BAFTA first recognised video games and other interactive media at its inaugural BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards ceremony during 1998, the first major change of its rules since the admittance of television thirty years earlier.
BAFTA pertama kali mengakui permainan video dan media interaktif lainnya di ajang upacara perdana BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards pada tahun 1998, mengantarkan perubahan aturan pertama sejak masuk televisi tiga puluh tahun sebelumnya.