# 13th British Academy Games Awards

The 13th British Academy Video Game Awards awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, is an award ceremony that was held on 6 April 2017 at Tobacco Dock. The ceremony honoured achievement in video gaming in 2016 and was hosted by Danny Wallace.

## Nominees

The nominees for the 13th British Academy Video Games Awards were announced on 9 March 2017. Uncharted 4: A Thief's End received the most nominations with eight in total; Inside received the second most with seven nominations, followed by Firewatch with six and Overcooked, Overwatch, The Witness and The Last Guardian with four each.
The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on 6 April 2017.

### Awards

| Artistic Achievement Inside – Playdead/Playdead Abzû – Giant Squid/505 Games Dishonored 2 – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks The Last Guardian – Japan Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment Uncharted 4: A Thief's End – Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Unravel – Coldwood Interactive/Electronic Arts | Game Innovation That Dragon, Cancer – Numinous Games/Numinous Games Batman: Arkham VR – Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Firewatch – Campo Santo/Panic Pokémon Go – Niantic/Niantic Unseen Diplomacy – Triangular Pixels/Triangular Pixels The Witness – Thekla, Inc./Thekla, Inc. |
| Audio Achievement The Last Guardian – Japan Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment Battlefield 1 – EA DICE/Electronic Arts Doom – id Software/Bethesda Softworks Inside – Playdead/Playdead Rez Infinite – United Game Artists/Enhance Games Uncharted 4: A Thief's End – Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment | Mobile Pokémon Go – Niantic/Niantic The Banner Saga 2 – Stoic/Versus Evil Dawn of Titans – NaturalMotion/Zynga Deus Ex Go – Square Enix Montreal/Square Enix Pokémon Sun and Moon – Game Freak/The Pokémon Company Reigns – Nerial/Devolver Digital |
| Best Game 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 | Multiplayer Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment Battlefield 1 – EA DICE/Electronic Arts Forza Horizon 3 – Playground Games/Microsoft Studios Overcooked – Ghost Town Games/Team17 Titanfall 2 – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts Tom Clancy's The Division – Ubisoft Massive/Ubisoft |
| British Game Overcooked – Ghost Town Games/Team17 Batman: Arkham VR – Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Forza Horizon 3 – Playground Games/Microsoft Studios No Man's Sky – Hello Games/Hello Games Planet Coaster – Frontier Developments/Frontier Developments Virginia – Variable State/505 Games | Music Virginia – Lyndon Holland Abzû – Austin Wintory Doom – Mick Gordon, Chris Hite, Chad Mossholder Inside – Martin Stig Andersen, SØS Gunver Ryberg The Last Guardian – Takeshi Furukawa Uncharted 4: A Thief's End – Henry Jackman, Jonathan Mayer, Scott Hanau |
| Debut Game Firewatch – Campo Santo/Panic Overcooked – Ghost Town Games/Team17 Oxenfree – Night School Studio/Night School Studio That Dragon, Cancer – Numinous Games/Numinous Games Virginia – Variable State/505 Games The Witness – Thekla, Inc./Thekla, Inc. | Narrative Inside – Playdead/Playdead Dishonored 2 – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks Firewatch – Campo Santo/Panic Mafia III – Hangar 13/2K Games Oxenfree – Night School Studio/Night School Studio Uncharted 4: A Thief's End – Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| Evolving Game Rocket League – Psyonix/Psyonix Destiny: Rise of Iron – Bungie/Activision Elite Dangerous: Horizons – Frontier Developments/Frontier Developments Eve Online – CCP Games/CCP Games Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn – Square Enix/Square Enix Hitman – IO Interactive/Square Enix | Original Property Inside – Playdead/Playdead Firewatch – Campo Santo/Panic The Last Guardian – Japan Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment Unravel – Coldwood Interactive/Electronic Arts The Witness – Thekla, Inc./Thekla, Inc. |
| Family Overcooked – Ghost Town Games/Team17 Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Mike Taylor, Jamie Eden and James Norton, TT Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment The Playroom VR – Japan Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment Pokémon Go – Niantic/Niantic Ratchet and Clank – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Toca Hair Salon 3 – Toca Boca/Toca | Performer Cissy Jones – Firewatch as Delilah Alex Hernandez – Mafia III as Lincoln Clay Emily Rose – Uncharted 4: A Thief's End as Elena Fisher Navid Negahban – 1979 Revolution: Black Friday as Hajj Agha Nolan North – Uncharted 4: A Thief's End as Nathan Drake Troy Baker – Uncharted 4: A Thief's End as Sam Drake |
| Game Design Inside - Playdead/Playdead Battlefield 1 – EA DICE/Electronic Arts Dishonored 2 - Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks Overwatch - Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment Titanfall 2 - Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts The Witness - Thekla, Inc./Thekla, Inc. |

### BAFTA Special Award

* Brenda Romero

### BAFTA Ones to Watch Award

* Among the Stones - Lukasz Gomula, Alberto Taiuti, James Wood, Roberton Macken, Kevin McKenna, Rory Sweeney
* Pentagrab - Andrew Fullarton, Thomas Slade, Nick Kondylis, Cari Watterton, Dale Smith
* Rebound - Kieran Gallagher, Isaac Pringle, Mark Tempini, Andrew Graham, Alexander MacDiarmid, Vladislav Veselinov, Craig Russell, Alexandra Donaldson

### AMD eSports Audience Award

* Clash Royale
* Counter Strike: Global Offensive
* Dota 2
* League of Legends
* Overwatch
* Street Fighter V