# 2ª edizione dei British Academy Video Game Awards

La seconda edizione dei British Academy Video Games Awards, premiazione istituita dalla British Academy of Film and Television Arts, si è tenuta il 1 marzo 2005. La cerimonia ha premiato i migliori videogiochi degli anni 2003 e 2004. Half-Life 2 è stato il gioco più premiato della serata, ottenendo ben sei riconoscimenti su otto candidature.

## Vincitori e candidati
### Miglior Gioco d'Azione

* Half-Life 2 – Valve Corporation/Valve Corporation
* Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
* Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
* Metroid Prime 2: Echoes – Retro Studios and Nintendo/Nintendo
* Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal – Insomniac Games/Sony Computer Entertainment
* The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay – Starbreeze Studios and Tigon Studios/Vivendi Universal Games

### Miglior Colonna Sonora

* Hitman: Contracts – Jesper Kyd, IO Interactive/Eidos Interactive
* Evil Genius – James Hannigan
* Fable – Danny Elfman and Russell Shaw, Big Blue Box Studios and Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studios
* Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone – Stormfront Studios and Zono Inc./Atari
* Harry Potter e il Prigioniero di Azkban – Jeremy Soule, Griptonite Games, KnowWonder and EA UK/Electronic Arts
* Rome: Total War – Jeff van Dyck, The Creative Assembly/SEGA

### Miglior Animazione

* Half-Life 2 – Valve Corporation/Valve Corporation
* Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
* Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
* Jak 3 – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Killzone – Guerrilla Games/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Onimusha 3: Demon Siege – Capcom/Capcom

### Miglior Gioco Originale

* SingStar/SingStar Party – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Animal Crossing – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
* Donkey Konga – Namco/Nintendo
* Fable – Big Blue Box Studios and Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studios
* Second Sight – Free Radical Design/Codemasters
* Sid Meier's Pirates! – Firaxis Games/Atari

### Miglior Direzione Artistica

* Half-Life 2 – Valve Corporation/Valve Corporation
* Burnout 3: Takedown – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts
* Doom 3 – id Software/Activision
* Killzone – Guerrilla Games/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Onimusha 3: Demon Siege – Capcom/Capcom
* Prince of Persia: Warrior Within – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft

### Miglior Gioco per PC

* Half-Life 2 – Valve Corporation/Valve Corporation
* Doom 3 – id Software/Activision
* Far Cry – Crytek/Ubisoft
* Myst IV: Revelation – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
* Rome: Total War – The Creative Assembly/SEGA
* The Sims 2 – Maxis/Electronic Arts

### Miglior Sonoro

* Call of Duty: Finest Hour – Spark Unlimited/Activision
* Doom 3 – id Software/Activision
* DJ Decks & FX: House Edition – Relentless Software/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
* Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone – Stormfront Studios and Zono Inc./Atari
* Manhunt – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
* SingStar/SingStar Party – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment

### Miglior Gioco per PS2

* Burnout 3: Takedown – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts
* Call of Duty: Finest Hour – Spark Unlimited/Activision
* EyeToy: Play 2 – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
* SingStar/SingStar Party – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 – Red Storm Entertainment/Ubisoft

### Gioco dell'Anno

* Half-Life 2 – Valve Corporation/Valve Corporation
* FIFA Football 2005 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts
* Football Manager 2005 – Sports Interactive/SEGA
* Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
* Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
* Pro Evolution Soccer 4 – Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo/Konami

### Miglior Gioco di Corse

* Burnout 3: Takedown – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts
* FlatOut – Bugbear Entertainment/Empire Interactive
* Mario Kart: Double Dash – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
* Need for Speed: Underground 2 – EA Black Box/Electronic Arts
* RalliSport Challenge 2 – Digital Illusions CE/Microsoft Game Studios
* WRC 4 – Evolution Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

### Miglior Gioco per Bambini

* Donkey Konga – Namco/Nintendo
* EyeToy: Groove – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
* EyeToy: Play 2 – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Shrek 2 – Luxoflux/Activision
* SingStar/SingStar Party – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Sly 2: La banda dei ladri – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Computer Entertainment

### Miglior Gioco Sportivo

* Pro Evolution Soccer 4 – Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo/Konami
* FIFA Football 2005 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts
* Mario Golf: Advance Tour – Camelot Software Planning/Nintendo
* Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 – EA Sports/Electronic Arts
* Tony Hawk's Underground 2 – Neversoft/Activision
* WRC 4 – Evolution Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

### Miglior Gioco per GameCube

* Prince of Persia: Warrior Within – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
* Donkey Konga – Namco/Nintendo
* Mario Kart: Double Dash – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
* Metroid Prime 2: Echoes – Retro Studios and Nintendo/Nintendo
* Second Sight – Free Radical Design/Codemasters
* Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 – EA Sports/Electronic Arts

### Sunday Times Reader Award for Games

* Football Manager 2005 – Sports Interactive/SEGA
* FIFA Football 2005 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts
* Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
* Half-Life 2 – Valve Corporation/Valve Corporation
* Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
* Pro Evolution Soccer 4 – Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo/Konami

### Miglior Gioco Handheld

* Colin McRae Rally 2005 – Codemasters/Codemasters
* Fire Emblem – Intelligent Systems/Nintendo
* Harry Potter e il Prigioniero di Azkban – Griptonite Games/Electronic Arts
* Pokémon Rosso Fuoco e Verde Foglia – Game Freak/The Pokémon Company
* Star Wars Trilogy – Traveller's Tales/LucasArts
* The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap – Capcom and Flagship/Nintendo

### Miglior Direzione Tecnica

* Burnout 3: Takedown – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts
* Doom 3 – id Software/Activision
* EyeToy: Play 2 – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Half-Life 2 – Valve Corporation/Valve Corporation
* Metroid Prime 2: Echoes – Retro Studios and Nintendo/Nintendo
* Pikmin 2 – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo

### Miglior Gioco per Mobile

* BlueTooth BiPlanes – Morpheme Wireless Ltd/Morpheme Wireless Ltd
* 3D Pool – 3R Studio/3R Studio
* Ancient Empires – Macrospace/Macrospace
* Colin McRae Rally 2005 – Codemasters/Codemasters
* Fatal Force: Earth Assault – Macrospace/Macrospace
* Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 – EA Sports/Electronic Arts

### Miglior Gioco per Xbox

* Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
* Burnout 3: Takedown – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts
* Fable – Big Blue Box Studios and Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studios
* Grand Theft Auto: Double Pack – Rockstar North and Rockstar Vienna/Rockstar Games
* The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay – Starbreeze Studios and Tigon Studios/Vivendi Universal Games
* Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 – Red Storm Entertainment/Ubisoft

### Miglior Online Multiplayer

* Half-Life 2 – Valve Corporation/Valve Corporation
* Burnout 3: Takedown – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts
* Far Cry – Crytek/Ubisoft
* Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
* Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal – Insomniac Games/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow – Ubisoft Shanghai and Ubisoft Milan/Ubisoft

### Premio Speciale

* Sam Houser
* Leslie Benzies