19th British Academy Games Awards

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19th British Academy Games Awards
Date30 March 2023
Location Queen Elizabeth Hall
Hosted byFrankie Ward
Best Game Vampire Survivors
Most awards God of War Ragnarök (6)
Most nominations God of War Ragnarök (15)
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The 19th British Academy Video Game Awards were hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 30 March 2023 to honour the best video games of 2022. Held at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, the ceremony was hosted by esports presenter Frankie Ward, taking over from Elle Osili-Wood who hosted the previous two ceremonies. [1] The ceremony was livestreamed exclusively on BAFTA's Twitch channel, hosted by games journalist Julia Hardy and comedian Inel Tomlinson. Red carpet coverage was presented by Eurogamer's Aoife Wilson.

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Sony Interactive's God of War Ragnarök received the most nominations, with fifteen, becoming the most nominated game in the history of the BAFTA Games Awards. [2] [3] While God of War Ragnarök won the most awards at the ceremony, with six, the top honour, Best Game, was surprisingly won by Vampire Survivors .

Nominees and winners

Christopher Judge won Performer in a Leading Role for his role as Kratos God of War Ragnarok. ChristopherJudgeAtConvention.jpg
Christopher Judge won Performer in a Leading Role for his role as Kratos God of War Ragnarök .
Shuhei Yoshida was the recipient of the BAFTA Fellowship Shuhei Yoshida, GDC 2022 (cropped).jpg
Shuhei Yoshida was the recipient of the BAFTA Fellowship

The nominees were announced by games journalist Julia Hardy on 2 March 2023 via a livestream held on BAFTA's Twitch channel. An additional panel of live streamers were revealed as the "BAFTA Games Squad", who also streamed the nominations announcement and discussed their thoughts on the nominated games. [4] [5] The EE Game of the Year nominees, the only category voted for by the British public, were announced two days earlier on 28 February 2023, and were selected by a jury of ten industry professionals, with voting closing on 28 March, two days prior to the ceremony. [6]

Multiple nominations and wins

GameNominationsWins
God of War Ragnarök 156
Stray 90
Elden Ring 82
Horizon Forbidden West 61
Immortality
A Plague Tale: Requiem 50
Tunic 52
Vampire Survivors
Citizen Sleeper 40
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II 30
Cult of the Lamb
Pentiment 20
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Marvel Snap
Sifu
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

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