KEY POINTS

  • Cyberpunk 2077 failed to win a single award
  • EE Game of the year award was given to Last Of Us Part 2
  • BAFTA honored Siobhan Reddy with fellowship

Hades, a role-playing game developed by Californian studio Supergiant Games, won five BAFTA Games while hot favourite Cyberpunk 2077 failed to win a single award. Hades had received nine nomination and Cyberpunk four.

The awards were announced in an online live event on Thursday.

Hades won the titles for Best Game, Artistic Achievement, Game Design, Narrative, and Performer in a Supporting Role for Logan Cunningham. The Last of Us Part 2, which earned 13 nominations, won BAFTAs for Animation and Performer in a Leading Role for Laura Bailey. Bailey played Abby and earned her first BAFTA. While 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons' won the game beyond entertainment and multiplayer categories, 'Sackboy: A Big Adventure' won British game and family.

'Ghost of Tsushima' from Sucker Punch Productions, a game which revolves around the Kamakura Era, was nominated in 11 categories but won only one: audio achievement category.

Siobhan Reddy was honored with BAFTA Fellowship for her work with games company Media Molecule which developed 'Little Big Planet.'

The full list of winners for the BAFTA Games Awards 2021 are as follows;

Best Game - Hades

British Game - Sackboy: A Big Adventure

Animation - The Last of Us Part 2

Artistic Achievement - Hades

Audio Achievement - Ghost of Tsushima

Debut Game - Carrion

Evolving Game - Sea of Thieves

Family Game - Sackboy: A Big Adventure

Game Beyond Entertainment - Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Game Design - Hades

Multiplayer Game - Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Music - Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Narrative - Hades

Original Property - Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition

Performer in a Leading Role - Laura Bailey as Abby in The Last of Us Part 2

Performer in a Supporting Role - Logan Cunningham as Hades, Achilles, Poseidon, Asterius, Charon, and the Storyteller in Hades

EE Game of the Year (Voted by the Public) - The Last of Us Part 2

Hades
"Hades'" protagonist Zagreus speaks to his father, Hades. Supergiant Games