EE Game of the Year Award

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) EE Game of the Year, formerly EE Mobile Game of the Year is an audience voted award presented annually at the British Academy Games Awards honouring "the best game of the year, as voted for by the public".[1] The award is sponsored by the telecommunications company EE Limited and winners receive a special solid yellow BAFTA statuette as opposed to the standard golden statuettes given to the recipients of other categories.

Not to be confused with British Academy Games Award for Best Game.
EE Game of the Year
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBritish Academy of Film and Television Arts
First awarded2018
Currently held byGod of War Ragnarök
Websitewww.bafta.org/games

It was first presented to Old School RuneScape at the 15th British Academy Games Awards in 2018 as a fan-voted companion to the British Academy Games Award for Mobile Game, but was expanded and renamed at the 17th British Academy Games Awards in 2021 to include games on any platform. Nintendo are the most nominated developer, with three, and are also have the most nominations without a win. Among publishers, Sony Interactive Entertainment lead with four nominations, and are the only publisher to have two wins in the category. Nintendo and The Pokémon Company both have two nominations and are yet to win.

The current holder of the award is God of War Ragnarök by Sony's Santa Monica Studio, which it 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, with the ceremony generally being held the year after.

Table key
Indicates the winner

EE Mobile Game of the Year

Year Game Developer(s) Publisher(s) Ref.
2018

(15th)

 Old School RuneScape Jagex [2]
Brawl Stars Supercell
Clash Royale
Fortnite Epic Games
Pokémon Go Niantic/Nintendo The Pokémon Company
Roblox Roblox Corporation
2019

(16th)

 Call of Duty: Mobile TiMi Studios Activision [3][4]
Assemble with Care Ustwo
Dead Man's Phone Electric Noir Studios
Pokémon Go Niantic/Nintendo The Pokémon Company
Tangle Tower SFB Games
What the Golf Triband

EE Game of the Year

Year Game Developer(s) Publisher(s) Ref.
2020

(17th)

 The Last of Us Part II Naughty Dog Sony Interactive Entertainment [5][6]
Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo EPD Nintendo
Call of Duty: Warzone Raven Software Infinity Ward/Activision
Ghost of Tsushima Sucker Punch Productions Sony Interactive Entertainment
Hades Supergiant Games
Valorant Riot Games
2021

(18th)

 Unpacking Witch Beam Humble Bundle [7]
Chicory: A Colorful Tale Greg Lobanov Finji
Deathloop Arkane Studios Bethesda Softworks
The Forgotten City Modern Storyteller Dear Villagers
It Takes Two Hazelight Studios Electronic Arts
Metroid Dread MercurySteam Nintendo
2022

(19th)

 God of War Ragnarök Santa Monica Studio Sony Interactive Entertainment [8]
Elden Ring FromSoftware Bandai Namco
Horizon Forbidden West Guerrilla Games Sony Interactive Entertainment
Immortality Half Mermaid Productions
Marvel Snap Second Dinner Nuverse
Stray BlueTwelve Annapurna Interactive

Multiple nominations and wins

Developers
Developer Nominations Wins
Nintendo/Nintendo EAD 3 0
Niantic 2 0

Publishers
Developer Nominations Wins
Sony Interactive Entertainment 4 2
Activision 2 1
Nintendo 2 0
The Pokémon Company 2 0

References
  1. "British Academy Games Awards Rules and Guidelines 2022" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  2. "BAFTA Games Awards winners 2019". awards.bafta.org. 11 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
  3. "2020 BAFTA Games Awards: The Nominations". BAFTA. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  4. Barraclough, Leo (2 April 2020). "'Outer Wilds' Wins Best Game at BAFTA Games Awards". Variety. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  5. "BAFTA Games Awards 2021 Nominations Announced - IGN". 2 March 2021 – via www.ign.com.
  6. Del Rosario, Alexandra (25 March 2021). "BAFTA Games Awards: Supergiant Games' 'Hades' Takes Home Top Prize – Complete Winners List". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  7. "2022 BAFTA Games Awards Winners". 3 March 2022.
  8. "2023 BAFTA Games Awards: The Winners". BAFTA Games Awards. 30 March 2023. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.