3rd British Academy Games Awards
The 3rd British Academy Video Games Awards (known for the purposes of sponsorship as British Academy Video Games Awards in Association with N-Gage), awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, was an award ceremony held on 5 October 2006 in The Roundhouse. The ceremony honoured achievement in video gaming in 2005 and 2006 and was hosted by Vernon Kay. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, LocoRoco & Shadow of the Colossus were the major winners on the night, taking two awards.
Winners
Category |
Winner |
Nominations |
Action and Adventure (Sponsored by PC World) |
Shadow of the Colossus |
Metroid Prime Hunters, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, Tomb Raider: Legend, We Love Katamari |
Artistic Achievement |
Shadow of the Colossus |
Black, Hitman: Blood Money, LocoRoco, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, We Love Katamari |
Audio |
Electroplankton |
Black, LocoRoco, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, Tomb Raider: Legend, We Love Katamari |
Casual and Social |
Buzz!: The Big Quiz |
Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?, Electroplankton, Guitar Hero, LocoRoco, SingStar Rocks! |
Character |
LocoRoco (LocoRoco) |
Agent 47 (Hitman: Blood Money), Han Solo (Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy), Lara Croft (Tomb Raider: Legend), Rogue (Rogue Trooper) |
Children's |
LocoRoco |
Daxter, Ice Age: The Meltdown, Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy, New Super Mario Bros., We Love Katamari |
Game (Sponsored by PC World) |
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter |
Black, Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?, Guitar Hero, Hitman: Blood Money, Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy |
Gameplay (Sponsored by Nokia N-Gage) |
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy |
Guitar Hero, LocoRoco, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, We Love Katamari |
Gamers' Award (Sponsored by Nokia N-Gage) |
24: The Mobile Game |
Civilization for N-Gage, Diner Dash, Lemmings, Namco Classics Pac-Man, Platinum Sudoku The Sims, Sonic the Hedgehog Part One, Tetris Mania, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? |
Innovation |
Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? |
Electroplankton, Guitar Hero, LocoRoco, Shadow of the Colossus, We Love Katamari |
Multiplayer |
Dungeons and Dragons Online: Stormreach |
2006 FIFA World Cup, Animal Crossing: Wild World, Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, Guild Wars Factions, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter |
Original Score |
Tomb Raider: Legend |
Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, LocoRoco, Shadow of the Colossus, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, The Movies |
Screenplay |
Psychonauts |
24: The Game, Rogue Trooper, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, Tomb Raider: Legend |
Simulation |
The Movies |
C-130 Hercules, Championship Manager 2006, Football Manager 2006, Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis, Trauma Center: Under the Knife |
Soundtrack |
Guitar Hero |
B-Boy, Reservoir Dogs, SingStar Rocks! |
Sports |
Fight Night Round 3 |
2006 FIFA World Cup, Football Manager 2006, MotoGP '06, Pro Evolution Soccer 6, Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis |
Strategy |
Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War |
Age of Empires: The Age of Kings, Civilization IV, Football Manager 2006, Medieval II: Total War, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter |
Technical Achievement (Sponsored by Skillset) |
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter |
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, Black, Burnout Revenge, Just Cause, Shadow of the Colossus |
Multiple nominations and wins
Wins
- 2 wins - Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, LocoRoco and Shadow of the Colossus
Nominations
- 8 nominations - Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and LocoRoco
- 6 nominations - We Love Katamari
- 5 nominations - Guitar Hero, Shadow of the Colossus, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and Tomb Raider: Legend
- 4 nominations - Black and Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
- 3 nominations - Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?, Electroplankton, Football Manager 2006, and Hitman: Blood Money
- 2 nominations - 2006 FIFA World Cup, Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis, Rogue Trooper, SingStar Rocks!, and The Movies
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