8th British Academy Games Awards

8th British Academy Games Awards
8th British Academy Games Awards
Date	16 March 2012
Location	London Hilton
Hosted by	Dara Ó Briain
Best Game	Portal 2
Most awards	Battlefield 3 & Portal 2 (3)
Most nominations	Batman: Arkham City & L.A. Noire (9)

The 8th British Academy Video Game Awards (known for the purposes of sponsorship as GAME British Academy Video Games Awards) awarded by the

video gaming in 2011 and was hosted by Dara Ó Briain

.

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown first in bold.

Action *Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment* Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision Eidos Montréal/Square Enix Portal 2 – Valve/Valve Sony Computer Entertainment	Online – Browser 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
Artistic Achievement Rayman Origins – Ubisoft Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment L.A. Noire – Team Bondi/Rockstar Games LittleBigPlanet 2 – Media Molecule The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Bethesda Game Studios Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – Naughty Dog	Online Multiplayer *EA DICE/Electronic Arts* Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision Namco Bandai Games Microsoft Game Studios Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Audio Achievement *EA DICE/Electronic Arts* Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision Dead Space 2 – Visceral Games/Electronic Arts The Nightjar – Somethin' Else/Somethin' Else Sony Computer Entertainment	Original Music L.A. Noire – Andrew Hale, Simon Hale, Team Bondi/Rockstar Games Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Jesper Kyd, Lorne Balfe, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Eidos Montréal/Square Enix The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Jeremy Soule, Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks Sony Computer Entertainment
Best Game Portal 2 – Valve/Valve Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment EA Canada/EA Sports L.A. Noire – Team Bondi/Rockstar Games The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo	Performer The Joker Aaron Staton – L.A. Noire as Cole Phelps Nathan Drake Stephen Fry – LittleBigPlanet 2 Stephen Merchant – Portal 2 as Wheatley Togo Igawa – Total War: Shogun 2 as Dipolomat, Advisor and Military General
Debut Game *Microsoft Studios* 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	Sports/Fitness *Microsoft Studios* Microsoft Game Studios DiRT 3 – Codemasters /Codemasters F1 2011 – Codemasters/Codemasters EA Canada/EA Sports Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012 – Ubisoft/Ubisoft
Design Portal 2 – Valve/Valve Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment L.A. Noire – Team Bondi/Rockstar Games Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Nintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks	Story Portal 2 – Erik Wolpaw, Jay Pinkerton, Chet Faliszek, Valve/Valve Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Eidos Montréal/Square Enix L.A. Noire – Brendan McNamara, Team Bondi/Rockstar Games The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Emil Pagliarulo, Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks Sony Computer Entertainment
Family *Sony Computer Entertainment Europe* Microsoft Game Studios Microsoft Studios Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game – Traveller's Tales/Disney Interactive Studios LucasArts Nintendo EAD Group No. 1 and Retro Studios/Nintendo	Strategy Total War: Shogun 2 – Creative Assembly/Sega Namco Bandai Games Eidos Montréal/Square Enix Football Manager 2012 – Sports Interactive/Sega From Dust – Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft Ubisoft Sofia /Ubisoft
Game Innovation *Sony Computer Entertainment Europe* Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Child of Eden – Q Entertainment/Ubisoft From Dust – Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft L.A. Noire – Team Bondi/Rockstar Games The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo	BAFTA Ones to Watch Award (in association with Dare to Be Digital) Tick Tock Toys – Swallowtail Games Joust – Digital Knights Dreamweaver – Evolved Ape
Mobile & Handheld Peggle HD – PopCap Games Dead Space iOS – IronMonkey Studios/Electronic Arts Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint – Ste and John Pickford UTV Ignition Entertainment Nintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo The Nightjar – Somethin' Else/Somethin' Else	GAME Award of 2011 *EA DICE/Electronic Arts* Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision EA Canada/EA Sports L.A. Noire – Team Bondi/Rockstar Games The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo Mojang /Mojang Portal 2 – Valve/Valve The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks Sony Computer Entertainment

Special

Markus Persson

Multiple nominations and wins

Games with multiple nominations and wins

Nominations

Nominations	Game
9	Batman: Arkham City
9	L.A. Noire
7	Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
6	LittleBigPlanet 2
	Portal 2
	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
4	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
4	Deus Ex: Human Revolution
3	Assassin's Creed: Revelations
	Battlefield 3
	FIFA 12
	The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
2	Bastion
	Dance Central 2
	Dark Souls
	From Dust
	Kinect Sports: Season Two
	Monstermind
	Super Mario 3D Land
	The Nightjar
	Total War: Shogun 2

Wins

Awards	Game
3	Battlefield 3
3	Portal 2
2	Batman: Arkham City
2	LittleBigPlanet 2

External links

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