Returnal wins best game at BAFTA 2022
Marie Dealessandri
Features Editor
Friday 8th April 2022
BAFTA
Housemarque's Returnal won big at the BAFTA Games Awards last night, bringing home four trophies including best game.
Jane Perry won best performer in a leading role for her portrayal of Returnal's protagonist Selene Vassos, with the Sony-published title also winning the audio achievement and best music awards.
It Takes Two and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart won two awards each, for best multiplayer game and best original property for the former, and for animation and technical achievement for the latter.
Witch Beam's Unpacking won the EE Game of the Year, which is the only award voted for by the public, as well as best narrative.
The best debut game award went to Something We Made's Toem.
Here are all the winners from the BAFTA Games Awards 2022:
ANIMATION: Rachet & Clank: Rift Apart - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT: The Artful Escape - Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive
AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT: Returnal - Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
BEST GAME: Returnal - Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
BRITISH GAME: Forza Horizon 5 - Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
DEBUT GAME: Toem - Something We Made
EVOLVING GAME: No Man's Sky - Hello Games
FAMILY: Chicory: A Colorful Tale - Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/Finji
GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT: Before Your Eyes - GoodbyeWorld Games/Skybound Games
GAME DESIGN: Inscryption - Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital
MULTIPLAYER: It Takes Two - Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
MUSIC: Returnal, by Bobby Krlic, Joe Thwaites, Harry Krueger - Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
NARRATIVE: Unpacking, by Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Annie
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