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The British Academy Video Games Award for Audio Achievement is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). It is given in honor to "excellence in the design and application of sound, dialogue and music to create an exceptional audio experience".[1]
British Academy Games Award for Audio Achievement | |
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Awarded for | The best design and application of sound, dialogue and music for a video game. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
Currently held by | God of War Ragnarök |
Website | www |
The award was first presented at the 1st British Academy Games Awards in 2004 to Grand Theft Auto: Vice City under the name Sound. Since then, it has gone through several name changes, going by Audio Achievement at the 2nd British Academy Games Awards, Audio at the 3rd British Academy Games Awards and Use of Audio from the 3rd to the 7th British Academy Games Awards. The category returned to Audio Achievement at the 8th British Academy Games Awards and has been handed out under that name ever since.
As developers, EA DICE hold the record for most nominations in this category, with seven, while Santa Monica Studio has the most wins, with three. Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer are the developers with the most nominations without a win, with four. Sony Interactive Entertainment is the publisher with the most nominations, with twenty seven and have a leading nine wins in the category. Xbox Game Studios have the most nominations without a win, with six.
The current holder of the award is God of War Ragnarök by Santa Monica Studio and Sony, which won at the 19th British Academy Games Awards in 2023.
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.
Indicates the winner |
Developer | Nominations | Wins |
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EA DICE | 7 | 2 |
Naughty Dog | 6 | 1 |
Infinity Ward | 4 | 0 |
Rockstar North | 4 | 1 |
Santa Monica Studio | 4 | 3 |
Sledgehammer Games | 4 | 0 |
Harmonix | 3 | 0 |
Japan Studio | 3 | 1 |
Rocksteady Studios | 3 | 0 |
Simogo | 3 | 0 |
343 Industries | 2 | 0 |
Crystal Dynamics | 2 | 0 |
Epic Games | 2 | 0 |
FreeStyleGames | 2 | 0 |
Guerrilla Games | 2 | 0 |
Id Software | 2 | 0 |
Insomniac Games | 2 | 0 |
Kojima Productions | 2 | 0 |
Nintendo EAD | 2 | 0 |
Thatgamecompany | 2 | 1 |
The Chinese Room | 2 | 1 |
Ubisoft Montreal | 2 | 0 |
Valve | 2 | 0 |
Visceral Games | 2 | 1 |
Developer | Nominations | Wins |
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Sony Computer/Interactive Entertainment | 27 | 9 |
Activision | 14 | 1 |
Electronic Arts | 13 | 3 |
Microsoft/Xbox Game Studios | 6 | 0 |
Nintendo | 5 | 1 |
Rockstar Games | 5 | 1 |
Ubisoft | 4 | 0 |
Eidos Interactive | 3 | 0 |
Simogo | 3 | 0 |
Warner Bros Interactive | 3 | 0 |
Annapurna Interactive | 2 | 0 |
Enhance | 2 | 0 |
Square Enix | 2 | 0 |
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