The 2026 BAFTA Games Awards took place at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in the South Bank of London last Friday. Held for its 22nd year, the awards show celebrates creative excellence in video games and the people who make them, as voted by their peers.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 emerged as the big winner of the night with 12 total nominations and winning both prizes for Best Game and Best Debut Game. Dispatch came in close second with a total of 9 nominations and 3 wins including Best Animation and Audio Achievement.
Here are the full list of nominees and winners.
Animation
- Battlefield 6
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
- Dispatch — WINNER
- Ghost of Yotei
- Hades II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
Artistic Achievement
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach — WINNER
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yotei
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- South of Midnight
Audio Achievement
- Arc Raiders
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
- Dispatch — WINNER
- Ghost of Yotei
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Best Game
- Arc Raiders
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — WINNER
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yotei
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
British Game
- Atomfall — WINNER
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
- Mafia: The Old Country
- Monument Valley 3
- Powerwash Simulator 2
- Two Point Museum
Debut Game
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — WINNER
- Consume Me
- Despelote
- Dispatch
- The Midnight Walk
Evolving Game
- Fallout 76
- Helldivers 2
- Hitman World of Assassination
- No Man’s Sky — WINNER
- Vampire Survivors
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Family
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Is This Seat Taken?
- LEGO Party! — WINNER
- Mario Kart World
- Powerwash Simulator 2
- Two Point Museum
Fellowship
- Ilkka Paananen, CEO and Co-Founder of Supercell
Game Beyond Entertainment
- The Alters
- And Roger
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
- Consume Me
- Despelote — WINNER
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Game Design
- Ball X Pit
- Blue Prince — WINNER
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Ghost of Yotei
- Hades II
- Split Fiction
Multiplayer
- Arc Raiders — WINNER
- Dune: Awakening
- Elden Ring Nightreign
- LEGO Party!
- PEAK
- Split Fiction
Music
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yotei — WINNER
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Narrative
- The Alters
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II — WINNER
New Intellectual Property
- The Alters
- Arc Raiders
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Dispatch
- South of Midnight — WINNER
- Split Fiction
Performer in a Leading Role
- Aaron Paul (Dispatch)
- Ben Starr (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
- Erika Ishii (Ghost of Yotei)
- Jennifer English (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) — WINNER
- Tom McKay (Kingdom Come: Deliverance II)
- Troy Baker (Indiana Jones and the Great Circle)
Performer in a Supporting Role
- Alix Wilton Regan (Lies of P: Overture)
- Charlie Cox (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
- Jane Perry (Dead Take)
- Jeffrey Wright (Dispatch) — WINNER
- Kirsty Rider (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
- Troy Baker (Death Stranding 2: On The Beach)
Technical Achievement
- Arc Raiders
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
- Doom: The Dark Ages
- Ghost of Yotei — WINNER
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Split Fiction
View the previous year’s winners for the BAFTA Games Awards here.
