We may be a third of the way into 2022, but it’s not too late to honor the best games of 2021. The 18th British Academy Games Awards (BAFTA) were held tonight in the U.K., with the award for Best Game of 2021 going to Returnal. Returnal took home the most awards overall, also winning in the Audio Achievement and Music categories.
Other winners include It Takes Two, Unpacking, and Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, among others. You can take a look at all of the categories below, where the winners are in bold.
BAFTA 2022 Nominees for Best Game
- Deathloop
- Forza Horizon 5
- Inscryption
- It Takes Two
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- WINNER: Returnal
BAFTA 2022 Nominees for British Game
- Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
- Death’s Door
- Fights in Tight Spaces
- WINNER: Forza Horizon 5
- Overboard!
- Sable
BAFTA 2022 Nominees for Animation
- Call of Duty: Vanguard
- It Takes Two
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- Life is Strange: True Colors
- Psychonauts 2
- WINNER: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
BAFTA 2022 Nominees for Artistic Achievement
- WINNER: The Artful Escape
- It Takes Two
- Psychonauts 2
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Resident Evil Village
- Returnal
BAFTA 2022 Nominees for Audio Achievement
- WINNER: The Artful Escape
- Call of Duty: Vanguard
- Deathloop
- Halo Infinite
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
- Returnal
BAFTA 2022 Nominees for Debut Game
- The Artful Escape
- Eastward
- The Forgotten City
- Genesis Noir
- Maquette
- WINNER: Toem
