Surprising GotY Choice at BAFTA Awards; GoW and Elden Ring Defeated
BAFTA surprised everyone by picking Vampire Survivors as the best game of 2022. God of War: Ragnarok received the most statuettes.
The winners of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards in the video game category for 2022 have been announced.
The results are surprising. Indeed, the game of the year was... Vampire Survivors. This small independent game beat such giants as Elden Ring or God of War: Ragnarok. Perhaps, however, we should not be surprised by this. After all, no other game of 2022 has had such an impact on the entire industry, and it is now difficult to find a week in which at least one clone of the blockbuster has not appeared.
God of War: Ragnarok received the most, with 14 nominations, and ultimately became the most awarded game in total, as it ended the gala with five BAFTA statuettes (for Best Animation, Greatest Sound Achievement, Best Music and Best Main and Supporting Roles) and an additional EE Special Award.
It is worth recalling that last year BAFTA also surprised, recognizing the shooter Returnal as the best game of the year, which won in three categories, including the most important one - for Best Game of the Year.
Best game of 2022
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Best game by a British developer
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Best in-game animation
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Greatest artistic achievement
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Greatest audio achievement
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Best Debut
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Best Game Development
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Best Family Game
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- Disney Dreamlight Valley
- Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- Mario Rabbids Sparks of Hope
- Nintendo Switch Sports
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
Best designed game
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Best multiplayer game
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- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
- FIFA 23
- Overwatch 2
- Splatoon 3
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
Best in-game music
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Best storyline
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Best new brand
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Greatest technological achievement
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Best leading role
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- Christopher Judge as Kratos in God of War: Ragnarok
Other nominees
- Alaw Mesa as Alejandro Vargjako in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
- Charlotte McBurney as Amicia in A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Manon Gage as Marissa Marcel in Immortality
- Siobhan Williams as Laura in The Quarry
- Sunny Suljic as Atreus in God of War: Ragnarok
Best Supporting Actor
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- Adam J. Harrington as Sindri in God of War: Ragnarok
Other game nominees
- Alison Jaye as Alva in Horizon Forbidden West
- Charlotta Mohlw as The One in Immortality
- Danielle Bisutti as Freya in
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- Ryan Hurst as Thor in God of War: Ragnarok
Game Beyond Entertainment award for a game that is more than just entertainment
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Other nominated games
- Citizen Sleeper
- Gibbon: Beyond the Trees
- I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
- Not for Broadcast
- We'll Always Have Paris
BAFTA Fellowship (lifetime achievement award).
Winner:
- Shuhei Yoshida, aka the father of PlayStation
