# 3rd British Academy Games Awards

The 3rd British Academy Video Games Awards (known for the purposes of sponsorship as British Academy Video Games Awards in Association with N-Gage), awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, was an award ceremony held on 5 October 2006 in The Roundhouse. The ceremony honoured achievement in 2006 and was hosted by Vernon Kay. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, LocoRoco & Shadow of the Colossus were the major winners on the night, taking two awards.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are shown first in bold.
| Action and Adventure (Sponsored by PC World) Shadow of the Colossus – Team Ico and Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Metroid Prime Hunters – Nintendo Software Technology/Nintendo The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft Tomb Raider: Legend – Crystal Dynamics/Eidos Interactive We Love Katamari – Namco/Namco | Innovation Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? – Nintendo SPD/Nintendo Electroplankton – indieszero/Nintendo Guitar Hero – Harmonix/RedOctane LocoRoco – Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Shadow of the Colossus – Team Ico and Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment We Love Katamari – Namco/Namco |
| Artistic Achievement Shadow of the Colossus – Team Ico and Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Black – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Hitman: Blood Money – IO Interactive/Eidos Interactive LocoRoco – Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks We Love Katamari – Namco/Namco | Multiplayer Dungeons and Dragons Online: Stormreach – Turbine/Atari 2006 FIFA World Cup – EA Canada/EA Sports Animal Crossing: Wild World – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo Battlefield 2: Modern Combat – Digital Illusions CE/Electronic Arts Guild Wars Factions – ArenaNet/NCSOFT Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft |
| Audio Electroplankton – indieszero/Nintendo Black – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts LocoRoco – Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft Tomb Raider: Legend – Crystal Dynamics/Eidos Interactive We Love Katamari – Namco/Namco | Original Score Tomb Raider: Legend – Troels Brun Folmann, Crystal Dynamics/Eidos Interactive Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King – Koichi Sugiyama, Level-5/Square Enix LocoRoco – Nobuyuki Shimizu and Kemmei Adachi, Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Shadow of the Colossus – Kow Otani, Japan Studio and Team Ico/Sony Computer Entertainment The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – Jeremy Soule, Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks The Movies – Lionhead Studios/Activision |
| Casual and Social Buzz!: The BIG Quiz – Relentless Software/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? – Nintendo SPD/Nintendo Electroplankton – indieszero/Nintendo Guitar Hero – Harmonix/RedOctane LocoRoco – Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment SingStar Rocks! – London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment | Screenplay Psychonauts – Double Fine Productions/Majesco Entertainment 24: The Game – SCE Studio Cambridge/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Rogue Trooper – Rebellion Developments/Eidos Interactive The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks Tomb Raider: Legend – Crystal Dynamics/Eidos Interactive |
| Character LocoRoco (LocoRoco) Agent 47 (Hitman: Blood Money) Han Solo (Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy) Lara Croft (Tomb Raider: Legend) Rogue (Rogue Trooper) | Simulation The Movies – Lionhead Studios/Activision C-130 Hercules – Captain Sim/Just Flight Championship Manager 2006 – Beautiful Game Studios and Gusto Games/Eidos Interactive Football Manager 2006 – Sports Interactive/Sega Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis – Rockstar San Diego/Rockstar Games Trauma Center: Under the Knife – Atlus/Atlus |
| Children's LocoRoco – Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Daxter – Ready at Dawn/Sony Computer Entertainment Ice Age: The Meltdown – Eurocom/Sierra Entertainment, Fox Interactive and Vivendi Universal Games Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy – Traveller's Tales/LucasArts New Super Mario Bros. – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo We Love Katamari – Namco/Namco | Soundtrack Guitar Hero – Harmonix/RedOctane B-Boy – FreeStyleGames/Evolved Games Reservoir Dogs – Volatile Games/Eidos Interactive SingStar Rocks! – London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe |
| Game (Sponsored by PC World) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft Black – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? – Nintendo SPD/Nintendo Guitar Hero – Harmonix/RedOctane Hitman: Blood Money – IO Interactive/Eidos Interactive Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy – Traveller's Tales/LucasArts | Sports Fight Night Round 3 – EA Chicago/Electronic Arts 2006 FIFA World Cup – EA Canada/EA Sports Football Manager 2006 – Sports Interactive/Sega MotoGP '06 – Climax Racing/THQ Pro Evolution Soccer 6 – Konami/Konami Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis – Rockstar San Diego/Rockstar Games |
| Gameplay (Sponsored by Nokia N-Gage) Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy – Traveller's Tales/LucasArts Guitar Hero – Harmonix/RedOctane LocoRoco – Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft We Love Katamari – Namco/Namco | Strategy Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War – Stainless Steel Studios and Midway Games San Diego/Midway Games Age of Empires: The Age of Kings – Backbone Entertainment/Majesco Entertainment Civilization IV – Firaxis Games/2K Games Football Manager 2006 – Sports Interactive/Sega Medieval II: Total War – Creative Assembly/Sega Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft |
| Gamers' Award (Sponsored by Nokia N-Gage) 24: The Mobile Game – I-play Civilization for N-Gage – MPS Labs/MicroProse Diner Dash – Gamelab/PlayFirst Lemmings – DMA Design/Psygnosis Namco Classics Pac-Man – Namco/Namco Platinum Sudoku – Gameloft/Gameloft and Ubisoft The Sims – Maxis/Electronic Arts Sonic the Hedgehog Part One – Sonic Team/Sega Tetris Mania – EA Mobile/Electronic Arts Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? – Jellyvision/Buena Vista Games | Technical Achievement (Sponsored by Skillset) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft Battlefield 2: Modern Combat – Digital Illusions CE/Electronic Arts Black – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Burnout Revenge – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Just Cause – Avalanche Studios/Eidos Interactive Shadow of the Colossus – Team Ico and Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment |