2025 BAFTA Awards: Every Announced Winner And Nomination

The BAFTA Awards for gaming were held today, on April 8, and many deserving winners got their name called. All the winners from the show are compiled below, along with the other nominations. The list is filled with incredible entries. Astro Bot cleaned up, taking home five awards, including BAFTA Awards Best Game. Helldivers 2 also won multiple awards, while Still Wakes the Deep swept the performer categories.

The highest award honor each year, though, is the BAFTA Awards Fellowship Award. This award is dedicated to an individual who has made “outstanding contributions to the industry“. This years winner was Japanese composer & pianist, Yoko Shimomura, known for her work on Kingdom Hearts and many other games over the decades.

As described by BAFTA, “With an illustrious career spanning over three decades, yet ever modest and unassuming, Shimomura is one of the most influential video game composers of our time. The essence of her enduring dedication to the craft is simple: ‘It’s my love of music,’ she says. ‘The joy of being able to work with it and have people listen to it is what I like the most.’ Now, she receives the BAFTA Fellowship, a testament to her exceptional contribution to the industry.”

Here is the full list of winners from the BAFTA Awards 2025:

• Best Animation: Astro Bot
  • Nominees: Astro Bot, Call of Duty Black Ops 6, LEGO Horizon Adventures, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Thank Goodness You’re Here!, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
• Best Artistic Achievement: Neva
  • Nominees: Astro Bot, Black Myth: Wukong, Harold Halibut, Neva, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Still Wakes the Deep
• Best Audio Achievement: Astro Bot
  • Nominees: Animal Well, Astro Bot, Helldivers 2, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Star Wars Outlaws, Still Wakes the Deep
• Best Game: Astro Bot
  • Nominees: Astro Bot, Balatro, Black Myth: Wukong, Helldivers 2, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Thank Goodness You’re Here!
• Best British Game: Thank Goodness You’re Here!
  • Nominees: A Highland Song, LEGO Horizon Adventures, Paper Trail, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Still Wakes the Deep, Thank Goodness You’re Here!
• Best Debut Game: Balatro
  • Nominees: Animal Well, Balatro, Pacific Drive, The Plucky Squire, Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, Thank Goodness You’re Here!
• Best Evolving Game: Vampire Survivor
  • Nominees: Diablo IV, Final Fantasy XIV Online, No Man’s Sky, Sea of Thieves, Vampire Survivors, World of Warcraft
• Best Family Game: Astro Bot
  • Nominees: Astro Bot, Cat Quest III, LEGO Horizon Adventures, Little Kitty, Big City, The Plucky Squire, Super Mario Party Jamboree
• Best Game Beyond Entertainment: Tales of Kenzera- ZAU
  • Nominees: Botany Manor, Kind Words 2 (Lofi City Pop), Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Tales of Kenzera: ZAU, Tetris Forever
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• Best Game Design: Astro Bot
  • Nominees: Animal Well, Astro Bot, Balatro, Helldivers 2, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom, Tactical Breach Wizards
• Best Multiplayer: Helldivers 2
  • Nominees: Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Helldivers 2, LEGO Horizon Adventures, Super Mario Party Jamboree, Tekken 8, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
• Best Music: Helldivers 2
  • Nominees: Astro Bot, Black Myth: Wukong, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Helldivers 2, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Star Wars Outlaws
• Best Narrative: Metaphor- ReFantazio
  • Nominees: Black Myth: Wukong, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Still Wakes the Deep
• Best New Intellectual Property: Still Wakes the Deep
  • Nominees: Animal Well, Balatro, Black Myth: Wukong, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Still Wakes the Deep, Thank Goodness You’re Here!
• Best Performer in a Leading Role: Alec Newman as Cameron ‘Caz’ McLeary in Still Wakes the Deep
  • Nominees: Alec Newman as Cameron ‘Caz’ McLeary in Still Wakes the Deep, Isabella Inchbald as Indika in Indika, Luke Roberts as James Sunderland in Silent Hill 2, Humberly Gonzalez as Kay Vess in Star Wars Outlaws, Melina Juergens as Senua in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Y’lan Noel as Troy Marshall in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Best Performer in a Supporting Role: Karen Dunbar as Finlay in Still Wakes the Deep
  • Nominees: Aldis Amah Hamilton as Astrior in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Jon Blyth as Big Ron in Thank Goodness You’re Here!, Michael Abubakar as Brodie in Still Wakes the Deep, Karen Dunbar as Finlay in Still Wakes the Deep, Matt Berry as Herbert the Gardner in Thank Goodness You’re Here!, Abbi Greenland and Helen Goalen as The Furies in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
• Best Technical Achievement: Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
  • Nominees: Astro Bot, Black Myth: Wukong, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II, Tiny Glade, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Final Thoughts

The BAFTA Awards are over, and the winners and nominees no doubt made an impact on the gaming industry this year. It was a huge year for gaming, with some major developers releasing mainline entries and new developers bursting onto the scene. No doubt, the Gaming BAFTA Awards have helped artists in the industry continue to grow, hone their craft, and gain new players for their fantastic games.