2nd British Academy Games Awards

2nd British Academy Video Games Awards
Date	1 March 2005
Best Game	Half-Life 2
Most awards	Half-Life 2 (6)
Most nominations	Half-Life 2 (8)

The 2nd British Academy Video Games Awards, awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, was an award ceremony held in 2005. The ceremony honoured achievement in video gaming in 2003 and 2004. Half-Life 2 was the major winner on the night, taking six out of the awards eight awards available.

Winners

Category	Winner	Nominations
Action Game	Half-Life 2	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Halo 2, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay
Animation	Half-Life 2	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Halo 2, Jak 3, Killzone, Onimusha 3: Demon Siege
Art Direction	Half-Life 2	Burnout 3: Takedown, Doom 3, Killzone, Onimusha 3: Demon Siege, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
Audio Achievement	Call of Duty: Finest Hour	Doom 3, DJ Decks & FX: House Edition, Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone, Manhunt, SingStar/SingStar Party
Best Game	Half-Life 2	FIFA Football 2005, Football Manager 2005, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Halo 2, Pro Evolution Soccer 4
Children's	Donkey Konga	EyeToy: Groove, EyeToy: Play 2, Shrek 2, SingStar/SingStar Party, Sly 2: Band of Thieves
Gamecube	Prince of Persia: Warrior Within	Donkey Konga, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Second Sight, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005
Handheld	Colin McRae Rally 2005	Fire Emblem, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Star Wars Trilogy, The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Mobile	BlueTooth BiPlanes	3D Pool, Ancient Empires, Colin McRae Rally 2005, Fatal Force - Earth Assault, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005
Online Multiplayer	Half-Life 2	Burnout 3: Takedown, Far Cry, Halo 2, Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
Original Music	Hitman: Contracts	Evil Genius, Fable, Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Rome: Total War
Originality	SingStar/SingStar Party	Animal Crossing, Donkey Konga, Fable, Second Sight, Sid Meier's Pirates!
PC	Half-Life 2	Doom 3, Far Cry, Myst IV: Revelation, Rome: Total War, The Sims 2
PS2	Burnout 3: Takedown	Call of Duty: Finest Hour, EyeToy: Play 2, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, SingStar/SingStar Party, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2
Racing	Burnout 3: Takedown	FlatOut, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Need for Speed: Underground 2, Rallisport Challenge 2, WRC 4
Sports	Pro Evolution Soccer 4	FIFA Football 2005, Mario Golf: Advance Tour, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005, Tony Hawk's Underground 2, WRC 4
Sunday Times Reader Award for Games	Football Manager 2005	FIFA Football 2005, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Halo 2, Pro Evolution Soccer 4
Technical Direction	Burnout 3: Takedown	Doom 3, EyeToy: Play 2, Half-Life 2, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Pikmin 2
Xbox	Halo 2	Burnout 3: Takedown, Fable, Grand Theft Auto: Double Pack, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2
Special Award (Games)	Sam Houser & Leslie Benzies	N/A

Multiple nominations and wins

Wins

• 6 wins - Half-Life 2
• 3 wins - Burnout 3: Takedown

Nominations

• 8 nominations - Half-Life 2
• 6 nominations - Burnout 3: Takedown and Halo 2
• 5 nominations - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
• 4 nominations - Doom 3 and SingStar/SingStar Party
• 3 nominations - Donkey Konga, EyeToy: Play 2, FIFA Football 2005, Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Pro Evolution Soccer 4, and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005
• 2 nominations - Call of Duty: Finest Hour, Colin McRae Rally 2005, Far Cry, Football Manager 2005, Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Killzone, Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Onimusha 3: Demon Siege, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, Rome: Total War, Second Sight, The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2, and WRC 4

External links

• 2nd BAFTA Video Games Awards page