2021 British Academy Games Awards

BAFTA announced the winners of the British Academy Games Awards 2021 on March 25.

Hades led the way with five BAFTAs: Artistic Achievement, Best Game, Game Design, Narrative, and Performer in a Supporting Role for Logan Cunningham.

The Last of Us Part II, despite receiving a record-setting 13 nominations, won only two of the juried categories, Animation and Performer in a Leading Role, with Laura Bailey receiving her first BAFTA. However, it was acclaimed the EE Game of the Year in the lone category voted on by the public.

Siobhan Reddy, studio director at Media Molecule, was given the Academy’s highest honor, the Fellowship.

The 2021 BAFTA winners are:

Animation

  • The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)

Artistic Achievement

  • Hades (Jen Zee – Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games)

Audio Achievement

  • Ghost of Tsushima (Rev. Dr. Bradley D. Meyer -Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)

Best Game

  • Hades (Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games)

British Game

  • Sackboy: A Big Adventure (Ned Waterhouse, Jess Gaskell, Pete Smith – Sumo Digital Sheffield/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)

Debut Game

  • Carrion (Phobia Game Studio/Devolver Digital)

Evolving Game

  • Sea of Thieves (Rare Ltd/Xbox Game Studios)

Family

  • Sackboy: A Big Adventure (Joel Smith,Cesar Bittar, Pete Smith – Sumo Digital Sheffield/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)

Game Beyond Entertainment

  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Game Design

  • Hades (Supergiant Games)

Multiplayer

  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)

Music

  • Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (John Paesano, Scott Hanau, Alex Hackford – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)

Narrative

  • Hades (Greg Kasavin- Supergiant Games)

Original Property

  • Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition (Cardboard Computer/Annapurna Interactive)

Performer in a Leading Role

  • Laura Bailey as Abby in The Last of Us Part II

Performer in a Supporting Role

  • Logan Cunningham as Hades, Achilles, Poseidon, Asterius, Charon and the Storyteller in Hades

Technical Achievement

  • Dreams (Media Molecule/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)

EE Game of the Year (voted for by the public)

  • The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)