BAFTA Games Awards 2025: Confirmed nominees and how to watch

Last year, Baldur's Gate 3 was the big winner of the night, but it seems like a wide open contest this time around.

Are your favourites still in the running? And when is the show taking place? Keep on reading for all the key details on the BAFTA Games Awards 2025.

When is the BAFTA Games Awards 2025?

The BAFTA Games Awards 2025 ceremony will take place on 8th April 2025, BAFTA has confirmed.

This won't come as a massive surprise to BAFTA regulars, with April normally being the month in which this particular ceremony falls.

In the meantime, applications for BAFTA's 2025 crop of Young Game Designers are open until 20th March 2025. If that's relevant to you, you can find out more on the BAFTA website.

How to watch the BAFTA Games Awards 2025

To watch the BAFTA Games Awards 2025, you can tune into the official BAFTA channels on YouTube, Twitch or X (formerly known as Twitter).

The ceremony will commence at 7pm GMT on 8th April, and we'll be sure to embed the feed here once it's available.

In the meantime, you can watch the official nominations announcement with Ali Plumb below.

Who is hosting the BAFTA Games Awards 2025?

Comedian and presenter Phil Wang will host the BAFTA Games Awards 2025, returning after his well-received debut last year.

Back in 2024, we spoke to Wang about his role as the BAFTA gaming host. You can check out the interview on our podcast called 'One More Life'.

Wang told us: "It's always a tough balance to strike with awards, you know, because you're there to honour people, but it's always fun to roast people a bit, too. And so I'll be looking to some of the great examples of that for inspiration.

"So it'll be a bit roasty, maybe, if I learn enough about the attendees, but it'll also be a celebration of all their wonderful work, of course."

BAFTA Games Awards 2025 nominees: Full list of nominated games

The full BAFTA Games Awards 2025 longlist, by categories, is as follows (thanks, BAFTA!):

Animation

• 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

Artistic Achievement

• Astro Bot
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Harold Halibut
• Neva
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
• Still Wakes the Deep

Audio Achievement

• ANIMAL WELL
• Astro Bot
• Helldivers 2
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
• Star Wars Outlaws
• Still Wakes the Deep

Best Game

• Astro Bot
• Balatro
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Helldivers 2
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• Thank Goodness You’re Here!

British Game

• A Highland Song
• LEGO Horizon Adventures
• Paper Trail
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
• Still Wakes the Deep
• Thank Goodness You’re Here!

Debut Game

• ANIMAL WELL
• Balatro
• Pacific Drive
• The Plucky Squire
• Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
• Thank Goodness You’re Hereye

Evolving Game

• Diablo IV
• FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE
• No Man’s Sky
• Sea of Thieves
• Vampire Survivors
• World of Warcraft

Family

• Astro Bot
• Cat Quest III
• LEGO Horizon Adventures
• Little Kitty, Big City
• The Plucky Squire
• Super Mario Party Jamboree

Game Beyond Entertainment

• Botany Manor
• Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop)
• Senua's Saga: Hellblade II
• Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
• Tetris Forever
• Vampire Therapist

Game Design

• ANIMAL WELL
• Astro Bot
• Balatro
• Helldivers 2
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• Tactical Breach Wizards

Multiplayer

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Helldivers 2
• LEGO Horizon Adventures
• Super Mario Party Jamboree
• TEKKEN 8
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Music

• Astro Bot
• Black Myth: Wukong
• FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
• Helldivers 2
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
• Star Wars Outlaws

Narrative

• Black Myth: Wukong
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard
• FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
• Still Wakes the Deep

New Intellectual Property

• ANIMAL WELL
• Balatro
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Still Wakes the Deep
• Thank Goodness You’re Here!

Technical Achievement

• Astro Bot
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
• Tiny Glade
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Performer in a Leading Role

• Alec Newman as Cameron 'Caz' McLeary in Still Wakes the Deep
• Humberly González as Kay Vess in Star Wars Outlaws
• Isabella Inchbald as Indika in INDIKA
• Luke Roberts as James Sunderland in SILENT HILL 2
• Melina Juergens as Senua in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
• Y’lan Noel as Troy Marshall in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6

Performer in a Supporting Role

• Abbi Greenland & Helen Goalen as The Furies in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
• Aldís Amah Hamilton as Ástríðr in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
• Jon Blyth as Big Ron in Thank Goodness You’re Here!
• Karen Dunbar as Finlay in Still Wakes the Deep
• Matt Berry as Herbert the Gardner in Thank Goodness You’re Here!
• Michael Abubakar as Brodie in Still Wakes the Deep

We'll be sure to bring you plenty of coverage of the BAFTA Games Awards when April rolls around.

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