La quarta edizione dei British Academy Video Games Awards, premiazione istituita dalla British Academy of Film and Television Arts, si è tenuta il 23 ottobre 2007 all'interno del Battersea Park di Londra, ed è stata condotta da Vic Reeves. La cerimonia ha premiato i migliori videogiochi degli anni 2006 e 2007. Wii Sports è stato il gioco più premiato della serata, ottenendo ben sei riconoscimenti su sette candidature, eguagliando il record di vittorie di Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2003) e di Half-Life 2 (2004). BioShock è stato premiato come Gioco dell'anno.
Vincitori e candidati
Miglior Gioco d'azione e d'avventura Crackdown – Realtime Worlds/Microsoft Game Studios
Gears of War – Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios God of War II – SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment The Orange Box – Valve Corporation/Valve Corporation Ratchet & Clank: Armi di distruzione – Insomniac Games/Sony Computer Entertainment The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
Miglior Gioco di Sport Wii Sports – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
Colin McRae: Dirt – Codemasters/Codemasters Football Manager 2008 – Sports Interactive/SEGA FIFA 08 – EA Canada/EA Sports MotorStorm – Evolution Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment Virtua Tennis 3 – Sega and Sumo Digital/Sega
Miglior Direzione Artistica Ōkami – Clover Studio/Capcom
BioShock – 2K Boston and 2K Australia/2K Games Heavenly Sword – Ninja Theory/Sony Computer Entertainment Ratchet & Clank: Armi di distruzione – Insomniac Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Skate – EA Black Box/Electronic Arts Viva Piñata – Rare/Microsoft Game Studios
Miglior Storia e Personaggi God of War II – Cory Barlog, James Barlog and Marianne Krawczyk, SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
Final Fantasy XII – Daisuke Watanabe, Miwa Shoda and Yasumi Matsuno, Square Enix/Square Enix Heavenly Sword – Tameem Antoniades, Rhianna Pratchett and Andrew S. Walsh, Ninja Theory/Sony Computer Entertainment Ōkami – Hideki Kamiya, Clover Studio/Capcom The Darkness – Starbreeze Studios/2K Games I Simpson - Il videogioco – EA Redwood Shores/Electronic Arts
Gioco dell'anno BioShock – 2K Boston and 2K Australia/2K Games
Crysis – Crytek/Electronic Arts Gears of War – Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios Guitar Hero II – Harmonix/Activision Kane & Lynch: Dead Men – IO Interactive/Eidos Interactive Wii Sports – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
Miglior Gioco di Strategia e Simulazione Wii Sports – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars – EA Los Angeles/Electronic Arts Forza Motorsport 2 – Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft Game Studios Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms – Creative Assembly/SEGA Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft World in Conflict – Massive Entertainment/Sierra Entertainment
Miglior Gioco Casual Wii Sports – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
Big Brain Academy for Wii – Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development Group No. 4/Nintendo Cake Mania – Sandlot Games/Sandlot Games Guitar Hero II – Harmonix/Activision More Brain Training – Nintendo SPD/Nintendo SingStar – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
Miglior Direzione Tecnica God of War II – SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
Crackdown – Realtime Worlds/Microsoft Game Studios Gears of War – Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios MotorStorm – Evolution Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment Ōkami – Clover Studio/Capcom Uncharted: Drake's Fortune – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
Miglior Gameplay Wii Sports – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
Crackdown – Realtime Worlds/Microsoft Game Studios Gears of War – Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios Sega Rally – Sega Racing Studio/SEGA The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo Warhawk – Incognito Entertainment and SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
Miglior Sonoro Crackdown – Realtime Worlds/Microsoft Game Studios
Elite Beat Agents – iNiS/Nintendo Gears of War – Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios God of War II – SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Guitar Hero II – Harmonix/Activision Skate – EA Black Box/Electronic Arts
Miglior Gioco Innovativo Wii Sports – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
flOw – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment Ōkami – Clover Studio/Capcom Super Paper Mario – Intelligent Systems and Nintendo SPD/Nintendo The Eye of Judgment – SCE Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Trauma Center: Second Opinion – Atlus/Atlus
BAFTA One's to Watch Award Ragnarawk – Voodoo Boogy
Bear Go Home – Phoenix Seed Climbatic
Miglior Multiplayer Wii Sports – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
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
Miglior Colonna Sonora Originale Ōkami – Masami Ueda, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Rei Kondoh and Akari Groves, Clover Studio/Capcom
Final Fantasy XII – Hitoshi Sakimoto, Hayato Matsuo and Masaharu Iwata, Square Enix/Square Enix God of War II – Gerard Marino, Ron Fish, Mike Reagan and Cris Velasco, SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Lair – John Debney, Factor 5/Sony Computer Entertainment The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ohta, Nintendo EAD/Nintendo Viva Piñata – Grant Kirkhope, Rare/Microsoft Game Studios The PC World Gamers Award (Premio scelto dal pubblico) Football Manager 2007 – Sports Interactive/SEGA
Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training – Nintendo SPD/Nintendo FIFA 07 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts Gears of War – Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories – Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar North/Rockstar Games Resistance: Fall of Man – Insomniac Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Wii Play – Nintendo EAD Group No. 2/Nintendo
Collegamenti esterni
Categoria:British Academy Video Games Awards