9th British Academy Games Awards

9th British Academy Video Games Awards
Date	5 March 2013
Location	London Hilton
Country
Presented by
Host	Dara Ó Briain
Best Game	Dishonored
Most awards	Journey (5)
Most nominations	Journey (8)

The 9th British Academy Video Game Awards awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, is an award ceremony that was held on 5 March 2013 in the London Hilton on Park Lane. The ceremony honoured achievement in video gaming in 2012 and was hosted by Dara Ó Briain.

Winners

Category	Winner	Nominees
Action	Far Cry 3	Hitman: Absolution Call of Duty: Black Ops II Halo 4 Mass Effect 3 Borderlands 2
Artistic Achievement	Journey	The Room Halo 4 Dear Esther Borderlands 2 Far Cry 3
Audio Achievement	Journey	Far Cry 3 Beat Sneak Bandit Halo 4 Assassin's Creed III Dear Esther
Best Game	Dishonored	Far Cry 3 FIFA 13 Journey Mass Effect 3 The Walking Dead
British Game	The Room	Need for Speed: Most Wanted Forza Horizon Dear Esther Super Hexagon Lego The Lord of the Rings
Debut Game	The Unfinished Swan	Deadlight Forza Horizon Dear Esther The Room Proteus
Family	Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes	Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition Just Dance 4 Skylanders: Giants Clay Jam Lego The Lord of the Rings
Game Design	Journey	Dishonored Far Cry 3 XCOM: Enemy Unknown Borderlands 2 The Walking Dead
Game Innovation	The Unfinished Swan	Fez Call of Duty: Black Ops II Wonderbook: Book of Spells Journey Kinect Sesame Street TV
Mobile & Handheld	The Walking Dead	LittleBigPlanet PS Vita The Room New Star Soccer Incoboto Super Monsters Ate My Condo
Online – Browser	SongPop	The Settlers Online Merlin: The Game RuneScape Amateur Surgeon Hospital Dick and Dom’s HOOPLA!
Online Multiplayer	Journey	Assassin's Creed III Call of Duty: Black Ops II Need for Speed: Most Wanted Halo 4 Borderlands 2
Original Music	Journey	Diablo III Assassin's Creed III Thomas Was Alone The Unfinished Swan The Walking Dead
Performer	Danny Wallace (as the Narrator, Thomas Was Alone)	Nolan North (as Nathan Drake, Uncharted: Golden Abyss) Melissa Hutchison (as Clementine, The Walking Dead) Dave Fennoy (as Lee Everett, The Walking Dead) Adrian Hough (as Haytham Kenway, Assassin's Creed III) Nigel Carrington (as the Narrator, Dear Esther)
Sports/Fitness	New Star Soccer	Forza Horizon F1 2012 FIFA 13 Nike+ Kinect Training Trials Evolution
Story	The Walking Dead	Journey Far Cry 3 Thomas Was Alone Mass Effect 3 Dishonored
Strategy	XCOM: Enemy Unknown	Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Diablo III Great Big War Game Total War Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai Football Manager 2013
BAFTA Ones To Watch Award (In association with Dare to Be Digital)	Starcrossed	Project Thanatos Pixel Story
Academy Fellowship	Gabe Newell	N/A

Multiple nominations and wins

Wins

• 5 wins - Journey
• 2 wins - The Unfinished Swan and The Walking Dead

Nominations

• 8 nominations - Journey
• 7 nominations - The Walking Dead
• 6 nominations - Far Cry 3
• 5 nominations - Dear Esther
• 4 nominations - Assassin's Creed III, Borderlands 2, Halo 4, and The Room
• 3 nominations - Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Dishonored, Forza Horizon, Mass Effect 3, The Unfinished Swan, and Thomas Was Alone
• 2 nominations - Diablo III, FIFA 13, Lego The Lord of the Rings, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, New Star Soccer, and XCOM: Enemy Unknown

External links

• 9th BAFTA Video Games Awards page