Video Games Eligibility & Judging

08 August 08

The next British Academy Video Games Awards will take place on Tuesday 10 March 2009.

Entries for the British Academy Video Games Awards are now open, and the entry deadline is 5 November 2008. The rules below relate to the 2008-9 Awards. For further information, please contact Kelly Smith on 020 7292 5821 or kellys@bafta.org .

ELIGIBILITY

Entries are invited for the British Academy Video Games Awards from both developers and publishers.

Any game is eligible so long as it has been, or will be released between 26 October 2007 and 31 December 2008. This means that both completed/published games and currently uncompleted games are eligible to be entered. Any games not ready for judging will be eligible for the following year’s Awards.

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 2008 can also enter these Awards.

Publishers and developers may only enter a game on one platform per category. Entrants should therefore choose the platform which best showcases the game’s merits in that category. In the case of a game being produced by separate developers/publishers for different platforms, each developer/publisher may enter their own version.

JUDGING PROCESS

FIRST STAGE: All entries received by 5 November will be grouped into categories and voted on by selected industry professionals and BAFTA members. The top six games which have achieved the highest 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 19 November 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 2008 and mid-January 2009.

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, sex 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 ethnic balance 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.

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