Explore all the winners and nominations for the 2023 BAFTA Games Awards, celebrating the very best games of 2022 and the talents that made them.
Animation:
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE II – Mark Grigsby, Bruce Ferris, Khoa Le – Infinity Ward/ Activision Publishing Inc
Winner – GOD OF WAR RAGNAROK – Bruno Velazquez, Erica Pinto, Mehdi Yssef – Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST- Guerrilla/Sony Interactive Entertainment
LEGO STAR WARS: THE SKYWALKER SAGA – TT Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
SIFU – Sloclap/Sloclap & Kepler Interactive
STRAY – Jophray Mikolajczyk, Jean-Marie Vouillon, Simon Jacquart – BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive
Artistic Achievement:
ELDEN RING – FromSoftware/BANDAI Namco Europe
GOD OF WAR RAGNAROK – Raf Grassetti, Dan McKim, Eric Valdes – Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
IMMORTALITY – Doug Potts, Stephanie Reese, Kerry Hennessy – Half Mermaid Productions
PENTIMENT – Hannah Kennedy, Soojin Paek – Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios
A PLAGUE TALE: REQUIEM – Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment
Winner – TUNIC – TUNIC Team/FINJI
Audio Achievement:
Winner – GOD OF WAR RAGNAROK – Jodie Kupsco, Michael Kent, Sean LaValle – Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST – Guerrilla/Sony Interactive Entertainment
METAL: HELLSINGER – Elvira Björkman, Nicklas Hjertberg – The Outsiders/Funcom Oslo AS
A PLAGUE TALE: REQUIEM – Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment
STRAY – BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive
TUNIC – TUNIC Team/FINJI
Best Game:
CULT OF THE LAMB – Massive Monster/Devolver Digital
ELDEN RING – FromSoftware/BANDAI Namco Europe
GOD OF WAR RAGNAROK – Eric Williams, Chad Cox, Yumi Yang – Santa Monica Studio/ Sony Interactive Entertainment
MARVEL SNAP – Second Dinner Studios/Nuverse
STRAY – BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive
Winner – VAMPIRE SURVIVORS – Poncle
British Game:
CITIZEN SLEEPER – Gareth Damian Martin, Guillaume Singelin, Amos Roddy – Jump Over the Age/Fellow Traveller
OLLIOLLI WORLD – Roll7/Private Division
Winner – ROLLERDROME – Roll7/Private Division
TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER III – Creative Assembly/SEGA
TWO POINT CAMPUS – Two Point Studios/SEGA
VAMPIRE SURVIVORS – Poncle
Debut Game:
AS DUSK FALLS – Caroline Marchal, Cahru Desodt – INTERIOR/NIGHT/Xbox Game Studios
THE CASE OF THE GOLDEN IDOL – Andrejs Klavins, Ernests Klavins – Color Gray Games/Playstack
STRAY – BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive
TROMBONE CHAMP – Holy Wow Studios
Winner – TUNIC – TUNIC Team/FINJI
VAMPIRE SURVIVORS – Poncle
Evolving Game:
APEX LEGENDS – Respawn/Electronic Arts
DREAMS – Meddia Molecule/Sony Interactive Entertainment
THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE – ZeniMax Online Studios/Bethesda Softworks
Winner – FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE – Creative Business Unit III/Square Enix
FORZA HORIZON 5- Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
NO MAN’S SKY – Hello Games
Family:
DISNEY DREAMLIGHT VALLY – Gameloft
Winner – KIRBY AND THE FORGOTTEN LAND – HAL Laboratory/Nintendo
LEGO STAR WARS: THE SKYWALKER SAGA – TT Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
MARIO+ RABBIDS SPARKS OF HOPE – Ubisoft
NINTENDO SWITCH SPORTS – Nintendo
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TUTLES: SHREDDER’S REVENGE – Tribute Games/Dotemu
Game Beyond Entertainment:
CITIZEN SLEEPER – Gareth Damian Martin, Guillaume Singelin, Amos Roddy – Jump Over the Age/Fellow Traveller
Winner – ENDLING – EXITINCTION IS FOREVER – Herobeat Studios/HandyGames
GIBBON: BEYOND THE TREES – Broken Rules
I WAS A TEENAGE EXOCOLONIST – Northway Games/FUNJI
NOT FOR BROADCAST – NotGames/TinyBuild
WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS – Marina Sciberras, Duncan Steele – Cowleyfornia Studios
Game Design:
CULT OF THE LAMB – Massive Monster/Devolver Digital
ELDEN RING – FromSoftware/BADAI NAMCO Europe
GOD OF WAR RAGNAROK – Jason McDonald, Andrew Chrysafidis, Luis Sanchez – Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST – Guerrilla/Sony Interactive Entertainment
TUNIC – TUNIC Team/FINJI
Winner – VAMPIRE SURVIVORS – Poncle
Multiplayer:
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE II – Infinity Ward/Activision Publishing Inc
EA SPORTS FIFA 23 – EA SPORTS
Winner – ELDEN RING – FromSoftware/BANDAI Namco Europe
OVERWATCH 2- Blizzard Entertainment
SPLATOON 3 – Nintendo
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: SHREDDER’S REVENGE – Tribute Games/Dotemu
Music:
CUPHEAD – THE DELICIOUS LAST COURSE – Kristofer Maddigan – Studio MDHR
ELDEN RING – FromSoftware/BANDAI Namco Europe
Winner – GOD OF WAR RAGNAROK – Bear McCreary, Keith Leary, Peter Scaturro – Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
A PLAGUE TALE: REQUIEM – Oliver Deriviere – Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment
STRAY – BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive
TUNIC – Janice Kwan – TUNIC Team/FINJI
Narrative:
CITIZEN SLEEPER – Gareth Damian Martin – Jump Over the Age/Fellow Traveller
GOD OF WAR RAGNAROK – Matt Sophos, Richard Gaubert – Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Winner – IMMORTALITY – Sam Barlow, Amelia Gray, Allan Scott – Half Mermaid Productions
PENTIMENT – Josh Sawyer, Kate Dollarhyde, Zoe Franznick – Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studio
A PLAGUE TALE: REQUIEM – Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment
STRAY – BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive
Original Property:
CITIZEN SLEEPER – Gareth Damian Martin, Guillaume Singelin, Amos Roddy – Jump Over the Age/Fellow Traveller
CULT OF THE LAMB – Massive Monster/Devolver Digital
Winner – ELDEN RING – FromSoftware/BANDAI Namco Europe
SIFU – Sloclap/Sloclap & Kepler Interactive
STRAY – BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive
VAMPIRE SURVIVORS – Poncle
Performer In a Leading Role:
ALAIN MESA as Alejandro Vargas – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
CHARLOTTE MCBURNEY as Amicia de Rune – A Plague Tale: Requiem
Winner – CHRISTOPHER JUDGE as Kratos – God of War Ragnarök
MANON GAGE as Marissa Marcel – Immortality
SIOBHAN WILLIAMS as Laura – The Quarry
SUNNY SULJIC as Atreus – God of War Ragnarök
Performer in a Supporting Role:
ADAM J. HARRINGTON as Sindri – God of War Ragnarök
ALISON JAYE as Alva – Horizon Forbidden West
CHARLOTTA MOHLIN as The One – Immortality
DANIELLE BISUTTI as Freya – God of War Ragnarök
Winner – LAYA DELEON HAYES as Angraboda – God of War Ragnarök
RYAN HURST as Thor – God of War Ragnarök
Technical Achievement:
ELDEN RING – FromSoftware/BANDAI Namco Europe
GOD OF WAR RAGNAROK – Josh Hobson, Jon Burke – Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Winner – HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST – Guerrilla/Sony Interactive Entertainment
IMMORTALITY – Connor Carson, Lizi Attwood, Dylan Nelkin – Half Mermaid Productions
THE LAST OF US PART I – Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment
STRAY – BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive
EE Game of the Year (voted for by public):
ELDEN RING – FromSoftware/BANDAI NAMCO Europe
Winner – GOD OF WAR RAGNAROK – Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST – Guerrilla/Sony Interactive Entertainment
IMMORTALITY – Half Mermaid Productions
MARVEL SNAP – Second Dinner Studios/Nuverse
STRAY – BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive