Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins best game at 22nd BAFTA games awards

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has won the Best Game prize at the 22nd British Academy Games Awards. The ceremony saw the RPG from Sandfall Interactive and Kepler Interactive secure three awards in total after entering the event as the most-nominated title of the year. 

The British Academy confirmed that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 also earned the Debut Game award, while Jennifer English won Performer in a Leading Role for her portrayal of Maelle. AdHoc Studio’s Dispatch, which received nine nominations, also secured three wins, including Performer in a Supporting Role for Jeffrey Wright’s work as Chase.

Other technical and artistic honours were distributed across several 2025 releases. Ghost of Yōtei secured two awards for Technical Achievement and Music, while Death Stranding 2: On the Beach was recognised for Artistic Achievement. In the ongoing and creative categories, No Man’s Sky was named the winner for Evolving Game, and South of Midnight received the award for New Intellectual Property. The 2026 ceremony also highlighted Atomfall as the winner of the British Game category and Lego Party! as the Family Game winner. The full list of categories and respective winners can be found below:

Animation:

• Battlefield 6
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Dispatch – Winner
• Ghost of Yotei
• Hades II
• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Artistic Achievement:

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – Winner
• Dispatch
• Ghost of Yotei
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• South of Midnight

Audio Achievement:

• Arc Raiders
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Dispatch – Winner
• Ghost of Yotei
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Best Game:

• Arc Raiders
• Blue Prince
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Winner
• Dispatch
• Ghost of Yotei
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

British Game:

• Atomfall – Winner
• Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
• Mafia: The Old Country
• Monument Valley 3
• PowerWash Simulator 2
• Two Point Museum

Debut Game:

• Blue Prince
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Winner
• Consume Me
• Despelote
• Dispatch
• The Midnight Walk

Evolving Game:

• Fallout 76
• Helldivers II
• Hitman: World of Assassination
• No Man's Sky – Winner
• Vampire Survivors
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine II

Family:

• Donkey Kong Banaza
• Is This Seat Taken?
• Lego Party – Winner
• Mario Kart World
• PowerWash Simulator 2
• Two Point Museum

Game Beyond Entertainment:

• The Alters
• And Roger
• Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
• Consume Me
• Despelote – Winner
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

Game Design:

• Ball X Pit
• Blue Prince – Winner
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Ghost of Yotei
• Hades II
• Split Fiction

Multiplayer:

• Arc Raiders – Winner
• Dune: Awakening
• Elden Ring: Nightreign
• Lego Party
• Peak
• Split Fiction

Music:

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Dispatch
• Ghost of Yotei – Winner
• Hollow Knight: Silksong
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Narrative:

• The Alters
• Blue Prince
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – Winner

New Intellectual Property:

• The Alters
• Arc Raiders
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Dispatch
• South of Midnight – Winner
• Split Fiction

Performer in a Leading Role:

• Aaron Paul (Dispatch)
• Ben Starr (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
• Erika Ishii (Ghost of Yotei)
• Jennifer English (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33) – Winner
• Tom McKay (Kingdom Come: Deliverance II)
• Troy Baker (Indiana Jones and the Great Circle)

Performer in a Supporting Role:

• Alix Wilton Regan (Lies of P: Overture)
• Charlie Cox (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
• Jane Perry (Dead Take)
• Jeffrey Wright (Dispatch) – Winner
• Kirsty Rider (Clair Obscur: Expedition 33)
• Troy Baker (Death Stranding 2: On the Beach)

Technical Achievement:

• Arc Raiders
• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
• Doom: The Dark Ages
• Ghost of Yotei – Winner
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Split Fiction

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