8th British Academy Games Awards

8th British Academy Video Games Awards
Date	16 March 2012
Location	London Hilton
Host	Dara Ó Briain
Best Game	Portal 2
Most awards	Battlefield 3 & Portal 2 (3)
Most nominations	Batman: Arkham City & L.A. Noire (9)

The 8th British Academy Video Game Awards (known for the purposes of sponsorship as GAME British Academy Video Games Awards) awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, was an award ceremony held on 16 March 2012 in the London Hilton. The ceremony honoured achievement in video gaming in 2011 and was hosted by Dara Ó Briain.

Winners

Category	Winner	Nominees
Action	Batman: Arkham City	Assassin's Creed: Revelations Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Deus Ex: Human Revolution Portal 2 Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Artistic Achievement	Rayman Origins	Batman: Arkham City L.A. Noire LittleBigPlanet 2 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Audio Achievement	Battlefield 3	Batman: Arkham City Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Dead Space 2 The Nightjar Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Best Game	Portal 2	Batman: Arkham City FIFA 12 L.A. Noire The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Debut Game	Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet	Bastion Eufloria L.A. Noire Monstermind Rift
Design	Portal 2	Batman: Arkham City L.A. Noire LittleBigPlanet 2 Super Mario 3D Land The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Family	LittleBigPlanet 2	Dance Central 2 Kinect Sports: Season Two Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Mario Kart 7
Game Innovation	LittleBigPlanet 2	Bastion Child of Eden From Dust L.A. Noire The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Mobile & Handheld	Peggle HD	Dead Space iOS Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint Quarrel Super Mario 3D Land The Nightjar
Online – Browser	Monstermind	Gardens of Time I Am Playr Global Resistance Skylanders: Spyro’s Universe The Sims Social
Online Multiplayer	Battlefield 3	Assassin's Creed: Revelations Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Dark Souls Gears of War 3 LittleBigPlanet 2
Original Music	L.A. Noire	Assassin's Creed: Revelations Batman: Arkham City Deus Ex: Human Revolution The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Performer	Mark Hamill (as The Joker, Batman: Arkham City)	Aaron Staton (as Cole Phelps, L.A. Noire) Nolan North (as Nathan Drake, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception) Stephen Fry (LittleBigPlanet 2) Stephen Merchant (as Wheatley, Portal 2) Togo Igawa (as Dipolomat, Advisor and Military General, Total War: Shogun 2)
Sports/Fitness	Kinect Sports: Season Two	Dance Central 2 DiRT 3 F1 2011 FIFA 12 Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012
Story	Portal 2	Batman: Arkham City Deus Ex: Human Revolution L.A. Noire The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Strategy	Total War: Shogun 2	Dark Souls Deus Ex: Human Revolution Football Manager 2012 From Dust Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars
BAFTA Ones To Watch Award (In association with Dare to Be Digital)	Tick Tock Toys	Joust Dreamweaver
GAME Award of 2011	Battlefield 3	Batman: Arkham City Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 FIFA 12 L.A. Noire The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Minecraft Portal 2 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Special	Markus Persson	N/A

Multiple nominations and wins

Wins

• 3 wins - Battlefield 3 and Portal 2
• 2 wins - Batman: Arkham City and LittleBigPlanet 2

Nominations

• 9 nominations - Batman: Arkham City and L.A. Noire
• 7 nominations - Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
• 6 nominations - LittleBigPlanet 2, Portal 2, and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• 4 nominations - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• 3 nominations - Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Battlefield 3, FIFA 12, and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
• 2 nominations - Bastion, Dance Central 2, Dark Souls, From Dust, Kinect Sports: Season Two, Monstermind, Super Mario 3D Land, The Nightjar, and Total War: Shogun 2

External links

• 8th BAFTA Video Games Awards page