The BAFTA Games Awards were over with Returnal that took home the prized Game of the Year Award. Housemarque’s original action-adventure game has been nominated for a variety of Game of the Year Awards in the last year and now they finally won the huge award at BAFTA Games Awards 2022. Returnal received 4 awards in total and one of them was for a Performer in the Lead Role in the role of Jane Perry, making this her first BAFTA. Check Bafta Games Awards 2022 winners List.
It Takes Two along with Ratchet & Clank also took home two awards each with It. Takes Two taking home the Multiplayer award and Original Property while the latter won the Technical Achievement. No Man’s Sky won Evolving Game which is an award that has been nominated in other award shows. It is among the top ingenuous live-service games and is improving each year.
BAFTA Games Awards 2022 Winner list
Unpacking, a game that requires players to empty boxes and place them in a virtual home was the second biggest prize at the event. It took home the top story award, as well as an EE game of the year prize, which is the only award where the public votes.
Forza Horizon 5 is the most recent installment within the Forza racing series and was named the title of the best British game. No Man’s Sky, a space exploration game, was awarded as the most evolving game. Technical and animation achievement prizes were given towards Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart which is the latest installment within the long-running, successful franchise.
Here’s the list of this year’s 2022 top Awards:
- Deathloop
- Forza Horizon 5
- Inscryption
- It Takes Two
- Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart
- Returnal – WINNER
EE Game of the Year- Unpacking
- Chicory: A Colorful Tale
- Deathloop
- It Takes Two
- Metroid Dread
- The Forgotten City
Best Narrative – Unpacking
- It Takes Two
- Life Is Strange True Colors
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
- Psychonauts 2
- Returnal
Best Evolving Game – No Man’s Sky
- Among Us
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Apex Legends
- Disco Elysium – The Final Cut
- Fortnite
Best Original Property – It Takes Two
- Deathloop
- Death’s Door
- Inscryption
- It Takes Two – WINNER
- Returnal
- Unpacking
Best Multiplayer – It Takes Two
- Best Debut – TOEM
- The Artful Escape
- Eastward
- The Forgotten City
- Genesis Noir
- Maquette
- Toem – WINNER
Best Game beyond Entertainment: Before your Eyes
- Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
- Before Your Eyes – WINNER
- Chicory: A Colorful Tale
- Game Builder Garage
- It Takes Two
- Psychonauts 2
Best Animation: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Call of Duty Vanguard
- It Takes Two
- Kena: Bridge of Sprits
- Life is Strange: True Colours
- Psychonauts 2
- Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart – WINNER
Best Game Design – Inscription
- Deathloop
- Forza Horizon 5
- Inscryption – WINNER
- It Takes Two
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Returnal
The Artistic Achievement Award: The Artful Escape
- The Artful Escape – WINNER
- It Takes Two
- Psychonauts 2
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Resident Evil: Village
- Returnal
The Audio Achievement Award – Returnal
- The Artful Escape
- Call of Duty: Vanguard
- Deathloop
- Halo Infinite
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
- Returnal – WINNER
Learn all about the BAFTA Games Awards and its winners here.