The winners for the 2022 BAFTA Games Awards have been announced, and PlayStation has won big at the annual awards show, with Returnal taking the BAFTA award for Best Game along with three other BAFTA awards for Audio Achievement, Music, and Performer in a Leading Role (Jane Perry), and Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart winning BAFTA awards for Animation and Technical Achievement.
Other BAFTA award winners include Forza Horizon 5 for British Game, It Takes Two for Multiplayer and Original Property, No Man’s Sky for Evolving Game, and Psychonauts 2 for Performer in a Supporting Role (Hollis Forsythe).
The full list of BAFTA award nominees and winners can be found below:
** = Winner
ANIMATION
CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARD Development Team – Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
IT TAKES TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
KENA: BRIDGE OF SPIRITS Hunter Schmidt – Ember Lab LLC/ Ember Lab LLC
LIFE IS STRANGE: TRUE COLORS Development Team – Square Enix, Deck Nine Games/Square Enix
PSYCHONAUTS 2 Development Team – Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
**RACHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
**THE ARTFUL ESCAPE Development Team – Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive
IT TAKES TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
PSYCHONAUTS 2 Development Team – Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE Development Team – Capcom/Capcom
RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT
THE ARTFUL ESCAPE Development Team – Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive
CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARD Development Team – Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
DEATHLOOP Development Team – Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
HALO INFINITE Development Team – 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios
MARVEL’S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Development Team – Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix
**RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
BEST GAME
DEATHLOOP Development Team – Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
INSCRYPTION Development Team – Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital
IT TAKES TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
**RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
BRITISH GAME
ALBA: A WILDLIFE ADVENTURE Development Team – ustwo games/ustwo games, Plug In Digital
DEATH’S DOOR Development Team – Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital
FIGHTS IN TIGHT SPACES Development Team – Ground Shatter/Mode7
**FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team –Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
OVERBOARD! Jon Ingold, Tom Kail, Anastasia Wyatt – inkle/ inkle
SABLE Development Team – Shedworks/Raw Fury
DEBUT GAME
THE ARTFUL ESCAPE Development Team – Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive
EASTWARD Development Team – Pixpil/Chucklefish
THE FORGOTTEN CITY Nick Pearce, Alexander Goss, John Eyre – Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers
GENESIS NOIR Evan Anthony, Jeremy Abel – Feral Cat Den/Fellow Traveller
MAQUETTE Development Team – Graceful Decay/Annapurna Interactive
**TOEM Development Team – Something We Made/Something We Made
EVOLVING GAME
AMONG US Development Team – Innersloth/Innersloth
ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
APEX LEGENDS Development Team – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
DISCO ELYSIUM – THE FINAL CUT Development Team – ZA/UM/ZA/UM
FORTNITE Development Team – Epic Games/Epic Games, People Can Fly
**NO MAN’S SKY Development Team –Hello Games/Hello Games
FAMILY
ALBA: A WILDLIFE ADVENTURE Development Team – ustwo games/ustwo games, Plug In Digital
**CHICORY: A COLORFUL TALE Development Team – Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/FINJI
FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
MARIO PARTY SUPERSTARS Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
UNPACKING Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Jeff van Dyck – Witch Beam/Humble Games
GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT
ALBA: A WILDLIFE ADVENTURE Development Team – ustwo games/ustwo games/Plug In Digital
**BEFORE YOUR EYES Development Team –GoodbyeWorld Games/Skybound Games
CHICORY: A COLORFUL TALE– Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/FINJI
GAME BUILDER GARAGE Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
IT TAKES TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
PSYCHONAUTS 2 Development Team – Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
GAME DESIGN
DEATHLOOP Development Team – Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
**INSCRYPTION Development Team –Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital
IT TAKES TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
MULTIPLAYER
BACK 4 BLOOD Development Team – Turtle Rock Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARD Development Team – Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
HALO INFINITE Development Team – 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios
HELL LET LOOSE Development Team – Black Matter/Team17
**IT TAKES TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
MUSIC
DEATHLOOP Tom Salta, Erich Talaba, Ross Tregenza – Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
FAR CRY 6 Development Team – Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft
HALO INFINITE Gareth Coker, Joel Corelitz and Curtis Schweitzer – 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios
PSYCHONAUTS 2 Peter McConnell – Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Scott Hanau, Wataru Hokoyama, Mark Mothersbaugh – Insomniac Games/ Sony Interactive Entertainment
**RETURNAL Bobby Krlic, Joe Thwaites, Harry Krueger – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
NARRATIVE
IT TAKES TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
LIFE IS STRANGE: TRUE COLORS Development Team – Square Enix, Deck Nine Games/Square Enix
MARVEL’S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Development Team – Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix
PSYCHONAUTS 2 Tim Schafer – Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
**UNPACKING Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Annie VanderMeer – Witch Beam/Humble Games
ORIGINAL PROPERTY
DEATHLOOP Development Team – Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
DEATH’S DOOR Development Team – Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital
INSCRYPTION Development Team – Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital
**IT TAKES TWO Development Team –Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
UNPACKING Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Jeff van Dyck – Witch Beam/Humble Games
PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE
OZIOMA AKAGHA as Julianna Blake in DEATHLOOP
JASON E KELLEY as Colt Vahn “the Captain” in DEATHLOOP
JENNIFER HALE as Rivet in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
JON MCLAREN as Star-Lord/Peter Quill in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
ERIKA MORI as Alex Chen in Life is Strange: True Colors
**JANE PERRY as Selene Vassos in Returnal
PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
LAURA BAILEY as Polina Petrova in Call of Duty: Vanguard
**KIMBERLY BROOKS as Hollis Forsythe in Psychonauts 2
JASON CAVALIER as Drax in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
MAGGIE ROBERTSON as Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village
HAN SOTO as Gabe Chen in Life is Strange: True Colors
ALEX WEINER as Rocket in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
HITMAN 3 Development Team – IO Interactive/IO Interactive
PSYCHONAUTS 2 Development Team – Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
**RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE Devleopment Team – Capcom/Capcom
RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
EE GAME OF THE YEAR (voted for by the public)
CHICORY: A COLORFUL TALE – Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/FINJI
DEATHLOOP – Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
THE FORGOTTEN CITY – Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers
IT TAKES TWO – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
METROID DREAD – Nintendo & MercurySteam, Nintendo
**UNPACKING – Witch Beam/Humble Games
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