A. Noire as Cole Phelps Nolan North – Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception as Nathan Drake Stephen Fry – LittleBigPlanet 2 Stephen Merchant – Portal 2 as Wheatley Togo Igawa – Total War: Shogun 2 as Dipolomat, Advisor and Military General |
| Debut Game Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet – Shadow Planet Productions/Microsoft Studios Bastion – Supergiant Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Eufloria – Alex May, Rudolf Kremers, Brian Grainger, Omni Systems Limited/Headup Games L.A. Noire – Team Bondi/Rockstar Games Monstermind – Bossa Studios/Bossa Studios Rift – Trion Worlds/Trion Worlds | Sports/Fitness Kinect Sports: Season Two – Rare and BigPark/Microsoft Studios Dance Central 2 – Harmonix/Microsoft Game Studios DiRT 3 – Codemasters/Codemasters F1 2011 – Codemasters/Codemasters FIFA 12 – EA Canada/EA Sports Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012 – Ubisoft/Ubisoft |
| Design Portal 2 – Valve/Valve Batman: Arkham City – Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment L.A. Noire – Team Bondi/Rockstar Games LittleBigPlanet 2 – Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks | Story Portal 2 – Erik Wolpaw, Jay Pinkerton, Chet Faliszek, Valve/Valve Batman: Arkham City – Paul Dini, Paul Crocker, Sefton Hill, Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Mary DeMarle, Eidos Montréal/Square Enix L.A. Noire – Brendan McNamara, Team Bondi/Rockstar Games The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Emil Pagliarulo, Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – Amy Hennig, Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Family LittleBigPlanet 2 – Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Dance Central 2 – Harmonix/Microsoft Game Studios Kinect Sports: Season Two – Rare and BigPark/Microsoft Studios Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game – Traveller's Tales/Disney Interactive Studios Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars – Traveller's Tales/LucasArts Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo EAD Group No. 1 and Retro Studios/Nintendo | Strategy Total War: Shogun 2 – Creative Assembly/Sega Dark Souls – FromSoftware/Namco Bandai Games Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Eidos Montréal/Square Enix Football Manager 2012 – Sports Interactive/Sega From Dust – Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars – Ubisoft Sofia/Ubisoft |
| Game Innovation LittleBigPlanet 2 – Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Bastion – Supergiant Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Child of Eden – Q Entertainment/Ubisoft From Dust – Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft L.A. Noire – Team Bondi/Rockstar Games The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo | BAFTA Ones to Watch Award (in association with Dare to Be Digital) Tick Tock Toys – Swallowtail Games Joust – Digital Knights Dreamweaver – Evolved Ape |
| Mobile & Handheld Peggle HD – PopCap Games Dead Space iOS – IronMonkey Studios/Electronic Arts Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint – Ste and John Pickford Quarrel – Denki/UTV Ignition Entertainment Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo The Nightjar – Somethin' Else/Somethin' Else | GAME Award of 2011 Battlefield 3 – EA DICE/Electronic Arts Batman: Arkham City – Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision FIFA 12 – EA Canada/EA Sports L.A. Noire – Team Bondi/Rockstar Games The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo Minecraft – Mojang/Mojang Portal 2 – Valve/Valve The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – Naughty Dog, Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment |

### Special

* Markus Persson