Gaming Reports 
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.
BAFTA Games Awards 2026 Winners: The Full List
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)
BAFTA Games Awards 2026 Nominees: The Full List
Animation
- Battlefield 6
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades II
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
Artistic Achievement
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- South of Midnight
Audio Achievement
- Arc Raiders
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Best Game
- Arc Raiders
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
British Game
- Atomfall
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
- Mafia: The Old Country
- Monument Valley 3
- PowerWash Simulator 2
- Two Point Museum
Debut Game
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Consume Me
- Despelote
- Dispatch
- The Midnight Walk
Evolving Game
- Fallout 76
- Helldivers 2
- Hitman: World of Assassination
- No Man’s Sky
- Vampire Survivors
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Family
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- Is This Seat Taken?
- Lego Party!
- Mario Kart World
- PowerWash Simulator 2
- Two Point Museum
Fellowship
- Ilkka Paananen (CEO & co-founder of Supercell)
Game Beyond Entertainment
- The Alters
- And Roger
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
- Consume Me
- Despelote
- Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Game Design
- Ball X Pit
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades II
- Split Fiction
Multiplayer
- Arc Raiders
- Dune: Awakening
- Elden Ring Nightreign
- Lego Party!
- Split Fiction
- PEAK
Music
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Narrative
- The Alters
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
New Intellectual Property
- The Alters
- Arc Raiders
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Dispatch
- South of Midnight
- Split Fiction
Performer in a Leading Role
- Aaron Paul as Robert Robertson in Dispatch
- Ben Starr as Verso in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Erika Ishii as Atsu in Ghost of Yōtei
- Jennifer English as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Tom McKay as Henry of Skalitz in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- Troy Baker as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Performer in a Supporting Role
- Alix Wilton Regan as Lea Florence Monad in Lies Of P: Overture
- Charlie Cox as Gustave in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Jane Perry as Lia Cain in Dead Take
- Jeffrey Wright as Chase in Dispatch
- Kirsty Rider as Lune in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Troy Baker as Higgs in Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Technical Achievement
- Arc Raiders
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Doom: The Dark Ages
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Split Fiction
Photo by Stuart Wilson/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA.
Wesley is Director, News at IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email protected] or confidentially at [email protected].
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