# 1st British Academy Games Awards

The 1st British Academy Video Games Awards, awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, was an award ceremony held in February 2004 at the Radisson Portman Hotel in London. Hosted by Bill Bailey, the ceremony honoured achievement in 2003. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City 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 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games Amplitude – Harmonix/Sony Computer Entertainment EyeToy: Play – London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Metroid Prime – Retro Studios and Nintendo/Nintendo Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance – Midway Games/Midway Games Ratchet & Clank – Insomniac Games/Sony Computer Entertainment | Original Music Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – Argonaut/Electronic Arts Command & Conquer: Generals – Bill Brown and Mikael Sandgren, EA Pacific/EA Games Primal – Paul Arnold, Andrew Barnabas and 16Volt, SCE Studio Cambridge/Sony Computer Entertainment Republic: The Revolution – Elixir Studios/Eidos Interactive Return to Castle Wolfenstein – Bill Brown, Gray Matter Studios/Activision TimeSplitters 2 – Graeme Norgate, Free Radical Design/Eidos Interactive |
| Adventure Game The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo 007: Nightfire – Eurocom/Electronic Arts Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon – Revolution Software/The Adventure Company Dark Chronicle – Level-5/Sony Computer Entertainment Dog's Life – Frontier Developments/Sony Computer Entertainment Jak II – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment | PC Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon – Revolution Software/The Adventure Company Call of Duty – Infinity Ward/Activision Halo: Combat Evolved – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios Medal of Honor: Allied Assault – 2015, Inc./EA Games Rise of Nations – Big Huge Games/Microsoft Game Studios |
| Animation or Intro Soulcalibur II – Project Soul/Namco Big Mutha Truckers – Eutechnyx/Empire Interactive Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games Primal – SCE Studio Cambridge/Sony Computer Entertainment Tekken 4 – Namco/Namco Viewtiful Joe – Capcom | PS2 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games Amplitude – Harmonix/Sony Computer Entertainment EyeToy: Play – London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Ghosthunter – SCE Studio Cambridge/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Jak II – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment TimeSplitters 2 – Free Radical Design/Eidos Interactive |
| Children's Game EyeToy: Play – London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Disney Sports Soccer – Konami/Konami Dog's Life – Frontier Developments/Sony Computer Entertainment Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire – Game Freak/The Pokémon Company Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Computer Entertainment Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo – Frontier Developments/BAM! Entertainment | Racing Project Gotham Racing 2 – Bizarre Creations/Microsoft Game Studios Burnout 2: Point of Impact – Criterion Games/Acclaim Entertainment Formula One 2003 – Studio Liverpool/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe MotoGP 2 – Climax Brighton/THQ Need for Speed: Underground – EA Black Box/Electronic Arts WRC II Extreme – Evolution Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe |
| Design Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon – Revolution Software/The Adventure Company EyeToy: Play – London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Jak II – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Soulcalibur II – Project Soul/Namco Viewtiful Joe – Capcom | Sound Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games Amplitude – Harmonix/Sony Computer Entertainment Command & Conquer: Generals – EA Pacific/EA Games Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – Metroid Prime – Retro Studios and Nintendo/Nintendo TimeSplitters 2 – Free Radical Design/Eidos Interactive |
| Game Boy Advance Game Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising – Intelligent Systems/Nintendo Finding Nemo – Vicarious Visions/THQ Golden Sun: The Lost Age – Camelot Software Planning/Nintendo Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire – Game Freak/The Pokémon Company Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgames! – Nintendo R&D1/Nintendo | Sports FIFA Football 2004 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts F1 Career Challenge – Image Space Incorporated and Visual Science/EA Sports Formula One 2003 – Studio Liverpool/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Tony Hawk's Underground – Neversoft/Activision WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain – Yuke's/THQ WWE WrestleMania XIX – Yuke's/THQ |
| Game on Any Platform – The Year's Best Game Call of Duty – Infinity Ward/Activision | Strategy Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising – Intelligent Systems/Nintendo Call of Duty – Infinity Ward/Activision Command & Conquer: Generals – EA Pacific/EA Games Rise of Nations – Big Huge Games/Microsoft Game Studios Uru: Ages Beyond Myst – Cyan Worlds/Ubisoft Worms 3D – Team17/Acclaim Entertainment |
| GameCube Metroid Prime – Retro Studios and Nintendo/Nintendo Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg – Sonic Team/Sega Soulcalibur II – Project Soul/Namco The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo TimeSplitters 2 – Free Radical Design/Eidos Interactive Viewtiful Joe – Capcom | Sunday Times Reader Award for Games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games Call of Duty – Infinity Ward/Activision Conflict: Desert Storm II – Pivotal Games and SCi/Gotham Games Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death – Rebellion Developments/BAM! Entertainment Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – BioWare/LucasArts The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo |
| Mobile Game Tony Hawk's Pro Skater – Neversoft/Activision FIFA Football 2004 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts Hello Kitty – Sanrio/Sanrio Ministry of Sound Dance Nation – Cybiko, Inc./THQ Wireless Super Yum Yum – AirPlay/Indiagames Weakest Link – Traveller's Tales/Activision | Technical Achievement EyeToy: Play – London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games Medieval: Total War – The Creative Assembly/Activision The Getaway – Team Soho/Sony Computer Entertainment The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo True Crime: Streets of LA – Luxoflux/Activision |
| Multiplayer Battlefield 1942 – Digital Illusions CE/Electronic Arts EyeToy: Play – 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 | Xbox Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – BioWare/LucasArts Project Gotham Racing 2 – Bizarre Creations/Microsoft Game Studios Soulcalibur II – Project Soul/Namco The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – EA Redwood Shores/Electronic Arts TimeSplitters 2 – Free Radical Design/Eidos Interactive Top Spin – PAM Development/Microsoft Game Studios |

### Special Award

* Chris Deering