BAFTA surprised everyone by choosing Vampire Survivors as the best game of 2022. God of War: Ragnarok received the most statuettes.

The winners of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards in the video games category for 2022 have been announced.

The results are incredible. In fact, the game of the year was… Vampire survivors. This small indie game has beaten giants like old ring oh God of War: Ragnarok. However, this should perhaps not surprise us. After all, no other game of 2022 has had such an industry-wide impact, and now it’s hard to find a week in which at least one blockbuster clone hasn’t appeared.

GotY's surprising pick at the BAFTAs; GoW and Elden Ring defeated - photo #1

The choice of the game of the year was quite a surprise. Source: BAFTA.

God of War: Ragnarok was the most-received, with 14 nominations, and eventually became the most-awarded game overall, closing the gala with five BAFTA statuettes (for Best Animation, Best Direction sound, best music and best role) primary and secondary) and an additional special EE prize.

Recall that last year the BAFTAs also surprised by recognizing the shooter Returnal as the best game of the year, which won in three categories, including the most important, Best game of the year.

Best game of 2022

Winner

  1. vampire survivors

Other nominated games

  1. worship of the lamb
  2. old ring
  3. God of War: Ragnarok
  4. Marvel add-on
  5. Lost

Best Game from a UK Developer

Winner

  1. Skating

Other nominated games

  1. sleeper citizen
  2. Mundo OlliOlli
  3. Total War: Warhammer 3
  4. vampire survivors

Best in-game animation

Winner

  1. God of War: Ragnarok

Other nominated games

  1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  2. Horizon: West forbidden
  3. LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
  4. Sifu
  5. Lost

greatest artistic achievement

Winner

  1. For you

Other nominated games

  1. A Plague Tale: Requiem
  2. old ring
  3. God of War: Ragnarok
  4. Immortality
  5. penance

The greatest audio achievement

Winner

  1. God of War: Ragnarok

Other nominated games

  1. A Plague Tale: Requiem
  2. Horizon: West forbidden
  3. Metal: Hellsinger
  4. Lost
  5. For you

best start

Winner

  1. For you

Other nominated games

  1. as dusk falls
  2. The Case of the Golden Idol
  3. Lost
  4. trombone champ
  5. vampire survivors

best game development

Winner

  1. final fantasy xiv

Other nominated games

  1. apex legends
  2. dreams
  3. The Elder Scrolls Online
  4. forza horizon 5
  5. nobody’s sky

best family game

Winner

  1. Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Other nominated games

  1. Disney Valley of Dreams lamp
  2. Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
  3. Mario Rabbids sparks of hope
  4. sports nintendo switch
  5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge

best designed game

Winner

  1. vampire survivors

Other nominated games

  1. worship of the lamb
  2. old ring
  3. God of War: Ragnarok
  4. Forbidden Horizon West
  5. For you

best multiplayer game

Winner

  1. old ring

Other nominated games

  1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  2. fifa23
  3. monitoring 2
  4. Splaton 3
  5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge

The best music in the game

Winner

  1. God of War: Ragnarok

Other nominated games

  1. A Plague Tale: Requiem
  2. Cuphead: the last delicious dish
  3. old ring
  4. Lost
  5. For you

best story

Winner

  1. Immortality

Other nominated games

  1. A Plague Tale: Requiem
  2. sleeper citizen
  3. God of War: Ragnarok
  4. penance
  5. Lost

best new brand

Winner

  1. old ring

Other nominated games

  1. sleeper citizen
  2. worship of the lamb
  3. Sifu
  4. Lost
  5. vampire survivors

greatest technological achievement

Winner

  1. Forbidden Horizon West

Other nominated games

  1. old ring
  2. God of War: Ragnarok
  3. Immortality
  4. The Last of Us Part I
  5. Lost

Best Lead Role

Winner

  1. Christopher Judge for Kratos in God of War: Ragnarok

Other nominees

  1. Alaw Mesa as Alejandro Vargjako in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
  2. Charlotte McBurney as Amicia in A Plague Tale: Requiem
  3. Manon Gage as Marissa Marcel in Immortality
  4. Siobhan Williams as Laura in The career
  5. Sunny Suljic as Atreus in God of War: Ragnarok

Best Supporting Actor

Winner

  1. Adam J. Harrington as Sindri in God of War: Ragnarok

Other nominated games

  1. Alison Jaye as Alva in Forbidden Horizon West
  2. Charlotta Mohlw like the one with immortality
  3. Danielle Bisutti as Freya in
  4. God of War: Ragnarok Laya Deleon Hayes as Angrboda in God of War: Ragnarok
  5. Ryan Hurst in Thor and God of War: Ragnarok

Game Beyond Entertainment Award for a game that is more than just entertainment

Winner

  1. Endling – Extinction is forever

Other nominated games

  1. sleeper citizen
  2. Gibbon: Beyond the Trees
  3. I was an exocolon teenager
  4. not for transmission
  5. We will always have Paris

BAFTA Scholarship (Award of Excellence).

Winner:

  1. Shuhei Yoshida, aka the father of PlayStation

GotY's surprising pick at the BAFTAs; GoW and Elden Ring defeated - photo #2

Photo courtesy of BAFTA.

EE Special Award (UK Business Media Network).

Winner

  1. God of War: Ragnarok

Other nominated games

  1. old ring
  2. Horizon: West forbidden
  3. Immortality
  4. Marvel add-on
  5. Lost

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