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In Pictures: The BAFTA Games Awards 2025

Posted: 9 Apr 2025

Updated 11 April 2025.

The BAFTA Games Awards is an annual celebration of the very best games of the past year and the people who made them.

In 2025, the 21st BAFTA Games Awards was a chance to showcase the wide range of storytelling and creative excellence that goes into creating the games people love.

View some photos from the night below and take a look at the full list of winners and nominees.

You can also catch up on more from the night on our YouTube channel.

Award Wins...

The Astro Bot team on stage receiving the award for Best Game.
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The 'Astro Bot' team on stage receiving the award for Best Game - it was one of five awards they won on the night.
Yoko Shimomura with a fellow guest. She is a Japanese woman with black bobbed hair wearing a silver pleated dress with sparkly overlay and a short black cape and is holding a BAFTA award.
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Fellowship recipient Yoko Shimomura posing backstage with her BAFTA award and a guest.
A group of people in evening wear stood on stage collecting a BAFTA award with the words 'Evolving Game' on the screen behind them.
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The 'Vampire Survivors' team on stage collecting the Evolving Game Award.
Abubakar Salim. A black man with short cropped dark hair, wearing a short sleeved black shirt and holding the BAFTA he collected on behalf of the Development Team for 'Tales of Kenzera: ZAU'.
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Abubakar Salim poses in the winner room with the Game Beyond Entertainment Award on behalf of the Development Team for 'Tales of Kenzera: ZAU'.
Azusa Kido and guest pose in the winners room with the Narrative Award on behalf of the Development Team for 'Metaphor: ReFantazio'. On the left is a Japanese man in a black suit and bow tie and on the right is a woman in a sheer black lace effect dress. Between them they are holding a BAFTA award.
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Azusa Kido (R) poses in the winners room with the Narrative Award on behalf of the Development Team for 'Metaphor: ReFantazio' during the BAFTA Games Awards.
Three men stood backstage at the BAFTA Games Awards. Left to right; a white man with dark hair and beard wearing a black and silver patterned suit jacket and holding a BAFTA award, a black man with bald head and dark facial hair wearing a black suit and holding a BAFTA award, and a white man with brown hair and beard in a tuxedo.
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Ross Tregenza, Wilbert Roget II and Johan Pilestedt pose in the winners room with the Music Award for 'Helldivers 2'.
Adrian Cuevas. A white man with closely cut dark hair and a a trimmed beard wearing a tuxedo and holding a BAFTA mask.
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Adrian Cuevas, posing with the Artistic Achievement Award which he collected on behalf of the Development Team for 'Neva'.
Ben Starr. A man dressed as the Balatro game's clown character.
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Ben Starr, dressed as the clown character from the 'Balatro' game, collected the Debut Game award on behalf of the game developers.
Will Todd and James Carbutt. Two white men with dark hair in tuxedos. The man on the left has a dark beard and thin round wire-framed glasses and the man on the right is clean shaven and holding a BAFTA award.
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Will Todd and James Carbutt, winners of the British Game Award for 'Thank Goodness You're Here!', pose backstage.
A group of men on stage collecting a BAFTA award. Behind them is a screen which has the word 'Property' on it.
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Fraser Colley, Louis Larsson-De Wet, Rob McCoughlin and Ed Daley accept the New Intellectual Property Award on behalf of the Development Team for 'Still Wakes the Deep' .
Karen Dunbar. A white woman with a shaved head wearing green rimmed sunglasses, a teal top and leather blazer. She is holding a BAFTA award.
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Karen Dunbar, winner of the Performer in a Supporting Role Award for the portrayal of Finlay in 'Still Wakes the Deep', poses backstage.
A group of men on stage collecting a BAFTA award. Behind them is a screen with the word 'Achievement' on it.
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Dom Matthews (R) accepts the Technical Achievement Award on behalf of the Development Team for 'Senua's Saga: Hellblade II' on stage during the BAFTA Games Awards.
Adjoa Andoh and Alec Newman. A black woman with a shaved head and wearing a long black dress with white bib design and a white man with brown hair wearing a tuxedo and holding a BAFTA award.
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Adjoa Andoh presented Alec Newman, winner of the Performer in a Leading Role Award for the portrayal of Caz in 'Still Wakes the Deep'.
Phil Wang. An Asian man on a red suit and large collared white shirt stood at a podium.
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Comedian Phil Wang was the host of the 21st BAFTA Games Awards.
A group of four men in tuxedos and two women in traditional Japanese outfits with a BAFTA award.
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The 'Astro Bot' team backstage with one of their five awards.

And Backstage Celebrations...

Susan Wokoma. A black woman with an afro wearing a long, sheer black dress with a gold checked print on it and a cropped black cape.
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Susan Wokoma backstage at the BAFTA Games Awards.
Neil Newbon. A white man with short dark hair wearing a large collared white shirt, black suit jacket and long silver pendant necklace. He is leaning against a mirrored cabinet and you can see his reflected side profile in the mirror.
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Neil Newbon poses backstage at the awards - he was the presenter of an award on the night.
Anjali Bhimani. An Asian woman with long dark hair tied back and wearing a long black dress with a silky blue bodice and long gloves.
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Anjali Bhimani pictured backstage at the BAFTA Games Awards.
Steffan Powell and Ali Plumb. Two white men, one with short drake hair and wearing a greyish velvety suit jacket and bow tie and the other with dark hair and glasses in a dark top and kilt.
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Steffan Powell and Ali Plumb having a chat in the Green Room.
Elz the Witch, a white woman with dark hair tied back and wearing a black strapless dress seen in a mirror.
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Elz the Witch getting ready backstage at the awards.
Adam Pearson (M) catching up with two other male guests backstage.
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Adam Pearson, who presented an award on the night, catching up with fellow guests backstage.

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