“Best Game” Bestowed Upon Hades at the 2020-2021 BAFTA Games Awards

The critical community bestowed yet another boon on Hades at the 2020-2021 BAFTA Games Awards. The voters from the esteemed British Academy have awarded Supergiant’s roguelike adventure with “Best Game” (and a truckload of additional trophies).

After receiving eight nominations, the developers from Supergiant would ultimately climb the virtual stage five times throughout the night. In addition to the “Best Game” award, Hades was also selected as the winner in the “Artistic Achievement,” “Game Design,” and “Narrative” categories. Voice actor Logan Cunningham completed the hot streak by winning the “Performer in a Supporting Role” award for pulling sextuple duty as Hades, Achilles, Poseidon, Asterius, Charon, and The Storyteller.

Looking back, it’s astonishing that Hades wasn’t a heavy favorite heading into this year’s BAFTA Games Awards. And that’s because Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II received 13 total nominations before the ceremony, more than any other game in the nearly 20-year history of the BAFTAs. In the end, the game would emerge victorious in just two categories: “Animation” and “Performer in a Leading Role” (for Laura Bailey’s portrayal of Abby).

Other big winners at this year’s BAFTA Games Awards included Nintendo’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons (“Game Beyond Entertainment” and “Multiplayer”) and Sumo Digital’s Sackboy: A Big Adventure (“Best British Game” and “Family”). Phobia’s Carrion (“Debut Game”), Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Tsushima (“Audio Achievement”), Insomniac’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (“Music”), Cardboard Computer’s Kentucky Route Zero (“Original Property”), and Rare’s Sea of Thieves (“Evolving Game”) all won a single award.

A complete list of the winners and nominees at the 2020-2021 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as an embedded replay of the ceremony, can be found after the break.

Jury-Voted Categories

Best Game

  • WINNER: Hades
  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  • Ghost of Tsushima
  • Half-Life: Alyx
  • The Last of Us Part II
  • Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Best British Game

  • WINNER: Sackboy: A Big Adventure
  • Dreams
  • F1 2020
  • Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
  • The Last Campfire
  • Roki

Original Property

  • WINNER: Kentucky Route Zero
  • Carrion
  • Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
  • Ghost of Tsushima
  • Hades
  • Spiritfarer

Debut Game

  • WINNER: Carrion
  • Airborne Kingdom
  • Call of the Sea
  • Factorio
  • The Falconeer
  • Roki

Performer in a Leading Role

  • WINNER: Laura Bailey (As Abby) – The Last of Us Part II
  • Ashley Johnson (As Ellie) – The Last of Us Part II
  • Cherami Leigh (As Female V) – Cyberpunk 2077
  • Cody Christian (As Cloud Strife) – Final Fantasy VII Remake
  • Daisuke Tsuji (As Jin Sakai) – Ghost of Tsushima
  • Nadji Jeter (As Miles Morales) – Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Performer in a Supporting Role

  • WINNER: Logan Cunningham (As Hades, Achilles, Poseidon, Asterius, Charon, and The Storyteller) – Hades
  • Carla Tassara (As Judy Alvarez) – Cyberpunk 2077
  • Jeffrey Pierce (As Tommy) – The Last of Us Part II
  • Patrick Gallagher (As Khotun Khan) – Ghost of Tsushima
  • Shannon Woodward (As Dina) – The Last of Us Part II
  • Troy Baker (As Joel) – The Last of Us Part II

Animation

  • WINNER: The Last of Us Part II
  • Doom Eternal
  • Final Fantasy VII Remake
  • Ori and the Will of the Wisps
  • Spider-Man: Miles Morales
  • Spiritfarer

Artistic Achievement

  • WINNER: Hades
  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • Dreams
  • Ghost of Tsushima
  • Half-Life: Alyx
  • The Last of Us Part II

Audio Achievement

  • WINNER: Ghost of Tsushima
  • Astro’s Playroom
  • Hades
  • Half-Life: Alyx
  • The Last of Us Part II
  • Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Game Design

  • WINNER: Hades
  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  • Astro’s Playroom
  • Ghost of Tsushima
  • Half-Life: Alyx
  • The Last of Us Part II

Technical Achievement

  • WINNER: Dreams
  • Demon’s Souls
  • Doom Eternal
  • Microsoft Flight Simulator
  • The Last of Us Part II
  • Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Narrative

  • WINNER: Hades
  • Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla
  • Cyberpunk 2077
  • Ghost of Tsushima
  • Kentucky Route Zero
  • Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Multiplayer

  • WINNER: Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  • Deep Rock Galactic
  • Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
  • Ghost of Tsushima
  • Sackboy: A Big Adventure
  • Valorant

Music

  • WINNER: Spider-Man: Miles Morales
  • Ghost of Tsushima
  • Hades
  • The Last of Us Part II
  • Ori and the Will of the Wisps
  • Sackboy: A Big Adventure

Family

  • WINNER: Sackboy: A Big Adventure
  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  • Astro’s Playroom
  • Dreams
  • Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
  • Minecraft Dungeons

Game Beyond Entertainment

  • WINNER: Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  • Before I Forget
  • Dreams
  • The Last of Us Part II
  • Spiritfarer
  • Tell Me Why

Evolving Game

  • WINNER: Sea of Thieves
  • Destiny 2: Beyond Light
  • Dreams
  • Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout
  • Fortnite
  • No Man’s Sky

BAFTA Fellowship

  • WINNER: Siobhan Reddy

Fan-Voted Categories

EE Game of the Year

  • WINNER: The Last of Us Part II
  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  • Call of Duty: Warzone
  • Ghost of Tsushima
  • Hades
  • Valorant

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.