Astro Bot wins the first prize

Astro Bot swept through this year’s Bafta Games Awards, winning five awards in total – including the first prize for the best match.

The 3D platform, featuring the character of the PlayStation mascot, also won the best animation, audio success, family game and game design.

Its director Nicolas Doucet devoted Gong’s best game to developers who “inspired other people to join the industry”.

Meanwhile, The Deep always wakes up – a horror game on a Scottish oil platform in the 1970s – won three of the night trophies.

It was a strong evening overall for Sony because its other great success of 2024, Helldivers 2, won two awards for the best multiplayer and music.

The team -based shooter was a surprise success when it was released, and its manufacturers had to run to increase the server’s capacity to meet early demand.

Accepting the multiplayer price, Johan Piée is, creative director at the developer Arrowhead, said that the players had contacted him to say that Helldivers 2 had reconnected them from the players of the players 10 to 15 years ago.

“It is such an honor,” he told Queen Elizabeth Hall to the southern shore of London.

Thank goodness you are here! – A game of cartoons of comedy made by two friends from Yorkshire – won the prize for the best British match.

It takes place in the fictitious city of the north of Barnsworth, strongly inspired by the developers Will Todd and the hometown of James Carbutt of Barnsley in southern Yorkshire.

The original title has vocal performance of the pair, as well as actor Matt Berry.

Accepting the price, the two friends said: “We hope it will inspire you to tell your own story about your own voiceless voice.”

The Bafta Games Awards, which were launched 21 years ago, acquired a reputation by causing major upheavals.

In 2023, Vampire Survivors, a game produced by a small British team, beat the big budget blockbuster from Sony God of War: Ragnarok to win the best game price.

Many had tipped Balatro – the card game inspired by the poker made by an anonymous developer alone known as the localthunk – at Pip Astro Bot at the price this year.

However, he won the best start.

The actor Ben Starr, accepting the prize in the name of the developer, approached the makeup scene and a buffoon hat – an inspired outfit of the character of the Jimbo game.

In the speech, he joked by saying that the local developer was “really rich now” and urged the public to “play more independent games … They are the vital element of this industry”.

The legendary composer Yoko Shimomura accepted the Bafta scholarship in recognition of his contribution to the game.

Perhaps better known for her work on the Kingdom Hearts series, by Japanese publisher Square Enix, she recalled how she “wanted to give up” on her work several times.

“The fact that I stand here is not thanks to my own efforts, but to people who have supported me,” she said in her acceptance speech.

“I think if the music I made resonated with a person and touched his heart in a way, it was worth it.”

Always awaken the deep swept the lead and the support performance categories, and was also named the best new intellectual property.

Actor Abubakar Salim, known for his performances in Assassin’s Creed and Hbo’s House of the Dragon, delivered an emotional discourse when he collected the Games Beyond Entertainment Prize.

A passionate gamer, he created his own development business and his first outing, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, was inspired by the sorrow he felt in the loss of his father.

Meanwhile, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, who entered the ceremony with 11 nominations, returned home with a single price: technical realization.

Animation: Astro

Artistic realization: Neva

Audio production: Astro

Fellowship BAFTA: Yoko Shimomura (composer)

Best game: Astro

British game: Thank goodness you are here!

First match: Scales

Evolution game: Vampire survivors

Family game: Astro

Game beyond entertainment: Kenzera tales: Zau

Game design: Astro

Multiplayer: Helldivers 2

Music: Helldivers 2

Narrative: Metaphor: refantazio

New intellectual property: Always wake up the deep

Main performance: Alec Newman as Caz always wakes up the deep

Best support actor: Karen Dunbar as Finlay in always the deep

Technical realization: Senua’s saga: Hellblade II