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Gaming awards

April 2024

  • Georg Backer accepts the British game award for Viewfinder at the ceremony.

    Bafta games awards hail one of gaming’s best ever years

    Despite lay-offs and studio closures, the 20th edition of the ceremony saw Dungeons & Dragons-inspired Baldur’s Gate 3 become the runaway winner in a hotly contested field

September 2023

  • Jose Carpin (8) Solstitium

    ‘Up close and personal’: LensCulture street photography awards – in pictures

    From church gatherings in Togo to sleek city cats, this year’s best images captured moments that might otherwise vanish in the blink of an eye

March 2023

  • Laurence Phillips (right) from Poncle Studio accepts the game design award for Vampire Survivors at the 2023 Bafta Games Awards, held at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on 30 March.

    Bafta Games Awards: God of War wins six but Vampire Survivors is best game

    The were gasps in the crowd as a cult indie shooter beat the blockbusters to the key award of the night

July 2022

  • fun at the Gayming awards 2022.

    Meet the gaymers: why queer representation is exploding in video games

    For decades, LGBTQ+ characters and stories were almost nonexistent – but now things have improved, and a new generation of queer players are finding themselves (and each other) in video games

April 2022

  • BAFTA Games Awards, Press Room, London, UK - 07 Apr 2022<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Anthony Harvey/REX/Shutterstock for BAFTA (12885276ax) Tim Dawson and Wren Brier win EE Game of the Year for Unpacking BAFTA Games Awards, Press Room, London, UK - 07 Apr 2022

    Bafta games awards 2022: Returnal and Unpacking win big

    The Artful Escape is among the indie games to beat big-budget rivals on a night that recognised a tough period for the industry

March 2022

  • The British Academy games awards ceremony will be held in London on 7 April.

    Bafta Games Awards 2022: It Takes Two and Returnal lead nominations

    The British Academy’s game awards will reward titles with a social message as well as the year’s best acting performances

March 2021

  • Supergiant Games founder Amir Rao accepts best game for Hades

    Bafta games awards: Hades triumphs over The Last of Us

    Supergiant’s Hellenic dungeon-crawler was a surprise board-sweeper with five awards, while the industry reflected on its contribution during the pandemic

November 2020

  • ‘There weren’t any role models for me’ … Armatrading in 1980; the singer has won the Woman of the Year’s lifetime achievement award.

    Joan Armatrading: 'I want to make a heavy metal album – with lots of guitar shredding'

    At the age of seven, she flew to Birmingham from Antigua on her own – and became the first globally successful British female singer-songwriter. As she wins the award she once gave to Margaret Thatcher, Joan Armatrading looks back

March 2020

  • Hideo Kojima’s elegiac adventure has 11 Bafta nominations … Death Stranding.

    Death Stranding and Control dominate Bafta games awards nominations

    The futuristic adventures are both in 11 categories this year, with Disco Elysium and Untitled Goose Game also featuring highly

April 2019

  • BAFTA Games Awards, Press Room, London, UK - 04 Apr 2019<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Anthony Harvey/BAFTA/REX/Shutterstock (10186326ap) Danielle Bisutti, Sunny Suljic, Cory Barlog, Jeremy Davies, Leilani Ramirez, Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe - Best Game - ‘God of War’ BAFTA Games Awards, Press Room, London, UK - 04 Apr 2019

    Bafta games awards: God of War wins best game of the year

    The mythological epic leads a diverse slate of winners as Return of the Obra Dinn and Nintendo Labo pick up two awards each

March 2019

  • Event: British Academy Games Awards 2014 Date: 12 March 2014 Venue: Tobacco Dock, Wapping, London Host: Dara O'Briain - Area: Ceremony<br>Dara O'Briain

    Bafta games awards 2019: God of War leads nominations

    Epic mythological fighting game picks up 10 nominations, chased by Red Dead Redemption 2, Return of the Obra Dinn and Florence with six nominations each. See the full list here

April 2018

  • Tameem Antoniades, co-founder of Ninja Theory, with Baftas won by Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice.

    Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice dominates at video game Bafta awards

    The mythological adventure takes five awards, but the best game honour goes to What Remains of Edith Finch

May 2017

  • Composite of Kevin Kline in Present laughter, Bette Midler in Hello Dolly and ben Platt in Dear Evan Hansen

    Theatre blog
    Tony awards 2017: big stars dominate nominations while surprising snubs sting

    Alexis Soloski
    Bette Midler, Cate Blanchett and Kevin Kline provide some A-list glamour for this year’s nominations, but there’s no love for Amélie and Significant Other

April 2017

  • Screenshot of Inside

    Baftas 2017: indie Inside wins big but Uncharted 4 takes best game

    Playdead’s Inside picked up four awards as indie developers outshone major studios but blockbuster took the biggest prize

March 2017

  • Screenshot of Inside by Playdead.

    Bafta games awards 2017: Inside and Uncharted 4 lead the way

    Indie titles pick up a lot of nominations alongside blockbusters at British Academy Game Awards

February 2017

  • Ed Sheeran, left, and Stormzy performing at the Brit Awards.

    Boring and ignoring grime – but at least the Bedingfields weren't at the Brits

    Award for A Tribe Called Quest is really only surprise on a night of predictable winners, with David Bowie taking home best male solo artist
  • Chris Martin of British band 'Coldplay' (L) duets with a recording of late British pop icon George Michael (R) during the BRIT Awards 2017 ceremony and live show in London on February 22, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Justin TALLIS / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE, TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION, NO POSTERS, NO USE IN PUBLICATIONS DEVOTED TO ARTISTSJUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images

    Brit awards 2017: George Michael tributes, Little Mix, Skepta and more – video highlights

    The 2017 Brit Awards take place night at the O2 Arena in London on Wednesday night
  • Modern Toss on the Brit awards

    Modern Toss
    Modern Toss

    It’s the Brit awards on Wednesday 22 February

November 2016

  • Laura Mvula

    Brit awards overhaul won’t help musical diversity

  • Stormzy headlines the Sonic Stage in Silver Hayes at Glastonbury.

    Brit awards announce voting shakeup after #BritsSoWhite outrage

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