6th British Academy Games Awards


The 6th British Academy Video Game Awards awarded by British Academy of Film and Television Arts, was an award ceremony honouring achievement in the field of video games in 2009. Candidate games must have been released in the United Kingdom between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2009. The ceremony took place in the London Hilton on 19 March 2010.

Categories

Both publishers and developers were eligible to enter their games in fifteen categories, fourteen of which were awarded by a panel of judges. The categories are: Gameplay, Casual, Sports, Story and Character, Strategy, Best use of Audio, New Talent, Multiplayer, Best Technical Achievement, Original Score, Handheld, People's Choice, Artistic Achievement, Best Action and Adventure and Best Game.

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown first in bold.

  • FIFA 10EA Canada/EA Sports
  • *Colin McRae: DiRT 2Codemasters/Codemasters
  • *Football Manager 2010Sports Interactive/Sega
  • *Forza Motorsport 3Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *Wii Fit PlusNintendo EAD Group No. 5/Nintendo
  • *Wii Sports ResortNintendo EAD Group No. 2/Nintendo
  • Flowerthatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Assassin's Creed IIUbisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision
  • *Street Fighter IVDimps and Capcom/Capcom
  • *Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Amy Hennig, Neil Druckmann, Josh Scherr, Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Assassin's Creed IICorey May, Joshua Rubin, Jeffrey Yohalem, and Dooma Wendschuh, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *Batman: Arkham AsylumPaul Dini, Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • *Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars – Director's CutRevolution Software/Ubisoft
  • *Brütal LegendTim Schafer, Double Fine Productions/Electronic Arts
  • *Dragon Age: OriginsDavid Gaider, BioWare/Electronic Arts
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • *Assassin's Creed II – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision
  • *FIFA 10 – EA Canada/EA Sports
  • *Left 4 Dead 2 – Valve/Valve
  • *Uncharted 2: Among Thieves– Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • Empire: Total WarCreative Assembly/Sega
  • *Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 – UprisingEA Los Angeles/Electronic Arts
  • *FIFA Manager 10 – Bright Future GmbH/Electronic Arts
  • *Football Manager 2010 – Sports Interactive/Sega
  • *Halo WarsEnsemble Studios/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *Plants vs. ZombiesPopCap Games/PopCap Games
  • Wii Sports ResortNintendo EAD Group No. 2/Nintendo
  • *The Beatles: Rock BandHarmonix/MTV Games
  • *Buzz! Quiz WorldRelentless Software/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
  • *EyePetLondon Studio and Playlogic Game Factory/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Guitar Hero 5Neversoft/Activision
  • *New Super Mario Bros. Wii – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – 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 HeroFreeStyleGames and Exient Entertainment/Activision
  • *Flower – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Left 4 Dead 2 – Valve/Valve
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • *Assassin's Creed II – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision
  • *New Super Mario Bros. Wii – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
  • *PixelJunk ShooterQ-Games and Double Eleven/Q-Games
  • *Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • FIFA 10 – EA Canada/EA Sports
  • *Battlefield 1943EA DICE/Electronic Arts
  • *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision
  • *LittleBigPlanetSCE Studio Cambridge and Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *SingStar Take That – London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
  • *Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • LittleBigPlanetSCE Studio Cambridge and Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Gran TurismoPolyphony Digital/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *LocoRoco Midnight CarnivalJapan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside StoryAlphaDream/Nintendo
  • *Professor Layton and Pandora's BoxLevel-5, Nintendo
  • *Scribblenauts5th Cell/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • Shrunk! – The Butterflyers
  • *Colour Coded
  • *Quick as Thieves
  • Left 4 Dead 2 – Valve/Valve
  • *Battlefield 1943 – EA DICE/Electronic Arts
  • *The Beatles: Rock Band – Harmonix/MTV Games
  • *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision
  • *Halo 3 ODSTBungie/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Infinity Ward/Activision
  • *Assassin's Creed II – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *Batman: Arkham Asylum – Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • *The Beatles: Rock Band –Harmonix/MTV Games
  • *FIFA 10 – EA Canada/EA Sports
  • *Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown WarsRockstar Leeds and Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
  • *The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks – Nintendo EAD Group No. 3/Nintendo
  • *Street Fighter IVDimps and Capcom/Capcom
  • *Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Wii Sports Resort – Nintendo EAD Group No. 2/Nintendo
  • Uncharted 2: Among ThievesGreg Edmonson, Carmen Rizzo, Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Assassin's Creed IIJesper Kyd, Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
  • *Batman: Arkham AsylumNick Arundel, Ron Fish, Rocksteady Studios/Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • *Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Lorne Balfe, Hans Zimmer, Infinity Ward/Activision
  • *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood PrinceJames Hannigan, EA Bright Light Studio/Electronic Arts
  • *PixelJunk Shooter – High Frequency, Bandwidth, Alex Paterson, and Dom Beken, Q-Games and Double Eleven/Q-Games
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    Academy Fellowship