The 8th 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
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, was an
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held on 16 March 2012 in the
London Hilton. The ceremony honoured achievement in
video gaming in 2011 and was hosted by
Dara Ó Briain
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.
Winners and nominees
Winners are shown first in bold.
Special
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Markus Persson
Markus Alexej Persson (; born 1 June 1979), also known as Notch, is a Swedish video game programmer and designer. He is best known for creating the sandbox video game ''Minecraft'' and for founding the video game company Mojang in 2009.
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Multiple nominations and wins
Games with multiple nominations and wins
Nominations
Wins
External links
8th BAFTA Video Games Awards page
{{British Academy Games Awards
British Academy Games Awards ceremonies
2012 awards in the United Kingdom
2011 in video gaming
March 2012 events in the United Kingdom