God of War Ragnarok Named Game of the Year at the 2023 BAFTA Game Awards

the award BAFTA Game Awards 2023, which took place this Thursday (30), brought together the main electronic games of 2022 to celebrate and reward the best. As well as the The Game Awards, the BAFTA is recognized as one of the main awards of the year due to its prestige and tradition.

BAFTA Game Awards 2023

Through public voting, God of War Ragnarok (Santa Monica Studios/SIE) took the game of the year award, beating big titles like Elden Ring, Immortality e Horizon forbidden west. The game follows the story of Kratos and Atreus after the events of God of War (2018), where the actions of father and son trigger an age-old war against the most powerful gods of Asgard.

Besides God of War: Ragnarok, public favorites like Elden Ring e Immortality also received multiple awards in the Multiplayer, Original IP, and Narrative categories. Also during the broadcast of the Bafta Game Awards 2023, a special award was given to Shuhei Yoshida, producer of Sony Interactive Entertainment and one of those responsible for the success of the brand around the world. Yoshida was awarded the BAFTA Games Fellowship, one of the academy's highest honors for members who have revolutionized the gaming industry over the years.

Check out all the BAFTA Game Awards winners below:

Game of the year

• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnarok - Winner
• Horizon forbidden west
• Immortality
• marvel snap
• Stray

Best music

• The Plague Tale: Requiem
• God of War Ragnarok - Winner
• Cuphead – The Delicious Last Course
• Elden Ring
• Stray
• Tunic

Debut Game

• The Dusk Falls
• The Case of the Golden Idol
• Stray
• Tunic - Winner
• Trombone Field
• vampire survivors

Technical Direction

• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnarok
• Horizon forbidden west - Winner
• Immortality
• The Last of Us Part II
• Stray

Best Supporting

• Adam J. Harrington as Sindri in God of War Ragnarok
• Alison Jaye as Alva in Horizon Forbidden West
• Charlotta Mohlin as The One in Immortality
• Danielle Bisutti as Freya in God of War Ragnarok
• Laya Hayes as Angrboda in God of War Ragnarok - Winner
• Ryan Hurst as Thor in God of War Ragnarok

best protagonist

• Alain Mesa as Alejandro Vargas in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
• Charlotte McBurney as Amicia in A Plague Tale: Requiem
• Christopher Judge as Kratos in God of War Ragnarok - Winner
• Manon Cage as Marissa Marcel in Immortality
• Siobhan Williams as Laura in The Quarry
• Sunny Suljic as Atreus in God of War Ragnarok

original IP

• citizen sleeper
• Cult of the Lamb
• Elden Ring - Winner
• Sifu
• Stray
• vampire survivors

Multiplayer

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
• EA Sports FIFA 23
• Elden Ring - Winner
• Overwatch 2
• Splatoon 3
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

Narrative

• The Plague Tale: Requiem
• God of War Ragnarok
• citizen sleeper
• Immortality - Winner
• pentiment
• Stray

family game

• disney dreamlight valley
• Kirby and the Forgotten Land - Winner
• Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
• nintendo switch sports
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

Game “Beyond Entertainment”

• citizen sleeper
• Ending: Extinction is Forever - Winner
• Gibbons: Beyond the Trees
• I Was a Teenage Exoclonist
• Not For Broadcast
• We'll Always Have Paris

Game Design

• Cult of the Lamb
• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnarok
• Horizon forbidden west
• Tunic
• vampire survivors - Winner

Continuous game (constantly evolving)

• Apex Legends
• Dreams
• Final Fantasy XIV Online - Winner
• Forza Horizon 5
• No Man's Sky
• The Elder Scrolls Online

Entertainment

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
• God of War Ragnarok - Winner
• Horizon forbidden west
• Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
• Sifu
• Stray

Artistic Direction

• The Plague Tale: Requiem
• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnarok
• Immortality
• pentiment
• Tunic - Winner

Audio Direction

• The Plague Tale: Requiem
• God of War Ragnarok - Winner
• Horizon forbidden west
• Metal: Hellsinger
• Stray
• Tunic

Best Game

• Cult of the Lamb
• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnarok
• marvel snap
• Stray
• vampire survivors - Winner

British Game

• citizen sleeper
• OlliOlli World
• rollerdrome - Winner
• Total War: Warhammer III
• Two Point Campus
• vampire survivors

So, what did you think of BAFTA 2023? Do you agree with the winners? Tell us in the comments!

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REVIEW: God of War Ragnarok

Source: BAFTA

Text proofread by: Pedro Bomfim (30 / 03 / 23)