BAFTA Games Awards: Dispatch and Clair Obscur win big

Here are all the well-deserving winners of the annual BAFTA Games Awards.
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The winners of the 2026 BAFTA Games Awards have been named, with many deserving games, developers and performers being recognised for excellence across a variety of award categories.

Superhero narrative game Dispatch was one of the big winners this year, taking out multiple awards for animation and audio achievement. Performer Jeffrey Wright also took out the award for Performer in a Supporting Role for his work as speedster Chase.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 also received multiple awards, including for Debut Game, Best Game, and Performer in a Leading Role (for Jennifer English as Maelle). One Australian-made game also got a well-deserved nod, with Lego Party!, developed by Sydney-based team SMG Studio, taking out the award for Family Game.

Here’s the full list of BAFTA Games Awards winners, alongside the original list of nominees. We congratulate every team and performer on these well-deserved nods.

Animation

Dispatch Game Bafta Award Nominations Longlist
Dispatch. Image: AdHoc Studio.
  • Battlefield 6
  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • Dispatch – WINNER
  • Ghost of Yōtei
  • Hades II
  • Hollow Knight: Silksong

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Artistic Achievement

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – WINNER
  • Dispatch
  • Ghost of Yōtei
  • Hollow Knight: Silksong
  • South of Midnight

Audio Achievement

  • Arc Raiders
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • Dispatch – WINNER
  • Ghost of Yōtei
  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

BAFTA Best Game

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Knighthood France
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Image: Sandfall Interactive.
  • Arc Raiders
  • Blue Prince
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – WINNER
  • Dispatch
  • Ghost of Yōtei
  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

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British Game

Atomfall Xbox Game Pass January 2026
Atomfall. Image: Rebellion Developments.
  • Atomfall – WINNER
  • Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
  • Mafia: The Old Country
  • Monument Valley 3
  • PowerWash Simulator 2
  • Two Point Museum

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Debut Game

  • Blue Prince
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – WINNER
  • Consume Me
  • Despelote
  • Dispatch
  • The Midnight Walk

Evolving Game

  • Fallout 76
  • Helldivers 2
  • Hitman: World of Assassination
  • No Man’s Sky – WINNER
  • Vampire Survivors
  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Family Game

Lego Party Review
Screenshot: ScreenHub / SMG Studio
  • Donkey Kong Bananza
  • Is This Seat Taken?
  • Lego Party! – WINNER
  • Mario Kart World
  • PowerWash Simulator 2
  • Two Point Museum

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Game Beyond Entertainment

  • The Alters
  • And Roger
  • Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
  • Consume Me
  • Despelote – WINNER
  • Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl

Game Design

  • Ball x Pit
  • Blue Prince – WINNER
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Ghost of Yōtei
  • Hades II
  • Split Fiction

Multiplayer

  • Arc Raiders – WINNER
  • Dune: Awakening
  • Elden Ring Nightreign
  • Lego Party!
  • Split Fiction

Music

Ghost Of Yotei Rob Davis Interview
Ghost of Yotei. Image: Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment.
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • Dispatch
  • Ghost of Yōtei – WINNER
  • Hollow Knight: Silksong
  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

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Narrative

  • The Alters
  • Blue Prince
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
  • Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – WINNER

New Intellectual Property

  • The Alters
  • Arc Raiders
  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Dispatch
  • South of Midnight – WINNER
  • Split Fiction

Performer in a Leading Role

  • Aaron Paul as Robert Robertson III in Dispatch
  • Ben Starr as Verso in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Erika Ishii as Atsu in Ghost of Yōtei
  • Jennifer English as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – WINNER
  • Tom McKay as Henry of Skalitz in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
  • Troy Baker as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Performer in a Supporting Role

  • Alix Wilton Regan as Lea Florence Monad in Lies Of P: Overture
  • Charlie Cox as Gustave in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Jane Perry as Lia Cain in Dead Take
  • Jeffrey Wright as Chase in Dispatch – WINNER
  • Kirsty Rider as Lune in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
  • Troy Baker as Higgs in Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Technical Achievement

  • Arc Raiders
  • Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
  • Doom: The Dark Ages
  • Ghost of Yōtei – WINNER
  • Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
  • Split Fiction

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Fellowship Award

  • Ilkka Paananen, Supercell CEO and Co-Founder

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