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. This was the first ceremony to introduce the award for British Game, and has been present in every ceremony thus far.
Winners and nominees Winners are shown first in bold. Far Cry 3 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Hitman: Absolution – IO Interactive/Square Enix Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Treyarch/Activision Halo 4 – 343 Industries/Microsoft Game Studios Mass Effect 3 – BioWare/Electronic Arts Borderlands 2 – Gearbox Software/2K GamesThe Walking Dead – Telltale Games/Telltale GamesLittleBigPlanet PS Vita – Double Eleven and Tarsier Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment The Room – Fireproof Games New Star Soccer – New Star Games/New Star Games Incoboto – Dene Carter Super Monsters Ate My Condo – Adult Swim/PikPok |- | valign="top" width="50%" |Journey – Matt Nava, Aaron Jessie, thatgamecompany/Sony Computer EntertainmentThe Room – Robert Dodd, Mark Hamilton, Fireproof Games Halo 4 – Scott Warner, Kenneth Scott, 343 Industries/Microsoft Game Studios Dear Esther – Robert Briscoe, The Chinese Room/The Chinese Room Borderlands 2 – Jeramy Cooke, Gearbox Software/2K Games Far Cry 3 – Jean-Alexis Doyon, Vincent Jean, Genseki Tanaka, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft | valign="top" | SongPop – FreshPlanetThe Settlers Online – Blue Byte/Ubisoft Merlin: The Game – Bobbs Studios RuneScape – Jagex/Jagex Amateur Surgeon Hospital – Mediatonic Dick and Dom’s HOOPLA! – Team Cooper |- | valign="top" width="50%" |Journey – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer EntertainmentFar Cry 3 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Beat Sneak Bandit – Simogo Halo 4 – 343 Industries/Microsoft Game Studios Assassin's Creed III – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Dear Esther – The Chinese Room/The Chinese Room | valign="top" | Journey – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer EntertainmentAssassin's Creed III – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Treyarch/Activision Need for Speed: Most Wanted – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Halo 4 – 343 Industries/Microsoft Game Studios Borderlands 2 – Gearbox Software/2K Games |- | valign="top" width="50%" |Dishonored – Arkane Studios/Bethesda SoftworksFar Cry 3 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft FIFA 13 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts Journey – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment Mass Effect 3 – BioWare/Electronic Arts The Walking Dead – Telltale Games/Telltale Games | valign="top" | Journey – Austin Wintory, thatgamecompany/Sony Computer EntertainmentDiablo III – Russell Brower, Derek Duke, Glenn Stafford, Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment Assassin's Creed III – Lorne Balfe, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Thomas Was Alone – David Housden, Mike Bithell The Unfinished Swan – Joel Corelitz, Giant Sparrow and Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment The Walking Dead – Jared Emerson-Johnson, Telltale Games/Telltale Games |- | valign="top" width="50%" |The Room – Fireproof GamesNeed for Speed: Most Wanted – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Forza Horizon – Playground Games/Microsoft Studios Dear Esther – The Chinese Room/The Chinese Room Super Hexagon – Terry Cavanagh Lego The Lord of the Rings – Traveller's Tales/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | valign="top" | Danny Wallace – Thomas Was Alone as the NarratorNolan North – Uncharted: Golden Abyss as Nathan Drake Melissa Hutchison – The Walking Dead as Clementine Dave Fennoy – The Walking Dead as Lee Everett Adrian Hough – Assassin's Creed III as Haytham Kenway Nigel Carrington – Dear Esther as the Narrator |- | valign="top" width="50%" |The Unfinished Swan – Giant Sparrow and Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer EntertainmentDeadlight – Tequila Works/Microsoft Studios Forza Horizon – Playground Games/Microsoft Studios Dear Esther – The Chinese Room/The Chinese Room The Room – Fireproof Games Proteus – Ed Key, David Kanaga | valign="top" | New Star Soccer – New Star Games/New Star GamesForza Horizon – Playground Games/Microsoft Studios F1 2012 – Codemasters/Codemasters FIFA 13 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts Nike+ Kinect Training – Sumo Digital/Microsoft Studios Trials Evolution – RedLynx and Ubisoft Shanghai/Microsoft Studios |- | valign="top" width="50%" |Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes – Traveller's Tales/Warner Bros. Interactive EntertainmentMinecraft: Xbox 360 Edition – Mojang/Microsoft Studios Just Dance 4 – Ubisoft/Ubisoft Skylanders: Giants – Toys for Bob/Activision and Vivendi Games Clay Jam – Fat Pebble/Zynga Lego The Lord of the Rings – Traveller's Tales/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | valign="top" | The Walking Dead – Sean Vanaman, Mark Darin, Gary Whitta, Telltale Games/Telltale GamesJourney – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment Far Cry 3 – Jeffrey Yohalem, Lucien Soulban, Li Kuo, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Thomas Was Alone – Mike Bithell Mass Effect 3 – Mac Walters, BioWare/Electronic Arts Dishonored – Harvey Smith, Austin Grossman, Terri Brosius, Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks |- | valign="top" width="50%" |Journey – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer EntertainmentDishonored – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks Far Cry 3 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft XCOM: Enemy Unknown – Firaxis Games/2K Games Borderlands 2 – Gearbox Software/2K Games The Walking Dead – Telltale Games/Telltale Games | valign="top" | XCOM: Enemy Unknown – Firaxis Games/2K GamesDark Souls – FromSoftware/Namco Bandai Games Diablo III – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment Great Big War Game – Rubicon Developments Total War: Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai – The Creative Assembly/Sega Football Manager 2013 – Sports Interactive/Sega |- | valign="top" width="50%" |The Unfinished Swan – Giant Sparrow and Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer EntertainmentFez – Polytron Corporation/Trapdoor Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Treyarch/Activision Wonderbook: Book of Spells – London Studio/London Studio Journey – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment Kinect Sesame Street TV – Microsoft Studios and Soho Productions/Microsoft Studios | valign="top" | Starcrossed'' – Kajak GamesProject Thanatos – Raptor GamesPixel Story'' – Lamplight Studios
Academy Fellowship Gabe Newell
Games with multiple nominations and wins
Nominations Nominations Game 8 Journey 7 The Walking Dead 6 Far Cry 3 5 Dear Esther 4 Assassin's Creed III Borderlands 2 Halo 4 The Room 3 Call of Duty: Black Ops II Dishonored Forza Horizon Mass Effect 3 The Unfinished Swan Thomas Was Alone 2 Diablo III FIFA 13 Lego The Lord of the Rings Need for Speed: Most Wanted New Star Soccer XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Wins Awards Game 5 Journey 2 The Unfinished Swan The Walking Dead
External links 9th BAFTA Video Games Awards page