Astro Bot has as soon as once more gained massive at an awards present, this time securing 5 gongs on the 2025 BAFTA Games Awards, together with Greatest Design, Greatest Household Recreation, and Greatest Recreation.
The BAFTA Games Awards — the UK’s impartial arts charity celebrating excellence in video games — befell in a single day on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in London, UK. Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, Astro Bot, and Nonetheless Wakes the Deep led the cost with 11, eight, and eight nominations, respectively. Thank Goodness You are Right here! additionally acquired seven nominations, Black Fantasy: Wukong six, and Helldivers 2 was up for 5 awards.
And the winner of Greatest Recreation is…
ASTRO BOT🎮@TeamAsobi pic.twitter.com/fOsI1iGyPP
— BAFTA Games (@BAFTAGames) April 8, 2025
Accepting the award, Astro Bot director Nicolas Doucet paid tribute to the sport builders of the previous, who paved the best way for Sony-owned Crew Asobi and different present studios to search out success within the trendy period.
While Astro Bot was the night time’s most-crowned recreation, The Chinese language Room’s spectacular Nonetheless Wakes the Deep secured three wins — together with each performer awards — and Helldivers 2 gained two BAFTAs.
Thank Goodness You are Right here!, Balatro, and Metaphor: Refantazio have been additionally among the many winners.
BAFTA Recreation Awards 2025 winners:
- Greatest Animation: Astro Bot
- Creative Achievement: Neva
- Audio Achievement: Astro Bot
- Greatest Recreation: Astro Bot
- Greatest British Recreation: Thank Goodness You are Right here!
- Greatest Debut Recreation: Balatro
- Greatest Evolving Recreation: Vampire Survivors
- Greatest Household Recreation: Astro Bot
- Fellowship: Yoko Shimomura
- Recreation Past Leisure: Tales of Kenzera: Zau
- Greatest Recreation Design: Astro Bot
- Greatest Multiplayer: Helldivers 2
- Greatest Music: Helldivers 2
- Greatest Narrative: Metaphor: Refantazio
- Greatest New Mental Property: Nonetheless Wakes the Deep
- Greatest Performer in a Main Position: Alex Newman (Nonetheless Wakes the Deep)
- Greatest Performer in a Supporting Position: Karen Dunbar (Nonetheless Wakes the Deep)
- Greatest Technical Achievement: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2
2024 BAFTA Recreation Awards winners included Baldur’s Gate 3, which secured 5 wins, together with Greatest Recreation, with different wins for Alan Wake 2, Tremendous Mario Bros. Marvel, and Viewfinder.
BAFTA not too long ago revealed that essentially the most influential online game of all time, in accordance with the general public, is Shenmue, which left the web considerably puzzled.
BAFTA polled the general public to find that whereas video games like GTA, Tetris, World of Warcraft, Minecraft, Doom, and Half-Life 2 did make the record, the highest as ranked by the quantity of votes acquired was Sega’s 1999 action-adventure recreation.
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