Video Games Eligibility & Judging

01 January 09

ELIGIBILITY

• Entries are invited for the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards in 2010 from both developers and publishers.
• Any game is eligible so long as it has been, or will be released in the UK between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2009. This means both completed/published games and currently uncompleted games are eligible to be entered.
• No game that has previously been entered can be re-entered into the Video Games Awards (this includes Late Releases only entered into two categories the previous year). However, games which have been entered for the Children’s Awards in 2009 can also be entered for these Awards.
• All games released in 2009, including Late Releases (see below), will be eligible only for these Awards (Friday 19 March 2010). Even if they are not entered this year, they will not be eligible for the Awards in 2011.
• When entering a game, there is no need to be platform-specific unless a game has been produced by separate developers/publishers for different platforms. In this case, each developer or publisher may enter their own version.

JUDGING PROCESS

FIRST STAGE

• All entries received by 16 November will be grouped into categories and voted on by selected industry professionals and Games-voting BAFTA members. The top six games which have received the most votes in each category will then qualify for the next stage, which is to go to a carefully selected jury, specialising in that category.
• If you would like to become a first stage voter and have made a significant contribution to the Video Games industry, please complete the online voting application form . If you are selected, you will be notified by BAFTA and be given a username and password. If you have any questions please email the Games Awards Officer Kelly Smith at kellys@bafta.org .

SECOND STAGE

• Any games which have not been released by 6 December will still have a chance to enter, but due to their proximity to the first stage of voting and consequent inaccessibility, they will have to be judged by the jury only.
• These games must be available for each jury member to play for c.30 days between mid-December 2009 and mid-January 2010.

THE JURY

• Each jury will comprise between seven and nine industry practitioners across a range of developers and publishers and will be chaired by a member of the BAFTA Video Games committee.
• It is our aim for each jury to be balanced in age and experience, and with a track record of achievement in the field. No juror will be permitted to sit on the jury if he/she has had any direct association with a short-listed game. Chairs are also mindful of the diversity of the jury, and jurors will not be exclusively from one discipline.

After discussion, the jury will then select the nominations and winner by secret ballot.

Official Scrutineers: Deloitte LLP

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