BAFTA Games Awards 2019 Winners
BAFTA has announced the winners of the British Academy Games Awards, which celebrated the very best in games of the past year. The ceremony was hosted by Dara O’Briain at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.
God of War, the mythology-based action-adventure game, won Audio Achievement, Best Game, Music, Narrative, and Performer for Jeremy Davies for his role as The Stranger.
Return of the Obra Dinn, the puzzle game developed by Lucas Pope, won Artistic Achievement and Game Design.
Nintendo Labo, the creative cardboard-based game that brings toys to life with the Nintendo Switch, won Family and Game Innovation.
Fortnite, the hugely popular online multiplayer game, won Evolving Game.
Another six games won BAFTAs on the night. The turn-based strategy gameInto the Breach won Original Property. Florence, the interactive love story, won Mobile Game. Yoku’s Island Express, the platforming pinball adventure game, won the BAFTA for Debut Game. A Way Out, the co–op adventure game, wonMultiplayer. The open-world racing game Forza Horizon 4 won British Game. My Child Lebensborn, the story-driven nurture game about the child of an enemy solider, won the BAFTA for Game Beyond Entertainment.
Old School Runescape collected the EE Mobile Game of the Year, the only award voted for by the public.
Full list of nominations below with winners in bold:
Artistic Achievement
- Detroit: Become Human
- Gris
- God of War
- Spider-Man
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Return of the Obra Dinn
Audio Achievement
- Battlefield V
- Detroit: Become Human
- God of War
- Spider-Man
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Tetris Effect
Best Game
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
- Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
- Celeste
- God of War
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Return of the Obra Dinn
British Game
- 11-11: Memories Retold
- Forza Horizon 4
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- The Room: Old Sins
- Overcooked 2
- Two Point Hospital
Debut Game
- Beat Saber
- Cultist Simulator
- Donut County
- Florence
- Gris
- Yoku’s Island Express
Evolving Game
- Destiny 2
- Elite Dangerous
- Fortnite
- Overwatch
- Sea of Thieves
- Rainbow Six Siege
Family
- Lego The Incredibles
- Nintendo Labo
- Overcooked 2
- Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee
- Super Mario Party
- Yoku’s Island Express
Game Beyond Entertainment
- 11: Memories Retold
- Celeste
- Florence
- Life is Strange 2
- My Child Lebensborn
- Nintendo Labo
Game Design
- Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
- Celeste
- God of War
- Into the Breach
- Minit
- Return of the Obra Dinn
Game Innovation
- Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
- Celeste
- Cultist Simulator
- Moss
- Nintendo Labo
- Return of the Obra Dinn
Mobile Game
- Alto’s Odyssey
- Brawl Stars
- Donut County
- Florence
- Reigns: Game of Thrones
- The Room: Old Sins
Multiplayer
- A Way Out
- Battlefield V
- Overcooked 2
- Sea of Thieves
- Super Mario Party
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Music
- Celeste
- Far Cry 5
- Florence
- God of War
- Gris
- Tetris Effect
Narrative
- Florence
- Frostpunk
- God of War
- Spider-Man
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Return of the Obra Dinn
Original Property
- Dead Cells
- Florence
- Into the Breach
- Moss
- Return of the Obra Dinn
- Subnautica
Performer
- Christopher Judge as Kratos in God of War
- Danielle Bisutti as Freya in God of War
- Jeremy Davies as The Stranger in God of War
- Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
- Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan in Read Dead Redemption 2
- Sunny Suljic as Atreus in God of War
Mobile Game Of The Year (Public Award)
- Brawl Stars
- Clash Royale
- Fortnite
- Old School Runescape
- Pokemon Go
- Roblox