3rd British Academy Games Awards


The 3rd British Academy Video Games Awards, 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.

  • – Nintendo SPD/Nintendo
  • *Electroplankton – indieszero/Nintendo
  • *Guitar Hero – Harmonix/RedOctane
  • *LocoRoco – SCE Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Shadow of the Colossus – Team Ico and SCE Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *We Love Katamari – Namco/Namco
  • Shadow of the Colossus – Team Ico and SCE Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Black – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts
  • *' – IO Interactive/Eidos Interactive
  • *LocoRoco – SCE Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *' – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks
  • *We Love Katamari – Namco/Namco
  • Dungeons and Dragons Online: Stormreach – Turbine/Atari
  • *2006 FIFA World Cup – EA Canada/EA Sports
  • *' – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
  • *' – Digital Illusions CE/Electronic Arts
  • *Guild Wars Factions – ArenaNet/NCSOFT
  • *Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft
  • Electroplankton – indieszero/Nintendo
  • *Black – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts
  • *LocoRoco – SCE Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft
  • *' – Crystal Dynamics/Eidos Interactive
  • *We Love Katamari – Namco/Namco
  • – Troels Brun Folmann, Crystal Dynamics/Eidos Interactive
  • *' – Koichi Sugiyama, Level-5/Square Enix
  • *LocoRoco – Nobuyuki Shimizu and Kemmei Adachi, SCE Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Shadow of the Colossus – Kow Otani, SCE Japan Studio and Team Ico/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *' – Jeremy Soule, Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks
  • *The Movies – Lionhead Studios/Activision
  • – Relentless Software/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
  • *' – Nintendo SPD/Nintendo
  • *Electroplankton – indieszero/Nintendo
  • *Guitar Hero – Harmonix/RedOctane
  • *LocoRoco – SCE Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *SingStar Rocks! – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • Psychonauts – Double Fine Productions/Majesco Entertainment
  • *' – SCE Studio Cambridge/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
  • *Rogue Trooper – Rebellion Developments/Eidos Interactive
  • *' – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks
  • *Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks
  • *' – Crystal Dynamics/Eidos Interactive
  • LocoRoco
  • *Agent 47
  • *Han Solo
  • *Lara Croft
  • *Rogue
  • 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
  • *' – Atlus/Atlus
  • LocoRoco – SCE Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Daxter – Ready at Dawn/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *' – Eurocom/Sierra Entertainment, Fox Interactive and Vivendi Universal Games
  • *' – Traveller's Tales/LucasArts
  • *New Super Mario Bros. – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
  • *We Love Katamari – Namco/Namco
  • Guitar Hero – Harmonix/RedOctane
  • *B-Boy – FreeStyleGames/Evolved Games
  • *Reservoir Dogs – Volatile Games/Eidos Interactive
  • *SingStar Rocks! – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft
  • *Black – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts
  • *' – Nintendo SPD/Nintendo
  • *Guitar Hero – Harmonix/RedOctane
  • *' – IO Interactive/Eidos Interactive
  • *' – Traveller's Tales/LucasArts
  • 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
  • – Traveller's Tales/LucasArts
  • *Guitar Hero – Harmonix/RedOctane
  • *LocoRoco – SCE Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *' – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks
  • *Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft
  • *We Love Katamari – Namco/Namco
  • – Stainless Steel Studios and Midway Games San Diego/Midway Games
  • *' – Backbone Entertainment/Majesco Entertainment
  • *Civilization IV – Firaxis Games/2K Games
  • *Football Manager 2006 – Sports Interactive/Sega
  • *' – Creative Assembly/Sega
  • *Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft
  • – 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
  • Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft
  • * – 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 SCE Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment

    • Games with multiple nominations and wins

    Nominations

    Wins