The BAFTA Games Awards have just wrapped up, and it was Returnal that won the coveted Game of the Year award. Housemarque’s innovative adventure game was nominated multiple times for Game of the Year awards last year and finally took home the top prize at the BAFTA Games Awards 2022.
The Return won a total of 4 awards, including one for “Female Lead”Jane Perry, making it the first BAFTA award. It Takes Two and Ratchet & Clank also took several awards apiece: It Takes Two won multiplayer and original property, while the latter took home animation and technical achievement.
No Man’s Sky won the Evolving Game, an award for which it has consistently been nominated at other major exhibitions. The game is still one of the most innovative live service games out there and is getting better every year.
BAFTA Games Awards 2022: full list of winners
Animation
- CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARD Development Team – Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
- IT REQUIRES 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
- RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment (WINNER)
Artistic achievements
- THE ARTFUL ESCAPE Development Team – Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive (WINNER)
- IT REQUIRES 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 GUARDIAN’S OF THE GALAXY Development Team – Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix
- RETURN Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment (WINNER)
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 REQUIRES TWO DEVELOPMENT TEAM – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
- RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- RETURN Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment (WINNER)
british game
- ALBA: A WILDLIFE ADVENTURE Development Team – ustwo games/ustwo games, Plug In Digital
- DEATH’S DOOR Development Team – Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital
- FIGHT IN CLOSED SPACE Dev Team – Ground Shatter/Mode7
- FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios (WINNER)
- OVERBOARD! John Ingold, Tom Cale, Joseph Humphrey – inkl/inkle
- SABLE Development Team – Shedworks/Raw Fury
Debut game
- THE ARTFUL ESCAPE Development Team – Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive
- EASTWARD Development Team – Pixpil/Chucklefish
- FORGOTTEN TOWN – Nick Pierce, Alexander Goss, John Eyre – Modern Narrator / Dear Villagers
- GENESIS NOIR Evan Anthony, Jeremy Abel – Wild Cat’s Lair/Traveler
- MAQUETTE Development Team – Graceful Decay/Annapurna Interactive
- TOEM Development Team – Something We Made / Something We Made (WINNER)
Game Beyond Entertainment
- ALBA: A WILDLIFE ADVENTURE Development Team – ustwo games/ustwo games/Plug In Digital
- IN FRONT OF YOUR EYES Development Team – GoodbyeWorld Games/Skybound Games (WINNER)
- CHICORY: A COLORFUL TALE – Greg Lobanov, The Sink in the Pit, Madeleine Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Reine/FINJI
- GAME BUILDER GARAGE Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
- IT REQUIRES 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 REQUIRES 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 REQUIRES 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 Development Team – 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
- RETURN Bobby Krlick, Joe Thwaites, Harry Krueger – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment (WINNER)
Narration
- IT REQUIRES 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
- UNBOX Ren Brier, Tim Dawson, Annie VanderMeer – Witch Beam/Humble Games (WINNER)
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
- TWO DEVELOPMENT TEAMS REQUIRED – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts (WINNER)
- RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- UNBOXING Ren Brier, Tim Dawson, Jeff van Dyck – Witch Beam/Humble Games
Technical advances
- 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 (WINNER)
- RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE Development Team – Capcom/Capcom
- RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
EE Game of the Year (according to the public)
- CHICORY: A COLORFUL TALE Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit, Madeleine Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Reine/FINJI
- DEATHLOOP Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
- FORGOTTEN TOWN Contemporary Narrator / Dear Villagers
- TWO Hazelight/Electronic Arts Studios REQUIRED
- METROID DREAD Nintendo and MercurySteam, Nintendo
- Witch Beam/Humble Games UNBOX (WINNER)