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(BAFTA) EE Game of the Year, formerly EE Mobile Game of the Year is an audience voted award presented annually at the British Academy Games Awards honouring "the best game of the year, as voted for by the public". The award is sponsored by the telecommunications company

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and winners receive a special solid yellow BAFTA statuette as opposed to the standard golden statuettes given to the recipients of other categories. It was first presented to ''

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'' at the

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in 2018 as a fan-voted companion to the British Academy Games Award for Mobile Game, but was expanded and renamed at the

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in 2021 to include games on any platform.

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are the most nominated developer, with three, and are also have the most nominations without a win. Among publishers,

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lead with four nominations, and are the only publisher to have two wins in the category.

and

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both have two nominations and are yet to win. The current holder of the award is ''

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'' by Sony's Santa Monica Studio, which it won at the

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in 2023.

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, with the ceremony generally being held the year after. EE Mobile Game of the Year EE Game of the Year

Multiple nominations and wins

Developers

Publishers

References

External links

Official website
{{British Academy Games Awards EE Game of the Year Awards for best video game