# 18th British Academy Games Awards

The 18th British Academy Video Game Awards was hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 7 April 2022 to honour the best video games of 2021. Held at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, television presenter Elle Osili-Wood returned to host the ceremony for the second time. Co-operative action-adventure platformer It Takes Two and third-person roguelike shooter Returnal both led the nominations with nine. Returnal won four awards at the ceremony, the most wins of any game.

## Nominees and winners

Most nominations were announced on 3 March 2022, while the nominations for performers were announced on 16 March 2022.
| Best Game Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment Deathloop – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios Inscryption – Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment | Animation Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Call of Duty: Vanguard – Sledgehammer Games/Activision It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts Kena: Bridge of Spirits – Ember Lab Life Is Strange: True Colors – Deck Nine/Square Enix Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios |
| Artistic Achievement The Artful Escape – Beethoven and Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Resident Evil Village – Capcom Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment | Audio Achievement Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment The Artful Escape – Beethoven and Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive Call of Duty: Vanguard – Sledgehammer Games/Activision Deathloop – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks Halo Infinite – 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy – Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix |
| British Game Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios Alba: A Wildlife Adventure – ustwo Games Death's Door – Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital Fights in Tight Spaces – Ground Shatter/Mode 7 Games Overboard – Inkle Studios Sable – Shedworks/Raw Fury | Debut Game TOEM – Something We Made The Artful Escape – Beethoven and Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive Eastward – Pixpil/Chucklefish The Forgotten City – Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers Genesis Noir – Feral Cat Den/Fellow Traveller Maquette – Graceful Decay/Annapurna Interactive |
| Evolving Game No Man's Sky – Hello Games Among Us – Innersloth Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Apex Legends – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts Disco Elysium – ZA/UM Fortnite – Epic Games | Family Chicory: A Colorful Tale – Greg Lobanov/Finji Alba: A Wildlife Adventure – ustwo Games Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios Mario Party Superstars – Nintendo Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Unpacking – Witch Beam/Humble Bundle |
| Game Beyond Entertainment Before Your Eyes – Goodbye World/Skybound Games Alba: A Wildlife Adventure – ustwo Games Chicory: A Colorful Tale – Greg Lobanov/Finji Game Builder Garage – Nintendo It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios | Game Design Inscryption – Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital Deathloop – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| Multiplayer It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts Back 4 Blood – Turtle Rock Studios//Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Call of Duty: Vanguard – Sledgehammer Games/Activision Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios Halo Infinite – 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios Hell Let Loose – Black Matter/Team17 | Music Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment Deathloop – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks Far Cry 6 – Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft Halo Infinite – 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| Narrative Unpacking – Witch Beam/Humble Bundle It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts Life Is Strange: True Colors – Deck Nine/Square Enix Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy – Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment | Original Property It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts Deathloop – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks Death's Door – Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital Inscryption – Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment Unpacking – Witch Beam/Humble Bundle |
| Performer in a Leading Role Jane Perry as Selene Vassos in Returnal Ozioma Akagha as Julianna Blake in Deathloop Jason E Kelley as Colt Vahn in Deathloop Jennifer Hale as Rivet in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Jon McLaren as Star-Lord/Peter Quill in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Erika Mori as Alex Chen in Life Is Strange: True Colors | Performer in a Supporting Role Kimberly Brooks as Hollis Forsythe in Psychonauts 2 Laura Bailey as Polina Petrova in Call of Duty: Vanguard Jason Cavalier as Drax in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village Han Soto as Gabe Chen in Life Is Strange: True Colors Alex Weiner as Rocket in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy |
| Technical Achievement Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios Hitman 3 – IO Interactive Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine/Xbox Game Studios Resident Evil Village – Capcom Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment | EE Game of the Year Unpacking – Witch Beam/Humble Bundle Chicory: A Colorful Tale – Greg Lobanov/Finji Deathloop – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks The Forgotten City – Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts Metroid Dread – Mercury Steam/Nintendo |