7th British Academy Games Awards


The 7th British Academy Video Game Awards awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, was an award ceremony held on 16 March 2011 in the London Hilton. The ceremony honoured achievement in video gaming in 2010 and was hosted by Dara Ó Briain. Heavy Rain was the major winner on the night, taking three of the seven awards available.

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown first in bold.

  • Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *' – EA DICE/Electronic Arts
  • *BioShock 2 – 2K Marin/2K Games
  • *' – Treyarch/Activision
  • *God of War III – SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *' – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
  • My Empire – Playfish
  • *Bejeweled BlitzPopCap Games
  • *FarmeramaBigpoint
  • *FIFA Superstars – Playfish, Electronic Arts
  • *ZooMumba – Bigpoint
  • *Zuma BlitzOberon Media, PopCap Games
  • God of War III – SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *' – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *' – Treyarch/Activision
  • *Heavy Rain – Quantic Dream/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Limbo – Playdead/Playdead
  • *Mass Effect 2 – BioWare/Electronic Arts
  • F1 2010 – Codemasters/Codemasters
  • *FIFA 11 – EA Canada/EA Sports
  • *Football Manager 2011 – Sports Interactive/Sega
  • *Gran Turismo 5 – Polyphony Digital/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *International Cricket 2010 – Trickstar Games/Codemasters
  • *Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 – Konami/Konami
  • Mass Effect 2 – BioWare/Electronic Arts
  • *' – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *FIFA 11 – EA Canada/EA Sports
  • *Heavy Rain – Quantic Dream/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Limbo – Playdead/Playdead
  • *Super Mario Galaxy 2Nintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo
  • Heavy Rain – David Cage, Quantic Dream/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Alan WakeSam Lake, Mikko Rautalahti, Petri Järvilehto, Remedy Entertainment/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *BioShock 2Jordan Thomas, 2K Marin/2K Games
  • *' – Craig Houston, Dave Anthony, David S. Goyer, Treyarch/Activision
  • *' – John R. Gonzalez, Obsidian Entertainment/Bethesda Softworks
  • *Mass Effect 2 – Mac Walters, Drew Karpyshyn, BioWare/Electronic Arts
  • Kinect Sports – Rare/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *Dance Central – Harmonix/MTV Games
  • *Kinect Adventures! – Good Science Studio/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *Kinectimals – Frontier Developments/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *' – Traveller's Tales/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • *' – Avalanche Software/Disney Interactive Studios
  • Civilization V – Firaxis Games/2K Games
  • *' – Obsidian Entertainment/Bethesda Softworks
  • *FIFA Manager 11Bright Future GmbH and EA Sports/Electronic Arts
  • *' – The Creative Assembly/Sega
  • *Plants vs. Zombies – PopCap Games/PopCap Games
  • *' – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
  • Super Mario Galaxy 2Nintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo
  • *' – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *God of War III – SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Heavy Rain – Quantic Dream/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Limbo – Playdead/Playdead
  • *Mass Effect 2 – BioWare/Electronic Arts
  • Heavy Rain – Quantic Dream/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *' – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *' – Treyarch/Activision
  • *' – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *Kinectimals – Frontier Developments/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *Super Mario Galaxy 2 – Nintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo
  • Cut the Rope – ZeptoLab/Chillingo
  • *' – Ready at Dawn and SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *' – Traveller's Tales/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • *Professor Layton and the Lost Future – Level-5/Nintendo
  • *Sonic ColoursSonic Team and Dimps/Sega
  • *Super Scribblenauts – 5th Cell/WB Games
  • – EA DICE/Electronic Arts
  • *Alan Wake – Remedy Entertainment/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *' – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *' – Treyarch/Activision
  • *DJ Hero 2 – FreeStyleGames/Activision
  • *Limbo – Playdead/Playdead
  • – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts
  • *' – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *' – EA DICE/Electronic Arts
  • *' – Treyarch/Activision
  • *' – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *' – Blizzard Entertainment
  • Twang! – PikPok
  • *MushMotion Twin
  • *Sculpty – Team Tickle
  • Heavy RainNormand Corbeil. Quantic Dream/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Alan Wake – Petri Alanko, Remedy Entertainment/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *Fable IIIRussell Shaw, Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *' – Richard Jacques, Bizarre Creations/Activision
  • *Mass Effect 2Jack Wall, Jimmy Hinson, Sam Hulick, David Kates, BioWare/Electronic Arts
  • *Super Mario Galaxy 2Mahito Yokota, Ryo Nagamatsu, Koji Kondo, Nintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo
  • – Treyarch/Activision
  • *Dance Central – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *FIFA 11 – EA Canada/EA Sports
  • *' – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *Heavy Rain – Quantic Dream/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Limbo – Playdead/Playdead
  • *Mass Effect 2 – BioWare/Electronic Arts
  • * – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts
  • *Red Dead Redemption – Rockstar San Diego/Rockstar Games
  • *Super Mario Galaxy 2 – Nintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo
  • Academy Fellowship

  • Peter Molyneux

    Games with multiple nominations and wins

  • Nominations

    Wins