The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) EE Game of the Year, formerly EE Mobile Game of the Year, is an audience voted award presented annually at the British Academy Games Awards honouring "the best game of the year, as voted for by the public". The award is sponsored by the telecommunications company EE and winners receive a special solid yellow BAFTA statuette as opposed to the standard golden statuettes given to the recipients of other categories.
It was first presented to Old School RuneScape at the 15th British Academy Games Awards in 2018 as a fan-voted companion to the British Academy Games Award for Mobile Game, but was expanded and renamed at the 17th British Academy Games Awards in 2021 to include games on any platform. Nintendo are the most nominated developer, with three, and are also have the most nominations without a win. Among publishers, Sony Interactive Entertainment lead with four nominations, and are the only publisher to have two wins in the category. Nintendo and The Pokémon Company both have two nominations and are yet to win.
The current holder of the award is Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Studios, which it won at the 20th British Academy Games Awards in 2024.
Winners and nominees In the following table, the years are listed as per BAFTA convention, and generally correspond to the year of game release in the United Kingdom, with the ceremony generally being held the year after. + Table keyIndicates the winner EE Mobile Game of the Year YearGameDeveloper(s)Publisher(s)2018 (15th) Old School RuneScape Jagex Brawl Stars Supercell Clash Royale Fortnite Epic Games Pokémon Go Niantic Roblox Roblox Corporation2019 (16th) Call of Duty: Mobile TiMi Studios Activision/Tencent Games Assemble with Care Ustwo Dead Man's Phone Electric Noir Studios Pokémon Go Niantic Tangle Tower SFB Games What the Golf? Triband EE Game of the Year YearGameDeveloper(s)Publisher(s)2020 (17th) The Last of Us Part II Naughty Dog Sony Interactive Entertainment Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo EPD Nintendo Call of Duty: Warzone Raven Software Activision Ghost of Tsushima Sucker Punch Productions Sony Interactive Entertainment Hades Supergiant Games Valorant Riot Games2021 (18th) Unpacking Witch Beam Humble Bundle Chicory: A Colorful Tale Greg Lobanov Finji Deathloop Arkane Studios Bethesda Softworks The Forgotten City Modern Storyteller Dear Villagers It Takes Two Hazelight Studios Electronic Arts Metroid Dread MercurySteam Nintendo2022 (19th) God of War Ragnarök Santa Monica Studio Sony Interactive Entertainment Elden Ring FromSoftware FromSoftware/Bandai Namco Entertainment Horizon Forbidden West Guerrilla Games Sony Interactive Entertainment Immortality Half Mermaid Productions Marvel Snap Second Dinner Nuverse Stray BlueTwelve Annapurna Interactive2023 (20th) Baldur's Gate 3 Larian Studios Cyberpunk 2077 CD Projekt RED Fortnite Epic Games The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Nintendo Lethal CompanyZeekerss Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Insomniac Games Sony Interactive Entertainment
Multiple nominations and wins Developers Developer Nominations Wins Nintendo EPD 3 0 Niantic 2 0
Publishers Developer Nominations Wins Sony Interactive Entertainment 4 2 Activision 2 1 Nintendo 2 0 The Pokémon Company 2 0
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