The 2024 BAFTA Games Awards have come and gone but didn’t leave without another round of wins for Larian Studios’ Baldur’s Gate 3. The Dungeons and Dragons RPG rolled away from the show with five wins (including Best Game) while other highlights saw solid wins for projects like Alan Wake 2, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and Viewfinder.

Larian’s night at the BAFTAs saw studio head Swen Vincke and the rest of the team taking home awards for Best Game, Music, Performer in a Supporting Role, and Narrative. It also won the public vote for EE Players’ Choice award, giving the studio that grand total of fine wins.

The total of 18 categories saw awards spread out among the nominees. Alan Wake 2 developer Remedy Entertainment nabbed awards for Artistic Achievement and Audio Achievement, while Nintendo managed to grab the Family and Multiplayer Awards for Super Mario Bros. Wonder. Viewfinder was another surprise standout, taking home awards for New Intellectual Property and British Game. Other highlights saw Venba win for Debut Game, Tchia win for Game Beyond Entertainment, and Dave the Diver win for Game Design.

The BAFTA Games Awards also took the time to honor this year’s Special Award recipient: the UK-based gaming charity, SpecialEffect. Since getting off the ground in 2007, the organization has utilized technology to allow and enhance access to video games for disabled players. As SpecialEffect explains on its website , “Whatever we do, we’re committed to making life better for the people that need us, for as long as possible.”

SpecialEffect CEO and founder Dr. Mick Donegan MBE accepted the award on the organization’s behalf. He shared a few thoughts about the recognition in a pre-ceremony interview.

“We are utterly delighted,” he said. “We’re delighted because, well, it’s great that the charity is recognized, but what we’ve achieved has been in partnership with the people who’ve helped us, who have funded us, the people we’ve worked with who’ve helped, and the industry that has collaborated with us to make their games more accessible. It’s just a lovely endorsement for accessibility all together and the effort that everybody’s made.”

BAFTA Special Award winners span across games, film, and television. Past recipients include Amy Hennig, Epic Games, Nolan North, Brenda Romero, Idris Elba, Spike Lee, The Jim Henson Company, Ridley Scott, and many more.

ANIMATION

• ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team - Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games
• HI-FI RUSH Development Team - Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks - WINNER
• HOGWARTS LEGACY Development Team - 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 ACHIEVEMENT

• 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 ACHIEVEMENT

• 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

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/MINTROCKET
• 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

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 RUIN Development Team - Frontier Developments/Frontier Developments

DEBUT GAME

• COCOON Development Team - Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive
• DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET
• 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

EVOLVING GAME

• CYBERPUNK 2077 Development Team - 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/MINTROCKET
• DISNEY ILLUSION ISLAND Development Team - Dlala Studios/Disney
• HI-FI RUSH Development Team - Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
• HOGWARTS LEGACY Development Team - Avalanche Software/Warner Bros. Games
• SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo - WINNER

GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT

• 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

• 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

MULTIPLAYER

• 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
• PARTY ANIMALS Development Team - Recreate Games/Source Technology
• SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo - WINNER

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

NARRATIVE

• 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/MINTROCKET
• DREDGE Development Team - Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital
• HI-FI RUSH Development Team - Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
• JUSANT Development Team – DON’T NOD/DON’T NOD
• VIEWFINDER Development Team - Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing - WINNER

PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE

• AMELIA TYLER as 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 ACHIEVEMENT

• 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 PLAYERS’ 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
• LETHAL COMPANY Zeekerss/Zeekerss
• MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

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