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".
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 Dispatch by AdHoc Studio, 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)2002/03 (1st) Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Rockstar North Rockstar Games 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 Interactive2003/04 (2nd) Call of Duty: Finest Hour Spark Unlimited Activision 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 Games2005/06 (3rd) Electroplankton indieszero Nintendo 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 Namco2006/07 (4th) Crackdown Realtime Worlds Microsoft Game Studios 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 Arts2007/08 (5th) Dead Space Don Veca Visceral Games Electronic Arts 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 Nintendo2009 (6th) Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Amy Hennig, Bruce Swanson, Greg Edmonson Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment 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 Valve2010 (7th) Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Stefan Strandberg EA DICE Electronic Arts 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 Playdead2011 (8th) Battlefield 3 Bence Pajor, Stefan Strandberg, Carl Vikman EA DICE Electronic Arts 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' Else2012 (9th) Journey Steve Johnson, Austin Wintory, Keith Leary thatgamecompany Sony Computer Entertainment 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 Room2013 (10th) The Last of Us Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment 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 Enix2014 (11th) Alien: Isolation The Creative Assembly Sega 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 Simogo2015 (12th) Everybody's Gone to the Rapture The Chinese Room and Santa Monica Studio Sony Computer Entertainment 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 Projekt2016 (13th) The Last Guardian Japan Studio Sony Interactive Entertainment 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 Entertainment2017 (14th) Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice David Garcia Diaz Ninja Theory 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 Arts2018 (15th) God of War Mike Niederquell, Todd Piperi, Leilani Ramirez Santa Monica Studio Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Battlefield V EA Dice Electronic Arts Detroit: Become Human Guillaume de Fondaumière, David Cage, John OBrien 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 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 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 Corporation2021 (18th) Returnal Housemarque Sony Interactive Entertainment 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 Enix2022 (19th) God of War Ragnarök Jodie Kupsco, Michael Kent, Sean LaValle Santa Monica Sony Interactive Entertainment 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 Finji2023 (20th) Alan Wake 2 Remedy Entertainment Epic Games 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 Arts2024 (21st) Astro Bot Team Asobi Sony Interactive Entertainment 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 Mode2025 (22nd) Dispatch AdHoc Studio ARC Raiders Bence Pajor, Olof Strömqvist, Simon Svanbäck Embark Studios Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Sandfall Interactive Kepler Interactive Death Stranding 2: On the Beach Hideo Kojima, Hiroyuki Nakayama, Noburo Masuda Kojima Productions Sony Interactive Entertainment Ghost of Yōtei Sucker Punch Productions Sony Interactive Entertainment Indiana Jones and the Great Circle MachineGames Bethesda Softworks
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
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