British Academy Games Award for Technical Achievement

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British Academy Games Award for Technology Achievement
Awarded for"The best innovation in gameplay or technology."
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBAFTA
First awarded2006
Currently held byHorizon Forbidden West
Websitewww.bafta.org/games

The British Academy Games Award for Technical Achievement (formerly, British Academy Games Award for Game Innovation) is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) as part of the

Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old is Your Brain?, developed and published by Nintendo.[1] 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.[2]

Since its inception, the award has been given to thirteen games. As a developer, Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development has a leading six nominations in the category, including two wins, tied with Media Molecule. Japan Studio holds the record for most nominations without a win, with four. Among publishers, Sony Interactive Entertainment has the most wins, with six. Xbox Game Studios are the publisher with the most nominations without a win, with five.

The current holder of the award is Horizon Forbidden West by Guerrilla Games and Sony Interactive Entertainment, which won at the 19th British Academy Games Awards in 2023.

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.

Table key
Indicates the winner
Year Game Developer(s) Publisher(s) Ref.
2006

(3rd)

Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?
 Nintendo SPD Nintendo [1]
Electroplankton indieszero Nintendo
Guitar Hero Harmonix RedOctane
LocoRoco Japan Studio
Sony Computer Entertainment
Shadow of the Colossus Team Ico, Japan Studio Sony Computer Entertainment
We Love Katamari Namco Namco
2007

(4th)

Wii Sports Nintendo EAD Nintendo [3]
Battlefield 2142
EA DICE
 Electronic Arts
Crackdown Realtime Worlds
Microsoft Game Studios
Guitar Hero II Harmonix Activision
World in Conflict Massive Entertainment Sierra Entertainment
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment
2011

(8th)

LittleBigPlanet 2 Media Molecule
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
 [4]
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
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Nintendo EAD Nintendo
2012

(9th)

The Unfinished Swan Giant Sparrow, Santa Monica Studio
Sony Computer Entertainment
 [5]
Fez
Polytron Corporation
 Trapdoor
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Treyarch Activision
Wonderbook: Book of Spells
 		London Studio London Studio
Journey thatgamecompany Sony Computer Entertainment
Kinect Sesame Street TV
Microsoft Studios
, Soho Productions 		Microsoft Studios
2013

(10th)

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons Starbreeze Studios 505 Games [6]
Grand Theft Auto V Rockstar North Rockstar Games
Papers, Please Lucas Pope, 3909 LLC 3909 LLC
The Stanley Parable Galactic Café Galactic Café
Tearaway Tarsier Studios, Media Molecule
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Year Walk Simogo Simogo
2014

(11th)

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter The Astronauts The Astronauts, Nordic Games [7]
80 Days
Inkle
 Inkle, Profile Books
Alien: Isolation The Creative Assembly Sega
Lumino City State of Play Games State of Play Games
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Monolith Productions
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Titanfall Respawn Entertainment Electronic Arts
2015

(12th)

Her Story Sam Barlow Sam Barlow [8]
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture The Chinese Room, Santa Monica Studio
Sony Computer Entertainment
Life Is Strange
Dontnod Entertainment
 Square Enix
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Kojima Productions
Konami Digital Entertainment
Splatoon Nintendo EAD Nintendo
Until Dawn Supermassive Games Sony Computer Entertainment
2016

(13th)

That Dragon, Cancer Numinous Games Numinous Games [9]
Batman: Arkham VR Rocksteady Studios
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Firewatch Campo Santo
Panic
Pokémon Go
Niantic
 Niantic
Unseen Diplomacy Triangular Pixels Triangulars Pixels
The Witness
Thekla, Inc.
 Thekla, Inc.
2017

(14th)

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Nintendo EPD
 Nintendo
Gorogoa Jason Roberts, Buried Signal Annapurna Interactive
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Ninja Theory Ltd Ninja Theory Ltd
NieR: Automata PlatinumGames Square Enix
Snipperclips SFB Games Nintendo
What Remains of Edith Finch Giant Sparrow Annapurna Interactive
2018

(15th)

Nintendo Labo
Nintendo EPD
 Nintendo
Astro Bot Rescue Mission Japan Studio Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
Celeste
Matt Makes Games Inc.
Matt Makes Games Inc.
Cultist Simulator Weather Factory Humble Bundle
Moss Polyarc Polyarc
Return of the Obra Dinn Lucas Pope 3909
2019

(16th)

Death Stranding Kojima Productions Sony Interactive Entertainment [10]
A Plague Tale: Innocence Asobo Studio
Focus Home Interactive
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Infinity Ward Activision
Control Remedy Entertainment 505 Games
Metro Exodus 4A Games Deep Silver
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice FromSoftware Activision
2020

(17th)

Dreams Media Molecule Sony Interactive Entertainment [11]
Demon's Souls Japan Studio Sony Interactive Entertainment
Doom Eternal id Software Bethesda Softworks
Microsoft Flight Simulator Asobo Studio Xbox Game Studios
The Last of Us Part II Naughty Dog Sony Interactive Entertainment
Spider-Man: Miles Morales Insomniac Games Sony Interactive Entertainment
2021

(18th)

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Insomniac Games Sony Interactive Entertainment [12]
Forza Horizon 5 Playground Games Xbox Game Studios
Hitman 3 IO Interactive
Psychonauts 2 Double Fine Xbox Game Studios
Resident Evil Village Capcom
Returnal
 		Housemarque Sony Interactive Entertainment
2022

(19th)

Horizon Forbidden West Guerrilla Sony Interactive Entertainment [13]
God of War Ragnarök Santa Monica Sony Interactive Entertainment
The Last of Us Part I Naughty Dog
Elden Ring FromSoftware Bandai Namco
Immortality Half Mermaid Productions
Stray
BlueTwelve
 Annapurna Interactive

Multiple nominations and wins

Developers

Developer Nominations Wins
Nintendo EAD
 6 2
Japan Studio 4 0
Media Molecule 3 2
Santa Monica Studio 3 1
Giant Sparrow 2 1
Harmonix 2 0
Insomniac Games 2 1
Kojima Productions 2 1
Lucas Pope 2 0
Naughty Dog 2 0

Publishers

Developer Nominations Wins
Sony Computer/Interactive Entertainment 19 6
Nintendo 8 4
Microsoft/Xbox Game Studios 5 0
Activision 4 0
Annapurna Interactive 3 0
Warner Bros Interactive
 3 0
3909 2 0
505 Games 2 1
Electronic Arts 2 0
Namco 2 0
Rockstar Games 2 0
Square Enix 2 0
Ubisoft 2 0

References

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  2. ^ Wales, Matt (September 9, 2019). "BAFTA announces new categories for 2020 video game awards, submissions now open". Eurogamer. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  3. ^ "Games in 2007 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
  4. ^ "Games in 2012 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
  5. ^ "Games in 2013 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
  6. ^ "Games in 2014 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
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  9. ^ "Games in 2017 | BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 2017-04-14.
  10. BAFTA
    . 3 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  11. ^ "2021 Games Technical Achievement". BAFTA Awards. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  12. ^ "2022 BAFTA Games Awards Winners". 3 March 2022.
  13. ^ "2023 BAFTA Games Awards: The Winners". BAFTA Games Awards. 30 March 2023. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
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