This is everything you need to know about the 21st BAFTA Games Awards, the annual awards ceremony to honor the “outstanding” creators in the video game industry.
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BAFTA Games Awards 2025 – Where and when
BAFTA Games Awards will take place on April 8 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. The event will be hosted by Phil Wang, video game enthusiast and comedian, who was also the host on last year’s edition.
It will also feature performance by singer-songwriter Freya Ridings, who will perform “I Can’t Hear It Now” from the acclaimed Netflix series Arcane, and Peredur ap Gwynedd from the band Pendulum. The event will kick off at 8pm CET (7pm BST).
Nominees List and Categories
Below are the full nominees list for each of the 18 categories:
Animation
- Astro Bot
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- LEGO Horizon Adventures
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
- Thank Goodness You’re Here
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Artistic Achievement
- Astro Bot
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Harold Halibut
- Neva
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
- Still Wakes the Deep
Audio Achievement
- Animal Well
- Astro Bot
- Helldivers 2
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
- Star Wars Outlaws
- Still Wakes the Deep
Best Game
- Astro Bot
- Balatro
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Helldivers 2
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
- Thank Goodness You’re Here
British Game
- A Highland Song
- LEGO Horizon Adventures
- Paper Trail
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
- Still Wakes the Deep
- Thank Goodness You’re Here
Debut Game
- Animal Well
- Balatro
- Pacific Drive
- The Plucky Squire
- Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
- Thank Goodness You’re Here
Evolving Game
- Diablo IV
- Final Fantasy XIV Online
- No Man’s Sky
- Sea of Thieves
- Vampire Survivors
- World of Warcraft
Family
- Astro Bot
- Cat Quest III
- LEGO Horizon Adventures
- Little Kitty, Big City
- The Plucky Squire
- Super Mario Party Jamboree
Fellowship
- Yoko Shinomura
Game Beyond Entertainment
- Botany Manor
- Kind Words 2
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
- Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
- Tetris Forever
- Vampire Therapist
Game Design
- Animal Well
- Astro Bot
- Balatro
- Helldivers 2
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
- Tactical Breach Wizards
Multiplayer
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Helldivers 2
- LEGO Horizon Adventures
- Super Mario Party Jamboree
- Tekken 8
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Music
- Astro Bot
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Helldivers 2
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
- Star Wars Outlaws
Narrative
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
- Still Wakes the Deep
New Intellectual Property
- Animal Well
- Balatro
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
- Still Wakes the Deep
- Thank Goodness You’re Here
Performer in a Leading Role
- Alec Newman – Thank Goodness You’re Here
- Humberly Gonzalez – Star Wars Outlaws
- Isabella Inchbald – INDIKA
- Luke Roberts – Silent Hill 2
- Melina Juergens – Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
- Y’lan Noel – Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Performer in a Supporting Role
- Abbi Greenland Helen Goalen – Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
- Aldis Amah Hamilton – Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
- Jon Blyth – Thank Goodness You’re Here!
- Karen Dunbar – Still Wakes the Deep
- Matt Berry – Thank Goodness You’re Here
- Michael Abubakar – Still Wakes the Deep
Tecnical Achievement
- Astro Bot
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
- Tiny Glade
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
21st BAFTA Games Awards – Official stream and co-streams
The entire awards ceremony will be streamed live on BAFTA’s official YouTube and Twitch channels. This year, the awards ceremony also gave a list of creators the chance the co-stream the event, now that the trend has been established in the gaming space.
- Cyborg Angel (UK) – Twitch
- Frankie Ward (UK) – Twitch
- Thorlar (Sweden) – Twitch
- Twoosie (Belgium) – Twitch
- StreamWithLien (Netherlands) – Twitch
- Airie Summer (Canada) – Twitch
- MultiplayerIT (Italy) – Twitch
- Easy Allies (US) – Twitch