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BAFTA Games Awards 2023: Full winners list as Vampire Survivors nabs Best Game

The gaming industry united to celebrate the great games of the past year.

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Published: Thursday, 30 March 2023 at 9:00 pm

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The BAFTA Games Awards 2023 have now wrapped up, with Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarök sweeping the competition, and Vampire Survivors surprising everyone by taking the Best Game award.

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Horizon Forbidden West was expected to be successful, and while Aloy's second adventure managed to get one award, Ragnarök was a hard beast to contend with. Indie darlings like Stray and Cult of the Lamb, despite getting plenty of love in the build-up to the show, didn't quite break through. However, they were both nominated for many awards - an achievement in its own right!

Keep reading to find out exactly who was nominated for what, and who won.

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BAFTA Games Awards 2023 nominees and winners

This time out, God of War Ragnarök leads the way with a whopping 15 nominations, but Stray is close behind with nine nods (or should that be nine lives?) and Elden Ring is third with eight.

See the full list of nominees below, and we'll update it with winners over the course of the evening:

Animation

Evolving Game

Original Property

Audio Achievement

Game Design

British Game

Artistic Achievement

Multiplayer

Narrative

Performer in a Supporting Role

Music

EE Game of the Year

Technical Achievement

Family

Debut Game

Game Beyond Entertainment

Performer in a Leading Role

Best Game

When was the BAFTA Games Awards 2023?

The BAFTA Games Awards 2023 was on Thursday 30th March.

After last year, when Returnal took home a lot of the gongs (while Deathloop and Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy were also nominated in multiple categories), it was interesting to see who ended up with the most mask-shaped statues on their mantlepiece at the end of the night.

In terms of location, its the same as last year, with the ceremony hosted at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the Southbank in London.

What time was the BAFTA Games Awards 2023?

The BAFTA Games Awards 2023 started at 6:50pm BST.

The ceremony itself lasted a couple of hours, so don't forget to get your snacks ready before you settle down to watch it.

Keep your eyes peeled for familiar faces handing out awards as The Last of Us star Troy Baker appeared, as well as James Buckley from The Inbetweeners.

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How to watch the BAFTA Games Awards 2023

The BAFTA Games Awards 2023 were live-streamed exclusively on BAFTA's Twitch channel. Even now the event is over, you can still stream the whole thing!

This does make sense, of course, with Twitch being the online platform that is most closely associated with gaming culture.

BAFTA Games Fellowship

The BAFTA Games Fellowship was awarded on the night to Shuhei Yoshida, an industry veteran who has worked at Sony since 1993 and the dawn of the PlayStation. He is particularly noted for his part in nurturing "the creativity and innovation of the indie games industry".

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Who hosted the BAFTA Games Awards 2023?

The BAFTA Games Awards 2023 ceremony was hosted by Frankie Ward, who has previously presented top esports tournaments for the likes of CS: GO and League of Legends.

She has also co-hosted E4's revival of GamesMaster, produced and presented the podcast My Life in Pixels and streams regularly on Twitch. The BAFTA live stream was also hosted by Julia Hardy and Inel Tomlinson.

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