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21st British Academy Games Awards
Date18 April 2025
LocationQueen Elizabeth Hall
Hosted byPhil Wang
Most nominationsSenua's Saga: Hellblade II (11)
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The 21st British Academy Video Game Awards are set to be hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 8 April 2025 to honour the best video games of 2024. Held at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, the ceremony will be hosted by comedian Phil Wang for the second time following his debut at the previous ceremony.[1] Nominations were announced on 4 March 2025, with Ninja Theory's psychological action-adventure game Senua's Saga: Hellblade II earning a leading eleven nominations, followed by platformer Astro Bot and horror game Still Wakes the Deep, both with eight nominations respectively.[2]

Background

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Eligibility

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Any game released between 25 November 2023 and 15 November 2024 was eligible for nomination.

Awards changes

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For the 21st BAFTA Games Awards, the following changes were announced:[3]

  • All eligible entered games will be automatically considered for Best Game and British Game, which were previously these were opt-in categories.
  • British Game entrants will be required to answer a set of questions designed to address diversity & inclusion and bullying & harassment in the UK games industry. This work will support the BFI Diversity Standards for Games and build on BAFTA’s long-standing  work to help tackle bullying and harassment across the screen industries, as part of BAFTA's wider, ongoing collective cross-sector activity.
  • The criteria for New Intellectual Property has been amended to take into consideration the originality and innovation of entered games.
  • The criteria for Evolving Game has been amended. From 2024, only games with a roadmap for substantial future updates are eligible in this category.

Longlist

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On 10 December 2024, BAFTA released their official longlist, featuring fifty-eight games, though did not detail which games would be eligible in specific categories as the previous longlist had. The longlist for the Best Game was revealed for the first time, revealing which ten games were in contention to be nominated for the top prize.[4]

Winners and nominees

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The nominees were announced on 7 March 2024 via a livestream on the official BAFTA YouTube channel hosted by journalist Ali Plumb.[5][6]

Games with multiple nominations

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Game Nominations
Senua's Saga: Hellblade II 11
Astro Bot 8
Still Wakes the Deep
Thank Goodness You're Here! 7
Black Myth: Wukong 6
Helldivers 2 5
Animal Well 4
Balatro
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Lego Horizon Adventures
Star Wars Outlaws 3
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
Super Mario Party Jamboree 2
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
The Plucky Squire

References

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  1. ^ Gardner, Matt (11 March 2025). "Phil Wang to host BAFTA Games Awards 2025". British Comedy Guide.
  2. ^ Richardson, Tom (4 March 2025). "Hellblade 2 leads the way at Bafta Games Awards". BBC News.
  3. ^ "BAFTA Games Awards 2025 Now Open for Entries". BAFTA. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  4. ^ Gardner, Matt (10 December 2024). "BAFTA Unveils 2025 Game Of The Year Longlist, 58 Award Hopefuls". Forbes.
  5. ^ "The BAFTA Games Awards 2025 Nominations with Ali Plumb". YouTube. 4 March 2025.
  6. ^ Welsh, Oli (4 March 2025). "Hellblade 2 leads very different set of nominations for BAFTA Games Awards". Polygon.
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