# 9th British Academy Games Awards

The 9th British Academy Video Game Awards awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, is an award ceremony that was held on 5 March 2013 in the London Hilton on Park Lane. The ceremony honoured achievement in video gaming in 2012 and was hosted by Dara Ó Briain. This was the first ceremony to introduce the award for British Game, and has been present in every ceremony thus far.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are shown first in bold.
| Action Far Cry 3 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Hitman: Absolution – IO Interactive/Square Enix Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Treyarch/Activision Halo 4 – 343 Industries/Microsoft Game Studios Mass Effect 3 – BioWare/Electronic Arts Borderlands 2 – Gearbox Software/2K Games | Mobile & Handheld The Walking Dead – Telltale Games/Telltale Games LittleBigPlanet PS Vita – Double Eleven and Tarsier Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment The Room – Fireproof Games New Star Soccer – New Star Games/New Star Games Incoboto – Dene Carter Super Monsters Ate My Condo – Adult Swim/PikPok |
| Artistic Achievement Journey – Matt Nava, Aaron Jessie, thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment The Room – Robert Dodd, Mark Hamilton, Fireproof Games Halo 4 – Scott Warner, Kenneth Scott, 343 Industries/Microsoft Game Studios Dear Esther – Robert Briscoe, The Chinese Room/The Chinese Room Borderlands 2 – Jeramy Cooke, Gearbox Software/2K Games Far Cry 3 – Jean-Alexis Doyon, Vincent Jean, Genseki Tanaka, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft | Online – Browser SongPop – FreshPlanet The Settlers Online – Blue Byte/Ubisoft Merlin: The Game – Bobbs Studios RuneScape – Jagex/Jagex Amateur Surgeon Hospital – Mediatonic Dick and Dom’s HOOPLA! – Team Cooper |
| Audio Achievement Journey – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment Far Cry 3 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Beat Sneak Bandit – Simogo Halo 4 – 343 Industries/Microsoft Game Studios Assassin's Creed III – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Dear Esther – The Chinese Room/The Chinese Room | Online Multiplayer Journey – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment Assassin's Creed III – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Treyarch/Activision Need for Speed: Most Wanted – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Halo 4 – 343 Industries/Microsoft Game Studios Borderlands 2 – Gearbox Software/2K Games |
| Best Game 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/Electronic Arts The Walking Dead – Telltale Games/Telltale Games | Original Music Journey – Austin Wintory, thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment Diablo III – Russell Brower, Derek Duke, Glenn Stafford, Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment Assassin's Creed III – Lorne Balfe, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Thomas Was Alone – David Housden, Mike Bithell The Unfinished Swan – Joel Corelitz, Giant Sparrow and Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment The Walking Dead – Jared Emerson-Johnson, Telltale Games/Telltale Games |
| British Game The Room – Fireproof Games Need for Speed: Most Wanted – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Forza Horizon – Playground Games/Microsoft Studios Dear Esther – The Chinese Room/The Chinese Room Super Hexagon – Terry Cavanagh Lego The Lord of the Rings – Traveller's Tales/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | Performer Danny Wallace – Thomas Was Alone as the Narrator Nolan North – Uncharted: Golden Abyss as Nathan Drake Melissa Hutchison – The Walking Dead as Clementine Dave Fennoy – The Walking Dead as Lee Everett Adrian Hough – Assassin's Creed III as Haytham Kenway Nigel Carrington – Dear Esther as the Narrator |
| Debut Game The Unfinished Swan – Giant Sparrow and Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Deadlight – Tequila Works/Microsoft Studios Forza Horizon – Playground Games/Microsoft Studios Dear Esther – The Chinese Room/The Chinese Room The Room – Fireproof Games Proteus – Ed Key, David Kanaga | Sports/Fitness New Star Soccer – New Star Games/New Star Games Forza Horizon – Playground Games/Microsoft Studios F1 2012 – Codemasters/Codemasters FIFA 13 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts Nike+ Kinect Training – Sumo Digital/Microsoft Studios Trials Evolution – RedLynx and Ubisoft Shanghai/Microsoft Studios |
| Family Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes – Traveller's Tales/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition – Mojang/Microsoft Studios Just Dance 4 – Ubisoft/Ubisoft Skylanders: Giants – Toys for Bob/Activision and Vivendi Games Clay Jam – Fat Pebble/Zynga Lego The Lord of the Rings – Traveller's Tales/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | Story The Walking Dead – Sean Vanaman, Mark Darin, Gary Whitta, Telltale Games/Telltale Games Journey – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment Far Cry 3 – Jeffrey Yohalem, Lucien Soulban, Li Kuo, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Thomas Was Alone – Mike Bithell Mass Effect 3 – Mac Walters, BioWare/Electronic Arts Dishonored – Harvey Smith, Austin Grossman, Terri Brosius, Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks |
| Game Design Journey – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment Dishonored – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks Far Cry 3 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft XCOM: Enemy Unknown – Firaxis Games/2K Games Borderlands 2 – Gearbox Software/2K Games The Walking Dead – Telltale Games/Telltale Games | Strategy XCOM: Enemy Unknown – Firaxis Games/2K Games Dark Souls – FromSoftware/Namco Bandai Games Diablo III – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment Great Big War Game – Rubicon Developments Total War: Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai – The Creative Assembly/Sega Football Manager 2013 – Sports Interactive/Sega |
| Game Innovation The Unfinished Swan – Giant Sparrow and Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Fez – Polytron Corporation/Trapdoor Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Treyarch/Activision Wonderbook: Book of Spells – London Studio/London Studio Journey – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment Kinect Sesame Street TV – Microsoft Studios and Soho Productions/Microsoft Studios | BAFTA Ones to Watch Award (in association with Dare to Be Digital) Starcrossed – Kajak Games Project Thanatos – Raptor Games Pixel Story – Lamplight Studios |

### Academy Fellowship

* Gabe Newell