9th British Academy Games Awards

9th British Academy Games Awards
9th British Academy Games Awards
Date	5 March 2013
Location	London Hilton
Hosted by	Dara Ó Briain
Best Game	Dishonored
Most awards	Journey (5)
Most nominations	Journey (8)

The 9th British Academy Video Game Awards awarded by the

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.

Action Far Cry 3 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Hitman: Absolution – IO Interactive/Square Enix Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Treyarch/Activision Microsoft Game Studios Mass Effect 3 – BioWare/Electronic Arts 2K Games	Mobile & Handheld The Walking Dead – Telltale Games /Telltale Games Sony Computer Entertainment Fireproof Games New Star Soccer – New Star Games/New Star Games Incoboto – Dene Carter Super Monsters Ate My Condo – Adult Swim/PikPok
Artistic Achievement *Sony Computer Entertainment* Fireproof Games Microsoft Game Studios Dear Esther – Robert Briscoe, The Chinese Room/The Chinese Room 2K Games Far Cry 3 – Jean-Alexis Doyon, Vincent Jean, Genseki Tanaka, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft	Online – Browser SongPop – FreshPlanet Blue Byte/Ubisoft Merlin: The Game – Bobbs Studios RuneScape – Jagex/Jagex Amateur Surgeon Hospital – Mediatonic Dick and Dom’s HOOPLA! – Team Cooper
Audio Achievement *Sony Computer Entertainment* Far Cry 3 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Beat Sneak Bandit – Simogo Microsoft Game Studios Assassin's Creed III – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Dear Esther – The Chinese Room/The Chinese Room	Online Multiplayer *Sony Computer Entertainment* Assassin's Creed III – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Treyarch/Activision Need for Speed: Most Wanted – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Microsoft Game Studios 2K Games
Best Game Dishonored – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks Far Cry 3 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft EA Canada/Electronic Arts Sony Computer Entertainment Mass Effect 3 – BioWare/Electronic Arts The Walking Dead – Telltale Games /Telltale Games	Original Music *Sony Computer Entertainment* Diablo III – Russell Brower, Derek Duke, Glenn Stafford, Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment Assassin's Creed III – Lorne Balfe, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Thomas Was Alone – David Housden, Mike Bithell The Unfinished Swan – Joel Corelitz, Giant Sparrow and Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment The Walking Dead – Jared Emerson-Johnson, Telltale Games /Telltale Games
British Game *Fireproof Games* Need for Speed: Most Wanted – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Microsoft Studios Dear Esther – The Chinese Room/The Chinese Room Super Hexagon – Terry Cavanagh Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment	Performer Danny Wallace – *Thomas Was Alone* as the Narrator Nathan Drake 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
Debut Game The Unfinished Swan – Giant Sparrow and Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Microsoft Studios Microsoft Studios Dear Esther – The Chinese Room/The Chinese Room Fireproof Games Proteus – Ed Key, David Kanaga	Sports/Fitness New Star Soccer – New Star Games/New Star Games Microsoft Studios F1 2012 – Codemasters/Codemasters EA Canada/Electronic Arts Microsoft Studios Ubisoft Shanghai /Microsoft Studios
Family *Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment* Microsoft Studios Just Dance 4 – Ubisoft/Ubisoft Skylanders: Giants – Toys for Bob/Activision and Vivendi Games Clay Jam – Fat Pebble/Zynga Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment	Story The Walking Dead – Sean Vanaman, Mark Darin, Gary Whitta, Telltale Games /Telltale Games Sony Computer Entertainment Far Cry 3 – Jeffrey 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
Game Design *Sony Computer Entertainment* Dishonored – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks Far Cry 3 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft 2K Games Borderlands 2 – Gearbox Software/2K Games The Walking Dead – Telltale Games /Telltale Games	Strategy *2K Games* 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
Game Innovation The Unfinished Swan – Giant Sparrow and Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Polytron Corporation/Trapdoor Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Treyarch/Activision Wonderbook: Book of Spells – London Studio /London Studio Journey – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment Microsoft Studios and Soho Productions/Microsoft Studios	BAFTA Ones to Watch Award (in association with Dare to Be Digital) Starcrossed – Kajak Games Project Thanatos – Raptor Games Pixel Story – Lamplight Studios

Academy Fellowship

Gabe Newell

Games with multiple nominations and wins

Nominations

Nominations	Game
8	Journey
7	The Walking Dead
6	Far Cry 3
5	Dear Esther
4	Assassin's Creed III
	Borderlands 2
	Halo 4
	The Room
3	Call of Duty: Black Ops II
	Dishonored
	Forza Horizon
	Mass Effect 3
	The Unfinished Swan
	Thomas Was Alone
2	Diablo III
	FIFA 13
	Lego The Lord of the Rings
	Need for Speed: Most Wanted
	New Star Soccer
	XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Wins

Awards	Game
5	Journey
2	The Unfinished Swan
2	The Walking Dead

External links

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