Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice takes home five BAFTA awards

The BAFTA Game Awards took place last night and UK studio Ninja Theory did exceptionally well, being awarded the most prizes in the evening for the excellent Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. These include Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, British Game, Game Beyond Entertainment and Best Performer for Melina Juergens’ portrayal of Senua in the game.

Elsewhere, Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey eschewed their normal Game Of The Year awards for Game Innovation and Game Design, respectively. Instead the top honour went to What Remains of Edith Finch, a well deserved victory for a fantastic game. A Night In The Woods’ win in the Narrative category is also really great to see.

The full list of winners can be found below, and if you’re curious to see the shortlists you can find them on the BAFTA website.

FELLOWSHIP
Tim Schafer

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
HELLBLADE: SENUA’S SACRIFICE Development Team – Ninja Theory Ltd/ Ninja Theory Ltd

AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT
HELLBLADE: SENUA’S SACRIFICE David Garcia Diaz – Ninja Theory Ltd/ Ninja Theory Ltd

BEST GAME
WHAT REMAINS OF EDITH FINCH Development Team – Giant Sparrow/Annapurna Interactive

BRITISH GAME
HELLBLADE: SENUA’S SACRIFICE Development Team – Ninja Theory Ltd/ Ninja Theory Ltd

DEBUT GAME
GOROGOA Development Team – Jason Roberts, Buried Signal/Annapurna Interactive

EVOLVING GAME
OVERWATCH Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/ Blizzard Entertainment

FAMILY
SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT
HELLBLADE: SENUA’S SACRIFICE Development Team – Ninja Theory Ltd/ Ninja Theory Ltd

GAME DESIGN
SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

GAME INNOVATION
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

MOBILE GAME
GOLF CLASH Paul Gouge, Alex Rigby, Gareth Jones – Playdemic/Playdemic

MULTIPLAYER
DIVINITY: ORIGINAL SIN 2 Development Team – Larian Studios/ Larian Studios Games

MUSIC
CUPHEAD Development Team – StudioMDHR Entertainment Inc./StudioMDHR Entertainment Inc.

NARRATIVE
NIGHT IN THE WOODS Scott Benson, Alec Holowka, Bethany Hockenberry – InfiniteFall/ Finji

ORIGINAL PROPERTY
HORIZON ZERO DAWN Development Team – Guerrilla/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe

PERFORMER
MELINA JUERGENS as Senua in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice