British Academy Games Award for Audio Achievement

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
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	Alan Wake 2
Website	www.bafta.org/games

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. Sledgehammer is the developer with the most nominations without a win, with five. Sony Interactive Entertainment is the publisher with the most nominations, with twenty eight 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 Alan Wake 2 by Remedy Entertainment and Sony, which won at the 20th British Academy Games Awards in 2024.

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.

Table key

Indicates the winner

Year	Game	Recipient(s)	Developer(s)	Publisher(s)	Ref.
2002/03 (1st)	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City		Rockstar North	Rockstar Games	[2]
	Amplitude		Harmonix	Sony Computer Entertainment
	Command & Conquer: Generals		EA Pacific	EA Games
	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets		EA UK	Electronic Arts
	Metroid Prime		Retro Studios and Nintendo	Nintendo
	TimeSplitters 2		Free Radical Design	Eidos Interactive
2003/04 (2nd)	Call of Duty: Finest Hour		Spark Unlimited	Activision	[3]
	DJ Decks & FX: House Edition		Relentless Software	Sony Computer Entertainment
	SingStar / SingStar Party		London Studio
	Doom 3		id Software	Activision
	Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone		Stormfront Studios and Zono	Atari
	Manhunt		Rockstar North	Rockstar Games
2005/06 (3rd)	Electroplankton		indieszero	Nintendo	[4]
	Black		Criterion Games	Electronic Arts
	LocoRoco		Japan Studio	Sony Computer Entertainment
	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter		Ubisoft Paris	Ubisoft
	Tomb Raider: Legend		Crystal Dynamics	Eidos Interactive
	We Love Katamari		Namco
2006/07 (4th)	Crackdown		Realtime Worlds	Microsoft Game Studios	[5]
	Elite Beat Agents		iNiS	Nintendo
	Gears of War	Mike Larson, Lee Perry, Desmond Rogers	Epic Games	Microsoft Game Studios
	God of War II	Dave Murrant, Philip Kovats, Chuck Russom	Santa Monica Studio	Sony Computer Entertainment
	Guitar Hero II		Harmonix	Activision
	Skate		EA Black Box	Electronic Arts
2007/08 (5th)	Dead Space	Don Veca	Visceral Games	Electronic Arts	[6][7]
	Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare		Infinity Ward	Activision
	Gears of War 2		Epic Games	Microsoft Game Studios
	Grand Theft Auto IV		Rockstar North	Rockstar Games
	LittleBigPlanet	Kenneth Young, Mark Healey, Leo Cubbin	Media Molecule	Sony Computer Entertainment
	Super Mario Galaxy		Nintendo EAD Tokyo	Nintendo
2009 (6th)	Uncharted 2: Among Thieves	Amy Hennig, Bruce Swanson, Greg Edmonson	Naughty Dog	Sony Computer Entertainment	[8]
	Batman: Arkham Asylum		Rocksteady Studios	Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2		Infinity Ward	Activision
	DJ Hero	Jamie Jackson, Dan Neil, Tim Riley	FreeStyleGames and Exient Entertainment	Activision
	Flower	Vincent Diamante, Steve Johnson, Jenova Chen	thatgamecompany	Sony Computer Entertainment
	Left 4 Dead 2	Gabe Newell, Chet Faliszek, Tom Leonard	Valve
2010 (7th)	Battlefield: Bad Company 2	Stefan Strandberg	EA DICE	Electronic Arts	[9]
	Alan Wake		Remedy Entertainment	Microsoft Game Studios
	Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood	Mathieu Jeanson	Ubisoft Montreal	Ubisoft
	Call of Duty: Black Ops	Brian Tuey, Chris Cowell	Treyarch	Activision
	DJ Hero 2		FreeStyleGames
	Limbo	Martin Stig Andersen	Playdead
2011 (8th)	Battlefield 3	Bence Pajor, Stefan Strandberg, Carl Vikman	EA DICE	Electronic Arts	[10]
	Batman: Arkham City		Rocksteady Studios	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3		Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games	Activision
	Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception		Naughty Dog	Sony Computer Entertainment
	Dead Space 2	Andrew Boyd, Steve Papoutsis, J White	Visceral Games	Electronic Arts
	The Nightjar		Somethin' Else
2012 (9th)	Journey	Steve Johnson, Austin Wintory, Keith Leary	thatgamecompany	Sony Computer Entertainment	[11]
	Far Cry 3	Dan Hay, Tony Gronick, Brian Tyler	Ubisoft Montreal	Ubisoft
	Assassin's Creed III	Mathieu Jeanson
	Beat Sneak Bandit	Simon Flesser, Magnus "Gordon" Gardebäck	Simogo
	Halo 4		343 Industries	Microsoft Game Studios
	Dear Esther	Jessica Curry	The Chinese Room
2013 (10th)	The Last of Us		Naughty Dog	Sony Computer Entertainment	[12]
	Battlefield 4		EA DICE	Electronic Arts
	BioShock Infinite	Patrick Balthrop, Scott Haraldsen, James Bonney	Irrational Games	2K Games
	Device 6		Simogo
	Grand Theft Auto V		Rockstar North	Rockstar Games
	Tomb Raider		Crystal Dynamics	Square Enix
2014 (11th)	Alien: Isolation		The Creative Assembly	Sega	[13][14]
	The Banner Saga	Austin Wintory, Michael Theiler, Peret von Sturmer	Stoic	Versus Evil
	Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare		Sledgehammer Games	Activision
	Fantasia: Music Evolved		Disney Interactive Studios and Harmonix Music Systems	Disney Interactive Studios
	Mario Kart 8		Nintendo EAD	Nintendo
	The Sailor's Dream		Simogo
2015 (12th)	Everybody's Gone to the Rapture		The Chinese Room and Santa Monica Studio	Sony Computer Entertainment	[15][16]
	Assassin's Creed Syndicate		Ubisoft Quebec	Ubisoft
	Batman: Arkham Knight		Rocksteady Studios	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
	Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain		Kojima Productions	Konami Digital Entertainment
	Star Wars Battlefront		EA DICE	Electronic Arts
	The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt		CD Projekt Red	CD Projekt
2016 (13th)	The Last Guardian		Japan Studio	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[17][18]
	Battlefield 1		EA DICE	Electronic Arts
	Doom		id Software	Bethesda Softworks
	Inside	Martin Stig Andersen	Playdead
	Rez Infinite	Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Takako Ishida, Noboru Mutoh	United Game Artists	Enhance Games
	Uncharted 4: A Thief's End		Naughty Dog	Sony Interactive Entertainment
2017 (14th)	Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice	David Garcia Diaz	Ninja Theory		[19]
	Call of Duty: World War II		Sledgehammer Games	Activision
	Destiny 2		Bungie
	Horizon Zero Dawn		Guerrilla Games	Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
	Uncharted: The Lost Legacy		Naughty Dog
	Star Wars: Battlefront II		EA DICE	Electronic Arts
2018 (15th)	God of War	Mike Niederquell, Todd Piperi, Leilani Ramirez	Santa Monica Studio	Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe	[20]
	Battlefield V		EA Dice	Electronic Arts
	Detroit: Become Human	Guillaume de Fondaumière, David Cage, John O’Brien	Quantic Dream	Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
	Marvel's Spider-Man	Paul Mudra, Phillip Kovats, Dwight Okahara	Insomniac Games
	Red Dead Redemption 2		Rockstar Games
	Tetris Effect	Hydelic, Noboru Mutoh, Takako Ishida	Monstars Inc. and Resonair	Enhance, Inc.
2019 (16th)	Ape Out	Matt Boch	Gabe Cuzzillo	Devolver Digital	[21][22]
	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare		Infinity Ward	Activision
	Control		Remedy Entertainment	505 Games
	Death Stranding	Ludvig Forssell, Mike Niederquell, Jodie Kupsco	Kojima Productions	Sony Interactive Entertainment
	Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order		Respawn Entertainment	Electronic Arts
	Untitled Goose Game		House House	Panic Inc.
2020 (17th)	Ghost of Tsushima		Sucker Punch Productions	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[23][24]
	Hades	Darren Korb	Supergiant Games
	Astro's Playroom		Japan Studio	Sony Interactive Entertainment
	The Last of Us Part II		Naughty Dog
	Spider-Man: Miles Morales		Insomniac Games
	Half-Life: Alyx		Valve Corporation
2021 (18th)	Returnal		Housemarque	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[25][26]
	The Artful Escape		Beethoven & Dinosaur	Annapurna Interactive
	Call of Duty: Vanguard		Sledgehammer Games	Activision
	Deathloop		Arkane Studios	Bethesda Softworks
	Halo Infinite		343 Industries	Xbox Game Studios
	Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy		Eidos-Montréal	Square Enix
2022 (19th)	God of War Ragnarök	Jodie Kupsco, Michael Kent, Sean LaValle	Santa Monica	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[27][28]
	A Plague Tale: Requiem		Asobo	Focus
	Horizon Forbidden West		Guerrilla	Sony Interactive Entertainment
	Metal: Hellsinger	Elvira Björkman, Nicklas Hjertberg	The Outsiders	Funcom Oslo
	Stray		BlueTwelve	Annapurna Interactive
	Tunic		Finji
2023 (20th)	Alan Wake 2		Remedy Entertainment	Epic Games	[29]
	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III		Sledgehammer Games	Activision
	Hi-Fi Rush		Tango Gameworks	Bethesda Softworks
	The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom		Nintendo
	Marvel's Spider-Man 2		Insomniac Games	Sony Interactive Entertainment
	Star Wars Jedi: Survivor		Respawn Entertainment	Electronic Arts
2024 (21st)	Astro Bot		Team Asobi	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[30][31]
	Animal Well	Billy Basso	Shared Memory	Bigmode
	Helldivers 2		Arrowhead Game Studios	Sony Interactive Entertainment
	Senua's Saga: Hellblade II		Ninja Theory	Xbox Game Studios
	Star Wars Outlaws		Massive Entertainment	Ubisoft
	Still Wakes the Deep		The Chinese Room	Secret Mode

• Note: The games that don't have recipients on the table had Development Team credited on the awards page.

Multiple nominations and wins

Developers

Developer	Nominations	Wins
EA DICE	7	2
Naughty Dog	6	1
Sledgehammer Games	5	0
Infinity Ward	4	0
Rockstar North	4	1
Santa Monica Studio	4	3
Harmonix	3	0
Insomniac Games	3	0
Japan Studio	3	1
Remedy Entertainment	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
Kojima Productions	2	0
Nintendo EAD	2	0
Respawn Entertainment	2	0
Thatgamecompany	2	1
The Chinese Room	2	1
Ubisoft Montreal	2	0
Valve	2	0
Visceral Games	2	1

Publishers

Developer	Nominations	Wins
Sony Computer/Interactive Entertainment	28	9
Activision	15	1
Electronic Arts	14	3
Microsoft/Xbox Game Studios	6	0
Nintendo	6	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