BAFTA Game Awards, which stands out as one of the biggest awards of the game awards season, was held in London on Friday, April 17. Sandfall Interactive’s action adventure game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won the Game of the Year award.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 also won awards for Best Debut and Best Lead Actress (Jennifer English). Clair Obscur: Expedition entered the ceremony with a total of 12 nominations, followed by Dispatch with nine nominations, Ghost of Yōtei with eight nominations, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach with seven nominations, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle with six nominations.
Other winners included Death Stranding 2 for Artistic Achievement, Ghost of Yōtei for Technical Achievement and Music, No Man’s Sky for Emerging Game, Lego Party! for Family Game, South of Midnight for New Proprietary Idea, and Atomfall for British Game. Jeffrey Wright also won Best Supporting Actor for his role as Chase in Dispatch. Here are the winners of the BAFTA Games Awards:
Best game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Best animation: Dispatch
Best technical achievement: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Best sound: Dispatch
Best British game: Atomfall
Best first game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Best developing game: No Man’s Sky
Best family game: Lego Party!
Beyond entertainment: Despelote
Best game design: Blue Prince
Best multiplayer: Arc Raiders
Best music: Ghost of Yōtei
Best storytelling: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
Best proprietary idea: South of Midnight
Best leading actress: Jennifer English (Maelle, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
Best supporting actor: Jeffrey Wright (Chase, Dispatch)
Best technical achievement: Ghost of Yōtei
