Country United Kingdom First awarded 2012 Official website www.bafta.org/games | Presented by BAFTA Currently held by Her Story | |
Awarded for The best first game from any studio or individual | ||
The British Academy Video Games Award for Debut Game is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). It is given in honor of the best first game from any studio or individual. The award was first given at the 8th British Academy Video Games Awards ceremony, held in 2012, with Microsoft Studios-published title Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet winning the award.
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Since its inception, the award has been given to four games. As publishers, Microsoft Studios have received the most nominations in this category with four, followed by Sony Computer Entertainment with two. Her Story is the most recent winner of the Debut Game award.
Winners and nominees
In the following table, the years are listed as per BAFTA convention, and generally correspond to the year of game release in the United Kingdom.
Multiple nominations
The following publishers received two or more Debut Game nominations: