14th British Academy Games Awards
# 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

   the best game that capitalises on the unique and maturing medium of games to deliver a transformational experience beyond pure entertainment - whether that is to raise awareness through empathy and emotional impact, to engage with real world problems, or to make the world a better place. While BAFTA has long been rewarding these games for their creative excellence, entries in this new category will be judged solely on content: its emotional impact, thematic fit and innovative use of the medium to explore and deliver impactful messages.

## 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.

| Best Game What Remains of Edith Finch – Giant Sparrow / Annapurna Interactive Assassin's Creed Origins – Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft 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 Super Mario Odyssey – Nintendo EPD / Nintendo | Artistic Achievement 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 |
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| Audio Achievement Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice – Ninja Theory Ltd Call of Duty: World War II – 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 | British Game 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 |
| Debut Game 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 | Evolving Game 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 |
| Family 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 | Game Beyond Entertainment 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 |
| Game Design 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 | Game Innovation 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 |
| Mobile Game 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. | Multiplayer 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 |
| Music 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 | Narrative 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 |
| Original Property 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 | Performer 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

