British Academy Games Award for Multiplayer

British Academy Video Games Award for Multiplayer
Awarded for	The best multiplayer game experience, including social, online or offline
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	BAFTA
First award	2004
Currently held by	Super Mario Bros. Wonder
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.

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 Helldivers 2 by Arrowhead Game Studios and Sony Interactive Entertainment, which won at the 21st British Academy Games Awards in 2024.

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

Year	Game	Developer(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 CE	Electronic 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 Two	Other 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
2023 (20th)	Super Mario Bros. Wonder	Nintendo EPD	Nintendo	[21]
	Baldur's Gate 3	Larian Studios
	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III	Sledgehammer Games	Activision
	Diablo IV	Blizzard Entertainment
	Forza Motorsport	Turn 10 Studios	Xbox Game Studios
	Party Animals	Recreate Games	Source Technology
2024 (21st)	Helldivers 2	Arrowhead	Sony Interactive Entertainment	[22] [23]
	Call of Duty: Black Ops 6	Treyarch/Raven	Activision
	Lego Horizon Adventures	Guerrilla	Studio Gobo
	Super Mario Party Jamboree	Nintendo Cube
	Tekken 8	Bandai Namco	Arika
	Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2	Saber Interactive	Focus Entertainment

Multiple wins and nominations

Developers

The following developers received two or more Multiplayer awards: Wins Developer 3 Valve 2 Blizzard Entertainment EA Digital Illusions CE Hazelight Studios

The following developers received three or more Multiplayer nominations: Nominations Developer 10 Nintendo EAD/Nintendo 9 EA Digital Illusions CE 6 Blizzard Entertainment 5 Bungie Infinity Ward 4 Ubisoft Montreal Valve 3 Criterion Games Harmonix Massive Entertainment Respawn Entertainment

Publishers

The following publishers received two or more Multiplayer awards: Wins Publisher 5 Electronic Arts 3 Nintendo Valve 2 Blizzard Entertainment

The following publishers received three or more Multiplayer nominations: Nominations Publisher 16 Electronic Arts 15 Activision Nintendo 11 Microsoft Studios 10 Ubisoft 10 Sony Computer Entertainment/Sony Interactive Entertainment 6 Blizzard Entertainment 4 Valve

References

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External links

• British Academy Video Games Awards official website