Baldur’s Gate 3 wins Best Game and four more awards at this year’s BAFTAs

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BAFTA Games Awards 2024 Winners Announced


The BAFTA Games Awards 2024 winners have been revealed, with this year’s big victor – perhaps unsurprisingly – being Larian Studios’ hugely acclaimed Baldur’s Gate 3.


Baldur’s Gate 3 took home a total of five BAFTAs, coming top in the categories for Narrative, Music, and Best Game. It also won the EE Player’s Choice Award – the only category to be voted for by the general public – and Andrew Wincott was named best Performer in a Supporting Role, for his performance as Raphael in the game.


Tonight’s other multi award winners were Alan Wake 2 – which secured BAFTAs for Audio Achievement and Artistic Achievement – and Super Mario Bros. Wonder, which trumped the competition in the Multiplayer and Family categories. Additionally, clever photography puzzler Viewfinder had two wins: British Game and New Intellectual Property.

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Notably, too, UK gaming charity SpecialEffect – which focuses on helping those with physical disabilities, particularly children, play games – was awarded BAFTA’s prestigious Special Award, which recognises “outstanding contributions to film, games, or television”.


The full list of this year’s BAFTA winners – which includes Dave the Diver, Cyberpunk 2077, Hi-Fi Rush, and Nadji Jeter for his role as Mile Morales in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – can be found below, with winners shown in bold alongside all category nominees.

ANIMATION

  • ALAN WAKE 2 – Remedy Entertawinment/Epic Games
  • HI-FI RUSH – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
  • HOGWARTS LEGACY – Avalanche Software/Warner Bros. Games
  • MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
  • SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

  • ALAN WAKE 2 – Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games
  • BALDUR’S GATE 3 – Larian Studio/Larian Studio
  • COCOON – Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive
  • DIABLO IV – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
  • FINAL FANTASY XVI Hiroshi Minagawa, Kazuya Takahashi, Naoki Kurihara – Creative Business Unit III/Square Enix
  • HI-FI RUSH – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks

AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT

  • ALAN WAKE 2 – Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games
  • CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE III – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
  • HI-FI RUSH – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
  • THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
  • MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts

BEST GAME

  • ALAN WAKE 2 – Remedy Entertainment/Epic Games
  • BALDUR’S GATE 3 – Larian Studio/Larian Studio
  • DAVE THE DIVER – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET
  • THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
  • MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

… (cont’d)