British Academy Games Award for Intellectual Property
Video game award
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The British Academy Video Games Award for New Intellectual Property is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). It is given in honor to "the best game which is not part of an established series and represents a new intellectual property".[1]
| British Academy Games Award for New Intellectual Property | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | The best game from a new intellectual property |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| Currently held by | South of Midnight |
| Website | www |
The award was first presented at the 2nd British Academy Games Awards as Originality, after which the category was discontinued. It was revived in 2015 at the 11th edition, when it was presented as Original Property. The category received its current name at the 20th British Academy Games Awards.:[2]
To date, no developer has won this award more that once. Nintendo EAD are the only developers with two nominations in the category and therefore have the most nominations without a win. Among publishers, Sony Interactive Entertainment has a leading eight nominations and two wins, tied with Annapurna Interactive for most wins. Devolver Digital has the most nominations without a win, with five.
The current holder of the award is South of Midnight by Compulsion Games and Xbox Game Studios, which won at the 22nd British Academy Games Awards in 2026.
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.
| Indicates the winner |
- Originality
| Year | Game | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003/04 (2nd) |
SingStar / SingStar Party | London Studio | Sony Computer Entertainment | [3] |
| Animal Crossing | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | ||
| Donkey Konga | Namco | |||
| Fable | Big Blue Box Studios and Lionhead Studios | Microsoft Game Studios | ||
| Second Sight | Free Radical Design | Codemasters | ||
| Sid Meier's Pirates! | Firaxis Games | Atari | ||
- Original Property
- New Intellectual Property
| Year | Game | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023
(20th) |
Viewfinder | Sad Owl Studios | Thunderful Group | [20] |
| Chants of Sennaar | Rundisc | Focus Entertainment | ||
| Dave the Diver | Mintrocket | |||
| Dredge | Black Salt Games | Team17 | ||
| Hi-Fi Rush | Tango Gameworks | Bethesda Softworks | ||
| Jusant | Don't Nod | |||
| 2024
(21st) |
Still Wakes the Deep | The Chinese Room | Secret Mode | [21][22] |
| Animal Well | Shared Memory | Bigmode | ||
| Balatro | LocalThunk | Playstack | ||
| Black Myth: Wukong | Game Science | |||
| Metaphor: ReFantazio | Studio Zero | Sega, JP: Atlus | ||
| Thank Goodness You're Here! | Coal Supper | Panic Inc. | ||
| 2025
(22nd) |
South of Midnight | Compulsion Games | Xbox Game Studios | [23][24] |
| ARC Raiders | Embark Studios | |||
| Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 | Sandfall Interactive | Kepler Interactive | ||
| Dispatch | AdHoc Studio | |||
| Split Fiction | Hazelight Studios | Electronic Arts | ||
| The Alters | 11 Bit Studios | |||
Multiple nominations and wins
Developers
| Developer | Nominations | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| Nintendo EAD | 2 | 0 |
Publishers
| Developer | Nominations | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| Sony Computer/Interactive Entertainment | 8 | 2 |
| Annapurna Interactive | 6 | 2 |
| Devolver Digital | 5 | 0 |
| Microsoft/Xbox Game Studios | 4 | 0 |
| Electronic Arts | 3 | 1 |
| Nintendo | 3 | 0 |
| Panic | 2 | 0 |