4th British Academy Games Awards

4th British Academy Video Games Awards
Date	23 October 2007
Location	Battersea Evolution
Hosted by	Vic Reeves
Best Game	BioShock
Most awards	Wii Sports (6)
Most nominations	Wii Sports (7)

The 4th British Academy Video Games Awards (known for the purposes of sponsorship as British Academy Video Games Awards in Association with PC World), awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, was an award ceremony held on 23 October 2007 in Battersea Evolution. The ceremony honoured achievement in video gaming in 2007 for games which were released between 6 October 2006 and 5 October 2007 and was hosted by Vic Reeves. Wii Sports led with the most nominations with seven. Wii Sports was the major winner on the night, taking six of the seven awards available, equaling the record Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2003) and Half-Life 2 (2004) had with the most awards won in any BAFTA Video Games Awards ceremony. BioShock took the main prize of Best Game.

Winners

Category	Winner	Nominations
Technical Achievement	God of War II	Crackdown, Gears of War, MotorStorm, Ōkami, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Best Game	BioShock	Crysis, Gears of War, Guitar Hero II, Kane & Lynch: Dead Men, Wii Sports
Sports	Wii Sports	Colin McRae: Dirt, Football Manager 2008, FIFA 08, MotorStorm, Virtua Tennis 3
Original Score	Ōkami	Final Fantasy XII, God of War II, Lair, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Viva Piñata
Innovation	Wii Sports	flOw, Ōkami, Super Paper Mario, The Eye of Judgment, Trauma Center: Second Opinion
Artistic Achievement	Ōkami	BioShock, Heavenly Sword, Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction, Skate, Viva Piñata
Action and Adventure (Sponsored by PC World)	Crackdown	Gears of War, God of War II, The Orange Box, Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Gameplay (Sponsored by Nokia N-Gage)	Wii Sports	Crackdown, Gears of War, Sega Rally, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Warhawk
Multiplayer	Wii Sports	Battlefield 2142, Crackdown, Guitar Hero II, World in Conflict, World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
Casual	Wii Sports	Big Brain Academy For Wii, Cake Mania, Guitar Hero II, More Brain Training, SingStar
Strategy and Simulation	Wii Sports	Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, Forza Motorsport 2, Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas, World in Conflict
Story and Character	God of War II	Final Fantasy XII, Heavenly Sword, Ōkami, The Darkness, The Simpsons Game
Use of Audio	Crackdown	Elite Beat Agents, Gears of War, God of War II, Guitar Hero II, Skate
BAFTA One's To Watch Award (In association with Dare to Be Digital)	Ragnarawk	Bear Go Home, Climbatic
The PC World Gamers Award (The only award to be voted for by the public)	Football Manager 2007	Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training, FIFA 07, Gears of War, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Resistance: Fall of Man, Wii Play
Academy Fellowship	Will Wright	N/A

Multiple nominations and wins

Winners

• 6 Wins - Wii Sports
• 2 Wins - Crackdown, God of War II and Ōkami

Nominations

• 7 Nominations - Wii Sports
• 6 Nominations - Gears of War
• 5 Nominations - Crackdown, God of War II and Ōkami
• 4 Nominations - Guitar Hero II
• 3 Nominations - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
• 2 Nominations - BioShock, Final Fantasy XII, Heavenly Sword, MotorStorm, Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction, Skate and World in Conflict

Two separate franchises (the FIFA and Football Manager series) garnered more than one nomination (with one each for FIFA 07, FIFA 08 Football Manager 2007 (winner of PC World Gamers Award) and Football Manager 2008

External links

• BAFTA Video Game Awards Main Page
• BAFTA Homepage