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Returnal Is The Biggest Winner At The 2022 BAFTA Games Awards

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced the winners of the 2022 BAFTA Games Awards, with Sony Interactive Entertainment’s and Housemarque’s PS5 exclusive Returnal winning the most awards of the night.

The roguelike third-person shooter won in four categories, including Best Game, Best Performer In A Leading Role with Jane Perry as protagonist Selene Vassos, Best Audio Achiecement and Best Music. Meanwhile, Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart, It Takes Two and Unpacking won two awards each.

The BAFTA Games Awards also gave a special tribute to the late Mohammad Fahmi, an Indonesian game developer who recently passed away last month. He was best known creating hit Indonesian adventure game Coffee TalkWhat Comes After, and the upcoming Afterlove EP.

Check out the full list of 2022 BAFTA Games Awards winners below:

BEST GAME

Returnal, Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment (WINNER)
Deathloop, Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
Forza Horizon 5, Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
Inscryption, Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital
It Takes Two, Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

GAME DESIGN

Inscryption, Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital (WINNER)
Deathloop, Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
Forza Horizon 5, Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
It Takes Two, Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Returnal, Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

The Artful Escape, Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive (WINNER)
It Takes Two, Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
Psychonauts 2, Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Resident Evil Village, Capcom/Capcom
Returnal, Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment

BRITISH GAME

Forza Horizon 5, Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios (WINNER)
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, ustwo games/ustwo games, Plug In Digital
Death’s Door, Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital
Fights In Tight Spaces, Ground Shatter/Mode7
Overboard!, Jon Ingold, Tom Kail, Joseph Humfrey – Inkle/ Inkle
Sable, Shedworks/Raw Fury

ANIMATION

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment (WINNER)
Call Of Duty: Vanguard, Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
It Takes Two, Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
Kena: Bridge Of Spirits, Hunter Schmidt – Ember Lab Llc/ Ember Lab Llc
Life Is Strange: True Colors, Square Enix, Deck Nine Games/Square Enix
Psychonauts 2, Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios

AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT

Returnal, Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment (WINNER)
The Artful Escape, Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive
Call Of Duty: Vanguard, Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
Deathloop, Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
Halo Infinite, 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios
Marvel’s Guardian’s Of The Galaxy, Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix

DEBUT GAME

Toem, Something We Made/ Something We Made (WINNER)
The Artful Escape, Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive
Eastward, Pixpil/Chucklefish
The Forgotten City, Nick Pearce, Alexander Goss, John Eyre – Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers
Genesis Noir, Evan Anthony, Jeremy Abel – Feral Cat Den/Fellow Traveller
Maquette, Graceful Decay/Annapurna Interactive

EVOLVING GAME

No Man’s Sky, Hello Games/Hello Games (WINNER)
Among Us, Innersloth/Innersloth
Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nintendo Epd/Nintendo
Apex Legends, Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
Disco Elysium – The Final Cut, Za/Um/Za/Um
Fortnite, Epic Games/Epic Games, People Can Fly

FAMILY

Chicory: A Colorful Tale, Greg Lobanov, A Shell In The Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/Finji (WINNER)
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, ustwo games/ustwo games, Plug In Digital
Forza Horizon 5, Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
Mario Party Superstars, Nintendo Epd/Nintendo
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Unpacking, Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Jeff Van Dyck – Witch Beam/Humble Games

GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT

Before Your Eyes, Goodbyeworld Games/Skybound Games (WINNER)
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, ustwo games/ustwo games/Plug In Digital
Chicory: A Colorful Tale, Greg Lobanov, A Shell In The Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/Finji
Game Builder Garage, Nintendo Epd/Nintendo
It Takes Two, Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
Psychonauts 2, Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios

MULTIPLAYER

It Takes Two, Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts (WINNER)
Back 4 Blood, Turtle Rock Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Call Of Duty: Vanguard, Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
Forza Horizon 5, Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
Halo Infinite, 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios
Hell Let Loose, Black Matter/Team17

MUSIC

Returnal, Bobby Krlic, Joe Thwaites, Harry Krueger – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment (WINNER)
Deathloop, Tom Salta, Erich Talaba, Ross Tregenza – Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
Far Cry 6, Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft
Halo Infinite, 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios
Psychonauts 2, Peter Mcconnell – Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Scott Hanau, Wataru Hokoyama, Mark Mothersbaugh – Insomniac Games/ Sony Interactive Entertainment

NARRATIVE

Unpacking, Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Annie Vandermeer – Witch Beam/Humble Games (WINNER)
It Takes Two, Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
Life Is Strange: True Colors, Square Enix, Deck Nine Games/Square Enix
Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy, Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix
Psychonauts 2, Tim Schafer – Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
Returnal, Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment

ORIGINAL PROPERTY

It Takes Two, Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts (WINNER)
Deathloop, Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
Death’s Door, Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital
Inscryption, Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital
Returnal, Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Unpacking, Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Jeff Van Dyck – Witch Beam/Humble Games

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment (WINNER)
Forza Horizon 5, Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
Hitman 3, Io Interactive/Io Interactive
Psychonauts 2, Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
Resident Evil Village, Capcom/Capcom
Returnal, Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment

EE GAME OF THE YEAR

Unpacking Witch Beam/Humble Games (WINNER)
Chicory: A Colorful Tale, Greg Lobanov, A Shell In The Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/Finji
Deathloop, Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
The Forgotten City, Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers
It Takes Two, Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
Metroid Dread, Nintendo and Mercury Steam

PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

Kimberly Brooks as Hollis Forsythe in Psychonauts 2 (WINNER)
Laura Bailey as Polina Petrova in Call of Duty: Vanguard
Jason Cavalier As Drax in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
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

PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE

Jane Perry as Selene Vassos in Returnal (WINNER)
Ozioma Akagha As Julianna Blake in Deathloop
Jason E Kelley as Colt Vahn “the Captain” 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

In the meantime, you can check out my review of Returnal here, or head on over here for a guide to surviving the game.

 

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