It is April, and yet we are still in award season for all your favorite 2023 video games. The video game segment of the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) were held today, April 11, and like The Game Awards before them, they awarded Larian Studios’ Dungeons & Dragons RPG Baldur’s Gate 3 the top award for Game of the Year.
Throughout the BAFTAs award show, Baldur’s Gate 3 won several awards, including those for Music, Narrative, Performer in a Supporting Role, and the public-voted Player’s Choice award. It all culminated in the acclaimed RPG winning the coveted Best Game award to top off the night. Larian CEO Swen Vincke accepted the award with the rest of the Larian team joining him on stage.
The full list of nominations and winners are as follows:
Animation:
Alan Wake 2
Hi-Fi Rush
Hogwarts Legacy
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Artistic Achievement:
Alan Wake 2
Baldur’s Gate 3
Cocoon
Diablo IV
Final Fantasy XVI
Hi-Fi Rush
Audio Achievement:
Alan Wake 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
Hi-Fi Rush
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Best Game
Alan Wake 2
Baldur’s Gate 3
Dave the Diver
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
British Game
Cassette Beasts
Dead Island 2
Disney Illusion Island
Football Manager 2024
Viewfinder
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin
Debut Game
Cocoon
Dave the Diver
Dredge
Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
Venba
Viewfinder
Evolving Game
Cyberpunk 2077
Final Fantasy XIV
Fortnite
Forza Horizon 5
Genshin Impact
No Man’s Sky
Family
Cocoon
Dave the Diver
Disney Illusion Island
Hi-Fi Rush
Hogwarts Legacy
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Game Beyond Entertainment
Chants of Sennaar
Goodbye Volcano High
Tchia
Terra Nil
Thirsty Suitors
Venba
Game Design
Cocoon
Dave the Diver
Dredge
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Viewfinder
Multiplayer
Baldur’s Gate 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III
Diablo IV
Forza Motorsport
Party Animals
Super Mario Bros. Wonder
Music
Alan Wake 2
Assassin’s Creed Mirage
Baldur’s Gate 3
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Narrative
Alan Wake 2
Baldur’s Gate 3
Dredge
Final Fantasy XVI
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
New Intellectual Property
Chants of Sennaar
Dave the Diver
Dredge
Hi-Fi Rush
Jusant
Viewfinder
Performer in a Leading Role
Amelia Tyler as Narrator in Baldur’s Gate 3
Cameron Monaghan as Cal Kestis in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Nadji Jeter as Miles Morales in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Neil Newbon as Astarion in Baldur’s Gate 3
Samantha Béart as Karlach in Baldur’s Gate 3
Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Performer in a Supporting Role
Andrew Wincott as Raphael in Baldur’s Gate 3
Debra Wilson as Cere Junda in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Ralph Ineson as Cidolfus “Cid” Telamon in Final Fantasy XVI
Sam Lake as Alex Casey in Alan Wake 2
Tony Todd as Venom in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Tracy Wiles as Jaheira in Baldur’s Gate 3
Technical Achievement
Alan Wake 2
Final Fantasy XVI
Horizon Call of the Mountain
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Starfield
EE Player’s Choice Award (public vote)
Baldur’s Gate 3
Cyberpunk 2077
Fortnite
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Lethal Company
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Baldur’s Gate 3 didn’t win Kotaku’s game of the year last year (that honor went to Alan Wake 2), but it should have, and I’m not afraid to say that at the bottom of this article that a lot of people will not see. As long as my editors don’t cut it. But if I can’t be a sore loser in my own writing, where else do I get to air my grievances?
