British Academy Games Award for Multiplayer

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British Academy Video Games Award for Multiplayer
Awarded forThe best multiplayer game experience, including social, online or offline
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented by BAFTA
First awarded2004
Currently held by Elden Ring
Website www.bafta.org/games

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". [1] The award was formerly known as the British Academy Video Games Award for Online Multiplayer at the 2005, 2012 and 2013 ceremonies.

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The award was first presented at the 1st British Academy Video Games Awards ceremony in 2004, with the EA Digital Illusions CE and Electronic Arts game Battlefield 1942 winning. [2] Since its inception, the award has been given to eighteen games. Among developers, Valve has received the most awards, with three wins from four nominations, while Electronic Arts leads the publishers, with five wins from their sixteen nominations. Bungie holds the record for the developer with the most nominations without a win, with five Activision is the publisher with the most nominations without a win, with thirteen.

The current holder of the award is Elden Ring by FromSoftware and Bandai Namco, which won at the 19th British Academy Games Awards in 2023.

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.

Table key
Indicates the winner
YearGameDeveloper(s)Publisher(s)Ref.
2002/03
(1st)
Battlefield 1942 EA Digital Illusions CE Electronic Arts [2]
EyeToy: Play London Studio Sony Computer Entertainment
MotoGP 2 Climax Brighton THQ
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark BioWare Atari
Project Gotham Racing 2 Bizarre Creations Microsoft Game Studios
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory Splash Damage Activision
2003/04
(2nd)
Half-Life 2 Valve Valve, Sierra Entertainment [3]
Burnout 3: Takedown Criterion Games Electronic Arts
Far Cry Crytek Ubisoft
Halo 2 Bungie Microsoft Game Studios
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal Insomniac Games Sony Computer Entertainment
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Annecy Ubisoft
2005/06
(3rd)
Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach Turbine, Inc. Atari, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment [4]
2006 FIFA World Cup EA Canada, Exient Entertainment Electronic Arts
Animal Crossing: Wild World Nintendo EAD Nintendo
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat EA Digital Illusions CE Electronic Arts
Guild Wars Factions ArenaNet NCSOFT
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Ubisoft Shanghai, Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Paris, Tiwak, Grin Ubisoft
2006/07
(4th)
Wii Sports Nintendo EAD Nintendo [5]
Battlefield 2142 EA Digital Illusions CE Electronic Arts
Crackdown Realtime Worlds Microsoft Game Studios
Guitar Hero II Harmonix Activision
World in Conflict Massive Entertainment Sierra Entertainment
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment
2007/08
(5th)
Left 4 Dead Valve Valve [6]
Buzz!: Quiz TV Relentless Software Sony Computer Entertainment
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Infinity Ward Activision
Gears of War 2 Epic Games Microsoft Game Studios
Mario Kart Wii Nintendo EAD Nintendo
Rock Band Harmonix MTV Games
2009
(6th)
Left 4 Dead 2 Valve Valve [7]
Battlefield 1943 EA Digital Illusions CE Electronic Arts
The Beatles: Rock Band Harmonix MTV Games
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Infinity Ward Activision
Halo 3: ODST Bungie Microsoft Game Studios
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment
2010
(7th)
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Criterion Games Electronic Arts [8]
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 EA Digital Illusions CEElectronic Arts
Call of Duty: Black Ops Treyarch Activision
Halo: Reach Bungie Microsoft Studios
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment
2011
(8th)
Battlefield 3 EA Digital Illusions CE Electronic Arts [9]
Assassin's Creed: Revelations Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Infinity Ward, Sledgehammer Games Activision
Dark Souls FromSoftware Namco Bandai Games
Gears of War 3 Epic Games Microsoft Studios
LittleBigPlanet 2 Media Molecule Sony Computer Entertainment
2012
(9th)
Journey Thatgamecompany Sony Computer Entertainment [10]
Assassin's Creed III Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
Borderlands 2 Gearbox Software 2K Games
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Treyarch Activision
Halo 4 343 Industries Microsoft Studios
Need for Speed: Most Wanted Criterion Games Electronic Arts
2013
(10th)
Grand Theft Auto V Rockstar North Rockstar Games [11]
Battlefield 4 EA Digital Illusions CE Electronic Arts
Dota 2 Valve Valve
The Last of Us Naughty Dog Sony Computer Entertainment
Super Mario 3D World Nintendo EAD Tokyo, 1-Up Studio Nintendo
World of Tanks Wargaming Wargaming
2014
(11th)
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment [12]
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Sledgehammer Games Activision
Destiny Bungie Activision
Mario Kart 8 Nintendo EAD Nintendo
Minecraft: Console Editions Mojang Mojang, Microsoft Studios
Titanfall Respawn Entertainment Electronic Arts
2015
(12th)
Rocket League Psyonix Psyonix [13]
Destiny: The Taken King Bungie Activision
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime Asteroid Base
Splatoon Nintendo EAD Nintendo
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Ubisoft Montreal Ubisoft
World of Warships Lesta Studio, Wargaming Wargaming
2016

(13th)

Overwatch Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment [14]
Battlefield 1 EA DICE Electronic Arts
Forza Horizon 3 Playground Games Microsoft Studios
Overcooked Ghost Town Games Team17
Titanfall 2 Respawn Entertainment Electronic Arts
Tom Clancy's The Division Massive Entertainment Ubisoft
2017

(14th)

Divinity: Original Sin II Larian Studios Larian Studios [15]
Fortnite Epic Games Epic Games
Gang Beasts Boneloaf Double Fine Productions
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds PUBG Corporation Bluehole Inc.
Splatoon 2 Nintendo EPD Nintendo
Star Trek: Bridge Crew Red Storm Entertainment Ubisoft
2018

(15th)

A Way Out Hazelight EA Originals [16]
Battlefield V EA DICE Electronic Arts
Overcooked 2 Ghost Town Games & Team17 Team17
Sea of Thieves Rare Microsoft Studios
Super Mario Party NDcube Nintendo
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo, Bandai Namco & Sora Ltd. Nintendo
2019

(16th)

Apex Legends Respawn Entertainment Electronic Arts [17]
Borderlands 3 Gearbox Software 2K Games
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Infinity Ward Activision
Luigi's Mansion 3 Next Level Games Nintendo
Tick Tock: A Tale for TwoOther Tales Interactive
Tom Clancy's The Division 2 Massive Entertainment Ubisoft
2020

(17th)

Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo EPD Nintendo [18]
Deep Rock Galactic Ghost Ship Games Coffee Stain Publishing
Fall Guys Mediatonic Devolver Digital
Ghost of Tsushima Sucker Punch Productions Sony Interactive Entertainment
Sackboy: A Big Adventure Sumo Digital Sony Interactive Entertainment
Valorant Riot Games
2021

(18th)

It Takes Two Hazelight Studios Electronic Arts [19]
Back 4 Blood Turtle Rock Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Call of Duty: Vanguard Sledgehammer Games Activision
Forza Horizon 5 Playground Games Xbox Game Studios
Halo Infinite 343 Industries
Hell Let Loose Black Matter Team17
2022

(19th)

Elden Ring FromSoftware Bandai Namco [20]
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Infinity Ward Activision
FIFA 23 EA Sports
Overwatch 2 Blizzard Entertainment
Splatoon 3 Nintendo
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge Tribute Games Dotemu

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