The 22nd BAFTA Games Awards took place tonight at the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall in London and after leading the nominations with 12 nods, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 walked away with three wins, including the big one: Best Game. It also took home Debut Game, and Jennifer English won Performer in a Leading Role for her portrayal of Maelle. Surprisingly, it did not take home Best Music.
Matching Clair Obscur’s three-win total was Dispatch, AdHoc Studio’s debut title, which took home Animation, Audio Achievement, and Performer in a Supporting Role for Jeffrey Wright as Chase. Honestly, that’s a huge night for AdHoc Studio, and it’s well-deserved. For a lot of people, Dispatch came out of nowhere and ended up being one of the most talked-about games of the year. Ghost of Yōtei rounded out the multi-win titles with two BAFTAs, for Music and Technical Achievement.
Elsewhere, the awards were spread pretty wide. Atomfall won British Game, while Death Stranding 2: On the Beach took home Artistic Achievement. Blue Prince won Game Design, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II won Narrative, Arc Raiders won Multiplayer, South of Midnight won New Intellectual Property, LEGO Party! won Family, and No Man’s Sky continued its incredible post-launch journey by winning Evolving Game. Despelote, a debut game, won Game Beyond Entertainment.
The BAFTA Fellowship was presented to Supercell CEO and co-founder Ilkka Paananen in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the industry. It’s a big honor, and a pretty fitting one given Supercell’s impact on mobile gaming with titles like Clash of Clans, Clash Royale, and Brawl Stars. The Fellowship celebrates individuals who’ve driven innovation, creativity, and positive change in the screen arts over the course of their careers.
We had a feeling Clair Obscur was going to be the story of the night, and between Best Game, Debut Game, and a leading performance win, it absolutely was. Three wins out of 12 nominations might look modest on paper, but this is an incredibly competitive year, and Sandfall Interactive walked out of tonight with Best Game. That’s the prize that matters for most.
2026 BAFTA Games Awards Winners
Animation
- Winner: Dispatch
- Battlefield 6
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
Artistic Achievement
- Winner: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- South of Midnight
Audio Achievement
- Winner: Dispatch
- ARC Raiders
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Best Game
- Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- ARC Raiders
- Blue Prince
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
British Game
- Winner: Atomfall
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
- Mafia: The Old Country
- Monument Valley 3
- PowerWash Simulator 2
- Two Point Museum
Debut Game
- Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Blue Prince
- Consume Me
- Despelote
- Dispatch
- The Midnight Walk
Evolving Game
- Winner: No Man’s Sky
- Fallout 76
- Helldivers 2
- Hitman World of Assassination
- Vampire Survivors
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Family
- Winner: LEGO Party!
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Is This Seat Taken?
- Mario Kart World
- PowerWash Simulator 2
- Two Point Museum
Game Beyond Entertainment
- Winner: Despelote
- The Alters
- And Roger
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
- Consume Me
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Game Design
- Winner: Blue Prince
- Ball x Pit
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades II
- Split Fiction
Multiplayer
- Winner: ARC Raiders
- Dune: Awakening
- Elden Ring Nightreign
- LEGO Party!
- PEAK
- Split Fiction
Music
- Winner: Ghost of Yōtei
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Dispatch
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Narrative
- Winner: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- The Alters
New Intellectual Property
- Winner: South of Midnight
- ARC Raiders
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Dispatch
- Split Fiction
- The Alters
Performer in a Leading Role
- Winner: Jennifer English (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
- Aaron Paul (Dispatch)
- Ben Starr (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
- Erika Ishii (Ghost of Yōtei)
- Tom McKay (Kingdom Come: Deliverance II)
- Troy Baker (Indiana Jones and the Great Circle)
Performer in a Supporting Role
- Winner: Jeffrey Wright (Dispatch)
- Alix Wilton Regan (Lies of P: Overture)
- Charlie Cox (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
- Jane Perry (Dead Take)
- Kirsty Rider (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
- Troy Baker (Death Stranding 2: On the Beach)
Technical Achievement
- Winner: Ghost of Yōtei
- ARC Raiders
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- DOOM: The Dark Ages
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Split Fiction
