9th British Academy Games Awards


The 9th British Academy Video Game Awards awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, is an award ceremony that was held on 5 March 2013 in the London Hilton on Park Lane. The ceremony honoured achievement in video gaming in 2012 and was hosted by Dara Ó Briain. This was the first ceremony to introduce the award for British Game, and has been present in every ceremony thus far.

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown first in bold.

  • Far Cry 3 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *' – IO Interactive/Square Enix
  • *' – Treyarch/Activision
  • *Halo 4 – 343 Industries/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *Mass Effect 3 – BioWare/Electronic Arts
  • *Borderlands 2 – Gearbox Software/2K Games
  • The Walking Dead – Telltale Games/Telltale Games
  • *LittleBigPlanet PS VitaDouble Eleven and Tarsier Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *The Room – Fireproof Games
  • *New Star Soccer – New Star Games/New Star Games
  • *Incoboto – Dene Carter
  • *Super Monsters Ate My Condo – Adult Swim/PikPok
  • Journey – Matt Nava, Aaron Jessie, thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *The Room – Robert Dodd, Mark Hamilton, Fireproof Games
  • *Halo 4 – Scott Warner, Kenneth Scott, 343 Industries/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *Dear EstherRobert Briscoe, The Chinese Room/The Chinese Room
  • *Borderlands 2 – Jeramy Cooke, Gearbox Software/2K Games
  • *Far Cry 3 – Jean-Alexis Doyon, Vincent Jean, Genseki Tanaka, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • SongPop – FreshPlanet
  • *The Settlers Online – Blue Byte/Ubisoft
  • *Merlin: The Game – Bobbs Studios
  • *RuneScape – Jagex/Jagex
  • *Amateur Surgeon Hospital – Mediatonic
  • *Dick and Dom’s HOOPLA! – Team Cooper
  • Journey – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Far Cry 3 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *Beat Sneak BanditSimogo
  • *Halo 4 – 343 Industries/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *Assassin's Creed III – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *Dear Esther – The Chinese Room/The Chinese Room
  • Journey – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Assassin's Creed III – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *' – Treyarch/Activision
  • *' – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts
  • *Halo 4 – 343 Industries/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *Borderlands 2 – Gearbox Software/2K Games
  • Dishonored – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks
  • *Far Cry 3 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *FIFA 13 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts
  • *Journey – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Mass Effect 3 – BioWare/Electronic Arts
  • *The Walking Dead – Telltale Games/Telltale Games
  • Journey – Austin Wintory, thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Diablo IIIRussell Brower, Derek Duke, Glenn Stafford, Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
  • *Assassin's Creed IIILorne Balfe, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *Thomas Was Alone – David Housden, Mike Bithell
  • *The Unfinished Swan – Joel Corelitz, Giant Sparrow and SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *The Walking Dead – Jared Emerson-Johnson, Telltale Games/Telltale Games
  • The Room – Fireproof Games
  • *' – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts
  • *Forza Horizon – Playground Games/Microsoft Studios
  • *Dear Esther – The Chinese Room/The Chinese Room
  • *Super HexagonTerry Cavanagh
  • *Lego The Lord of the Rings – Traveller's Tales/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • Danny Wallace Thomas Was Alone as the Narrator
  • *Nolan North – ' as Nathan Drake
  • *Melissa Hutchison – The Walking Dead as Clementine
  • *Dave Fennoy – The Walking Dead as Lee Everett
  • *Adrian Hough – Assassin's Creed III as Haytham Kenway
  • *Nigel Carrington – Dear Esther as the Narrator
  • The Unfinished Swan – Giant Sparrow and SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Deadlight – Tequila Works/ Microsoft Studios
  • *Forza Horizon – Playground Games/Microsoft Studios
  • *Dear Esther – The Chinese Room/The Chinese Room
  • *The Room – Fireproof Games
  • *Proteus – Ed Key, David Kanaga
  • New Star Soccer – New Star Games/New Star Games
  • *Forza Horizon – Playground Games/Microsoft Studios
  • *F1 2012 – Codemasters/Codemasters
  • *FIFA 13 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts
  • *Nike+ Kinect Training – Sumo Digital/Microsoft Studios
  • *Trials Evolution – RedLynx and Ubisoft Shanghai/Microsoft Studios
  • – Traveller's Tales/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • *' – Mojang/Microsoft Studios
  • *Just Dance 4 – Ubisoft/Ubisoft
  • *' – Toys for Bob/Activision and Vivendi Games
  • *Clay Jam – Fat Pebble/Zynga
  • *Lego The Lord of the Rings – Traveller's Tales/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • The Walking Dead – Sean Vanaman, Mark Darin, Gary Whitta, Telltale Games/Telltale Games
  • *Journey – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Far Cry 3Jeffrey Yohalem, Lucien Soulban, Li Kuo, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *Thomas Was Alone – Mike Bithell
  • *Mass Effect 3 – Mac Walters, BioWare/Electronic Arts
  • *Dishonored – Harvey Smith, Austin Grossman, Terri Brosius, Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks
  • Journey – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Dishonored – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks
  • *Far Cry 3 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *' – Firaxis Games/2K Games
  • *Borderlands 2 – Gearbox Software/2K Games
  • *The Walking Dead – Telltale Games/Telltale Games
  • – Firaxis Games/2K Games
  • *Dark Souls: Prepare to Die – FromSoftware/Namco Bandai Games
  • *Diablo III – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
  • *Great Big War Game – Rubicon Developments
  • *' – The Creative Assembly/Sega
  • *Football Manager 2013 – Sports Interactive/Sega
  • The Unfinished Swan – Giant Sparrow and SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Fez – Polytron Corporation/Trapdoor
  • *' – Treyarch/Activision
  • *' – SCE London Studio/SCE London Studio
  • *Journey – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Kinect Sesame Street TV – Microsoft Studios and Soho Productions/Microsoft Studios
  • Starcrossed – Kajak Games
  • *Project Thanatos – Raptor Games
  • *Pixel Story – Lamplight Studios
  • Academy Fellowship

  • Gabe Newell

    Games with multiple nominations and wins

  • Nominations

    Wins