The winners of the British Academy Games Awards have been announced in an online show ceremony hosted by Dara Ó Briain on Thursday 2 April 2020
- Outer Wilds wins Best Game, Game Design and Original Property
- Three BAFTAs also for Disco Elysium: Debut Game, Narrative and Music
- Observation wins British Game
- Untitled Goose Game wins Family Game
- Martti Suosalo (Control) wins Performer in a Supporting Role
- Gonzalo Martin (Life is Strange 2, episodes 2-5) wins Performer in a Leading Role
- Call of Duty: Mobile wins the public vote for EE Mobile Game of the Year
London, Thursday 2 April 2020: At tonight’s British Academy Games Awards, Outer Wilds, the action-adventure mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop, won Best Game, Game Design and Original Property.
Also winning three BAFTAs was the open-world, role playing detective game Disco Elysium, for Debut Game, Narrative and Music.
Performer in a Supporting Role was won by Martti Suosalo for Control.
Performer in a Leading Role went to Gonzalo Martin for Life is Strange 2 (episodes 2-5).
Luigi’s Mansion 3, the action and adventure game, won in the new Animation category.
Artistic Achievement was won by Sayonara Wild Hearts, the arcade game about riding motorcycles, skateboarding and breaking hearts at 200mph.
Ape Out won Audio Achievement and Apex Legends took the BAFTA for Multiplayer. Path of Exile won the BAFTA for Evolving Game.
Observation, the adventure puzzle game created by Scottish studio No Code, received the BAFTA for British Game. Untitled Goose Game won in the Family category.
Games Beyond Entertainment was won by Kind Words (lo fi chill beats to write to), the uplifting game where players write nice letters to real people while listening to relaxing music.
The genre-defying Death Stranding won in the new Technical Achievement category and its director, writer and designer, Hideo Kojima, was honoured with the Fellowship, the highest honour the Academy can bestow.
Call of Duty: Mobile won EE Mobile Game of the Year, the only award to be voted for by the public.
The ceremony, hosted by Dara O’Briain, was live streamed through BAFTA’s social platforms including YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Twitch.
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BAFTA 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 advice and inspiration from the best creative minds in working in film, games and television, visit www.bafta.org/guru. For more, visit www.bafta.org.
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The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) 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 advice and inspiration from the best creative minds in working in film, games and television, visit www.bafta.org/guru. For more, visit www.bafta.org.
