The Best Games of the BAFTA Games Awards 2026 Revealed — And Here’s Which Title Won Game of the Year
Hennadiy Chemеris
The BAFTA Games Awards 2026 ceremony is currently underway in London—marking the final major event of the awards season and celebrating the standout releases of 2025 (as well as some late-2024 titles, including Indiana Jones and the Great Circle). The shortlists for all categories have already been revealed, and one clear frontrunner has emerged: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, which leads with the most nominations across several key disciplines.
Heading into the ceremony, Sandfall Interactive’s project was also considered a top contender for GOTY (“Game of the Year”), boasting the highest number of nominations among all participants. Its main competitors include Ghost of Yotei, Dispatch, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and several other major releases from the past year.
Full List of Winners:
- Game of the Year — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33;
- Best Narrative — Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2;
- Best Music — Ghost of Yōtei;
- Best Animation — Dispatch;
- Best British Game — Atomfall;
- New Intellectual Property — South of Midnight;
- Best Debut — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33;
- Best Family Game — Lego Party!;
- Best Multiplayer — Arc Raiders;
- Best Game Design — Blue Prince;
- Best Evolving Game — No Man’s Sky;
- Best Leading Performer — Jennifer English as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33;
- Best Supporting Performer — Jeffrey Wright as Chase in Dispatch;
- Game Beyond Entertainment Award — Despelote;
- Artistic Achievement — Death Stranding 2: On the Beach;
- Audio Achievement — Dispatch;
- Technical Achievement — Ghost of Yotei.
Back in December, another major awards show took place—The Game Awards 2025, which not only crowned the best games of the year but also brought a host of new announcements.
What do you think of the results from the BAFTA Games Awards 2026?
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