1st British Academy Games Awards


The 1st British Academy Video Games Awards, awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, was an award ceremony held in 2004. The ceremony honoured achievement in 2003. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City was the major winner on the night, taking six out of the eight awards available.

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown first in bold.

  • – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
  • *Amplitude – Harmonix/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *' – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Metroid Prime – Retro Studios and Nintendo/Nintendo
  • *' – Midway Games/Midway Games
  • *Ratchet & Clank – Insomniac Games/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets – Argonaut/Electronic Arts
  • *' – Bill Brown and Mikael Sandgren, EA Pacific/EA Games
  • *Primal – Paul Arnold, Andrew Barnabas and 16Volt, SCE Studio Cambridge/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *' – Elixir Studios/Eidos Interactive
  • *Return to Castle Wolfenstein – Bill Brown, Gray Matter Interactive/Activision
  • *TimeSplitters 2 – Graeme Norgate, Free Radical Design/Eidos Interactive
  • – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
  • *' – Eurocom/Electronic Arts
  • *' – Revolution Software/The Adventure Company
  • *Dark Chronicle – Level-5/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Dog's Life – Frontier Developments/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Jak II – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
  • *' – Revolution Software/The Adventure Company
  • *Call of Duty – Infinity Ward/Activision
  • *' – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *' – 2015, Inc./EA Games
  • *Rise of Nations – Big Huge Games/Microsoft Game Studios
  • Soulcalibur II – Project Soul/Namco
  • *Big Mutha Truckers – Eutechnyx/Empire Interactive
  • *' – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
  • *Primal – SCE Studio Cambridge/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Tekken 4 – Namco/Namco
  • *Viewtiful Joe – Capcom/Namco
  • – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
  • *Amplitude – Harmonix/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *' – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Ghosthunter – SCE Cambridge Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
  • *Jak II – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *TimeSplitters 2 – Free Radical Design/Eidos Interactive
  • – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Disney Sports Soccer – Konami/Konami
  • *Dog's Life – Frontier Developments/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire – Game Freak/The Pokémon Company
  • *Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Wallace & Gromit in Project Zoo – Frontier Developments/BAM! Entertainment
  • Project Gotham Racing 2 – Bizarre Creations/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *' – Criterion Games/Acclaim Entertainment
  • *Formula One 2003 – SCE Studio Liverpool/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
  • *MotoGP 2 – Climax Brighton/THQ
  • *' – EA Black Box/Electronic Arts
  • *WRC II Extreme – Evolution Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
  • – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
  • *' – Revolution Software/The Adventure Company
  • *' – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Jak II – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *Soulcalibur II – Project Soul/Namco
  • *Viewtiful Joe – Capcom/Namco
  • – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
  • *Amplitude – Harmonix/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *' – EA Pacific/EA Games
  • *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets –
  • *Metroid Prime – Retro Studios and Nintendo/Nintendo
  • *TimeSplitters 2 – Free Radical Design/Eidos Interactive
  • – Intelligent Systems/Nintendo
  • *Finding Nemo – Vicarious Visions/THQ
  • *' – Camelot Software Planning/Nintendo
  • *Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire – Game Freak/The Pokémon Company
  • *' – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
  • *' – Nintendo R&D1/Nintendo
  • FIFA Football 2004 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts
  • *F1 Career Challenge – Image Space Incorporated and Visual Science/EA Sports
  • *Formula One 2003 – SCE Studio Liverpool/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
  • *Tony Hawk's Underground – Neversoft/Activision
  • *WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain – Yuke's/THQ
  • *WWE WrestleMania XIX – Yuke's/THQ
  • Call of Duty – Infinity Ward/Activision
  • – Intelligent Systems/Nintendo
  • *Call of Duty – Infinity Ward/Activision
  • *' – EA Pacific/EA Games
  • *Rise of Nations – Big Huge Games/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *' – Cyan Worlds/Ubisoft
  • *Worms 3D – Team17/Acclaim Entertainment
  • Metroid Prime – Retro Studios and Nintendo/Nintendo
  • *Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg – Sonic Team/Sega
  • *Soulcalibur II – Project Soul/Namco
  • *' – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
  • *TimeSplitters 2 – Free Radical Design/Eidos Interactive
  • *Viewtiful Joe – Capcom/Namco
  • – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
  • *Call of Duty – Infinity Ward/Activision
  • *' – Pivotal Games and SCi/Gotham Games
  • *' – Rebellion Developments/BAM! Entertainment
  • *' – BioWare/LucasArts
  • *' – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
  • Tony Hawk's Pro Skater – Neversoft/Activision
  • *FIFA Football 2004 – EA Canada/Electronic Arts
  • *Hello Kitty – Sanrio/Sanrio
  • *Ministry of Sound Dance Nation – Cybiko, Inc./THQ Wireless
  • *Super Yum Yum – AirPlay/Indiagames
  • *Weakest Link – Traveller's Tales/Activision
  • – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *' – Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
  • *' – The Creative Assembly/Activision
  • *The Getaway – Team Soho/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *' – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo
  • *' – Luxoflux/Activision
  • Battlefield 1942 – Digital Illusions CE/Electronic Arts
  • *' – SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment
  • *MotoGP 2 – Climax Brighton/THQ
  • *' – BioWare/Atari
  • *Project Gotham Racing 2 – Bizarre Creations/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *' – Splash Damage/Activision
  • – BioWare/LucasArts
  • *Project Gotham Racing 2 – Bizarre Creations/Microsoft Game Studios
  • *Soulcalibur II – Project Soul/Namco
  • *' – EA Redwood Shores/Electronic Arts
  • *TimeSplitters 2 – Free Radical Design/Eidos Interactive
  • *Top Spin – PAM Development/Microsoft Game Studios

    • Special Award

  • Chris Deering

    Games with multiple nominations and wins

    • Nominations

    Wins