14th British Academy Games Awards


The 14th British Academy Video Game Awards hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 12 April 2018 at Troxy honoured the best video games of 2017. It was hosted by Dara Ó Briain, who had previously hosted the 12th ceremony in 2016.

Category changes

For the 13th ceremony, one new category was introduced. The Game Beyond Entertainment Award will be awarded to celebrate games that have a profound social impact. An official statement from BAFTA explains that the category will award

Nominations

On 21 February 2018, it was announced that Tim Schafer, founder of Double Fine Productions, would be awarded the Fellowship award, the highest honour BAFTA can bestow. The nominations for other awards were announced on 15 March 2018.

Awards

The awards were presented on 12 April 2018.
What Remains of Edith Finch – Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice – Ninja Theory Ltd
  • * Cuphead – StudioMDHR Entertainment Inc.
  • * Gorogoa – Jason Roberts, Buried Signal / Annapurna Interactive
  • * Horizon Zero Dawn – Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
  • * The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
  • * Uncharted: The Lost Legacy – Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
    • Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice – Ninja Theory Ltd
  • * Call of Duty: WWII – Sledgehammer Games / Activision
  • * Destiny 2 – Bungie / Activision
  • * Horizon Zero Dawn – Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
  • * Star Wars: Battlefront II - EA DICE / Electronic Arts
  • * Uncharted: The Lost Legacy – Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
    		• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice – Ninja Theory Ltd
  • * Monument Valley 2 – ustwo games
  • * Reigns: Her Majesty – Nerial Ltd / Devolver Digital
  • * The Sexy Brutale – Cavalier Game Studios / Tequila Works
  • * Sniper Elite 4 – Rebellion
  • * Total War: Warhammer II – Creative Assembly / SEGA
    • Gorogoa – Jason Roberts, Buried Signal / Annapurna Interactive
  • * Cuphead – StudioMDHR Entertainment Inc.
  • * Hollow Knight – Team Cherry
  • * Night in the Woods – InfiniteFall / Finji
  • * The Sexy Brutale – Cavalier Game Studios / Tequila Works
  • * Slime Rancher – Monomi Park
    		• Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment
  • * Clash Royale – Supercell
  • * Final Fantasy XV – Square Enix
  • * Fortnite – Epic Games
  • * PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds – PUBG Corp / Bluehole, Inc.
  • * Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege – Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft
    • Super Mario Odyssey – Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
  • * Just Dance 2018 – Ubisoft Paris / Ubisoft
  • * Lego Worlds – TT Games / Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • * Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle – Ubisoft
  • * Monument Valley 2 – ustwo games
  • * Snipperclips – SFB Games / Nintendo
    		• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice – Ninja Theory Ltd
  • * Bury Me, My Love – The Pixel Hunt & Fig / ARTE & Playdius
  • * Last Day of June – Ovosonico / 505 Games
  • * Life Is Strange: Before the Storm – Deck Nine / Square Enix
  • * Night in the Woods – InfiniteFall / Finji
  • * Sea Hero Quest VR – Glitchers
    • Super Mario Odyssey – Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
  • * Assassin's Creed Origins – Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft
  • * Horizon Zero Dawn – Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
  • * The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
  • * NieR: Automata – PlatinumGames / Square Enix
  • * What Remains of Edith Finch – Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive
    		• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
  • * Gorogoa – Jason Roberts, Buried Signal / Annapurna Interactive
  • * Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice – Ninja Theory Ltd
  • * NieR: Automata – PlatinumGames / Square Enix
  • * Snipperclips – SFB Games / Nintendo
  • * What Remains of Edith Finch – Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive
    • Golf Clash – Playdemic
  • * Bury Me, My Love – The Pixel Hunt & Fig / ARTE & Playdius
  • * Gorogoa – Jason Roberts, Buried Signal / Annapurna Interactive
  • * Kami 2 – State of Play
  • * Monument Valley 2 – ustwo games
  • * Stranger Things: The Game – BonusXP, Inc.
    		• Divinity: Original Sin II – Larian Studios / Larian Studios Games
  • * Fortnite – Epic Games
  • * Gang Beasts – Boneloaf / Double Fine Productions
  • * PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds – PUBG Corp / Bluehole, Inc.
  • * Splatoon 2 – Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
  • * Star Trek: Bridge Crew – Red Storm Entertainment / Ubisoft
    • Cuphead – StudioMDHR Entertainment Inc.
  • * Get Even – The Farm 51 / Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe
  • * Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice – Ninja Theory Ltd
  • * Horizon Zero Dawn – Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
  • * The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo EPD / Nintendo
  • * What Remains of Edith Finch – Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive
    		• Night in the Woods – InfiniteFall / Finji
  • * Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice – Ninja Theory Ltd
  • * Horizon Zero Dawn – Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
  • * Tacoma – Fullbright
  • * What Remains of Edith Finch – Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive
  • * Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus - Machine Games / Bethesda
    • Horizon Zero Dawn – Guerrilla Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
  • * Cuphead – StudioMDHR Entertainment Inc.
  • * Gorogoa – Jason Roberts, Buried Signal / Annapurna Interactive
  • * Night in the Woods – InfiniteFall / Finji
  • * PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds – PUBG Corp / Bluehole, Inc.
  • * What Remains of Edith Finch – Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive
    		• Melina Juergens – Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice as Senua
  • * Abubakar Salim – Assassin's Creed Origins as Bayek
  • * Ashly Burch – Horizon Zero Dawn as Aloy
  • * Claudia Black – Uncharted: The Lost Legacy as Chloe Frazer
  • * Laura Bailey – Uncharted: The Lost Legacy as Nadine Ross
  • * Valerie Rose Lohman – What Remains of Edith Finch as Edith Finch

    • [BAFTA Fellowship]

    '''Tim Schafer'''