It is given in honour of "the best British game of the year, across all genres and platforms.
[2] Since its inception, the award has been given to four games, all from separate developers and publishers.
As developers, Playground Games have been nominated the most times on three occasions.
The current holder of the award is Rollerdrome, developed by Roll7 and published by Private Division, which won at the 19th British Academy Games Awards in 2023.
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.