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Here's Every Winner From 2025's BAFTA Game Awards

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<img loading="lazy" src="https://www.gameinformer.com/sites/default/files/styles/body_default/public/2025/04/09/06f23b63/ben_starr_baftas_2.jpg" width="800" height="533" alt="" typeof="foaf:Image" class="image-style-body-default" /> Since 2003, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (better known as BAFTA) has annually celebrated the world of video games in addition to its regular awards for TV and movies. This year's ceremony was held last night, on April 8, and <a href="https://www.bafta.org/awards/games">highlighted some of the biggest games of 2024</a>, along with a few surprises. Astro Bot, <a href="https://www.gameinformer.com/review/astro-bot/a-smile-inducing-masterpiece">a game we also like a lot</a>, won the most trophies, including Best Game. But its five wins were closely followed by three wins from <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d3f03ca6-f3c3-4d20-9ee8-cb456d9a1d43" href="https://www.gameinformer.com/review/still-wakes-the-deep/i-sea-dead-people">Still Wakes the Deep</a>, a psychological horror game largely unrepresented in other major awards shows. The British Academy also took the ceremony as an opportunity to award the BAFTA Fellowship to Yoko Shimomura, the legendary composer known for her work on Street Fighter II and the Kingdom Hearts series. Meanwhile, the joker-poker roguelike Balatro won Best Debut Game. <a href="https://www.gameinformer.com/interview/2024/03/21/balatro-was-almost-called-joker-poker-and-other-details-from-its-creator">Developer LocalThunk is notoriously private</a>, so actor Ben Starr, best known as <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="3a444756-2d5d-42f9-aebf-93434ef42635" href="https://www.gameinformer.com/FFXVI">Clive in Final Fantasy XVI</a>, appeared in full clown attire to deliver the acceptance speech. After a few tongue-in-cheek jokes about how wealthy the developer has become, Starr urged the audience to play more indie games, <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="77f0726b-e5f2-4ad5-a9ac-3d6c58ebb790" href="https://www.gameinformer.com/review/animal-well/a-masterclass-in-environmental-design">specifically spotlighting Animal Well</a>. Here is a full list of the BAFTA Game Award winners. <a class="linkoriginal" data-featherlight="image" href=""> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.gameinformer.com/sites/default/files/styles/body_default/public/2025/03/14/016d58cc/astrobot-controller.jpg" typeof="foaf:Image" alt="" class="image-style-body-default" /> </a> Astro Bot took home five trophies at the 2025 BAFTA Game Awards. <h2 style="margin-top:24px; margin-bottom:8px">Best Game</h2> WINNER: Astro Bot Balatro Black Myth: Wukong Helldivers 2 The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Thank Goodness You're Here! <h2>Animation</h2> WINNER: Astro Bot Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Lego Horizon Adventures Senua's Saga: Hellblade II Thank Goodness You're Here! Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 <h2 style="margin-top:24px; margin-bottom:8px">Artistic Achievement</h2> WINNER: Neva Astro Bot Senua's Saga: Hellblade II Black Myth: Wukong Still Wakes the Deep Harold Halibut <h2 style="margin-top:24px; margin-bottom:8px">Audio Achievement</h2> WINNER: Astro Bot Animal Well Helldivers 2 Senua's Saga: Hellblade II Star Wars Outlaws Still Wakes the Deep <a class="linkoriginal" data-featherlight="image" href=""> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.gameinformer.com/sites/default/files/styles/body_default/public/2025/04/09/88ce08f4/thnak_goodness_youre_here_bafta.jpg" typeof="foaf:Image" alt="" class="image-style-body-default" /> </a> Thank Goodness You're Here! won the British Game award. <h2 style="margin-top:24px; margin-bottom:8px">British Game</h2> WINNER: Thank Goodness You're Here! Senua's Saga: Hellblade II Still Wakes the Deep Paper Trail A Highland Song Lego Horizon Adventures <h2 style="margin-top:24px; margin-bottom:8px">Debut Game</h2> WINNER: Balatro Animal Well Pacific Drive The Plucky Squire Tales of Kenzera: ZAU Thank Goodness You're Here! <h2 style="margin-top:24px; margin-bottom:8px">Evolving Game</h2> WINNER: Vampire Survivors Diablo IV Final Fantasy XIV Online No Man's Sky Sea of Thieves World of Warcraft <h2 style="margin-top:24px; margin-bottom:8px">Family</h2> WINNER: Astro Bot Cat Quest III Lego Horizon Adventures Little Kitty, Big City The Plucky Squire Super Mario Party Jamboree <h2 style="margin-top:24px; margin-bottom:8px">Game Beyond Entertainment</h2> WINNER: Tales of Kenzera: ZAU Botany Manor Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop) Senua's Saga: Hellblade II Tetris Forever Vampire Therapist <a class="linkoriginal" data-featherlight="image" href=""> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.gameinformer.com/sites/default/files/styles/body_default/public/2025/04/09/4006d91d/team_asobi_baftas.jpg" typeof="foaf:Image" alt="" class="image-style-body-default" /> </a> Representatives from Astro Bot's development team accept the Best Game award. <h2 style="margin-top:24px; margin-bottom:8px">Game Design</h2> WINNER: Astro Bot Animal Well Balatro Helldivers 2 The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Tactical Breach Wizards <h2 style="margin-top:24px; margin-bottom:8px">Multiplayer</h2> WINNER: Helldivers 2 Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Lego Horizon Adventures Super Mario Party Jamboree Tekken 8 Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 <h2 style="margin-top:24px; margin-bottom:8px">Music</h2> WINNER: Helldivers 2 Astro Bot Black Myth: Wukong Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Senua's Saga: Hellbade II Star Wars Outlaws <h2 style="margin-top:24px; margin-bottom:8px">Narrative</h2> WINNER: Metaphor: ReFantazio Black Myth: Wukong Dragon Age: The Veilguard Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Senua's Saga: Hellblade II Still Wakes the Deep <a class="linkoriginal" data-featherlight="image" href=""> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.gameinformer.com/sites/default/files/styles/body_default/public/2025/04/09/5c9e916b/still_wakes_the_deep_conversation.jpg" typeof="foaf:Image" alt="" class="image-style-body-default" /> </a> Still Wakes the Deep won awards for New Intellectual Property, Performer in a Leading Role, and Performer in a Supporting Role. <h2 style="margin-top:24px; margin-bottom:8px">New Intellectual Property</h2> WINNER: Still Wakes the Deep Animal Well Balatro Black Myth: Wukong Metaphor: ReFantazio Thank Goodness You're Here! <h2 style="margin-top:24px; margin-bottom:8px">Performer in a Leading Role</h2> WINNER: Alec Newman (as Cameron "Caz" McLeary in Still Wakes the Deep) Humberly González (as Kay Vess in Star Wars Outlaws) Isabella Inchbald (as Indika in Indika) Luke Roberts (as James Sunderland in Silent Hill 2) Melina Juergens (as Senua in Senua's Saga: Hellblade II) Y'lan Noel (as Troy Marshall in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6) <h2 style="margin-top:24px; margin-bottom:8px">Performer in a Supporting Role</h2> WINNER: Karen Dunbar (as Finlay in Still Wakes the Deep) Abbi Greenland and Helen Goalen (as the Furies in Senua's Saga: Hellblade II) Aldís Amah Hamilton (as Ástríðr in Senua's Saga: Hellblade II) Jon Blyth (Thank Goodness You're Here) Matt Berry (Thank Goodness You're Here) Michael Abubakar (as Brodie in Still Wakes the Deep) <h2 style="margin-top:24px; margin-bottom:8px">Technical Achievement</h2> WINNER: Senua's Saga: Hellblade II Astro Bot Black Myth: Wukong Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Tiny Glade Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine <a class="linkoriginal" data-featherlight="image" href=""> <img loading="lazy" src="https://www.gameinformer.com/sites/default/files/styles/body_default/public/2025/04/09/5bd9453f/yoko_shimumura_baftas.jpg" typeof="foaf:Image" alt="" class="image-style-body-default" /> </a> Yoko Shimomura accepts the Fellowship award. <h2 style="margin-top:24px; margin-bottom:8px">Fellowship</h2> Yoko Shimomura

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