British Academy Games Award for Artistic Achievement
| British Academy Games Award for Artistic Achievement | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | The best visual art in a game. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| Currently held by | Alan Wake 2 |
| Website | www |
The British Academy Video Games Award for Artistic Achievement is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). It is given "for demonstrating exceptional visual art across all genres".[1]
The award was first presented at the 2nd British Academy Games Awards in 2005 to Half-Life 2 under the name Art Direction. The following year it was awarded as Artistic Achievement and has been presented under that name ever since. As developers, Ubisoft Montreal hold the record for most nominations, with seven, as well as most nominations without a win. Media Molecule and Thatgamecompany are the only developers to have won the category twice. The most nominated publishers are Sony Interactive Entertainment, who have thirty three and six wins. Electronic Arts and Xbox Game Studios are tied for most nominations without a win, with seven.
The current holder of the award is Alan Wake 2 by Remedy Entertainment, which won at the 20th British Academy Games Awards in 2024.
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 |
- Note: The games that don't have recipients on the table had Development Team credited on the awards page.
Multiple nominations and wins
Developers
| Developer | Nominations | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| Ubisoft Montreal | 7 | 0 |
| Naughty Dog | 6 | 0 |
| Santa Monica Studio | 5 | 1 |
| Media Molecule | 4 | 2 |
| Capcom | 3 | 0 |
| Insomniac Games | 3 | 0 |
| Japan Studio | 3 | 0 |
| Quantic Dream | 3 | 0 |
| Rocksteady Studios | 3 | 0 |
| Bethesda Game Studios | 2 | 0 |
| CD Projekt RED | 2 | 0 |
| Criterion Games | 2 | 0 |
| Guerrilla Games | 2 | 0 |
| Infinity Ward | 2 | 0 |
| Kojima Productions | 2 | 0 |
| Ninja Theory | 2 | 1 |
| Playdead | 2 | 1 |
| Remedy Entertainment | 2 | 1 |
| Simogo | 2 | 1 |
| Thatgamecompany | 2 | 2 |
| The Chinese Room | 2 | 0 |
| Valve | 2 | 0 |
Publishers
| Publisher | Nominations | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| Sony Computer/Interactive Entertainment | 33 | 6 |
| Ubisoft | 9 | 1 |
| Electronic Arts | 7 | 0 |
| Microsoft/Xbox Game Studios | 7 | 0 |
| Activision | 4 | 0 |
| Annapurna Interactive | 4 | 2 |
| Bethesda Softworks | 4 | 0 |
| Capcom | 4 | 1 |
| 2k Games | 3 | 0 |
| Bandai Namco Games | 3 | 0 |
| Bethesda Softworks | 4 | 0 |
| Warner Bros Interactive | 3 | 0 |
| 505 Games | 2 | 0 |
| CD Projekt | 2 | 0 |
| Eidos Interactive | 2 | 0 |
| Konami | 2 | 0 |
| Valve | 2 | 0 |
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