THE BRITISH ACADEMY VIDEO GAMES AWARDS
The winners are in Italicized and bolded.
Catetory of INNOVATION
Dr Kawashima's BRAIN TRAINING: How Old Is Your Brain? Nintendo Production team
Guitar Hero Daniel Sussman, Rob Kay Harmonix Music Systems Inc./Red Octane
We Love Katamari Keita Takashi Namco/ Electronic Arts
LocoRoco Tsutomu Kouno SCEJ/SCEE
Electroplankton Toshio Iwai Nintendo
Shadow of the Colossus Fumito Ueda SCEI/SCEE
Category of ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
Black John Miles Criterion Games/ EA Games
Hitman:Blood Money Rasmus Kjaer Io Interactive/ Eidos Interactive
LocoRoco Keigo Tsuchiya SCEJ/SCEE
The Elder Scrolls IV:Oblivion Matt Carofano Bethesda Games Studios/2K Games
Shadow of the Colossus Fumito Ueda SCEI/SCEE
We Love Katamari Keita Takashi Namco/ Electronic Arts
Category of SOUNDTRACK
B-Boy Jamie Jackson & Sergio Pimentel FreeStyleGames/ SCEE
Guitar Hero Eric Brosius Harmonix Music Systems Inc./ Red Octane
Reservoir Dogs EMI Music Publishing Ltd Volatile Games/ Eidos Interactive
SingStar Rocks! Sergio Pimentel SCEE
Category of CHARACTER
Agent 47 in Hitman:Blood Money Tom Isaksen Io Interactive/ Eidos Interactive
Han Solo in Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy Jez Pardon & Will Thompson Traveller's Tales/ LucasArts
LocoRoco in LocoRoco Tsutomu Kouno & Keigo Tsuchiya SCEJ/ SCEE
Rogue in Rogue Trooper The Rebellion & 2000 AD Production Teams Eidos Interactive
Lara Croft in Tomb Raider: Legend Toby Gard Crystal Dynamics/ Eidos Interactive
**Category of GAME **
Guitar Hero Daniel Sussman & John Tam Harmonix Music Systems Inc./ Red Octane
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Ubisoft Paris Production Team Ubisoft
Dr Kawashima's BRAIN TRAINING: How Old Is Your Brain? Nintendo Production Team
Black Alex Ward & Fiona Sperry Criterion Games/ EA Games
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy Jon Burton Traveller's Tales/ LucasArts
Hitman:Blood Money Helle Mariijnissen, Rasmus Hojengaard & Martin Amor Io Interactive/Eidos Interactive
Category of STRATEGY
Sid Meier's Civilization IV Warlords Jessie Smith, Soren Johnson & Sid Meier Firaxis Games/2K Games
Football Manager 2006 Sports Interactive Team Sega Europe
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Ubisoft Paris Production Team Ubisoft
Medieval II Total War Robert Smith & CA Brisbane Studio Creative Assembly/ Sega Europe
Age of Empires: The Age Of Kings Backbone Production Team Majesco
Rise And Fall: Civilizations At War Mark Caldwell Midway
Category of CASUAL & SOCIAL
Guitar Hero Daniel Sussman & John Tam Harmonix Music Systems Inc./ Red Octane
Dr Kawashima's BRAIN TRAINING: How Old Is Your Brain? Nintendo Production Team
Buzz!: The BIG Quiz Relentless Software Production Team SCEE
LocoRoco Tsutomu Kouno SCEJ/SCEE
SingStar Rocks! Paulina Bozek SCEE
Electroplankton Toshio Iwai Nintendo
Category of SCREENPLAY
24:The Game Duppy Demitrius & SCE Cambridge Studio Production Team SCEE
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Todd Howard Bethesda Games Studios/2K Games
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Ubisoft Paris Production Team Ubisoft
Psychonauts DoubleFine Production Team Majesco
Rogue Trooper Rebellion & 2000 AD Production Teams Eidos Interactive
Tomb Raider: Legend Aaron Vanian, Eric Lindstrom, Toby Gard Crystal Dynamics/ Eidos Interactive
Category of CHILDREN'S
Daxter Didier Malenfant, Andrea Pessino & Ru Weerasuriya Ready At Dawn/ SCEE
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown Michael Scheider & Greg Goodrich Eurocom/Vivendi Games
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy Jon Burton Traveller's Tales/ LucasArts
LocoRoco Tsutomu Kouno SCEJ/SCEE
New Super Mario Bros. Nintendo Production Team
We Love Katamari Keita Takashi Namco/ Electronic Arts
**Category of GAMEPLAY **
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy Jon Burton Traveller's Tales/ LucasArts
We Love Katamari Keita Takashi Namco/ Electronic Arts
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Ubisoft Paris Production Team Ubisoft
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Todd Howard Bethesda Games Studios/2K Games
Guitar Hero Daniel Susman & Jon Tam Harmonix Music Systems Inc./Red Octane
LocoRoco Tsutomu Kouno SCEJ/ SCEE
Category of SIMULATION
C-130 Hercules The Captain Sim Production Team/Just Flight
Championship Manager 2006 Steve Didd & David Rutter Beautiful Game Studios/ Eidos Interactive
Football Manager 2006 Sports Interactive Team Sega Europe
Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis Rockstar San Diego Production Team Take-Two Interactive
The Movies Lionhead Studios & Feral Interactive Production Teams
Trauma Center: Under The Knife Atlus Production Team Nintendo
Category of MULTIPLAYER
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat Marcus Nilsson Digital Illusions/ EA Games
Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach Turbine Production Team ATARI
Guild Wars Factions ArenaNet & NCsoft Production Teams
2006 FIFA World Cup Joe Nickolls & Bill Harrison EA Canada/EA Sports
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Ubisoft Paris Production Team Ubisoft
Animal Crossing: Wild World Nintendo Production Team
Category of ACTION & ADVENTURE
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Todd Howard Bethesda Games Studios/2K Games
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Ubisoft Paris Production Team Ubisoft
Metroid Prime: Hunters Nintendo Software Technical Co. Production Team Nintendo
Shadow of the Colossus Fumito Ueda SCEI/ SCEE
Tomb Raider: Legend Crystal Dynamics Production Team Eidos Interactive
We Love Katamari Keita Takashi Namco/ Electronic Arts
**Category of TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT **
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Ubisoft Paris Production Team Ubisoft
Black Olly Read Criterion Games/ EA Games
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat Mans Vestin Digital Illusions/ EA Games
Just Cause Christofer Sundberg & Linus Blomberg Avalanche Studios/ Eidos Interactive
Shadow of the Colossus Jinji Horagai & Fumito Ueda SCEI/SCEE
Burnout Revenge Hamish Young & Paul Ross Criterion Games/ Electronic Arts
Category of SPORTS
2006 FIFA World Cup Joe Nickolls & Bill Harrison EA Canada/EA Sports
Fight Night Round 3 EA Chicago Production Team EA Sports
Football Manager 2006 Sports Interactive Team Sega Europe
MotoGP '06 Climax Production Team THQ
Pro Evolution Soccer 6 Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo Production Team Konami
Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis Rockstar San Diego Production Team Take-Two Interactive
Category of AUDIO
Black Steve Root Criterion Games/ EA Games
Electroplankton Toshio Iwai Nintendo
LocoRoco Kouji Nikura SCEJ/ SCEE
Tomb Raider: Legend Crystal Dynamics Audio Team Eidos Interactive
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter Ubisoft Paris Production Team Ubisoft
We Love Katamari Keita Takashi Namco/ Electronic Arts
Category of ORIGINAL SCORE
Dragon Quest: The Journey of the Cursed King Koichi Sugiyama Level 5/ Square Enix
LocoRoco Nobuyuki Shimizu & Kemmei Adachi SCEJ/SCEE
The Movies Daniel Pemberton & Russell Shaw Lionhead Studios/Feral Interactive
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Jeremy Soule Bethesda Games Studios/2K Games
Shadow of the Colossus Kow Otani SCEI/ SCEE
Tomb Raider: Legend Troels B. Folmann Crystal Dynamics/ Eidos Interactive
Kudos to all the nominees and winners, we look forward to next year's Video Game awards with bright eyes and open minds.