The British Academy Video Games Award for Animation is an award presented annually by the

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(BAFTA). It is given in honor to "the highest level of excellence in bringing a game to life", considering elements such as "player control, non-player characters, ambient/environmental animation, facial animation and cinematics". The category also considers the style, fluidity and responsiveness of the character. The category was first presented to '' Soulcalibur II'' at the

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in 2004 under the name Animation or Intro. The following year, it received its current name but was subsequently discontinued. The category was revived at the

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in 2019. As developers, six studios have received two nominations in the category, though only Insomniac Games and Naughty Dog have achieved any wins. For publishers,

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hold the record for most nominations, with nine, and also have the most wins in the category, with two. The current holder of the award is '' Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart'' by Insomniac Games and

, which won at the

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in 2022.

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. ; Animation or Intro ;Animation * Note: The games that don't have recipients on the table had Development Team credited on the awards page.

Multiple nominations and wins

Developers

Publishers

References

External links

Official website
{{British Academy Games Awards

Animation Animation is a method by which image, still figures are manipulated to appear as Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent cel, celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited ...