Astro Bot has once again won big at an awards show, this time securing five gongs at the 2025 BAFTA Games Awards, including Best Design, Best Family Game, and Best Game.
The BAFTA Games Awards — the UK's independent arts charity celebrating excellence in games — took place overnight on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in London, UK. Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2, Astro Bot, and Still Wakes the Deep led the charge with 11, eight, and eight nominations, respectively. Thank Goodness You're Here! also received seven nominations, Black Myth: Wukong six, and Helldivers 2 was up for five awards.
And the winner of Best Game is...
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Accepting the award, Astro Bot director Nicolas Doucet paid tribute to the game developers of the past, who paved the way for Sony-owned Team Asobi and other current studios to find success in the modern era.
Whilst Astro Bot was the night's most-crowned game, The Chinese Room's impressive Still Wakes the Deep secured three wins — including both performer awards — and Helldivers 2 won two BAFTAs.
Thank Goodness You're Here!, Balatro, and Metaphor: Refantazio were also among the winners.
BAFTA Game Awards 2025 winners:
- Best Animation: Astro Bot
- Artistic Achievement: Neva
- Audio Achievement: Astro Bot
- Best Game: Astro Bot
- Best British Game: Thank Goodness You're Here!
- Best Debut Game: Balatro
- Best Evolving Game: Vampire Survivors
- Best Family Game: Astro Bot
- Fellowship: Yoko Shimomura
- Game Beyond Entertainment: Tales of Kenzera: Zau
- Best Game Design: Astro Bot
- Best Multiplayer: Helldivers 2
- Best Music: Helldivers 2
- Best Narrative: Metaphor: Refantazio
- Best New Intellectual Property: Still Wakes the Deep
- Best Performer in a Leading Role: Alex Newman (Still Wakes the Deep)
- Best Performer in a Supporting Role: Karen Dunbar (Still Wakes the Deep)
- Best Technical Achievement: Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2
2024 BAFTA Game Awards winners included Baldur's Gate 3, which secured five wins, including Best Game, with other wins for Alan Wake 2, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, and Viewfinder.
BAFTA recently revealed that the most influential video game of all time, according to the public, is Shenmue, which left the internet somewhat puzzled.
BAFTA polled the public to discover that while games like GTA, Tetris, World of Warcraft, Minecraft, Doom, and Half-Life 2 did make the list, the top as ranked by the number of votes received was Sega's 1999 action-adventure game.
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