The winners of the 20th BAFTA Games Awards were announced on April 11 in a ceremony hosted by Phil Wang at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.

The BAFTA Games Awards celebrate the very best games of the past year and the people who made them, and showcase a wide range of storytelling and creative excellence. The awards are voted by BAFTA’s 1,200 games members, experienced professionals working in the industry who selected the 60-game Longlist in December 2023 and the nominations and winners in two categories, Best Game and British Game. The nominations and winners in the remaining categories were voted for by specialist industry juries.

Baldur’s Gate 3 won four BAFTAs – Best Game, Music, Narrative and Performer in a Supporting Role for Andrew Wincott – and the EE Players’ Choice Award, the only award voted for by the public. Nominees from the game in attendance at ceremony included Samantha Béart, Neil Newbon, Amelia Tyler, Swen Vincke, and Tracy Wiles from the game.

The full list of winners are below. Notably, The BAFTA Special Award, one of BAFTA’s highest honours, was presented to SpecialEffect in recognition of the outstanding work it does to enhance the quality of life of severely physically disabled people through access to games. The charity’s founder and CEO, Dr Mick Donegan MBE, was presented with the Award by Sir Ian Livingstone OBE.

Full Winners List

ANIMATION 

WINNER – HI-FI RUSH Development Team – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks

ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games

HOGWARTS LEGACY Development Team – Avalanche Software/Warner Bros. Games

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Development Team – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts

SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

WINNER – ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games

BALDUR’S GATE 3 Development Team – Larian Studio/Larian Studio

COCOON Development Team – Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive

DIABLO IV Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment

FINAL FANTASY XVI Hiroshi Minagawa, Kazuya Takahashi, Naoki Kurihara – Creative Business Unit III/SQUARE ENIX

HI-FI RUSH Development Team – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks

AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT 

WINNER – ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE III Development Team – Sledgehammer Games/Activision

HI-FI RUSH Development Team – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Development Team – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts

BEST GAME

WINNER – BALDUR’S GATE 3 Development Team – Larian Studio/Larian Studio

ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games

DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

BRITISH GAME

WINNER -VIEWFINDER Development Team – Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing

CASSETTE BEASTS Development Team – Bytten Studio/Raw Fury

DEAD ISLAND 2 Development Team – Dambuster Studios/PLAION

DISNEY ILLUSION ISLAND Development Team – Dlala Studios/Disney

FOOTBALL MANAGER 2024 Development Team – Sports Interactive/SEGA Europe

WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR: REALMS OF RUIN Development Team – Frontier Developments/Frontier Developments

DEBUT GAME 

WINNER – VENBA Abhi, Sam Elkana, Shahrin Khan – Visai Games/Visai Games

COCOON Development Team – Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive

DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET

DREDGE Development Team – Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital

STRAY GODS: THE ROLEPLAYING MUSICAL Development Team – Summerfall Studios/Humble Games

VIEWFINDER Development Team – Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing

EVOLVING GAME

WINNER – CYBERPUNK 2077 Development Team – CD PROJEKT RED/CD PROJEKT RED

FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE Development Team – Creative Business Unit III/Square Enix

FORTNITE Development Team – Epic Games/Epic Games

FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios

GENSHIN IMPACT Development Team – HoYoverse/HoYoverse

NO MAN’S SKY Development Team – Hello Games/Hello Games

FAMILY

WINNER – SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

COCOON Development Team – Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive

DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET

DISNEY ILLUSION ISLAND Development Team – Dlala Studios/Disney

HI-FI RUSH Development Team – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks

HOGWARTS LEGACY Development Team – Avalanche Software/Warner Bros. Games

GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT

WINNER – TCHIA Phil Crifo, Marilou Lopez-Aguilera, Thoanë Thomadra – Awaceb/Kepler Interactive

CHANTS OF SENNAAR Julien Moya, Thomas Panuel – Rundisc/Focus Entertainment

GOODBYE VOLCANO HIGH Development Team – KOOP

TERRA NIL Development Team – Free Lives/Devolver Digital

THIRSTY SUITORS Development Team – Outerloop Games/Annapurna Interactive

VENBA Abhi, Sam Elkana, Shahrin Khan – Visai Games/Visai Games

GAME DESIGN

WINNER – DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET

COCOON Development Team – Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive

DREDGE Joel Mason, Alex Ritchie, Nadia Thorne – Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

VIEWFINDER Development Team – Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing

MULTIPLAYER

WINNER – SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

BALDUR’S GATE 3 Development Team – Larian Studio/Larian Studio

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE III Development Team – Sledgehammer Games/Activision

DIABLO IV Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment

FORZA MOTORSPORT Development Team – Turn 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios

PARTY ANIMALS Development Team – Recreate Games/Source Technology

MUSIC 

WINNER – BALDUR’S GATE 3 Borislav Slavov – Larian Studio/Larian Studio

ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games

ASSASSIN’S CREED MIRAGE Development Team – Ubisoft/Ubisoft

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 John Paesano, Scott Hanau, Keith Leary – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Gordy Haab, Stephen Barton – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts

NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

WINNER – VIEWFINDER Development Team – Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing

CHANTS OF SENNAAR Julien Moya, Thomas Panuel – Rundisc/Focus Entertainment

DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET

DREDGE Development Team – Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital

HI-FI RUSH Development Team – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks

JUSANT Development Team – DON’T NOD/DON’T NOD

NARRATIVE

WINNER – BALDUR’S GATE 3 Development Team – Larian Studio/Larian Studio

ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games

DREDGE Joel Mason, Alex Ritchie, Nadia Thorne – Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital

FINAL FANTASY XVI Kazutoyo Maehiro, Michael-Christopher Koji Fox – Creative Business Unit III/SQUARE ENIX

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Development Team – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts

PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE

WINNER – NADJI JETER as Miles Morales in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

AMELIA TYLER as Narrator in Baldur’s Gate 3

CAMERON MONAGHAN as Cal Kestis in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

NEIL NEWBON as Astarion in Baldur’s Gate 3

SAMANTHA Béart as Karlach in Baldur’s Gate 3

YURI LOWENTHAL as Peter Parker in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

WINNER – ANDREW WINCOTT as Raphael in Baldur’s Gate 3

DEBRA WILSON as Cere Junda in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

RALPH INESON as Cidolfus “Cid” Telamon in Final Fantasy XVI

SAM LAKE as Alex Casey in Alan Wake 2

TONY TODD as Venom in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

TRACY WILES as Jaheira in Baldur’s Gate 3

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

WINNER – THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games

FINAL FANTASY XVI Ryota Suzuki, Yasuhiro Yanamoto, Kei Honda – Creative Business Unit III/SQUARE ENIX

HORIZON CALL OF THE MOUNTAIN Development Team – Guerrilla and Firesprite/Sony Interactive Entertainment

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

STARFIELD Development Team – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks

EE PLAYERS’ CHOICE 

WINNER – BALDUR’S GATE 3 Larian Studio/Larian Studio

CYBERPUNK 2077 CD PROJEKT RED/CD PROJEKT RED

FORTNITE Epic Games/Epic Games

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

LETHAL COMPANY Zeekerss/Zeekerss

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

More About BAFTA

BAFTA – the British Academy of Film and Television Arts – is a world-leading independent arts charity that brings the very best work in film, games and television to public attention and supports the growth of creative talent in the UK and internationally. Through its Awards ceremonies and year-round programme of learning events and initiatives – which includes workshops, masterclasses, scholarships, lectures and mentoring schemes in the UK, USA and Asia – BAFTA identifies and celebrates excellence, discovers, inspires and nurtures new talent, and enables learning and creative collaboration. For more, visit www.bafta.org. BAFTA is a registered charity (no. 216726).