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PlayStation Takes Top Honors at BAFTA

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