British Academy Games Award for Technical Achievement
The British Academy Games Award for Technical Achievement is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts 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. 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.
Since its inception, the award has been given to eight games. As developers, Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development have won the most awards with two. It is also the most nominated developer with four awards. The most won publishers are Nintendo and Sony Computer Entertainment with two awards each. The most nominated publishers are Sony Computer Entertainment with eight. The most recent recipient of the award is Death Stranding, developed by Kojima Productions and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.
Winners and nominees
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
Developers
The following developers received two or more Game Innovation awards:| Wins | Developer |
| 2 | Nintendo EPD |
The following developers received two or more Game Innovation nominations:
| Nominations | Developer |
| 4 | Nintendo EPD |
| 2 | Harmonix |
| 2 | Media Molecule |
| 2 | SCE Japan Studio |
| 2 | SCE Santa Monica Studio |
Publishers
The following publishers received two or more Game Innovation awards:| Wins | Publisher |
| 2 | Nintendo |
| 2 | Sony Computer Entertainment |
The following publishers received two or more Game Innovation nominations:
| Nominations | Publisher |
| 8 | Sony Computer Entertainment |
| 5 | Nintendo |
| 4 | Annapurna Interactive |
| 3 | Activision |
| 3 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| 2 | 505 Games |
| 2 | Electronic Arts |
| 2 | Microsoft Studios |
| 2 | Rockstar Games |
| 2 | Ubisoft |