2ª edizione dei British Academy Video Game Awards

La seconda edizione dei British Academy Video Games Awards, premiazione istituita dalla British Academy of Film and Television Arts, si è tenuta il 1 marzo 2005. La cerimonia ha premiato i migliori videogiochi degli anni 2003 e 2004. Half-Life 2 è stato il gioco più premiato della serata, ottenendo ben sei riconoscimenti su otto candidature.

Vincitori e candidati

Miglior Gioco d'Azione

• Half-Life 2 – Valve Corporation/Valve Corporation

• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
• Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
• Metroid Prime 2: Echoes – Retro Studios and Nintendo/Nintendo
• Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal – Insomniac Games/Sony Computer Entertainment
• The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay – Starbreeze Studios and Tigon Studios/Vivendi Universal Games

Miglior Colonna Sonora

• Hitman: Contracts – Jesper Kyd, IO Interactive/Eidos Interactive

• Evil Genius – James Hannigan
• Fable – Danny Elfman and Russell Shaw, Big Blue Box Studios and Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studios
• Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone – Stormfront Studios and Zono Inc./Atari
• Harry Potter e il Prigioniero di Azkban – Jeremy Soule, Griptonite Games, KnowWonder and EA UK/Electronic Arts
• Rome: Total War – Jeff van Dyck, The Creative Assembly/SEGA

Miglior Animazione

• Half-Life 2 – Valve Corporation/Valve Corporation

• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
• Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
• Jak 3 – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
• Killzone – Guerrilla Games/Sony Computer Entertainment
• Onimusha 3: Demon Siege – Capcom/Capcom

Miglior Gioco Originale

• SingStar/SingStar Party – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment

• Animal Crossing – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
• Donkey Konga – Namco/Nintendo
• Fable – Big Blue Box Studios and Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studios
• Second Sight – Free Radical Design/Codemasters
• Sid Meier's Pirates! – Firaxis Games/Atari

Miglior Direzione Artistica

• Half-Life 2 – Valve Corporation/Valve Corporation

• Burnout 3: Takedown – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts
• Doom 3 – id Software/Activision
• Killzone – Guerrilla Games/Sony Computer Entertainment
• Onimusha 3: Demon Siege – Capcom/Capcom
• Prince of Persia: Warrior Within – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft

Miglior Gioco per PC

• Half-Life 2 – Valve Corporation/Valve Corporation

• Doom 3 – id Software/Activision
• Far Cry – Crytek/Ubisoft
• Myst IV: Revelation – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
• Rome: Total War – The Creative Assembly/SEGA
• The Sims 2 – Maxis/Electronic Arts

Miglior Sonoro

• Call of Duty: Finest Hour – Spark Unlimited/Activision

• Doom 3 – id Software/Activision
• DJ Decks & FX: House Edition – Relentless Software/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
• Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone – Stormfront Studios and Zono Inc./Atari
• Manhunt – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
• SingStar/SingStar Party – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment

Miglior Gioco per PS2

• Burnout 3: Takedown – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts

• Call of Duty: Finest Hour – Spark Unlimited/Activision
• EyeToy: Play 2 – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
• SingStar/SingStar Party – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 – Red Storm Entertainment/Ubisoft

Gioco dell'Anno

• Half-Life 2 – Valve Corporation/Valve Corporation

• FIFA Football 2005 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts
• Football Manager 2005 – Sports Interactive/SEGA
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
• Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
• Pro Evolution Soccer 4 – Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo/Konami

Miglior Gioco di Corse

• Burnout 3: Takedown – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts

• FlatOut – Bugbear Entertainment/Empire Interactive
• Mario Kart: Double Dash – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
• Need for Speed: Underground 2 – EA Black Box/Electronic Arts
• RalliSport Challenge 2 – Digital Illusions CE/Microsoft Game Studios
• WRC 4 – Evolution Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Miglior Gioco per Bambini

• Donkey Konga – Namco/Nintendo

• EyeToy: Groove – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
• EyeToy: Play 2 – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
• Shrek 2 – Luxoflux/Activision
• SingStar/SingStar Party – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
• Sly 2: La banda dei ladri – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Computer Entertainment

Miglior Gioco Sportivo

• Pro Evolution Soccer 4 – Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo/Konami

• FIFA Football 2005 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts
• Mario Golf: Advance Tour – Camelot Software Planning/Nintendo
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 – EA Sports/Electronic Arts
• Tony Hawk's Underground 2 – Neversoft/Activision
• WRC 4 – Evolution Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Miglior Gioco per GameCube

• Prince of Persia: Warrior Within – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft

• Donkey Konga – Namco/Nintendo
• Mario Kart: Double Dash – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
• Metroid Prime 2: Echoes – Retro Studios and Nintendo/Nintendo
• Second Sight – Free Radical Design/Codemasters
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 – EA Sports/Electronic Arts

Sunday Times Reader Award for Games

• Football Manager 2005 – Sports Interactive/SEGA

• FIFA Football 2005 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
• Half-Life 2 – Valve Corporation/Valve Corporation
• Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
• Pro Evolution Soccer 4 – Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo/Konami

Miglior Gioco Handheld

• Colin McRae Rally 2005 – Codemasters/Codemasters

• Fire Emblem – Intelligent Systems/Nintendo
• Harry Potter e il Prigioniero di Azkban – Griptonite Games/Electronic Arts
• Pokémon Rosso Fuoco e Verde Foglia – Game Freak/The Pokémon Company
• Star Wars Trilogy – Traveller's Tales/LucasArts
• The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap – Capcom and Flagship/Nintendo

Miglior Direzione Tecnica

• Burnout 3: Takedown – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts

• Doom 3 – id Software/Activision
• EyeToy: Play 2 – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
• Half-Life 2 – Valve Corporation/Valve Corporation
• Metroid Prime 2: Echoes – Retro Studios and Nintendo/Nintendo
• Pikmin 2 – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo

Miglior Gioco per Mobile

• BlueTooth BiPlanes – Morpheme Wireless Ltd/Morpheme Wireless Ltd

• 3D Pool – 3R Studio/3R Studio
• Ancient Empires – Macrospace/Macrospace
• Colin McRae Rally 2005 – Codemasters/Codemasters
• Fatal Force: Earth Assault – Macrospace/Macrospace
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 – EA Sports/Electronic Arts

Miglior Gioco per Xbox

• Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios

• Burnout 3: Takedown – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts
• Fable – Big Blue Box Studios and Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studios
• Grand Theft Auto: Double Pack – Rockstar North and Rockstar Vienna/Rockstar Games
• The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay – Starbreeze Studios and Tigon Studios/Vivendi Universal Games
• Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 – Red Storm Entertainment/Ubisoft

Miglior Online Multiplayer

• Half-Life 2 – Valve Corporation/Valve Corporation

• Burnout 3: Takedown – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts
• Far Cry – Crytek/Ubisoft
• Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
• Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal – Insomniac Games/Sony Computer Entertainment
• Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow – Ubisoft Shanghai and Ubisoft Milan/Ubisoft

Premio Speciale

• Sam Houser
• Leslie Benzies

Collegamenti esterni

• (EN) Sito della 2ª edizione dei British Academy Video Game Awards, su awards.bafta.org.