4ª edizione dei British Academy Video Game Awards
# 4ª edizione dei British Academy Video Game Awards

La quarta edizione dei British Academy Video Games Awards, premiazione istituita dalla British Academy of Film and Television Arts, si è tenuta il 23 ottobre 2007 all'interno del Battersea Park di Londra, ed è stata condotta da Vic Reeves. La cerimonia ha premiato i migliori videogiochi degli anni 2006 e 2007. Wii Sports è stato il gioco più premiato della serata, ottenendo ben sei riconoscimenti su sette candidature, eguagliando il record di vittorie di Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2003) e di Half-Life 2 (2004). BioShock è stato premiato come Gioco dell'anno.

## Vincitori e candidati

### Miglior Gioco d'azione e d'avventura

* Crackdown – Realtime Worlds/Microsoft Game Studios
* Gears of War – Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios
* God of War II – SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
* The Orange Box – Valve Corporation/Valve Corporation
* Ratchet & Clank: Armi di distruzione – Insomniac Games/Sony Computer Entertainment
* The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo

### Miglior Gioco di Sport

* Wii Sports – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
* Colin McRae: Dirt – Codemasters/Codemasters
* Football Manager 2008 – Sports Interactive/SEGA
* FIFA 08 – EA Canada/EA Sports
* MotorStorm – Evolution Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Virtua Tennis 3 – Sega and Sumo Digital/Sega

### Miglior Direzione Artistica

* Ōkami – Clover Studio/Capcom
* BioShock – 2K Boston and 2K Australia/2K Games
* Heavenly Sword – Ninja Theory/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Ratchet & Clank: Armi di distruzione – Insomniac Games/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Skate – EA Black Box/Electronic Arts
* Viva Piñata – Rare/Microsoft Game Studios

### Miglior Storia e Personaggi

* God of War II – Cory Barlog, James Barlog and Marianne Krawczyk, SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Final Fantasy XII – Daisuke Watanabe, Miwa Shoda and Yasumi Matsuno, Square Enix/Square Enix
* Heavenly Sword – Tameem Antoniades, Rhianna Pratchett and Andrew S. Walsh, Ninja Theory/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Ōkami – Hideki Kamiya, Clover Studio/Capcom
* The Darkness – Starbreeze Studios/2K Games
* I Simpson - Il videogioco – EA Redwood Shores/Electronic Arts

### Gioco dell'anno

* BioShock – 2K Boston and 2K Australia/2K Games
* Crysis – Crytek/Electronic Arts
* Gears of War – Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios
* Guitar Hero II – Harmonix/Activision
* Kane & Lynch: Dead Men – IO Interactive/Eidos Interactive
* Wii Sports – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo

### Miglior Gioco di Strategia e Simulazione

* Wii Sports – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
* Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars – EA Los Angeles/Electronic Arts
* Forza Motorsport 2 – Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft Game Studios
* Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms – Creative Assembly/SEGA
* Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
* World in Conflict – Massive Entertainment/Sierra Entertainment

### Miglior Gioco Casual

* Wii Sports – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
* Big Brain Academy for Wii – Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development Group No. 4/Nintendo
* Cake Mania – Sandlot Games/Sandlot Games
* Guitar Hero II – Harmonix/Activision
* More Brain Training – Nintendo SPD/Nintendo
* SingStar – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment

### Miglior Direzione Tecnica

* God of War II – SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Crackdown – Realtime Worlds/Microsoft Game Studios
* Gears of War – Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios
* MotorStorm – Evolution Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Ōkami – Clover Studio/Capcom
* Uncharted: Drake's Fortune – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment

### Miglior Gameplay

* Wii Sports – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
* Crackdown – Realtime Worlds/Microsoft Game Studios
* Gears of War – Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios
* Sega Rally – Sega Racing Studio/SEGA
* The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
* Warhawk – Incognito Entertainment and SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment

### Miglior Sonoro

* Crackdown – Realtime Worlds/Microsoft Game Studios
* Elite Beat Agents – iNiS/Nintendo
* Gears of War – Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios
* God of War II – SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Guitar Hero II – Harmonix/Activision
* Skate – EA Black Box/Electronic Arts

### Miglior Gioco Innovativo

* Wii Sports – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
* flOw – thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Ōkami – Clover Studio/Capcom
* Super Paper Mario – Intelligent Systems and Nintendo SPD/Nintendo
* The Eye of Judgment – SCE Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Trauma Center: Second Opinion – Atlus/Atlus

### BAFTA One's to Watch Award

* Ragnarawk – Voodoo Boogy
* Bear Go Home – Phoenix Seed
* Climbatic

### Miglior Multiplayer

* Wii Sports – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
* Battlefield 2142 – EA DICE/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

### Miglior Colonna Sonora Originale

* Ōkami – Masami Ueda, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Rei Kondoh and Akari Groves, Clover Studio/Capcom
* Final Fantasy XII – Hitoshi Sakimoto, Hayato Matsuo and Masaharu Iwata, Square Enix/Square Enix
* God of War II – Gerard Marino, Ron Fish, Mike Reagan and Cris Velasco, SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Lair – John Debney, Factor 5/Sony Computer Entertainment
* The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ohta, Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
* Viva Piñata – Grant Kirkhope, Rare/Microsoft Game Studios

The PC World Gamers Award (Premio scelto dal pubblico)

* Football Manager 2007 – Sports Interactive/SEGA
* Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training – Nintendo SPD/Nintendo
* FIFA 07 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts
* Gears of War – Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios
* Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories – Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
* Resistance: Fall of Man – Insomniac Games/Sony Computer Entertainment
* Wii Play – Nintendo EAD Group No. 2/Nintendo
