Put on your best bowtie and take advantage of the unlimited table wine, because it’s BAFTA time, baby! On the evening of April 7th, the BAFTA Games Awards took place in London, and promised to award the best and brightest in the industry with Big Golden Faces to celebrate their hard work.<\/p>\n

As is often the case with games awards, the majority of winners were the glossy, gorgeous PS5 games \u2014 Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart, It Takes Two, and Returnal all won multiple awards \u2014 but the family category always belongs to Nintendo, and a bunch of other indies made a big splash, too.<\/p>\n

Here are the winners that are playable on Switch (including ones that are coming<\/em> to Switch soon-ish):<\/p>\n

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

**THE ARTFUL ESCAPE Development Team – Beethoven & Dinosaur\/Annapurna Interactive<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

IT TAKES TWO Development Team – Hazelight Studios\/Electronic Arts<\/em><\/p>\n

PSYCHONAUTS 2 Development Team<\/em> – Double Fine Productions\/Xbox Game Studios<\/em><\/p>\n

RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games\/Sony Interactive Entertainment<\/em><\/p>\n

RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE Development Team \u2013<\/em> Capcom\/Capcom<\/em><\/p>\n

RETURNAL Development Team \u2013 Housemarque\/Sony Interactive Entertainment<\/em><\/p>\n

DEBUT GAME<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

THE ARTFUL ESCAPE Development Team – Beethoven & Dinosaur\/Annapurna Interactive<\/em><\/p>\n

EASTWARD Development Team \u2013<\/em> Pixpil\/Chucklefish<\/em><\/p>\n

THE FORGOTTEN CITY Nick Pearce, Alexander Goss, John Eyre – Modern Storyteller\/Dear Villagers<\/em><\/p>\n

GENESIS NOIR Evan Anthony, Jeremy Abel – Feral Cat Den\/Fellow Traveller<\/em><\/p>\n

MAQUETTE Development Team –<\/em> Graceful Decay\/Annapurna Interactive<\/em><\/p>\n

**TOEM Development Team – Something We Made\/<\/em> Something We Made<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

EVOLVING GAME<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

AMONG US Development Team \u2013<\/em> Innersloth\/Innersloth<\/em><\/p>\n

ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS Development Team – Nintendo EPD\/Nintendo<\/em><\/p>\n

APEX LEGENDS Development Team –<\/em> Respawn Entertainment\/Electronic Arts<\/em><\/p>\n

DISCO ELYSIUM \u2013 THE FINAL CUT Development Team –<\/em> ZA\/UM\/ZA\/UM<\/em><\/p>\n

FORTNITE Development Team –<\/em> Epic Games\/Epic Games, People Can Fly<\/em><\/p>\n

**NO MAN\u2019S SKY Development Team –<\/em> Hello Games\/Hello Games<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

FAMILY<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

ALBA: A WILDLIFE ADVENTURE Development Team –<\/em> ustwo games\/ustwo games, Plug In Digital<\/em><\/p>\n

**CHICORY: A COLORFUL TALE Development Team – Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine\/FINJI<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team –<\/em> Playground Games\/Xbox Game Studios<\/em><\/p>\n

MARIO PARTY SUPERSTARS Development Team –<\/em> Nintendo EPD\/Nintendo<\/em><\/p>\n

RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team – Insomniac Games\/Sony Interactive Entertainment<\/em><\/p>\n

UNPACKING Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Jeff van Dyck – Witch Beam\/Humble Games<\/em><\/p>\n

NARRATIVE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

IT TAKES TWO Development Team –<\/em> Hazelight Studios\/Electronic Arts<\/em><\/p>\n

LIFE IS STRANGE: TRUE COLORS Development Team – Square Enix, Deck Nine Games\/Square Enix<\/em><\/p>\n

MARVEL\u2019S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Development Team –<\/em> Eidos-Montr\u00e9al\/Square Enix<\/em><\/p>\n

PSYCHONAUTS 2 Tim Schafer – Double Fine Productions\/Xbox Game Studios<\/em><\/p>\n

RETURNAL Development Team \u2013<\/em> Housemarque\/Sony Interactive Entertainment<\/em><\/p>\n

**UNPACKING Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Annie VanderMeer – Witch Beam\/Humble Games<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

EE GAME OF THE YEAR (voted for by the public)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

CHICORY: A COLORFUL TALE – Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine\/FINJI<\/em><\/p>\n

DEATHLOOP – Arkane Lyon\/Bethesda Softworks<\/em><\/p>\n

THE FORGOTTEN CITY – Modern Storyteller\/Dear Villagers<\/em><\/p>\n

IT TAKES TWO – Hazelight Studios\/Electronic Arts<\/em><\/p>\n

METROID DREAD – Nintendo & MercurySteam, Nintendo<\/p>\n

**UNPACKING –<\/strong> Witch Beam\/Humble Games<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Other Switch games that made the shortlists but lost out on awards include Death’s Door, Game Builder Garage, The Forgotten City, Metroid Dread, and Mario Party Superstars. Congratulations to all the winners, and all the runners-up as well!<\/p>\n

You can check out the full nomination lists here. Do you think any particular games were robbed? Are you happy your picks won? Why is Nintendo only ever in the Family category? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!<\/em><\/em>
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