The British Academy Video Games Award for Artistic Achievement is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). It is given "for demonstrating exceptional visual art across all genres".
The award was first presented at the 2nd British Academy Games Awards in 2005 to Half-Life 2 under the name Art Direction. The following year it was awarded as Artistic Achievement and has been presented under that name ever since. As developers, Ubisoft Montreal hold the record for most nominations, with seven, as well as most nominations without a win. Media Molecule and Thatgamecompany are the only developers to have won the category twice. The most nominated publisher is Sony Interactive Entertainment, who has thirty-five and seven wins. Electronic Arts and Xbox Game Studios are tied for most nominations without a win, with seven.
The current holder of the award is Death Stranding 2: On the Beach by Kojima Productions, published by Sony Interactive Entertainment which won at the 22nd British Academy Games Awards in 2026.
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 keyIndicates the winner YearGameRecipient(s)Developer(s)Publisher(s)2003/04 (2nd) Half-Life 2 Valve Burnout 3: Takedown Criterion Games Electronic Arts Doom 3 id Software Activision Killzone Guerrilla Games Sony Computer Entertainment Onimusha 3: Demon Siege Capcom Prince of Persia: Warrior Within Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft2005/06 (3rd) Shadow of the Colossus Team Ico and Japan Studio Sony Computer Entertainment Black Criterion Games Electronic Arts Hitman: Blood Money IO Interactive Eidos Interactive LocoRoco Japan Studio Sony Computer Entertainment The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks We Love Katamari Namco2006/07 (4th) Ōkami Atsushi Inaba Clover Studio Capcom BioShock 2K Boston and 2K Australia 2K Games Heavenly Sword Ninja Theory Sony Computer Entertainment Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction Insomniac Games Skate EA Black Box Electronic Arts Viva Piñata Ryan Stevenson, Ed Bryan Rare Microsoft Game Studios2007/08 (5th) LittleBigPlanet Kareem Ettouney, Mark Healey, Leo Cubbin Media Molecule Sony Computer Entertainment Assassin's Creed Jade Raymond, Patrice Desilets, Claude Langlais Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Infinity Ward Activision Dead Space Visceral Games Electronic Arts Gears of War 2 Epic Games Microsoft Game Studios Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Yoji Shinkawa Konami2009 (6th) Flower thatgamecompany Sony Computer Entertainment Assassin's Creed II Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft Batman: Arkham Asylum Rocksteady Studios Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Infinity Ward Activision Street Fighter IV Yoshinori Ono Dimps and Capcom Capcom Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment2010 (7th) God of War III Stig Asmussen, Ken Feldman, Cecil Kim Santa Monica Studio Sony Computer Entertainment Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Mohamed Gambouz Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft Call of Duty: Black Ops Colin Whitney, Brian Anderson, Dominique Drozdz Treyarch Activision Heavy Rain David Cage, Guillaume de Fondaumiere, Scott Johnson Quantic Dream Sony Computer Entertainment Limbo Arnt Jensen, Morten Bramsen Playdead Microsoft Game Studios Mass Effect 2 BioWare Electronic Arts2011 (8th) Rayman Origins Michel Ancel, Celine Tellier, Christophe Villez Ubisoft Batman: Arkham City Rocksteady Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment L.A. Noire Ben Brudenell, Cheekin Chan, Simon Wood Team Bondi Rockstar Games LittleBigPlanet 2 Media Molecule Sony Computer Entertainment Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Naughty Dog The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Todd Howard Bethesda Game Studios Bethesda Softworks2012 (9th) Journey thatgamecompany Sony Computer Entertainment The Room Fireproof Games Halo 4 343 Industries Microsoft Game Studios Dear Esther Robert Briscoe The Chinese Room Borderlands 2 Randy Pitchford, Paul Hellquist, Jeramy Cooke Gearbox Software 2K Games Far Cry 3 Jean-Alexis Doyon, Genseki Tanaka, Vincent Jean Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft2013 (10th) Tearaway Tarsier Studios and Media Molecule Sony Computer Entertainment Europe BioShock Infinite Scott Sinclair, Shawn Robertson, Stephen Alexander Irrational Games 2K Games Beyond: Two Souls John Rostron, David Cage, Guillaume De Fondaumiere Quantic Dream Sony Computer Entertainment The Last of Us Naughty Dog Device 6 Simogo Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Yoshiyuki Momose Level-5 Bandai Namco Games2014 (11th) Lumino City State of Play Games Assassin's Creed Unity Mohamed Gambouz, Patrick Limoges, Jean-Sébastien Guay Ubisoft Montréal Ubisoft Far Cry 4 Jean-Alexis Doyon, David Wilkinson, Scott Mitchell Valiant Hearts: The Great War Paul Tumelaire, Ghislain Avrillon, Laurent Labouille Ubisoft Montpellier Hohokum Honeyslug and Santa Monica Studio Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Monument Valley ustwo Games2015 (12th) Ori and the Blind Forest Moon Studios Microsoft Studios Assassin's Creed Syndicate Ubisoft Quebec Ubisoft Batman: Arkham Knight Rocksteady Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Everybody's Gone to the Rapture The Chinese Room and Santa Monica Studio Sony Computer Entertainment Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Kojima Productions Konami Digital Entertainment The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt CD Projekt Red CD Projekt2016 (13th) Inside Playdead Abzû Giant Squid Studios 505 Games Dishonored 2 Arkane Studios Bethesda Softworks The Last Guardian Japan Studio Sony Interactive Entertainment Uncharted 4: A Thief's End Naughty Dog Unravel Coldwood Interactive Electronic Arts2017 (14th) Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice Ninja Theory Cuphead StudioMDHR Entertainment Gorogoa Jason Roberts Annapurna Interactive Horizon Zero Dawn Guerrilla Games Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Naughty Dog The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Nintendo EPD Nintendo2018 (15th) Return of the Obra Dinn Lucas Pope Lucas Pope 3909 Detroit: Become Human Guillaume de Fondaumière, David Cage, John OBrien Quantic Dream Sony Interactive Entertainment God of War Santa Monica Studio Marvel's Spider-Man Insomniac Games Gris Nomada Studio Devolver Digital Red Dead Redemption 2 Rockstar Games2019 (16th) Sayonara Wild Hearts Simogo Annapurna Interactive Concrete Genie Pixelopus Sony Interactive Entertainment Death Stranding Kojima Productions Control Remedy Entertainment 505 Games Disco Elysium ZA/UM Knights and Bikes Rex Crowle, Moo Yu, Kenneth C M Young Foam Sword Double Fine Presents2020 (17th) Hades Jen Zee Supergiant Games Cyberpunk 2077 CD Projekt Red CD Projekt Dreams Media Molecule Sony Interactive Entertainment The Last of Us Part II Naughty Dog Ghost of Tsushima Jason Connell, Joanna Wang, Ian Jun Wei Chiew Sucker Punch Productions Half-Life: Alyx Valve Corporation2021 (18th) The Artful Escape Beethoven & Dinosaur Annapurna Interactive It Takes Two Hazelight Studios Electronic Arts Psychonauts 2 Double Fine Xbox Game Studios Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Insomniac Games Sony Interactive Entertainment Returnal Housemarque Resident Evil Village Capcom2022 (19th) Tunic Finji Elden Ring FromSoftware Bandai Namco God of War Ragnarök Raf Grassetti, Dan McKim, Eric Valdes Santa Monica Sony Interactive Entertainment Immortality Doug Potts, Stephanie Reese, Kerry Hennessy Half Mermaid Productions Pentiment Hannah Kennedy, Soojin Paek Obsidian Xbox Game Studios A Plague Tale: Requiem Asobo Focus2023 (20th) Alan Wake 2 Remedy Entertainment Epic Games Baldur's Gate 3 Larian Studios Cocoon Geometric Interactive Annapurna Interactive Diablo IV Blizzard Entertainment Final Fantasy XVI Square Enix Hi-Fi Rush Tango Gameworks Bethesda Softworks2024 (21st) Neva Nomada Studios Devolver Digital Astro Bot Team Asobi Sony Interactive Entertainment Black Myth: Wukong Game Science Harold Halibut Ole Tillmann, Fabian Preuschoff, Onat Hekimoglu Slow Bros. Senua's Saga: Hellblade II Ninja Theory Xbox Game Studios Still Wakes the Deep The Chinese Room Secret Mode2025 (22nd) Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Hideo Kojima, Yoji Shinkawa, Megan Tuckwell Kojima Productions Sony Interactive Entertainment Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Sandfall Interactive Kepler Interactive Dispatch Derek Stratton AdHoc Studio Ghost of Yōtei Sucker Punch Productions Sony Interactive Entertainment Hollow Knight: Silksong Team Cherry South of Midnight Compulsion Games Xbox Game Studios 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 Ubisoft Montreal 7 0 Naughty Dog 6 0 Santa Monica Studio 5 1 Media Molecule 4 2 Capcom 3 0 Insomniac Games 3 0 Japan Studio 3 0 Quantic Dream 3 0 Rocksteady Studios 3 0 Bethesda Game Studios 2 0 CD Projekt RED 2 0 Criterion Games 2 0 Guerrilla Games 2 0 Infinity Ward 2 0 Kojima Productions 2 0 Ninja Theory 2 1 Playdead 2 1 Remedy Entertainment 2 1 Simogo 2 1 Thatgamecompany 2 2 The Chinese Room 2 0 Valve 2 0
Publishers Publisher Nominations Wins Sony Computer/Interactive Entertainment 33 6 Ubisoft 9 1 Electronic Arts 7 0 Microsoft/Xbox Game Studios 7 0 Activision 4 0 Annapurna Interactive 4 2 Bethesda Softworks 4 0 Capcom 4 1 2k Games 3 0 Bandai Namco Games 3 0 Bethesda Softworks 4 0 Warner Bros Interactive 3 0 505 Games 2 0 CD Projekt 2 0 Eidos Interactive 2 0 Konami 2 0 Valve 2 0
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