{"id":632,"date":"2025-04-08T22:00:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T22:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/?p=632"},"modified":"2025-04-14T02:52:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T02:52:55","slug":"bafta-games-awards-2025-honours-astro-bot-with-five-awards-including-best-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.scubadiscounters.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/bafta-games-awards-2025-honours-astro-bot-with-five-awards-including-best-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Bafta Games Awards 2025 honours Astro Bot with five awards including Best Game"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Astro Boy wins again (BAFTA\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Astro Bot has won the lion\u2019s shares of this year\u2019s trophies at the Bafta Games Awards, with Still Wakes The Deep picking up three.<\/p>\n

Most organisations had their yearly game awards some time ago, with Astro Bot wining Game of the Year<\/a> at The Game Awards<\/a> in December \u2013 although we named Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth our favourite title of 2024, in our own Top 20 list<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Bafta Games Awards are always heavily biased towards British developers, while seemingly reticent to acknowledge Asian titles, but this year they didn\u2019t have any choice and Sony\u2019s Astro Bot<\/a> picked up Best Game, Best Animation, Audio Achievement, Family, and Game Design.<\/p>\n

That was the most of any game, but the British made Still Wakes The Deep<\/a> won three, for New Intellectual Property, Performer in a Leading Role, and Performer in a Supporting Role.<\/p>\n

Helldivers 2 won twice for Multiplayer and Best Music, while other winners included Balatro for Debut Game, Metaphor: ReFantazio for Narrative, and Tales of Kenzera: Zau for Game Beyond Entertainment.<\/p>\n

Previous Best Game winner Vampire Survivors picked up the Evolving Game award, the otherwise disappointing Senua\u2019s Saga: Hellblade 2 won for Technical Achievement, and Thank Goodness You\u2019re Here! picked up the British Game award.<\/p>\n

However, perhaps the most deserved winner of the night was former Capcom composer Yoko Shimomura, who was responsible for the iconic Street Fighter 2 soundtrack, as well as everything from Super Mario RPG and Final Fantasy 15 to multiple titles in the Kingdom Hearts franchise.<\/p>\n

She was awarded a Bafta Fellowship, which puts her alongside such gaming luminaries as Shuhei Yoshida, Hideo Kojima, Tim Schafer, John Carmack, David Braben, Rockstar Games, Gabe Newell, Peter Molyneux, Shigeru Miyamoto, Nolan Bushnell, and Will Wright.<\/p>\n

Not to mention Stanley Kubrick, Laurence Olivier, Judi Dench, and Floella Benjamin.<\/p>\n

The awards were hosted by comedian Phil Wang and considered titles between November 25, 2023 and November 15, 2024, with some restrictions on eligibility of remakes and DLC.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\"Yoko\t<\/div>
Yoko Shimomura deserves her Fellowship (Anthony Harvey\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\n\t\t\t\tBafta Games Awards 2025 winners\t\t\t<\/h2>\n
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Winners are indicated in bold<\/p>\n

ANIMATION<\/h2>\n

Astro Bot development team \u2013 Team Asobi\/Sony Interactive Entertainment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 development team \u2013 Treyarch, Raven Software\/Activision<\/p>\n

Lego Horizon Adventures development team \u2013 Guerilla Games, Studio Gobo\/Sony interactive Entertainment<\/p>\n

Senua\u2019s Saga: Hellblade 2 development team \u2013 Ninja Theory\/Xbox Game Studios<\/p>\n

Thank Goodness You\u2019re Here! Will Todd, James Carbutt \u2013 Coal Supper\/Panic<\/p>\n

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 development team \u2013 Saber Interactive\/Focus Entertainment<\/p>\n

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT<\/h2>\n

Astro Bot development team \u2013 Team Asobi\/Sony Interactive Entertainment<\/p>\n

Black Myth: Wukong development team \u2013 GameScience\/GameScience<\/p>\n

Harold Halibut \u2013 Ole Tillmann, Fabian Preuschoff, Onat Hekimoglu\/Slow Bros.<\/p>\n

Neva development team \u2013 Nomada Studio\/Devolver Digital<\/strong><\/p>\n

Senua\u2019s Saga: Hellblade 2 development team \u2013 Ninja Theory\/Xbox Game Studios<\/p>\n

Still Wakes The Deep development team \u2013 The Chinese Room\/Secret Mode<\/p>\n

AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT<\/h2>\n

Animal Well \u2013 Billy Basso\/Bigmode<\/p>\n

Astro Bot development team \u2013 Team Asobi\/Sony Interactive Entertainment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Helldivers 2 development team \u2013 Arrowhead Game Studios\/Sony Interactive Entertainment<\/p>\n

Senua\u2019s Saga: Hellblade 2 development team \u2013 Ninja Theory\/Xbox Game Studios<\/p>\n

Star Wars Outlaws development team \u2013 Massive Entertainment\/Ubisoft<\/p>\n

Still Wakes The Deep development team \u2013 The Chinese Room\/Secret Mode<\/p>\n

BEST GAME<\/h2>\n

Astro Bot development team \u2013 Team Asobi\/Sony Interactive Entertainment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Balatro \u2013 LocalThunk\/Playstack<\/p>\n

Black Myth: Wukong development team \u2013 GameScience\/GameScience<\/p>\n

Helldivers 2 development team \u2013 Arrowhead Game Studios\/Sony Interactive Entertainment<\/p>\n

The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom development team \u2013 Nintendo EPD, Grezzo\/Nintendo<\/p>\n

Thank Goodness You\u2019re Here! Will Todd, James Carbutt \u2013 Coal Supper\/Panic<\/p>\n

BRITISH GAME<\/h2>\n

A Highland Song development team \u2013 Inkle Ltd<\/p>\n

Lego Horizon Adventures development team \u2013 Guerilla Games, Studio Gobo\/Sony interactive Entertainment<\/p>\n

Paper Trail development team \u2013 Newfangled Games\/Newfangled Games<\/p>\n

Senua\u2019s Saga: Hellblade 2 development team \u2013 Ninja Theory\/Xbox Game Studios<\/p>\n

Still Wakes The Deep development team \u2013 The Chinese Room\/Secret Mode<\/p>\n

Thank Goodness You\u2019re Here! Will Todd, James Carbutt \u2013 Coal Supper\/Panic<\/strong><\/p>\n

DEBUT GAME<\/h2>\n

Animal Well \u2013 Billy Basso\/Bigmode<\/p>\n

Balatro \u2013 LocalThunk\/Playstack<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pacific Drive development team \u2013 Ironwood Studios\/Kepler Interactive<\/p>\n

The Plucky Squire development team \u2013 All Possible Futures\/Devolver Digital<\/p>\n

Tales Of Kenzera: Zau development team \u2013 Surgent Studios\/Electronic Arts<\/p>\n

Thank Goodness You\u2019re Here! Will Todd, James Carbutt \u2013 Coal Supper\/Panic<\/p>\n

EVOLVING GAME<\/h2>\n

Diablo 4 development team \u2013 Blizzard Entertainment\/Blizzard Entertainment<\/p>\n

Final Fantasy 14 Online development team \u2013 Creative Studios 3\/Square Enix<\/p>\n

No Man\u2019s Sky development team \u2013 Hello Games\/Hello Games<\/p>\n

Sea Of Thieves development team \u2013 Rare\/Xbox Game Studios<\/p>\n

Vampire Survivors development team \u2013 poncle\/poncle<\/strong><\/p>\n

World Of Warcraft development team \u2013 Blizzard Entertainment\/Blizzard Entertainment<\/p>\n

FAMILY<\/h2>\n

Astro Bot development team \u2013 Team Asobi\/Sony Interactive Entertainment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cat Quest 3 \u2013 Desmond Wong, Liang Wai, Nursyazana Binte Zainal, The Gentlebros\/Kepler Interactive<\/p>\n

Lego Horizon Adventures development team \u2013 Guerilla Games, Studio Gobo\/Sony interactive Entertainment<\/p>\n

Little Kitty, Big City development team \u2013 Double Dagger Studio\/Double Dagger Studio<\/p>\n

The Plucky Squire development team \u2013 All Possible Futures\/Devolver Digital<\/p>\n

Super Mario Party Jamboree development team \u2013 Nintendo Cube\/Nintendo<\/p>\n

GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT<\/h2>\n

Botany Manor development team \u2013 Balloon Studios\/Whitethorn Games<\/p>\n

Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop) \u2013 Ziba Scott, Luigi Guatieri, Clark Aboud, Popcannibal\/Popcannibal<\/p>\n

Senua\u2019s Saga: Hellblade 2 development team \u2013 Ninja Theory\/Xbox Game Studios<\/p>\n

Tales Of Kenzera: Zau development team \u2013 Surgent Studios\/Electronic Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tetris Forever development team \u2013 Digital Eclipse\/Digital Eclipse<\/p>\n

Vampire Therapist \u2013 Cyrus Nemati, Sheila Fell, Kim Schumacher \u2013 Little Bat Games\/Little Bat Games<\/p>\n

GAME DESIGN<\/h2>\n

Animal Well \u2013 Billy Basso\/Bigmode<\/p>\n

Astro Bot development team \u2013 Team Asobi\/Sony Interactive Entertainment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Balatro \u2013 LocalThunk\/Playstack<\/p>\n

Helldivers 2 development team \u2013 Arrowhead Game Studios\/Sony Interactive Entertainment<\/p>\n

The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom development team \u2013 Nintendo EPD, Grezzo\/Nintendo<\/p>\n

Tactical Breach Wizards \u2013 Tom Francis, Steve Lee, John Roberts, Suspicious Developments\/Suspicious Developments<\/p>\n

MULTIPLAYER<\/h2>\n

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 development team \u2013 Treyarch, Raven Software\/Activision<\/p>\n

Helldivers 2 development team \u2013 Arrowhead Game Studios\/Sony Interactive Entertainment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lego Horizon Adventures development team \u2013 Guerilla Games, Studio Gobo\/Sony interactive Entertainment<\/p>\n

Super Mario Party Jamboree development team \u2013 Nintendo Cube\/Nintendo<\/p>\n

Tekken 8 development team \u2013 Bandai Namco Studios\/Bandai Namco Entertainment<\/p>\n

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 development team \u2013 Saber Interactive\/Focus Entertainment<\/p>\n

MUSIC<\/h2>\n

Astro Bot development team \u2013 Team Asobi\/Sony Interactive Entertainment<\/p>\n

Black Myth: Wukong development team \u2013 GameScience\/GameScience<\/p>\n

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth development team \u2013 Square Enix\/Square Enix<\/p>\n

Helldivers 2 development team \u2013 Arrowhead Game Studios\/Sony Interactive Entertainment<\/strong><\/p>\n

Senua\u2019s Saga: Hellblade 2 development team \u2013 Ninja Theory\/Xbox Game Studios<\/p>\n

Star Wars Outlaws development team \u2013 Massive Entertainment\/Ubisoft<\/p>\n

NARRATIVE<\/h2>\n

Black Myth: Wukong development team \u2013 GameScience\/GameScience<\/p>\n

Dragon Age: The Veilguard development team \u2013 BioWare\/Electronic Arts<\/p>\n

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth development team \u2013 Square Enix\/Square Enix<\/p>\n

Metaphor: ReFantazio development team \u2013 Studio Zero\/Atlus<\/strong><\/p>\n

Senua\u2019s Saga: Hellblade 2 development team \u2013 Ninja Theory\/Xbox Game Studios<\/p>\n

Still Wakes The Deep development team \u2013 The Chinese Room\/Secret Mode<\/p>\n

NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY<\/h2>\n

Animal Well \u2013 Billy Basso\/Bigmode<\/p>\n

Balatro \u2013 LocalThunk\/Playstack<\/p>\n

Black Myth: Wukong development team \u2013 GameScience\/GameScience<\/p>\n

Metaphor: ReFantazio development team \u2013 Studio Zero\/Atlus<\/p>\n

Still Wakes The Deep development team \u2013 The Chinese Room\/Secret Mode<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank Goodness You\u2019re Here! Will Todd, James Carbutt \u2013 Coal Supper\/Panic<\/p>\n

PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE<\/h2>\n

Alec Newman as Cameron \u2018Caz\u2019 McLeary in Still Wakes The Deep \u2013 The Chinese Room\/Secret Mode<\/strong><\/p>\n

Humberly Gonzalez as Kay Vess in Star Wars Outlaws \u2013 Massive Entertainment\/Ubisoft<\/p>\n

Isabella Inchbald as Indika in Indika \u2013 Odd Neter\/11 bit Studios<\/p>\n

Luke Roberts as James Sunderland in Silent Hill 2 \u2013 Bloober Team\/Konami Digital Entertainment<\/p>\n

Melina Juergens as Senua in Senua\u2019s Saga: Hellblade 2 \u2013 Ninja Theory\/Xbox Game Studios<\/p>\n

Y\u2019lan Noel as Troy Marshall in Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 \u2013 Treyarch, Raven Software\/Activision<\/p>\n

PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE<\/h2>\n

Abbi Greenland and Helen Goalen as The Furies in Senua\u2019s Saga: Hellblade 2 \u2013 Ninja Theory\/Xbox Game Studios<\/p>\n

Aldis Amah Hamilton as \u00c1str\u00ed\u00f0r in Senua\u2019s Saga: Hellblade 2 \u2013 Ninja Theory\/Xbox Game Studios<\/p>\n

Jon Blyth as Big Ron in Thank Goodness You\u2019re Here! \u2013 Coal Supper\/Panic<\/p>\n

Karen Dunbar as Finlay in Still Wakes The Deep \u2013 the Chinese Room\/Secret Mode<\/strong><\/p>\n

Matt Berry as Herbert the Gardner in Thank Goodness You\u2019re Here! \u2013 Coal Supper\/Panic<\/p>\n

Michael Abubakar as Brodie in Still Wakes The Deep \u2013 The Chinese Room\/Secret Mode<\/p>\n

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT<\/h2>\n

Astro Bot development team \u2013 Team Asobi\/Sony Interactive Entertainment<\/p>\n

Black Myth: Wukong development team \u2013 GameScience\/GameScience<\/p>\n

Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 development team \u2013 Treyarch, Raven Software\/Activision<\/p>\n

Senua\u2019s Saga: Hellblade 2 development team \u2013 Ninja Theory\/Xbox Game Studios<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tiny Glade \u2013 Tomasz Stachowiak, Anastasia Opara \u2013 Pounce Light\/Pounce Light<\/p>\n

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 development team \u2013 Saber Interactive\/Focus Entertainment<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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