The BAFTA Games Awards is an opportunity to celebrate the video games that released over the course of the previous year. This year’s BAFTA Games Awards looks to recognize the artistic achievement of games released in 2021. Please take a look at the nominees and the winners below!
BAFTA Games Awards 2022 winners
Best Game winner: Returnal
Nominees
Deathloop
Forza Horizon 5
Inscryption
It Takes Two
Returnal
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Animation winner: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Nominees
Call of Duty: Vanguard
It Takes Two
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Life Is Strange: True Colors
Psychonauts 2
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Artistic Achievement winner: The Artful Escape
Nominees
The Artful Escape
It Takes Two
Psychonauts 2
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Resident Evil Village
Returnal
Audio Achievement winner: Returnal
Nominees
The Artful Escape
Call of Duty: Vanguard
Deathloop
Halo Infinite
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
Returnal
British Game winner: Forza Horizon 5
Nominees
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
Death’s Door
Fights in Tight Spaces
Forza Horizon 5
Overboard
Sable
Debut Game winner: Toem
Nominees
The Artful Escape
Eastward
The Forgotten City
Genesis Noi
Maquette
Toem
Evolving Game winner: No Man's Sky
Nominees
Among Us
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Apex Legends
Disco Elysium
No Man’s Sky
Family winner: Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Nominees
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Forza Horizon 5
Mario Party Superstars
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Unpacking
Game Beyond Entertainment winner: Before Your Eyes
Nominees
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
Before Your Eyes
Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Game Builder Garage
It Takes Two
Psychonauts 2
Game Design winner: Inscryption
Nominees
Deathloop
Forza Horizon 5
Inscryption
It Takes Two
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Returnal
Multiplayer winner: It Takes Two
Nominees
Back 4 Blood
Call of Duty: Vanguard
Forza Horizon 5
Halo Infinite
Hell Let Loose
It Takes Two
Music winner: Returnal
Nominees
Deathloop
Far Cry 6
Halo Infinite
Psychonauts 2
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Returnal
Narrative winner: Unpacking
Nominees
It Takes Two
Life Is Strange: True Colors
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
Psychonauts 2
Returnal
Unpacking
Original Property winner: It Takes Two
Nominees
Deathloop
Death’s Door
Inscryption
It Takes Two
Returnal
Unpacking
Performer in a Leading Role winner: Jane Perry (Returnal)
Nominees
Ozioma Akagha as Julianna Blake in Deathloop
Jane Perry as Selene Vassos in Returnal
Jason E Kelley as Colt Vahn in Deathloop
Jennifer Hale as Rivet in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Jon McLaren as Star-Lord/Peter Quill in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Erika Mori as Alex Chen in Life Is Strange: True Colors
Performer in a Supporting Role winner: Kimberly Brooks ( Psychonauts 2)
Nominees
Laura Bailey as Polina Petrova in Call of Duty: Vanguard
Jason Cavalier as Drax in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Kimberly Brooks as Hollis Forsythe in Psychonauts 2
Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village
Han Soto as Gabe Chen in Life Is Strange: True Colors
Alex Weiner as Rocket in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Congratulations to all of the winners and nominees of the BAFTA Games Awards 2022. If you haven’t already, it’s definitely worth checking out not only those that won an award, but all of the nominees as well. There are a whole lot of excellent games here. Be sure to keep it locked to Shacknews for the latest as well as a look at the BAFTA Games Awards for next year too!