Today is officially the day that the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, or BAFTA for short, held its annual awards ceremony. The time has come to finally find out which games take home the prizes. Well, the results are out and now we know. However, it may not surprise you.
The good news for Nintendo is that they won 2 awards. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Realm took home the award for technical achievement, and Super Mario Bros. Winder won the Family Award. However, Baldur’s Gate 3 ended up winning more awards and all other BAFTA Game Awards 2024 winners combined. You can see the full list of winners below.
ANIMATION
- ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games
- HI-FI RUSH Development Team – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks – WINNER
- Development team HOGWARTS LEGACY – Avalanche Software/Warner Bros. Games
- MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Nathan Dunlap, David Nam, Thomas Cannell – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
- SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENTS
- ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games – WINNER
- BALDUR’S GATE 3 Development Team – Larian Studio/Larian Studio
- COCOON Development Team – Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive
- DIABLO IV Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
- FINAL FANTASY XVI Hiroshi Minagawa, Kazuya Takahashi, Naoki Kurihara – SQUARE ENIX – Creative Business Unit III/SQUARE ENIX
- HI-FI RUSH Development Team – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
AUDIO ACHIEVEMENTS
- ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games – WINNER
- CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE III Matt Grimm, Eric Wedemeyer, Robbie Elias – Sledgehammer
- Games/Activision
- HI-FI RUSH Development Team – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
- THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
- MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Development Team – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
THE BEST GAME
- ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games
- BALDUR’S GATE 3 Development Team – Larian Studio/Larian Studio – WINNER
- DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROKET
- THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
- MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
THE BRITISH GAME
- CASSETTE BEASTS Development Team – Bytten Studio/Raw Fury
- DEAD ISLAND 2 Development Team – Dambuster Studios/PLAION
- DISNEY ILLUSION ISLAND Development Team – Dlala Studios/Disney
- FOOTBALL MANAGER 2024 Development Team – Sports Interactive/SEGA Europe
- VIEWFINDER Development Team – Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing – WINNER
- WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR: REALMS OF RRUIN Development team – Frontier Developments/Frontier Developments
DEBUT GAME
- COCOON Development Team – Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive
- DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROKET
- DREDGE Development Team – Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital
- STRAY GODS: THE ROLEPLAYING MUSICAL Development Team – Summerfall Studios/Humble Games
- VENBA Abhijeeth Swaminathan, Sam Elkana, Shahrin Khan – Visai Games/Visai Games – WINNER
- VIEWFINDER Development Team – Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing
GAME IN DEVELOPMENT
- Development Team CYBERPUNK 2077 – CD PROJEKT RED/CD PROJEKT RED – WINNER
- FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE Development Team – Creative Business Unit III/Square Enix
- FORTNITE Development Team – Epic Games/Epic Games
- FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
- GENSHIN IMPACT Development Team – HoYoverse/HoYoverse
- NO MAN’S SKY Development Team – Hello Games/Hello Games
FAMILY
- COCOON Development Team – Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive
- DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROKET
- DISNEY ILLUSION ISLAND Development Team – Dlala Studios/Disney
- HI-FI RUSH Development Team – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
- Development team HOGWARTS LEGACY – Avalanche Software/Warner Bros. Games
- SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo – WINNER
GAME ABOVE FUN
- CHANTS OF SENNAAR Julien Moya, Thomas Panuel – Rundisc/Focus Entertainment
- GOODBYE VOLCANO HIGH Development Team – KO_OP/KO_OP
- TCHIA Phil Crifo, Marilou Lopez-Aguilera, Thoanë Thomadra – Awaceb/Kepler Interactive – WINNER
- TERRA NIL Development Team – Free Lives/Devolver Digital
- THIRSTY SUITORS Development Team – Outerloop Games/Annapurna Interactive
- VENBA Abhijeeth Swaminathan, Sam Elkana, Shahrin Khan – Visai Games/Visai Games
GAME DESIGN
- COCOON Development Team – Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive
- DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET – WINNER
- DREDGE Joel Mason, Alex Ritchie, Nadia Thorn – Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital
- THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
- MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- VIEWFINDER Development Team – Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing
MULTIPLE PLAYERS
- BALDUR’S GATE 3 Development Team – Larian Studio/Larian Studio
- CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE III Development Team – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
- DIABLO IV Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
- FORZA MOTORSPORT Development Team – Turn 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios
- Development team PARTY ANIMALS – Recreate Games/Source Technology
- SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo – WINNER
MUSIC, MUSIC
- ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games
- ASSASSIN’S CREED MIRAGE Development Team – Ubisoft/Ubisoft
- BALDUR’S GATE 3 Borislav Slavov – Larian Studio/Larian Studio – WINNER
- THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
- MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 John Paesano, Scott Hanau, Keith Leary – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Gordy Haab, Stephen Barton – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
NARRATIVELY
- ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games
- BALDUR’S GATE 3 Development Team – Larian Studio/Larian Studio – WINNER
- DREDGE Joel Mason, Alex Ritchie, Nadia Thorne – Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital
- FINAL FANTASY XVI Kazutoyo Maehiro, Michael-Christopher Koji Fox – SQUARE ENIX – Creative Business Unit III/SQUARE ENIX
- THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
- STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Stig Asmussen, Aaron Contreras, Dori Arazi – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- CHANTS OF SENNAAR Julien Moya, Thomas Panuel – Rundisc/Focus Entertainment
- DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROKET
- DREDGE Development Team – Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital
- HI-FI RUSH Development Team – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
- Development team JUSANT – DON’T NOD/DO NOT NOD
- VIEWFINDER Development Team – Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing – WINNER
PERFORMER IN THE MAIN ROLE
- AMELIA TYLER as the narrator in Baldur’s Gate 3
- CAMERON MONAGHAN as Cal Kestis in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- NADJI JETER as Miles Morales in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – WINNER
- NEIL NEWBON as Astarion in Baldur’s Gate 3
- SAMANTHA BÉART as Karlach in Baldur’s Gate 3
- YURI LOWENTHAL as Peter Parker in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- ANDREW WINCOTT as Raphael in Baldur’s Gate 3 – WINNER
- DEBRA WILSON as Cere Junda in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- RALPH INESON as Cidolfus “Cid” Telamon in Final Fantasy XVI
- SAM LAKE as Alex Casey in Alan Wake 2
- TONY TODD as Venom in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- TRACY WILES as Jaheira in Baldur’s Gate 3
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENTS
- ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games
- FINAL FANTASY XVI Ryota Suzuki, Yasuhiro Yanamoto, Kei Honda – SQUARE ENIX – Creative Business Unit III/SQUARE ENIX
- HORIZON CALL OF THE MOUNTAIN Development Team – Guerrilla and Firesprite/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo – WINNER
- MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- STARFIELD Development Team – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks
EE PLAYER’S CHOICE
- BALDUR’S GATE 3 Larian Studio/Larian Studio – WINNER
- CYBERPUNK 2077 CD PROJEKT RED/CD PROJEKT RED
- FORTNITE Epic Games/Epic Games
- THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
- DEATH SOCIETY Zeekerss/Zeekerss
- MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
