The 7th British Academy Video Game Awards (known for the purposes of sponsorship as GAME British Academy Video Games Awards) awarded by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, was an award ceremony held on 16 March 2011 in the London Hilton. The ceremony honoured achievement in video gaming in 2010 and was hosted by Dara Ó Briain. Heavy Rain was the major winner on the night, taking three of the seven awards available.
Winners and nominees Winners are shown first in bold. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – EA DICE/Electronic Arts BioShock 2 – 2K Marin/2K Games Call of Duty: Black Ops – Treyarch/Activision God of War III – Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Halo: Reach – Bungie/Microsoft Game StudiosMy Empire – PlayfishBejeweled Blitz – PopCap Games Farmerama – Bigpoint FIFA Superstars – Playfish, Electronic Arts ZooMumba – Bigpoint Zuma Blitz – Oberon Media, PopCap Games |- | valign="top" width="50%" |God of War III – Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer EntertainmentAssassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Call of Duty: Black Ops – Treyarch/Activision Heavy Rain – Quantic Dream/Sony Computer Entertainment Limbo – Playdead/Playdead Mass Effect 2 – BioWare/Electronic Arts/Microsoft Game Studios | valign="top" |F1 2010 – Codemasters/CodemastersFIFA 11 – EA Canada/EA Sports Football Manager 2011 – Sports Interactive/Sega Gran Turismo 5 – Polyphony Digital/Sony Computer Entertainment International Cricket 2010 – Trickstar Games/Codemasters Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 – Konami/Konami |- | valign="top" width="50%" |Mass Effect 2 – BioWare/Electronic Arts/Microsoft Game StudiosAssassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft FIFA 11 – EA Canada/EA Sports Heavy Rain – Quantic Dream/Sony Computer Entertainment Limbo – Playdead/Playdead Super Mario Galaxy 2 – Nintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo | valign="top" |Heavy Rain – David Cage, Quantic Dream/Sony Computer EntertainmentAlan Wake – Sam Lake, Mikko Rautalahti, Petri Järvilehto, Remedy Entertainment/Microsoft Game Studios BioShock 2 – Jordan Thomas, 2K Marin/2K Games Call of Duty: Black Ops – Craig Houston, Dave Anthony, David S. Goyer, Treyarch/Activision Fallout: New Vegas – John R. Gonzalez, Obsidian Entertainment/Bethesda Softworks Mass Effect 2 – Mac Walters, Drew Karpyshyn, BioWare/Electronic Arts/Microsoft Game Studios |- | valign="top" width="50%" |Kinect Sports – Rare/Microsoft Game StudiosDance Central – Harmonix/MTV Games Kinect Adventures! – Good Science Studio/Microsoft Game Studios Kinectimals – Frontier Developments/Microsoft Game Studios Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 – Traveller's Tales/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Toy Story 3: The Video Game – Avalanche Software/Disney Interactive Studios | valign="top" |Civilization V – Firaxis Games/2K GamesFallout: New Vegas – Obsidian Entertainment/Bethesda Softworks FIFA Manager 11 – Bright Future GmbH and EA Sports/Electronic Arts Napoleon: Total War – The Creative Assembly/Sega Plants vs. Zombies – PopCap Games/PopCap Games StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment |- | valign="top" width="50%" |Super Mario Galaxy 2 – Nintendo EAD Tokyo/NintendoAssassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft God of War III – Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Heavy Rain – Quantic Dream/Sony Computer Entertainment Limbo – Playdead/Playdead Mass Effect 2 – BioWare/Electronic Arts/Microsoft Game Studios | valign="top" |Heavy Rain – Quantic Dream/Sony Computer EntertainmentAssassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Call of Duty: Black Ops – Treyarch/Activision Halo: Reach – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios Kinectimals – Frontier Developments/Microsoft Game Studios Super Mario Galaxy 2 – Nintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo |- | valign="top" width="50%" |Cut the Rope – ZeptoLab/ChillingoGod of War: Ghost of Sparta – Ready at Dawn and Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment Lego Harry Potter: Years 1–4 – Traveller's Tales/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Professor Layton and the Lost Future – Level-5/Nintendo Sonic Colours – Sonic Team and Dimps/Sega Super Scribblenauts – 5th Cell/WB Games | valign="top" |Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – EA DICE/Electronic ArtsAlan Wake – Remedy Entertainment/Microsoft Game Studios Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Call of Duty: Black Ops – Treyarch/Activision DJ Hero 2 – FreeStyleGames/Activision Limbo – Playdead/Playdead |- | valign="top" width="50%" |Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit – Criterion Games/Electronic ArtsAssassin's Creed: Brotherhood – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Battlefield: Bad Company 2 – EA DICE/Electronic Arts Call of Duty: Black Ops – Treyarch/Activision Halo: Reach – Bungie/Microsoft Game Studios StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty – Blizzard Entertainment | valign="top" |Twang! – PikPokMush – Motion Twin Sculpty – Team Tickle |- | valign="top" width="50%" |Heavy Rain – Normand Corbeil. Quantic Dream/Sony Computer EntertainmentAlan Wake – Petri Alanko, Remedy Entertainment/Microsoft Game Studios Fable III – Russell Shaw, Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studios James Bond 007: Blood Stone – Richard Jacques, Bizarre Creations/Activision Mass Effect 2 – Jack Wall, Jimmy Hinson, Sam Hulick, David Kates, BioWare/Electronic Arts/Microsoft Game Studios Super Mario Galaxy 2 – Mahito Yokota, Ryo Nagamatsu, Koji Kondo, Nintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo | valign="top" |Call of Duty: Black Ops'' – Treyarch/ActivisionDance Central – Bungie/Microsoft Game StudiosFIFA 11 – EA Canada/EA SportsHalo: Reach – Bungie/Microsoft Game StudiosHeavy Rain – Quantic Dream/Sony Computer EntertainmentLimbo – Playdead/PlaydeadMass Effect 2 – BioWare/Electronic Arts/Microsoft Game StudiosNeed for Speed: Hot Pursuit – Criterion Games/Electronic ArtsRed Dead Redemption – Rockstar San Diego/Rockstar GamesSuper Mario Galaxy 2'' – Nintendo EAD Tokyo/Nintendo
Academy Fellowship Peter Molyneux
Games with multiple nominations and wins
Nominations Nominations Game 7 Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Call of Duty: Black Ops Heavy Rain 6 Mass Effect 2 5 Super Mario Galaxy 2 Limbo 4 Halo: Reach 3 Alan Wake Battlefield: Bad Company 2 FIFA 11 God of War III 2 BioShock 2 Dance Central Fallout: New Vegas Kinectimals Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Wins Awards Game 3 Heavy Rain
External links 7th BAFTA Video Games Awards page