God of War Wins “Best Game” at 2018-2019 BAFTA Games Awards

It’s a clean sweep for Sony Santa Monica’s God of War. The highly-acclaimed title collected the “Best Game” statuette at this morning’s BAFTA Games Awards ceremony, and the developers can now add it to a stuffed trophy shelf that also includes “Game of the Year” honors from the GDC Awards, SXSW Gaming Awards, DICE Awards, and the Game Awards.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts bestowed four more awards on Kratos’s latest adventure throughout the ceremony, including “Audio Achievement,” “Music,” “Narrative,” and “Performer” (to Jeremy Davies for his portrayal of The Stranger).

Nintendo marched to the stage multiple times during the 2018-2019 BAFTA Games Awards to collect statuettes for Nintendo Labo in the “Game Innovation” and “Family” categories. Lucas Pope’s Return of the Obra Dinn also won two awards, “Artistic Achievement” and “Game Design.” And this year’s BAFTA for “Best British Game” was given to Playground Games’s Forza Horizon 4.

The complete list of winners and nominees from the 2018-2019 BAFTA Games Awards can be found after the break.

Best Game

  • WINNER: God of War
  • Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
  • Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
  • Celeste
  • Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Return of the Obra Dinn

Best British Game

  • WINNER: Forza Horizon 4
  • 11-11: Memories Retold
  • Red Dead Redemption 2
  • The Room: Old Sins
  • Overcooked 2
  • Two Point Hospital

Best Mobile Game

  • WINNER: Florence
  • Alto’s Odyssey
  • Brawl Stars
  • Donut County
  • Reigns: Game of Thrones
  • The Room: Old Sins

Original Property

  • WINNER: Into the Breach
  • Dead Cells
  • Florence
  • Moss
  • Return of the Obra Dinn
  • Subnautica

Debut Game

  • WINNER: Yoku’s Island Express
  • Beat Saber
  • Cultist Simulator
  • Donut County
  • Florence
  • Gris

Performer

  • WINNER: Jeremy Davies (As The Stranger) – God of War
  • Christopher Judge (As Kratos) – God of War
  • Danielle Bisutti (As Freya) – God of War
  • Melissanthi Mahut (As Kassandra of Sparta) – Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey
  • Roger Clark (As Arthur Morgan) – Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Sunny Suljic (As Atreus) – God of War

Artistic Achievement

  • WINNER: Return of the Obra Dinn
  • Detroit: Become Human
  • Gris
  • God of War
  • Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Spider-Man

Audio Achievement

  • WINNER: God of War
  • Battlefield V
  • Detroit: Become Human
  • Spider-Man
  • Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Tetris Effect

Game Design

  • WINNER: Return of the Obra Dinn
  • Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
  • Celeste
  • God of War
  • Into the Breach
  • Minit

Game Innovation

  • WINNER: Nintendo Labo
  • Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
  • Celeste
  • Cultist Simulator
  • Moss
  • Return of the Obra Dinn

Narrative

  • WINNER: God of War
  • Florence
  • Frostpunk
  • Red Dead Redemption 2
  • Return of the Obra Dinn
  • Spider-Man

Multiplayer

  • WINNER: A Way Out
  • Battlefield V
  • Overcooked 2
  • Sea of Thieves
  • Super Mario Party
  • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Music

  • WINNER: God of War
  • Celeste
  • Far Cry 5
  • Florence
  • Gris
  • Tetris Effect

Family

  • WINNER: Nintendo Labo
  • Lego The Incredibles
  • Overcooked 2
  • Pokemon: Let’s Go Pikachu! and Pokemon: Let’s Go Eevee!
  • Super Mario Party
  • Yoku’s Island Express

Game Beyond Entertainment

  • WINNER: My Child Lebensborn
  • 11-11: Memories Retold
  • Celeste
  • Florence
  • Life Is Strange 2
  • Nintendo Labo

Evolving Game

  • WINNER: Fortnite
  • Destiny 2: Forsaken
  • Elite Dangerous: Beyond
  • Overwatch
  • Sea of Thieves
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege

Author: VGC | John

John Scalzo has been writing about video games since 2001, and he co-founded Warp Zoned in 2011. Growing out of his interest in game history, the launch of Video Game Canon followed in 2017.