British Academy Games Award for Evolving Game

Video game award

British Academy Games Award for Evolving Game

Awarded for| The best ongoing game
Country| United Kingdom
Presented by| British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Currently held by| Final Fantasy XIV Online
Website| www.bafta.org/games

The British Academy Video Games Award for Evolving Game is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). It is given in honor to "the best game that displays excellence in ongoing developer support", this includes games that "receive ongoing content and updates".[1]

The award was first presented at the 11th British Academy Games Awards in 2015 to League of Legends under the name of Persistent Game. The category received its current name in 2017 at the 13th edition. Since the inception of the award, no game has ever won more than once. Epic Games' online battle royale game Fortnite holds the record for most nominations in the category, with five consecutive nominations, including a 2018 win. Destiny, Destiny 2 and Apex Legends are tied for most nominations without a win, with three. Bungie is the most nominated developer, with six, as well as the most nominated without a win. Among publishers, Activision have the most nominations without a win, with five.

The current holder of the award is Final Fantasy XIV Online by Creative Business Unit III and Square Enix, which won at the 19th British Academy Games Awards in 2023.

## Winners and nominees

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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.

Table key  | Indicates the winner

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Year  | Game  | Developer(s)  | Publisher(s)  | Ref.

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2014
(11th) | League of Legends | Riot Games | [2][3]
Destiny | Bungie | Activision
EVE Online: Phoebe | CCP Games
World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor | Blizzard Entertainment
World of Tanks (PC Edition) | Wargaming
2015
(12th) | Prison Architect | Introversion Software | [4][5]
Destiny: The Taken King | Bungie | Activision
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn | Square Enix
Guitar Hero Live | FreeStyleGames | Activision
Lego Dimensions | Jon Burton, James McLoughlin and Dave Dootson, Traveller's Tales | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | CD Projekt Red | CD Projekt
2016
(13th) | Rocket League | Psyonix | [6][7]
Destiny: Rise of Iron | Bungie | Activision
Elite Dangerous: Horizons | Frontier Developments
EVE Online | CCP Games
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn | Square Enix
Hitman | IO Interactive | Square Enix
2017

(14th)

| Overwatch | Blizzard Entertainment | [8]
Clash Royale | Supercell
Final Fantasy XV | Square Enix
Fortnite | Epic Games
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds | PUBG Corp | Bluehole, Inc.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft
2018

(15th)

| Fortnite | Epic Games | [9]
Destiny 2: Forsaken | Bungie | Activision
Elite Dangerous: Beyond | Frontier
Overwatch | Blizzard Entertainment
Sea of Thieves | Rare | Microsoft Studios
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft
2019

(16th)

| Path of Exile | Grinding Gear Games | [10][11]
Apex Legends | Chad Grenier, Drew McCoy, Respawn Entertainment | Electronic Arts
Destiny 2 | Bungie
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers | Square Enix
Fortnite | Epic Games
No Man's Sky: Beyond | Hello Games
2020

(17th)

| Sea of Thieves | Rare | Xbox Game Studios | [12][13]
Destiny 2: Beyond Light | Bungie
Dreams | Media Molecule | Sony Interactive Entertainment
No Man's Sky | Hello Games
Fall Guys | Mediatonic | Devolver Digital
Fortnite | Epic Games
2021

(18th)

| No Man's Sky | Hello Games | [14][15]
Among Us | Innersloth
Animal Crossing: New Horizons | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo
Apex Legends | Respawn Entertainment | Electronic Arts
Disco Elysium | ZA/UM
Fortnite | Epic Games
2022

(19th)

| Final Fantasy XIV Online | Creative Business Unit III | Square Enix | [16][17]
Dreams | Media Molecule | Sony Interactive Entertainment
The Elder Scrolls Online | ZeniMax Online Studios | Bethesda Softworks
Apex Legends | Respawn Entertainment | Electronic Arts
Forza Horizon 5 | Playground Games | Xbox Game Studios
No Man's Sky | Hello Games
2023

(20th)

| Cyberpunk 2077 | CD Projekt RED | CD Projekt | [18]

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Final Fantasy XIV Online | Creative Business Unit III | Square Enix
Fortnite | Epic Games
Forza Horizon 5 | Playground Games | Xbox Game Studios
Genshin Impact | HoYoverse
No Man's Sky | Hello Games
2024

(21st)

| Diablo 4 | Blizzard Entertainment | [20]
Final Fantasy XIV Online | Creative Business Unit III | Square Enix
No Man's Sky | Hello Games
Sea of Thieves | Rare | Xbox Game Studios
Vampire Survivors | Poncle
World of Warcraft | Blizzard Entertainment

## Multiple nominations

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### Games

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The following games received two or more nominations, including their nominated updates or expansions:

Nominations  | Game

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6  | Final Fantasy XIV
5  | No Man's Sky
Fortnite
3  | Destiny
Destiny 2
Apex Legends
2  | EVE Online
Elite: Dangerous
Overwatch
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Sea of Thieves
Dreams

### Developers

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Developer  | Nominations  | Wins

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Bungie | 6  | 0
Epic Games | 5  | 1
Hello Games | 5  | 1
Square Enix | 4  | 1
Blizzard Entertainment | 5  | 1
Respawn Entertainment | 3  | 0
CCP Games | 2  | 0
Frontier Developments | 2  | 0
Media Molecule | 2  | 0
Ubisoft Montreal | 2  | 0

### Publishers

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Developer  | Nominations  | Wins

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Activision | 5  | 0
Square Enix | 7  | 1
Blizzard Entertainment | 5  | 1
CCP Games | 2  | 0
Epic Games | 5  | 1
Electronic Arts | 3  | 0
Bungie | 2  | 0
Frontier Developments | 2  | 0
Hello Games | 5  | 1
Sony Interactive Entertainment | 2  | 0
Ubisoft | 2  | 0
Xbox Game Studios | 4  | 1

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