In 2003, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) announced that they would be splitting their BAFTA Games Awards from the BAFTA Interactive Awards. The Games Awards are given to recognize eminent computer and video games.

The first BAFTA Games Awards were presented on February 25, 2004.

See BAFTA Interactive Awards for previous BAFTA awards given to games.

2003 Winners

Game Genres

• Strategy - Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
• Racing - Project Gotham Racing 2
• Adventure The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
• Action - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Sports - FIFA 2004
• Childrens - Eyetoy: Play

Features

• Multiplayer - Battlefield 1942
• Sound - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Music - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Animation or Intro - Soul Calibur II
• Design - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Technical Achievement - Eyetoy: Play

Platforms

• Xbox - Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
• Mobile _ Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
• PlayStation 2 - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• GameCube - Metroid Prime
• Game Boy Advance - Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
• PC - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Other awards

• The Sunday Times Reader Award for Games - Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Game on any Platform (The Year's Best Game) - Call of Duty

External links

• BAFTA Games Awards (http://www.bafta.org/games.htm)