BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) has unveiled all the winners of its 2023 BAFTA Games Awards. Quite unexpectedly, Vampire Survivors was recognized as the best game, but God of War: Ragnarok received the most awards.
In almost all nominations, the winners were determined by jury voting, the only case where this vote was popular was the EE Game of the Year nomination.
Best game:
Vampire Survivors is the winner.
Also in the running were:
Cult of the Lamb;
Elden Ring;
God of War: Ragnarok;
Marvel Snap;
Stray.
Animation:
God of War: Ragnarok is the winner.
Also in the running were:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II;
Horizon Forbidden West;
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga;
Sifu;
Stray.
Artistic achievements:
Tunic is the winner.
Also in the running were:
A Plague Tale: Requiem;
Elden Ring;
God of War: Ragnarok;
IMMORTALITY;
Repentance.
Achievements in audio:
God of War: Ragnarok is the winner.
Also in the running were:
A Plague Tale: Requiem;
Horizon Forbidden West;
Metal: Hellsinger;
Stray;
Tunic.
Best UK Game:
Rollerdrome is the winner.
Also in the running were:
Citizen Sleeper;
OlliOlli World;
Total War: Warhammer III;
Two Point Campus;
Vampire Survivors.
Best Debut:
Tunic is the winner.
Also in the running were:
As Dusk Falls;
The Case of the Golden Idol;
Stray;
Trombone Champ;
Vampire Survivors.
Long-term support game:
Final Fantasy XIV Online is the winner.
Also in the running were:
Apex Legends;
Dreams;
The Elder Scrolls Online;
Forza Horizon 5;
No Man’s Sky.
Family game:
Kirby and the Forgotten Land is the winner.
Also in the running were:
Disney Dreamlight Valley;
LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga;
Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope;
Nintendo Switch Sports;
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge.
Games are more than just entertainment:
Endling – Extinction is Forever – winner.
Also in the running were:
Citizen Sleeper;
Gibbon: Beyond the Trees;
I Was A Teenage Exocolonist;
Not for Broadcast;
We’ll Always Have Paris.
Game design:
Vampire Survivors is the winner.
Also in the running were:
Cult of the Lamb;
Elden Ring;
God of War: Ragnarok;
Horizon Forbidden West;
Tunic.
Multiplayer:
Elden Ring is the winner.
Also in the running were:
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II;
FIFA 23;
Overwatch 2;
Splatoon 3;
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge.
Music:
God of War: Ragnarok is the winner.
Also in the running were:
A Plague Tale: Requiem;
Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course;
Elden Ring;
Stray;
Tunic.
Narration:
IMMORTALITY is the winner.
Also in the running were:
A Plague Tale: Requiem;
Citizen Sleeper;
God of War: Ragnarok;
Repentance;
Stray.
New intellectual property:
Elden Ring is the winner.
Also in the running were:
Citizen Sleeper;
Cult of the Lamb;
Sifu;
Stray;
Vampire Survivors.
Technical achievements:
Horizon Forbidden West is the winner.
Also in the running were:
Elden Ring;
God of War: Ragnarok;
IMMORTALITY;
The Last of Us Part I;
Stray.
EE Game of the Year (user vote):
God of War: Ragnarok is the winner.
Also in the running were:
Elden Ring;
Horizon Forbidden West;
IMMORTALITY;
Marvel Snap;
Stray.
Best Acting Performance:
Christopher Judge – Kratos from God of War: Ragnarok – winner.
Also in the running were:
Alain Mesa (Alain Mesa) – Alejandro Vargas from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II;
Charlotte McBurney – Amicia from A Plague Tale: Requiem;
Manon Gage – Marissa Marcel of IMMORTALITY;
Siobhan Williams – Laura from The Quarry;
Sunny Suljic is Artey from God of War: Ragnarok.
Best Supporting Actor:
Laya DeLeon Hayes – Angrboda from God of War: Ragnarok – winner.
Also in the running were:
Adam J. Harrington – Sindri from God of War: Ragnarok;
Alison Jaye – Alva from Horizon Forbidden West;
Charlotta Mohlin – One of IMMORTALITY;
Danielle Bisutti – Freya from God of War: Ragnarok;
Ryan Hurst – Thor from God of War: Ragnarok.
