Country United Kingdom Instituted 2004 | First awarded 2004 Official website www.bafta.org/games Category of BAFTA Games Award | |
Awarded for The best multiplayer game experience, including social, online or offline People also search for BAFTA Games Award for Best Family and Social Game Winners & Nominees Rocket LeaguePsyonix, Rocket League, Winner, World of WarshipsWargaming, World of Warships, Nominee, Destiny: The Taken KingBungie - Activision, Destiny: The Taken King, Nominee, SplatoonNintendo, Splatoon, Nominee, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six SiegeUbisoft, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, Nominee, Lovers in a Dangerous SpacetimeMatt Hammill - Jamie Tucker - Adam Winkels, Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime, Nominee, HearthstoneBlizzard Entertainment, Hearthstone, Winner, Call of Duty: Advanced WarfareActivision - Sledgehammer Games, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Nominee, MinecraftMojang - Microsoft Studios - 4J Studios, Minecraft, Nominee, TitanfallVince Zampella - Steve Fukuda - Richard Baker, Titanfall, Nominee, Mario Kart 8Nintendo, Mario Kart 8, Nominee, DestinyBungie - Activision, Destiny, Nominee, Grand Theft Auto VRockstar Games - Rockstar North, Grand Theft Auto V, Winner, World of TanksWargamingnet, World of Tanks, Nominee, Super Mario 3D WorldNintendo, Super Mario 3D World, Nominee, Dota 2Valve Corporation, Dota 2, Nominee, Battlefield 4Electronic Arts - EA DICE, Battlefield 4, Nominee, The Last of UsNaughty Dog - Sony Interactive Entertainment, The Last of Us, Nominee, Need for Speed: Hot PursuitElectronic Arts - Criterion Software, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, Winner, Battlefield: Bad Company 2Patrick Bach - David Goldfarb, Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Nominee, Assassin's Creed: BrotherhoodYann Le Guyader, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Nominee, Call of Duty: Black OpsDavid Vonderhaar - Dan Bunting - Mark Gordon, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Nominee, Halo: ReachMarcus Lehto - Joe Tung - Alex Cutting, Halo: Reach, Nominee, StarCraft II: Wings of LibertyBlizzard Entertainment, StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Nominee, Left 4 Dead 2Gabe Newell - Chet Faliszek - Tom Leonard, Left 4 Dead 2, Winner, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Activision - Infinity Ward, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Nominee, Battlefield 1943Gordon Van Dyke - Patrick Liu, Battlefield 1943, Nominee, The Beatles: Rock BandAlex Rigopulos - Robotkid - Paul DeGooyer, The Beatles: Rock Band, Nominee, Uncharted 2: Among ThievesNaughty Dog - Sony Interactive Entertainment - SIE Foster City Studio, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Nominee, Halo 3: ODSTMicrosoft Corporation - Microsoft Studios, Halo 3: ODST, Nominee | ||
The British Academy Video Games Award for Multiplayer is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). It is given in honor of "the best multiplayer game experience, including social, online or offline". The 1st British Academy Video Games Awards ceremony was held in 2004, with EA Digital Illusions CE and Electronic Arts game Battlefield 1942 winning the award. The award was known as the British Academy Video Games Award for Online Multiplayer for the 2005, 2012 and 2013 ceremonies.
Since its inception, the award has been given to twelve games. Valve Corporation have received the most awards in this category as both developers as publishers, with three wins. Valve were also nominated on more occasions than any other developer, four times; Electronic Arts are the most nominated publisher, with twelve nominations. Rocket League, developed and published by Psyonix, is the most recent winner of the Multiplayer 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.