18th British Academy Games Awards

The 18th British Academy Video Game Awards was hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 7 April 2022 to honour the best video games of 2021. Held at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, television presenter Elle Osili-Wood returned to host the ceremony for the second time. Co-operative action-adventure platformer It Takes Two and third-person roguelike shooter Returnal both led the nominations with nine. Returnal won four awards at the ceremony, the most wins of any game.

Nominees and winners

Most nominations were announced on 3 March 2022, while the nominations for performers were announced on 16 March 2022.

Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment * Deathloop – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks * Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios * Inscryption – Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital * It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts * Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment	Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment * Call of Duty: Vanguard – Sledgehammer Games/Activision * It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts * Kena: Bridge of Spirits – Ember Lab * Life Is Strange: True Colors – Deck Nine/Square Enix * Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios
The Artful Escape – Beethoven and Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive * It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts * Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios * Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment * Resident Evil Village – Capcom * Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment	Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment * The Artful Escape – Beethoven and Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive * Call of Duty: Vanguard – Sledgehammer Games/Activision * Deathloop – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks * Halo Infinite – 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios * Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy – Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix
Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios * Alba: A Wildlife Adventure – ustwo Games * Death's Door – Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital * Fights in Tight Spaces – Ground Shatter/Mode 7 Games * Overboard – Inkle Studios * Sable – Shedworks/Raw Fury	TOEM – Something We Made * The Artful Escape – Beethoven and Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive * Eastward – Pixpil/Chucklefish * The Forgotten City – Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers * Genesis Noir – Feral Cat Den/Fellow Traveller * Maquette – Graceful Decay/Annapurna Interactive
No Man's Sky – Hello Games * Among Us – Innersloth * Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo * Apex Legends – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts * Disco Elysium – ZA/UM * Fortnite – Epic Games	Chicory: A Colorful Tale – Greg Lobanov/Finji * Alba: A Wildlife Adventure – ustwo Games * Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios * Mario Party Superstars – Nintendo * Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment * Unpacking – Witch Beam/Humble Bundle
Before Your Eyes – Goodbye World/Skybound Games * Alba: A Wildlife Adventure – ustwo Games * Chicory: A Colorful Tale – Greg Lobanov/Finji * Game Builder Garage – Nintendo * It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts * Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios	Inscryption – Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital * Deathloop – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks * Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios * It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts * Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment * Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts * Back 4 Blood – Turtle Rock Studios//Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment * Call of Duty: Vanguard – Sledgehammer Games/Activision * Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios * Halo Infinite – 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios * Hell Let Loose – Black Matter/Team17	Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment * Deathloop – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks * Far Cry 6 – Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft * Halo Infinite – 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios * Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios * Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Unpacking – Witch Beam/Humble Bundle * It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts * Life Is Strange: True Colors – Deck Nine/Square Enix * Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy – Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix * Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios * Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment	It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts * Deathloop – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks * Death's Door – Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital * Inscryption – Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital * Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment * Unpacking – Witch Beam/Humble Bundle
Jane Perry as Selene Vassos in Returnal* Ozioma Akagha as Julianna Blake in Deathloop * Jason E Kelley as Colt Vahn in Deathloop * Jennifer Hale as Rivet in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart * Jon McLaren as Star-Lord/Peter Quill in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy * Erika Mori as Alex Chen in Life Is Strange: True Colors	Kimberly Brooks as Hollis Forsythe in Psychonauts 2 * Laura Bailey as Polina Petrova in Call of Duty: Vanguard * Jason Cavalier as Drax in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy * Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village * Han Soto as Gabe Chen in Life Is Strange: True Colors * Alex Weiner as Rocket in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment * Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios * Hitman 3 – IO Interactive * Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios * Resident Evil Village – Capcom * Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment	Unpacking – Witch Beam/Humble Bundle * Chicory: A Colorful Tale – Greg Lobanov/Finji * Deathloop – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks * The Forgotten City – Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers * It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts * Metroid Dread – Mercury Steam/Nintendo