3rd British Academy Games Awards

Date

5 October 2006

Location

The Roundhouse

Hosted by

Vernon Kay

Best Game

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

Most awards

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, LocoRoco & Shadow of the Colossus (2)

Most nominations

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter & LocoRoco (8)

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The 3rd British Academy Video Games Awards (known for the purposes of sponsorship as British Academy Video Games Awards in Association with N-Gage), awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, was an award ceremony held on 5 October 2006 in The Roundhouse. The ceremony honoured achievement in 2006 and was hosted by Vernon Kay. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, LocoRoco & Shadow of the Colossus were the major winners on the night, taking two awards.

Winners and nominees

Winners are shown first in bold.

Action and Adventure (Sponsored by PC World) Shadow of the Colossus – Team Ico and Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Metroid Prime Hunters – Nintendo Software Technology/Nintendo The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft Tomb Raider: Legend – Crystal Dynamics/Eidos Interactive We Love Katamari – Namco/Namco	Innovation Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? – Nintendo SPD/Nintendo Electroplankton – indieszero/Nintendo Guitar Hero – Harmonix/RedOctane LocoRoco – Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Shadow of the Colossus – Team Ico and Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment We Love Katamari – Namco/Namco
Artistic Achievement Shadow of the Colossus – Team Ico and Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Black – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Hitman: Blood Money – IO Interactive/Eidos Interactive LocoRoco – Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks We Love Katamari – Namco/Namco	Multiplayer Dungeons and Dragons Online: Stormreach – Turbine/Atari 2006 FIFA World Cup – EA Canada/EA Sports Animal Crossing: Wild World – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo Battlefield 2: Modern Combat – Digital Illusions CE/Electronic Arts Guild Wars Factions – ArenaNet/NCSOFT Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft
Audio Electroplankton – indieszero/Nintendo Black – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts LocoRoco – Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft Tomb Raider: Legend – Crystal Dynamics/Eidos Interactive We Love Katamari – Namco/Namco	Original Score Tomb Raider: Legend – Troels Brun Folmann, Crystal Dynamics/Eidos Interactive Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King – Koichi Sugiyama, Level-5/Square Enix LocoRoco – Nobuyuki Shimizu and Kemmei Adachi, Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Shadow of the Colossus – Kow Otani, Japan Studio and Team Ico/Sony Computer Entertainment The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – Jeremy Soule, Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks The Movies – Lionhead Studios/Activision
Casual and Social Buzz!: The BIG Quiz – Relentless Software/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? – Nintendo SPD/Nintendo Electroplankton – indieszero/Nintendo Guitar Hero – Harmonix/RedOctane LocoRoco – Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment SingStar Rocks! – London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment	Screenplay Psychonauts – Double Fine Productions/Majesco Entertainment 24: The Game – SCE Studio Cambridge/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Rogue Trooper – Rebellion Developments/Eidos Interactive The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks Tomb Raider: Legend – Crystal Dynamics/Eidos Interactive
Character *LocoRoco (LocoRoco)* Agent 47 (Hitman: Blood Money) Han Solo (Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy) Lara Croft (Tomb Raider: Legend) Rogue (Rogue Trooper)	Simulation The Movies – Lionhead Studios/Activision C-130 Hercules – Captain Sim/Just Flight Championship Manager 2006 – Beautiful Game Studios and Gusto Games/Eidos Interactive Football Manager 2006 – Sports Interactive/Sega Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis – Rockstar San Diego/Rockstar Games Trauma Center: Under the Knife – Atlus/Atlus
Children's LocoRoco – Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Daxter – Ready at Dawn/Sony Computer Entertainment Ice Age: The Meltdown – Eurocom/Sierra Entertainment, Fox Interactive and Vivendi Universal Games Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy – Traveller's Tales/LucasArts New Super Mario Bros. – Nintendo EAD/Nintendo We Love Katamari – Namco/Namco	Soundtrack Guitar Hero – Harmonix/RedOctane B-Boy – FreeStyleGames/Evolved Games Reservoir Dogs – Volatile Games/Eidos Interactive SingStar Rocks! – London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Game (Sponsored by PC World) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft Black – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? – Nintendo SPD/Nintendo Guitar Hero – Harmonix/RedOctane Hitman: Blood Money – IO Interactive/Eidos Interactive Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy – Traveller's Tales/LucasArts	Sports Fight Night Round 3 – EA Chicago/Electronic Arts 2006 FIFA World Cup – EA Canada/EA Sports Football Manager 2006 – Sports Interactive/Sega MotoGP '06 – Climax Racing/THQ Pro Evolution Soccer 6 – Konami/Konami Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis – Rockstar San Diego/Rockstar Games
Gameplay (Sponsored by Nokia N-Gage) Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy – Traveller's Tales/LucasArts Guitar Hero – Harmonix/RedOctane LocoRoco – Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft We Love Katamari – Namco/Namco	Strategy Rise and Fall: Civilizations at War – Stainless Steel Studios and Midway Games San Diego/Midway Games Age of Empires: The Age of Kings – Backbone Entertainment/Majesco Entertainment Civilization IV – Firaxis Games/2K Games Football Manager 2006 – Sports Interactive/Sega Medieval II: Total War – Creative Assembly/Sega Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft
Gamers' Award (Sponsored by Nokia N-Gage) 24: The Mobile Game – I-play Civilization for N-Gage – MPS Labs/MicroProse Diner Dash – Gamelab/PlayFirst Lemmings – DMA Design/Psygnosis Namco Classics Pac-Man – Namco/Namco Platinum Sudoku – Gameloft/Gameloft and Ubisoft The Sims – Maxis/Electronic Arts Sonic the Hedgehog Part One – Sonic Team/Sega Tetris Mania – EA Mobile/Electronic Arts Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? – Jellyvision/Buena Vista Games	Technical Achievement (Sponsored by Skillset) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter – Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft Battlefield 2: Modern Combat – Digital Illusions CE/Electronic Arts Black – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Burnout Revenge – Criterion Games/Electronic Arts Just Cause – Avalanche Studios/Eidos Interactive Shadow of the Colossus – Team Ico and Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment

Games with multiple nominations and wins

Nominations

Nominations	Game
8	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
8	LocoRoco
6	We Love Katamari
5	Guitar Hero
	Shadow of the Colossus
	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
	Tomb Raider: Legend
4	Black
4	Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
3	Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain?
	Electroplankton
	Football Manager 2006
	Hitman: Blood Money
2	2006 FIFA World Cup
	Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
	Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis
	Rogue Trooper
	SingStar Rocks!
	The Movies