On the evening of April 2, the BAFTA Games Awards 2020 was held, The main games of the past year were determined according to the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the entire ceremony took place in , however, this did not affect the format of the event. A kind of red carpet, presenter, thanksgiving speeches from the developers - everything is in place.
The main winners of the evening were and Outer Wilds. The former won awards for Best Storytelling, Best Music, and Best Debut Game, while the latter won Best Original Game, Best Game Design, and Game of the Year.
Members of the Mobius Digital team (the developer studio Outer Wilds) thanked their publisher Annapurna Interactive, as well as numerous contributors from the crowdfunding service Fig.
As for the leaders in terms of the number of nominations - (11) and (10) - then both received one award each. Action by Remedy Entertainment for Best Supporting Actor, and debut by Kojima Productions for Technical Excellence.
The winners of all nominations of the BAFTA Games Awards 2020, except for one, were determined by the international BAFTA board. Mobile game of the year was chosen by users - it became Call of Duty: Mobile.
The full list of BAFTA Games Awards 2020 nominees and winners is below:
technical achievement
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- Control
- Death Stranding - Winner;
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artistic achievement
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- Control
- Death Stranding;
- Elysium disk;
- Knights and Bikes;
- Sayonara Wild Hearts - Winner.
Sound Achievement
- - winner;
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare;
- Control
- Death Stranding;
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- Untitled Goose Game.
Best Animation
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare;
- Control
- Death Stranding;
- - winner;
- Sayonara Wild Hearts;
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
Best Storytelling
- Control
- Disco Elysium - Winner;
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- Outer Wilds;
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order;
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The best music
- Control
- Death Stranding;
- Disco Elysium - Winner;
- Outer Wilds;
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- Wattam.
Best Multiplayer
- - winner;
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- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare;
- Luigi's Mansion 3;
- Tick ββTock: A Tale for Two;
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Best Game Design
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- Control
- Elysium disk;
- Outer Wilds - Winner;
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice;
- Wattam.
Best Lead Actor
- Laura Bailey as Kate Diaz in ;
- Courtney Hope as Jessie Faden in Control;
- Logan Marshall-Green as David in Telling Lies;
- Gonzalo Martin as Sean Diaz in Life Is Strange 2 - Winner;
- Barry Sloane as Captain Price in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare;
- Norman Reedus as Sam Bridges in Death Stranding.
Best Supporting Actor
- Jolene Andersen as Karen Reynolds in Life Is Strange 2;
- Sarah Bartholomew as Cassidy in Life Is Strange 2;
- Troy Baker as Higgs in Death Stranding;
- Lea Seydoux as Fragile in Death Stranding;
- Martti Suosalo as Ahti in Control - Winner;
- Ayisha Issa as Fliss in .
The best game for the whole family
- Concrete Genie;
- Knights and Bikes;
- Luigi's Mansion 3;
- Untitled Goose Game - Winner;
- Vacation Simulator;
- Wattam.
Best Game Service
- Apex Legends;
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- Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers;
- Fortnite?
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- Path of Exile - Winner.
The best game beyond entertainment
- Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
- Death Stranding;
- Kind Words - Winner;
- Life Is Strange 2;
- Neo Cab;
- RingFit Adventure.
Best Original Game
- Baba Is You;
- Control
- Death Stranding;
- Elysium disk;
- Outer Wilds - Winner;
- Untitled Goose Game.
Best Debut Game
- ape out;
- Death Stranding;
- Disco Elysium - Winner;
- Katana ZERO;
- Knights and Bikes;
- Manifold Garden.
Best British Studio Game
- DiRT Rally 2.0
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- Knights and Bikes;
- - winner;
- Planet Zoo;
- Total War: Three Kingdoms.
Mobile Game of the Year (Players' Choice)
- Assemble With Care;
- Call of Duty: Mobile Winner;
- Dead Man's Phone;
- PokΓ©mon Go
- Tangle Tower;
- What the Golf?
Game of the Year
- Control
- Elysium disk;
- Luigi's Mansion 3;
- Outer Wilds - Winner;
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice;
- Untitled Goose Game.
Recording of the BAFTA Games Awards 2020:
Source: 3dnews.ru