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BAFTA Games Awards 2026: All the categories and winners

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 walked away with the big prize but Dispatch also took home a plethora of trophies.
Ben Lyons Senior Editor 18 April 2026

Another year, another BAFTA Games Awards are in the books. The ceremony was hosted on April 17 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall at London's Southbank Centre, wherein many of the video game industry's biggest names and studios came together to celebrate the medium and to award the best-of-the-best. To this end, the various winners have been crowned, all of which you can see below.

For each of the categories, the winners are highlighted in bold.

Animation:

  • Battlefield 6
  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • Winner: Dispatch
  • Ghost of Yotei
  • Hades II
  • Hollow Knight: Silksong

Artistic Achievement:

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Winner: Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • Dispatch
  • Ghost of Yotei
  • Hollow Knight: Silksong
  • South of Midnight

Audio Achievement:

  • Arc Raiders
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • Winner: Dispatch
  • Ghost of Yotei
  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Best Game:

  • Arc Raiders
  • Blue Prince
  • Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Dispatch
  • Ghost of Yotei
  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

British Game:

  • Winner: Atomfall
  • Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
  • Mafia: The Old Country
  • Monument Valley 3
  • PowerWash Simulator 2
  • Two Point Museum

Debut Game:

  • Blue Prince
  • Winner: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Consume Me
  • Despelote
  • Dispatch
  • The Midnight Walk

Evolving Game:

  • Fallout 76
  • Helldivers II
  • Hitman: World of Assassination
  • Winner: No Man's Sky
  • Vampire Survivors
  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II

Family:

  • Donkey Kong Banaza
  • Is This Seat Taken?
  • Winner: Lego Party
  • Mario Kart World
  • PowerWash Simulator 2
  • Two Point Museum

Game Beyond Entertainment:

  • The Alters
  • And Roger
  • Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
  • Consume Me
  • Winner: Despelote
  • S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

Game Design:

  • Ball X Pit
  • Winner: Blue Prince
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Ghost of Yotei
  • Hades II
  • Split Fiction

Multiplayer:

  • Winner: Arc Raiders
  • Dune: Awakening
  • Elden Ring: Nightreign
  • Lego Party
  • Peak
  • Split Fiction

Music:

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • Dispatch
  • Winner: Ghost of Yotei
  • Hollow Knight: Silksong
  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Narrative:

  • The Alters
  • Blue Prince
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
  • Winner: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

New Intellectual Property:

  • The Alters
  • Arc Raiders
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Dispatch
  • Winner: South of Midnight
  • Split Fiction

Performer in a Leading Role:

  • Aaron Paul - Dispatch
  • Ben Starr - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Erika Ishii - Ghost of Yotei
  • Winner: Jennifer English - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Tom McKay - Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
  • Troy Baker - Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Performer in a Supporting Role:

  • Alix Wilton Regan - Lies of P: Overture
  • Charlie Cox - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Jane Perry - Dead Take
  • Winner: Jeffrey Wright - Dispatch
  • Kirsty Rider - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Troy Baker - Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Technical Achievement:

  • Arc Raiders
  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • Doom: The Dark Ages
  • Winner: Ghost of Yotei
  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
  • Split Fiction
Senior Editor Ben was a Senior Editor at Gamereactor UK. When he wasn’t writing, editing or filming for Gamereactor, he could usually be found playing an FPS or getting lost in a sprawling RPG.
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