The British Academy Video Games Award for Best Game is an award presented annually at the

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. The

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(BAFTA) is honouring "the best game of the year, across all genres and platforms". The

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ceremony was held in 2004, with

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and

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's game '' Call of Duty'' receiving the award. The award was originally known as Game of the Year – The Year's Best Game for the 2004 ceremony. Since its inception, the award has been given to eighteen games. As developers,

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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. Nintendo's

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division were nominated on six occasions, more than any other developer; and Sony are the most nominated publisher, with sixteen nominations. The most recent winner of the award is '' Vampire Survivors'' by Poncle, which received it at the

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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.

Winners and nominees

Multiple nominations and wins

Developers

Publishers

Notes

References

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