The BAFTA Games Awards 2026 saw big wins for Dispatch, Ghost of Yōtei, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance II. But there were some surprises in there, too - in true BAFTA style. Ghost of Yōtei winning best music over Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, for example, came as something of a shock. Daredevil star Charlie Cox didn't get the chance to big up the Fench motion capture performer behind Clair Obscur's Gustave (something he almost certainly would have done had he won best performer in a supporting role). That went to Jeffrey Wright, who played Chase in Dispatch. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 lost out to Kingdom Come: Deliverance II in the best narrative category, and to Microsoft's South of Midnight in the New Intellectual Property category, too.
Sandfall Interactive won't be too down, however; the French studio won best Debut Game, and Jennifer English, fresh from her big The Game Awards 2025 win, continued her run by taking home the best Performer in a Leading Role award for her performance as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. And, of course, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won the biggest award of the night: Best Game. I'm not sure there was ever going to be another winner.
Elsewhere, Rebellion's Atomfall won British Game, Hello Games' No Man's Sky won Evolving Game, and Embark's Arc Raiders won Multiplayer.
A huge congratulations to the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 team who take to the stage to accept the BAFTA for Best Game at the #BAFTAGamesAwards with @GooglePlay🌟 pic.twitter.com/DyTQifTlam
— BAFTA Games (@BAFTAGames) April 17, 2026
Jennifer English walks away with the BAFTA for Performer in a Leading Role at the #BAFTAGamesAwards with @GooglePlay🏆 pic.twitter.com/ktIx4mMhCi
— BAFTA Games (@BAFTAGames) April 17, 2026
The team behind Arc Raiders accepts the Multiplayer BAFTA at the #BAFTAGamesAwards with @GooglePlay 🏆 pic.twitter.com/FLUN9z0tzB
— BAFTA Games (@BAFTAGames) April 17, 2026
An incredible moment as the whole team behind No Man's Sky takes to the stage to accept the Evolving Game award at the #BAFTAGamesAwards with @GooglePlay 🏆 pic.twitter.com/y4NHFaV3tq
— BAFTA Games (@BAFTAGames) April 17, 2026
Blue Prince takes home the BAFTA for Game Design at the #BAFTAGamesAwards with @GooglePlay 👏 pic.twitter.com/G0F76KVgFC
— BAFTA Games (@BAFTAGames) April 17, 2026
Congratulations to the Atomfall team for taking home the BAFTA for British Game🏆 pic.twitter.com/1AqMvO0QJx
— BAFTA Games (@BAFTAGames) April 17, 2026
Check the roundup below to see the winners list in full.
Animation: Dispatch (AdHoc Studio)
Artistic Achievement: Death Stranding 2: On The Beach (Kojima Productions)
Audio Achievement: Dispatch (AdHoc Studio)
Best Game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive)
British Game: Atomfall (Rebellion)
Debut Game: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive)
Evolving Game: No Man's Sky (Hello Games)
Family: LEGO Party! (SMG Studio)
Fellowship: Ilkka Paananen (CEO & co-founder of Supercell)
Game Beyond Entertainment: 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 Intellectual Property: South of Midnight (Compulsion Games)
Performer in a Leading Role: Jennifer English (Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
Performer in a Supporting Role: Jeffrey Wright (Chase in Dispatch)
Technical Achievement: Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch)
Animation
Artistic Achievement
Audio Achievement
Best Game
British Game
Debut Game
Evolving Game
Family
Fellowship
Game Beyond Entertainment
Game Design
Multiplayer
Music
Narrative
New Intellectual Property
Performer in a Leading Role
Performer in a Supporting Role
Technical Achievement
Photo by Stuart Wilson/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA.
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