The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is honouring "the best game of the year, across all genres and platforms".
[1] The 1st British Academy Video Games Awards ceremony was held in 2004, with Infinity Ward and Activision's game Call of Duty receiving the award.
As developers, Valve and Naughty Dog have received the most awards in this category, with two wins, while Sony Interactive Entertainment are the most awarded publishers in this category, with five wins.
The most recent winner of the award is Baldur's Gate 3 by Larian Studios, which received it at the 20th British Academy Games Awards.
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.