As the night went on, it looked like God of War would be the favorite for the Best Game Award, with six awards out of its record 14 nominations. The Norwegian epic won awards for Animation, Audio Achievement, Music and the public voted EE Game of the Year. There were also awards for God of War actors Christopher Judge – who won Best Performer in a Leading Role for his intense role as player-character Kratos – and Laya Deleon Hayes, who won Best Supporting Actress for Angrboda .
As well as Vampire Survivors, there was British success for Sam Barlow’s pursuit Immortality, which won Best Story. Best British Game was won by Roll7’s Rollerdrome.
Elden Ring was nominated in seven categories, winning Original Property and Multiplayer, while Tunic, a stunning cartoon adventure from Andrew Shouldice and Isometricorp Games, also won two Baftas for Artistic Achievement and Debut Game.
The Bafta Fellowship, which recognizes significant contributions to the gaming industry, went to longtime PlayStation employee Shuhei Yoshida. The last of us.
Winners of the 2023 Bafta Game Awards
Animation
Winner: God of War Ragnarök
Nominees: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Horizon Forbidden West, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Sifu, Stray
Evolving game
Winner: Final Fantasy XIV Online
Nominees: Apex Legends, Dreams, The Elder Scrolls Online, Forza Horizon 5, No Man’s Sky
Originally owned
Winner: Elden Ring
Nominees: Citizen Sleeper, Cult of the Lamb, Sifu, Stray, Vampire Survivors
audio performance
Winner: God of War Ragnarök
Nominees: A Plague Tale: Requiem, Horizon Forbidden West, Metal: Hellsinger, Stray, Tunic
Game design
Winner: Vampire Survivors
Nominees: Cult Of The Lamb, Elden Ring, God Of War Ragnarök, Horizon Forbidden West, Tuniek
British game
Winner: Rollerdrome
Nominees: Citizen Sleeper, OlliOlli World, Total War: Warhammer III, Two Point Campus, Vampire Survivors
Artistic achievement
Winner: tunic
Nominees: A Plague Tale: Requiem, Elden Ring, God of War Ragnarök, Immortality, Pentiment
multiplayer
Winner: Elden Ring
Runners-up: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, EA Sports FIFA 23, Overwatch 2, Splatoon 3, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Story
Winner: Immortality
Nominees: A Plague Tale: Requiem, Citizen Sleeper, God of War Ragnarök, Pentiment, Stray
Performer in a supporting role
Winner: Laya Deleon Hayes as Angrboda (God of War Ragnarök)
Nominees: Adam J. Harrington as Sindri (God of War Ragnarök), Alison Jaye as Alva (Horizon Forbidden West), Charlotta Mohlin as The One (Immortality), Danielle Bisutti as Freya (God of War Ragnarök), Ryan Hurst as Thor ( God of War Ragnarok)
Music
Winner: God of War Ragnarök
Nominees: A Plague Tale: Requiem, Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course, Elden Ring, Stray, Tunic
EE Game Of The Year (voted by the public)
God of War Ragnarok
Nominees: Elden Ring, Horizon Forbidden West, Immortality, Marvel Snap, Stray
Technical achievement
Winner: Horizon Forbidden West
Nominees: Elden Ring, God of War Ragnarök, Immortality, The Last of Us Part I, Stray
Family
Winner: Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Nominees: Disney Dreamlight Valley, Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Nintendo Switch Sports, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Debut game
Winner: tunic
Nominees: As Dusk Falls, The Case of the Golden Idol, Stray, Trombone Champ, Vampire Survivors
Game beyond entertainment
Winner: Endling – Extinction is forever
Nominees: Citizen Sleeper, Gibbon: Beyond The Trees, I Was A Teenage Exocolonist, Not For Broadcast, We’ll Always Have Paris
Performer in a leading role
Winner: Christopher Judge as Kratos (God of War Ragnarök)
Nominees: Alain Mesa as Alejandro Vargas (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II), Charlotte McBurney as Amicia (A Plague Tale: Requiem), Manon Gage as Marissa Marcel (Immortality), Siobhan Williams as Laura (The Quarry), Sunny Suljic as Atreus in (God of War Ragnarök)
Best game
Winner: Vampire Survivors
Nominees: Cult of the Lamb, Elden Ring, God Of War Ragnarök, Marvel Snap, Stray
BAFTA scholarship
Shuhei Yoshida