British Academy Games Award for Technical Achievement
| British Academy Games Award for Technology Achievement | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | "The best innovation in gameplay or technology." |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | BAFTA |
| First awarded | 2006 |
| Currently held by | Horizon Forbidden West |
| Website | www |
The British Academy Games Award for Technical Achievement (formerly, British Academy Games Award for Game Innovation) is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) as part of the British Academy Games Awards. It is given in honour of "the best innovation in gameplay or technology". The award was initially known as Innovation at the 3rd British Academy Games Awards ceremony, held in 2006, and was awarded to Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old is Your Brain?, developed and published by Nintendo.[1] The award was absent from ceremonies held in 2008 to 2010. before returning to the 8th ceremony held in 2011, under the name Game Innovation. For the 2020 awards, the category was renamed again for Technical Achievement as to encompass gameplay programming and visual engineering.[2]
Since its inception, the award has been given to thirteen games. As a developer, Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development has a leading six nominations in the category, including two wins, tied with Media Molecule. Japan Studio holds the record for most nominations without a win, with four. Among publishers, Sony Interactive Entertainment has the most wins, with six. Xbox Game Studios are the publisher with the most nominations without a win, with five.
The current holder of the award is Horizon Forbidden West by Guerrilla Games and Sony Interactive Entertainment, which won at the 19th British Academy Games Awards in 2023.
Winners and nominees
[edit]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.
| Indicates the winner |
Multiple nominations and wins
[edit]Developers
[edit]| Developer | Nominations | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| Nintendo SPD/Nintendo EAD | 6 | 2 |
| Japan Studio | 4 | 0 |
| Media Molecule | 3 | 2 |
| Santa Monica Studio | 3 | 1 |
| Giant Sparrow | 2 | 1 |
| Harmonix | 2 | 0 |
| Insomniac Games | 2 | 1 |
| Kojima Productions | 2 | 1 |
| Lucas Pope | 2 | 0 |
| Naughty Dog | 2 | 0 |
Publishers
[edit]| Developer | Nominations | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| Sony Computer/Interactive Entertainment | 19 | 6 |
| Nintendo | 8 | 4 |
| Microsoft/Xbox Game Studios | 5 | 0 |
| Activision | 4 | 0 |
| Annapurna Interactive | 3 | 0 |
| Warner Bros Interactive | 3 | 0 |
| 3909 | 2 | 0 |
| 505 Games | 2 | 1 |
| Electronic Arts | 2 | 0 |
| Namco | 2 | 0 |
| Rockstar Games | 2 | 0 |
| Square Enix | 2 | 0 |
| Ubisoft | 2 | 0 |
References
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- ^ Wales, Matt (September 9, 2019). "BAFTA announces new categories for 2020 video game awards, submissions now open". Eurogamer. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ^ "Games in 2007 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ "Games in 2012 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ "Games in 2013 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ "Games in 2014 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ "Games in 2015 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ "Games in 2016 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ "Games in 2017 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
- ^ "2020 BAFTA Games Awards: The Nominations". BAFTA. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "2021 Games Technical Achievement". BAFTA Awards. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "2022 BAFTA Games Awards Winners". 3 March 2022.
- ^ "2023 BAFTA Games Awards: The Winners". BAFTA Games Awards. 30 March 2023. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.