2nd British Academy Games Awards


The 2nd British Academy Video Games Awards, awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, was an award ceremony held in 2005. The ceremony honoured achievement in 2004. Half-Life 2 was the major winner on the night, taking six out of the eight awards available.

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown first in bold.

  • Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve
  • *' – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
  • *Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *' – Retro Studios and Nintendo/Nintendo
  • *' – Insomniac Games/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *' – Starbreeze Studios and Tigon Studios/Vivendi Universal Games
  • – 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
  • *' – Stormfront Studios and Zono/Atari
  • *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Jeremy Soule, Griptonite Games, KnowWonder and EA UK/Electronic Arts
  • *' – Jeff van Dyck, The Creative Assembly/Sega
  • Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve
  • *' – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
  • *Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *Jak 3 – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Killzone – Guerrilla Games/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *' – Capcom/Capcom
  • 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
  • Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve
  • *' – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts
  • *Doom 3 – id Software/Activision
  • *Killzone – Guerrilla Games/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *' – Capcom/Capcom
  • *' – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve
  • *Doom 3 – id Software/Activision
  • *Far Cry – Crytek/Ubisoft
  • *' – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *' – The Creative Assembly/Sega
  • *The Sims 2 – Maxis/Electronic Arts
  • – Spark Unlimited/Activision
  • *Doom 3 – id Software/Activision
  • *DJ Decks & FX: House Edition – Relentless Software/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
  • *' – Stormfront Studios and Zono/Atari
  • *Manhunt – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
  • *SingStar/SingStar Party – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts
  • *' – Spark Unlimited/Activision
  • *' – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *' – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
  • *SingStar/SingStar Party – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 – Red Storm Entertainment/Ubisoft
  • Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve
  • *FIFA Football 2005 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts
  • *Football Manager 2005 – Sports Interactive/Sega
  • *' – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
  • *Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *Pro Evolution Soccer 4 – Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo/Konami
  • – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts
  • *FlatOut – Bugbear Entertainment/Empire Interactive
  • *' – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
  • *' – EA Black Box/Electronic Arts
  • *RalliSport Challenge 2 – Digital Illusions CE/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *WRC 4 – Evolution Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
  • Donkey Konga – Namco/Nintendo
  • *' – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *' – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Shrek 2 – Luxoflux/Activision
  • *SingStar/SingStar Party – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *' – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • Pro Evolution Soccer 4 – Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo/Konami
  • *FIFA Football 2005 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts
  • *' – 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
  • – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *Donkey Konga – Namco/Nintendo
  • *' – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
  • *' – Retro Studios and Nintendo/Nintendo
  • *Second Sight – Free Radical Design/Codemasters
  • *Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 – EA Sports/Electronic Arts
  • Football Manager 2005 – Sports Interactive/Sega
  • *FIFA Football 2005 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts
  • *' – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
  • *Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve
  • *Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *Pro Evolution Soccer 4 – Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo/Konami
  • Colin McRae Rally 2005 – Codemasters/Codemasters
  • *Fire Emblem – Intelligent Systems/Nintendo
  • *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Griptonite Games/Electronic Arts
  • *Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen – Game Freak/The Pokémon Company
  • *' – Traveller's Tales/LucasArts
  • *' – Capcom and Flagship/Nintendo
  • – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts
  • *Doom 3 – id Software/Activision
  • *' – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve
  • *' – Retro Studios and Nintendo/Nintendo
  • *Pikmin 2 – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
  • 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
  • Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *' – 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
  • *' – Starbreeze Studios and Tigon Studios/Vivendi Universal Games
  • *Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 – Red Storm Entertainment/Ubisoft
  • Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve
  • *' – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts
  • *Far Cry – Crytek/Ubisoft
  • *Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *' – Insomniac Games/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *' – Ubisoft Shanghai and Ubisoft Milan/Ubisoft
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    Special Award (Games)

  • Sam Houser
  • Leslie Benzies

    Games with multiple nominations and wins

    • Nominations

    Wins