8th British Academy Games Awards


The 8th British Academy Video Game Awards awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, was an award ceremony held on 16 March 2012 in the London Hilton. The ceremony honoured achievement in video gaming in 2011 and was hosted by Dara Ó Briain.

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown first in bold.

  • – Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • *' – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *' – Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision
  • *' – Eidos Montréal/Square Enix
  • *Portal 2 – Valve/Valve
  • *' – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • Monstermind – Bossa Studios/Bossa Studios
  • *Gardens of Time – Playdom/Playdon
  • *I Am Playr – We R Interactive/Big Balls Productions
  • *Global Resistance – Insomniac Games/Insomniac Games
  • *Skylanders: Spyro’s Universe – Frima Studio/Activision
  • *The Sims Social – Playfish/Electronic Arts
  • Rayman Origins – Ubisoft
  • *' – Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • *L.A. Noire – Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
  • *LittleBigPlanet 2Media Molecule
  • *' – Bethesda Game Studios
  • *' – Naughty Dog
  • Battlefield 3 – EA DICE/Electronic Arts
  • *' – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *' – Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision
  • *Dark Souls – FromSoftware/Namco Bandai Games
  • *Gears of War 3 – Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *LittleBigPlanet 2 – Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
  • Battlefield 3 – EA DICE/Electronic Arts
  • *' – Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • *' – Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision
  • *Dead Space 2 – Visceral Games/Electronic Arts
  • *The Nightjar – Somethin' Else/Somethin' Else
  • *' – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • L.A. Noire – Andrew Hale, Simon Hale, Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
  • *' – Jesper Kyd, Lorne Balfe, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *' – Nick Arundel, Ron Fish, Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • *' – Michael McCann, Eidos Montréal/Square Enix
  • *' – Jeremy Soule, Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks
  • *' – Greg Edmonson, Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • Portal 2 – Valve/Valve
  • *' – Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • *FIFA 12 – EA Canada/EA Sports
  • *L.A. Noire – Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
  • *' – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks
  • *' – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
  • Mark Hamill as The Joker
  • *Aaron Staton – L.A. Noire as Cole Phelps
  • *Nolan North – ' as Nathan Drake
  • *Stephen Fry – LittleBigPlanet 2
  • *Stephen Merchant – Portal 2 as Wheatley
  • *Togo Igawa – ' as Dipolomat, Advisor and Military General
  • Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet – Shadow Planet Productions/Microsoft Studios
  • *Bastion – Supergiant Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • *Eufloria – Alex May, Rudolf Kremers, Brian Grainger, Omni Systems Limited/Headup Games
  • *L.A. Noire – Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
  • *Monstermind – Bossa Studios/Bossa Studios
  • *Rift – Trion Worlds/Trion Worlds
  • Rare and BigPark/Microsoft Studios
  • *Dance Central 2 – Harmonix/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *DiRT 3 – Codemasters/Codemasters
  • *F1 2011 – Codemasters/Codemasters
  • *FIFA 12 – EA Canada/EA Sports
  • *' – Ubisoft/Ubisoft
  • Portal 2 – Valve/Valve
  • *' – Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • *L.A. Noire – Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
  • *LittleBigPlanet 2 – Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
  • *Super Mario 3D LandNintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo
  • *' – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks
  • Portal 2 – Erik Wolpaw, Jay Pinkerton, Chet Faliszek, Valve/Valve
  • *' – Paul Dini, Paul Crocker, Sefton Hill, Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • *' – Mary DeMarle, Eidos Montréal/Square Enix
  • *L.A. Noire – Brendan McNamara, Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
  • *' – Emil Pagliarulo, Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks
  • *' – Amy Hennig, Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • LittleBigPlanet 2 – Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
  • *Dance Central 2 – Harmonix/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *' – Rare and BigPark/Microsoft Studios
  • *' – Traveller's Tales/Disney Interactive Studios
  • *' – Traveller's Tales/LucasArts
  • *Mario Kart 7 – Nintendo EAD Group No. 1 and Retro Studios/Nintendo
  • – Creative Assembly/Sega
  • *Dark Souls – FromSoftware/Namco Bandai Games
  • *' – Eidos Montréal/Square Enix
  • *Football Manager 2012 – Sports Interactive/Sega
  • *From Dust – Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft
  • *' – Ubisoft Sofia/Ubisoft
  • LittleBigPlanet 2 – Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
  • *Bastion – Supergiant Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • *Child of Eden – Q Entertainment/Ubisoft
  • *From Dust – Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft
  • *L.A. Noire – Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
  • *' – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
  • Tick Tock Toys – Swallowtail Games
  • *Joust – Digital Knights
  • *Dreamweaver – Evolved Ape
  • Peggle HDPopCap Games
  • *Dead Space iOS – IronMonkey Studios/Electronic Arts
  • *Magnetic Billiards: BlueprintSte and John Pickford
  • *Quarrel – Denki/UTV Ignition Entertainment
  • *Super Mario 3D Land – Nintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo
  • *The Nightjar – Somethin' Else/Somethin' Else
  • Battlefield 3 – EA DICE/Electronic Arts
  • *' – Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • *' – Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision
  • *FIFA 12 – EA Canada/EA Sports
  • *L.A. Noire – Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
  • *' – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
  • *Minecraft – Mojang/Mojang
  • *Portal 2 – Valve/Valve
  • *' – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks
  • * – Naughty Dog, Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • Special

  • Markus Persson

    Multiple nominations and wins

  • Games with multiple nominations and wins

    Nominations

    Wins