The BAFTA Game Awards 2026 noticed huge wins for Dispatch, Ghost of Yōtei, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. However there have been some surprises in there, too – in true BAFTA model. Ghost of Yōtei profitable greatest music over Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, for instance, got here as one thing of a shock. Daredevil star Charlie Cox did not get the prospect to huge up the Fench movement seize performer behind Clair Obscur’s Gustave (one thing he nearly definitely would have achieved had he gained greatest performer in a supporting function). That went to Jeffrey Wright, who performed Chase in Dispatch. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 misplaced out to Kingdom Come: Deliverance II in the most effective narrative class, and to Microsoft’s South of Midnight within the New Mental Property class, too.
Sandfall Interactive will not be too down, nonetheless; the French studio gained greatest Debut Game, and Jennifer English, contemporary from her huge The Game Awards 2025 win, continued her run by taking house the most effective Performer in a Main Function award for her efficiency as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. And, in fact, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 gained the largest award of the night time: Finest Game. I am unsure there was ever going to be one other winner.
Elsewhere, Rise up’s Atomfall gained British Game, Hey Video games’ No Man’s Sky gained Evolving Game, and Embark’s Arc Raiders gained Multiplayer.
The staff behind Arc Raiders accepts the Multiplayer BAFTA on the #BAFTAGamesAwards with @GooglePlay 🏆 pic.twitter.com/FLUN9z0tzB
— BAFTA Video games (@BAFTAGames) April 17, 2026
An unimaginable second as the entire staff behind No Man’s Sky takes to the stage to simply accept the Evolving Game award on the #BAFTAGamesAwards with @GooglePlay 🏆 pic.twitter.com/y4NHFaV3tq
— BAFTA Video games (@BAFTAGames) April 17, 2026
Blue Prince takes house the BAFTA for Game Design on the #BAFTAGamesAwards with @GooglePlay 👏 pic.twitter.com/G0F76KVgFC
— BAFTA Video games (@BAFTAGames) April 17, 2026
Congratulations to the Atomfall staff for taking house the BAFTA for British Game🏆 pic.twitter.com/1AqMvO0QJx
— BAFTA Video games (@BAFTAGames) April 17, 2026
Examine the roundup beneath to see the winners checklist in full.
BAFTA Game Awards 2026 Winners: The Full List
Animation: Dispatch (AdHoc Studio)
Inventive Achievement: Demise Stranding 2: On The Seashore (Kojima Productions)
Audio Achievement: Dispatch (AdHoc Studio)
Finest Game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive)
British Game: Atomfall (Rise up)
Debut Game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive)
Evolving Game: No Man’s Sky (Hey Video games)
Household: LEGO Social gathering! (SMG Studio)
Fellowship: Ilkka Paananen (CEO & co-founder of Supercell)
Game Past Leisure: Despelote (Julián Cordero, Sebastián Valbuena)
Game Design: Blue Prince (Tonda Ros)
Multiplayer: Arc Raiders (Embark Studios)
Music: Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch)
Narrative: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios)
New Mental Property: South of Midnight (Compulsion Video games)
Performer in a Main Function: Jennifer English (Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
Performer in a Supporting Function: Jeffrey Wright (Chase in Dispatch)
Technical Achievement: Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch)
BAFTA Game Awards 2026 Nominees: The Full List
Animation
- Battlefield 6
- Demise Stranding 2: On the Seashore
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades II
- Hole Knight: Silksong
Inventive Achievement
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Demise Stranding 2: On the Seashore
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hole Knight: Silksong
- South of Midnight
Audio Achievement
- Arc Raiders
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Demise Stranding 2: On the Seashore
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle
Finest Game
- Arc Raiders
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle
British Game
- Atomfall
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
- Mafia: The Outdated Nation
- Monument Valley 3
- PowerWash Simulator 2
- Two Level Museum
Debut Game
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Eat Me
- Despelote
- Dispatch
- The Midnight Stroll
Evolving Game
- Fallout 76
- Helldivers 2
- Hitman: World of Assassination
- No Man’s Sky
- Vampire Survivors
- Warhammer 40,000: House Marine 2
Household
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Is This Seat Taken?
- Lego Social gathering!
- Mario Kart World
- PowerWash Simulator 2
- Two Level Museum
Fellowship
- Ilkka Paananen (CEO & co-founder of Supercell)
Game Past Leisure
- The Alters
- And Roger
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
- Eat Me
- Despelote
- Stalker 2: Coronary heart of Chornobyl
Game Design
- Ball X Pit
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades II
- Break up Fiction
Multiplayer
- Arc Raiders
- Dune: Awakening
- Elden Ring Nightreign
- Lego Social gathering!
- Break up Fiction
- PEAK
Music
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Demise Stranding 2: On the Seashore
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hole Knight: Silksong
- Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle
Narrative
- The Alters
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Demise Stranding 2: On the Seashore
- Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
New Mental Property
- The Alters
- Arc Raiders
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Dispatch
- South of Midnight
- Break up Fiction
Performer in a Main Function
- Aaron Paul as Robert Robertson in Dispatch
- Ben Starr as Verso in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Erika Ishii as Atsu in Ghost of Yōtei
- Jennifer English as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Tom McKay as Henry of Skalitz in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- Troy Baker as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle
Performer in a Supporting Function
- Alix Wilton Regan as Lea Florence Monad in Lies Of P: Overture
- Charlie Cox as Gustave in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Jane Perry as Lia Cain in Useless Take
- Jeffrey Wright as Chase in Dispatch
- Kirsty Rider as Lune in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Troy Baker as Higgs in Demise Stranding 2: On the Seashore
Technical Achievement
- Arc Raiders
- Demise Stranding 2: On the Seashore
- Doom: The Darkish Ages
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle
- Break up Fiction
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