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The British Academy Video Games Award for Artistic Achievement is an award presented annually by the
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). It is given "for demonstrating exceptional visual art across all genres".
[1]
The award was first presented at the
2nd British Academy Games Awards in 2005 to
Half-Life 2 under the name Art Direction . The following year it was awarded as Artistic Achievement and has been presented under that name ever since. As developers,
Ubisoft Montreal hold the record for most nominations, with seven, as well as most nominations without a win.
Media Molecule and
Thatgamecompany are the only developers to have won the category twice. The most nominated publishers are
Sony Interactive Entertainment , who have thirty three and six wins.
Electronic Arts and
Xbox Game Studios are tied for most nominations without a win, with seven.
The current holder of the award is
Tunic by
Finji , which won at the
19th British Academy Games Awards in 2023.
In the following table, the years are listed as per BAFTA convention, and generally correspond to the year of game release in the United Kingdom.
Table key
Indicates the winner
Year
Game
Recipient(s)
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
Ref.
2003 /
04
(2nd)
Half-Life 2
Valve
[2]
Burnout 3: Takedown
Criterion Games
Electronic Arts
Doom 3
id Software
Activision
Killzone
Guerrilla Games
Sony Computer Entertainment
Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
Capcom
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Ubisoft Montreal
Ubisoft
2005 /
06
(3rd)
Shadow of the Colossus
Team Ico and
Japan Studio
Sony Computer Entertainment
[3]
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
2006 /
07
(4th)
Ōkami
Atsushi Inaba
Clover Studio
Capcom
[4]
BioShock
2K Boston and
2K Australia
2K Games
Heavenly Sword
Ninja Theory
Sony Computer Entertainment
Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction
Insomniac Games
Skate
EA Black Box
Electronic Arts
Viva Piñata
Ryan Stevenson, Ed Bryan
Rare
Microsoft Game Studios
2007 /
08
(5th)
LittleBigPlanet
Kareem Ettouney, Mark Healey, Leo Cubbin
Media Molecule
Sony Computer Entertainment
[5]
[6]
Assassin's Creed
Jade Raymond, Patrice Desilets, Claude Langlais
Ubisoft Montreal
Ubisoft
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Infinity Ward
Activision
Dead Space
Visceral Games
Electronic Arts
Gears of War 2
Epic Games
Microsoft Game Studios
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Yoji Shinkawa
Konami
2009
(6th)
Flower
thatgamecompany
Sony Computer Entertainment
[7]
Assassin's Creed II
Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets
Ubisoft Montreal
Ubisoft
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Rocksteady Studios
Eidos Interactive and
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Infinity Ward
Activision
Street Fighter IV
Yoshinori Ono
Dimps and
Capcom
Capcom
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Naughty Dog
Sony Computer Entertainment
2010
(7th)
God of War III
Stig Asmussen, Ken Feldman, Cecil Kim
Santa Monica Studio
Sony Computer Entertainment
[8]
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Mohamed Gambouz
Ubisoft Montreal
Ubisoft
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Colin Whitney, Brian Anderson, Dominique Drozdz
Treyarch
Activision
Heavy Rain
David Cage, Guillaume de Fondaumiere, Scott Johnson
Quantic Dream
Sony Computer Entertainment
Limbo
Arnt Jensen, Morten Bramsen
Playdead
Microsoft Game Studios
Mass Effect 2
BioWare
Electronic Arts
2011
(8th)
Rayman Origins
Michel Ancel, Celine Tellier, Christophe Villez
Ubisoft
[9]
Batman: Arkham City
Rocksteady Studios
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
L.A. Noire
Ben Brudenell, Cheekin Chan, Simon Wood
Team Bondi
Rockstar Games
LittleBigPlanet 2
Media Molecule
Sony Computer Entertainment
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Naughty Dog
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Todd Howard
Bethesda Game Studios
Bethesda Softworks
2012
(9th)
Journey
thatgamecompany
Sony Computer Entertainment
[10]
The Room
Fireproof Games
Halo 4
343 Industries
Microsoft Game Studios
Dear Esther
Robert Briscoe
The Chinese Room
Borderlands 2
Randy Pitchford, Paul Hellquist, Jeramy Cooke
Gearbox Software
2K Games
Far Cry 3
Jean-Alexis Doyon, Genseki Tanaka, Vincent Jean
Ubisoft Montreal
Ubisoft
2013
(10th)
Tearaway
Tarsier Studios and
Media Molecule
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
[11]
BioShock Infinite
Scott Sinclair, Shawn Robertson, Stephen Alexander
Irrational Games
2K Games
Beyond: Two Souls
John Rostron, David Cage, Guillaume De Fondaumiere
Quantic Dream
Sony Computer Entertainment
The Last of Us
Naughty Dog
Device 6
Simogo
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Yoshiyuki Momose
Level-5
Bandai Namco Games
2014
(11th)
Lumino City
State of Play Games
[12]
[13]
Assassin's Creed Unity
Mohamed Gambouz, Patrick Limoges, Jean-Sébastien Guay
Ubisoft Montréal
Ubisoft
Far Cry 4
Jean-Alexis Doyon, David Wilkinson, Scott Mitchell
Valiant Hearts: The Great War
Paul Tumelaire, Ghislain Avrillon, Laurent Labouille
Ubisoft Montpellier
Hohokum
Honeyslug and
Santa Monica Studio
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Monument Valley
ustwo Games
2015
(12th)
Ori and the Blind Forest
Moon Studios
Microsoft Studios
[14]
[15]
Assassin's Creed Syndicate
Ubisoft Quebec
Ubisoft
Batman: Arkham Knight
Rocksteady Studios
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
The Chinese Room and
Santa Monica Studio
Sony Computer Entertainment
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Kojima Productions
Konami Digital Entertainment
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
CD Projekt Red
CD Projekt
2016
(13th)
Inside
Playdead
[16]
[17]
Abzû
Giant Squid Studios
505 Games
Dishonored 2
Arkane Studios
Bethesda Softworks
The Last Guardian
Japan Studio
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Naughty Dog
Unravel
Coldwood Interactive
Electronic Arts
2017
(
14th )
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Ninja Theory
[18]
Cuphead
StudioMDHR Entertainment
Gorogoa
Jason Roberts
Annapurna Interactive
Horizon Zero Dawn
Guerrilla Games
Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
Naughty Dog
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Nintendo EPD
Nintendo
2018
(
15th )
Return of the Obra Dinn
Lucas Pope
Lucas Pope
3909
[19]
Detroit: Become Human
Guillaume de Fondaumière, David Cage, John OBrien
Quantic Dream
Sony Interactive Entertainment
God of War
Santa Monica Studio
Marvel's Spider-Man
Insomniac Games
Gris
Nomada Studio
Devolver Digital
Red Dead Redemption 2
Rockstar Games
2019
(
16th )
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Simogo
Annapurna Interactive
[20]
[21]
Concrete Genie
Pixelopus
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Death Stranding
Kojima Productions
Control
Remedy Entertainment
505 Games
Disco Elysium
ZA/UM
Knights and Bikes
Rex Crowle, Moo Yu, Kenneth C M Young
Foam Sword
Double Fine Presents
2020
(
17th )
Hades
Jen Zee
Supergiant Games
[22]
[23]
Cyberpunk 2077
CD Projekt Red
CD Projekt
Dreams
Media Molecule
Sony Interactive Entertainment
The Last of Us Part II
Naughty Dog
Ghost of Tsushima
Jason Connell, Joanna Wang, Ian Jun Wei Chiew
Sucker Punch Productions
Half-Life: Alyx
Valve Corporation
2021
(
18th )
The Artful Escape
Beethoven & Dinosaur
Annapurna Interactive
[24]
[25]
It Takes Two
Hazelight Studios
Electronic Arts
Psychonauts 2
Double Fine
Xbox Game Studios
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Insomniac Games
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Returnal
Housemarque
Resident Evil Village
Capcom
2022
(
19th )
Tunic
Finji
[26]
[27]
Elden Ring
FromSoftware
Bandai Namco
God of War Ragnarök
Raf Grassetti, Dan McKim, Eric Valdes
Santa Monica
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Immortality
Doug Potts, Stephanie Reese, Kerry Hennessy
Half Mermaid Productions
Pentiment
Hannah Kennedy, Soojin Paek
Obsidian
Xbox Game Studios
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Asobo
Focus
Note : The games that don't have recipients on the table had Development Team credited on the awards page.
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