2nd British Academy Games Awards

2nd British Academy 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 2004. Half-Life 2 was the major winner on the night, taking six out of the awards eight awards available.

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown first in bold.

Action Game Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios Metroid Prime 2: Echoes – Retro Studios and Nintendo/Nintendo Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal – Insomniac Games/Sony Computer Entertainment The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay – Starbreeze Studios and Tigon Studios/Vivendi Universal Games	Original Music Hitman: Contracts – Jesper Kyd, IO Interactive/Eidos Interactive Evil Genius – James Hannigan Fable – Danny Elfman and Russell Shaw, Big Blue Box Studios and Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studios Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone – Stormfront Studios and Zono/Atari Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Jeremy Soule, Griptonite Games, KnowWonder and EA UK/Electronic Arts Rome: Total War – Jeff van Dyck, The Creative Assembly/Sega
Animation Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios Jak 3 – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Killzone – Guerrilla Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Onimusha 3: Demon Siege – Capcom/Capcom	Originality SingStar/SingStar Party – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Animal Crossing – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo Donkey Konga – Namco/Nintendo Fable – Big Blue Box Studios and Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studios Second Sight – Free Radical Design/Codemasters Sid Meier's Pirates! – Firaxis Games/Atari
Art Direction Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve Burnout 3: Takedown – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Doom 3 – id Software/Activision Killzone – Guerrilla Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Onimusha 3: Demon Siege – Capcom/Capcom Prince of Persia: Warrior Within – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft	PC Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve Doom 3 – id Software/Activision Far Cry – Crytek/Ubisoft Myst IV: Revelation – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Rome: Total War – The Creative Assembly/Sega The Sims 2 – Maxis/Electronic Arts
Audio Achievement Call of Duty: Finest Hour – Spark Unlimited/Activision Doom 3 – id Software/Activision DJ Decks & FX: House Edition – Relentless Software/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone – Stormfront Studios and Zono/Atari Manhunt – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games SingStar/SingStar Party – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment	PS2 Burnout 3: Takedown – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Call of Duty: Finest Hour – Spark Unlimited/Activision EyeToy: Play 2 – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games SingStar/SingStar Party – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 – Red Storm Entertainment/Ubisoft
Best Game Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve FIFA Football 2005 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts Football Manager 2005 – Sports Interactive/Sega Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios Pro Evolution Soccer 4 – Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo/Konami	Racing Burnout 3: Takedown – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts FlatOut – Bugbear Entertainment/Empire Interactive Mario Kart: Double Dash – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo Need for Speed: Underground 2 – EA Black Box/Electronic Arts RalliSport Challenge 2 – Digital Illusions CE/Microsoft Game Studios WRC 4 – Evolution Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Children's Donkey Konga – Namco/Nintendo EyeToy: Groove – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment EyeToy: Play 2 – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Shrek 2 – Luxoflux/Activision SingStar/SingStar Party – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Sly 2: Band of Thieves – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Computer Entertainment	Sports Pro Evolution Soccer 4 – Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo/Konami FIFA Football 2005 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts Mario Golf: Advance Tour – Camelot Software Planning/Nintendo Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 – EA Sports/Electronic Arts Tony Hawk's Underground 2 – Neversoft/Activision WRC 4 – Evolution Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
GameCube Prince of Persia: Warrior Within – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Donkey Konga – Namco/Nintendo Mario Kart: Double Dash – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo Metroid Prime 2: Echoes – Retro Studios and Nintendo/Nintendo Second Sight – Free Radical Design/Codemasters Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 – EA Sports/Electronic Arts	Sunday Times Reader Award for Games Football Manager 2005 – Sports Interactive/Sega FIFA Football 2005 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios Pro Evolution Soccer 4 – Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo/Konami
Handheld Colin McRae Rally 2005 – Codemasters/Codemasters Fire Emblem – Intelligent Systems/Nintendo Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – Griptonite Games/Electronic Arts Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen – Game Freak/The Pokémon Company Star Wars Trilogy – Traveller's Tales/LucasArts The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap – Capcom and Flagship/Nintendo	Technical Direction Burnout 3: Takedown – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Doom 3 – id Software/Activision EyeToy: Play 2 – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve Metroid Prime 2: Echoes – Retro Studios and Nintendo/Nintendo Pikmin 2 – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
Mobile BlueTooth BiPlanes – Morpheme Wireless Ltd/Morpheme Wireless Ltd 3D Pool – 3R Studio/3R Studio Ancient Empires – Macrospace/Macrospace Colin McRae Rally 2005 – Codemasters/Codemasters Fatal Force: Earth Assault – Macrospace/Macrospace Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 – EA Sports/Electronic Arts	Xbox Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios Burnout 3: Takedown – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Fable – Big Blue Box Studios and Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studios Grand Theft Auto: Double Pack – Rockstar North and Rockstar Vienna/Rockstar Games The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay – Starbreeze Studios and Tigon Studios/Vivendi Universal Games Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 – Red Storm Entertainment/Ubisoft
Online Multiplayer Half-Life 2 – Valve/Valve Burnout 3: Takedown – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Far Cry – Crytek/Ubisoft Halo 2 – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal – Insomniac Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow – Ubisoft Shanghai and Ubisoft Milan/Ubisoft

Special Award (Games)

• Sam Houser
• Leslie Benzies

Games with multiple nominations and wins

Nominations

Nominations	Game
8	Half-Life 2
6	Burnout 3: Takedown
	Halo 2
5	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
4	Doom 3
	SingStar/SingStar Party
3	Donkey Konga
	EyeToy: Play 2
	FIFA Football 2005
	Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
	Pro Evolution Soccer 4
	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005
2	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
	WRC 4

Wins

Awards	Game
6	Half-Life 2
3	Burnout 3: Takedown

External links

• 2nd BAFTA Video Games Awards page