BAFTA Introduce a New Game Award Category

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a world-leading independent arts charity that celebrates the very best work in film, games and television in the UK and internationally.

Games Beyond Entertainment is the new category that has been introduced to recognise games that deliver a transformational experience beyond the pure entertainment, and will feature in the British Academy Games Awards in 2018. This new category will judge games on content that has emotional impact, thematic fit and innovative use of the medium to explore and deliver impactful messages.

2017’s BAFTA award winners:

• Artistic Achievement - Inside
• Audio Achievement - The Last Guardian
• Best Game - Uncharted 4
• British Game- Overcooked
• Debut Game - Firewatch
• Evolving Game - Rocket League
• Family - Overcooked
• Game Design - Inside
• Game Innovation - That Dragon, Cancer
• Mobile - Pokémon Go
• Multiplayer - Overwatch
• Music - Virginia
• Narrative - Inside
• Original Property - Inside
• Performer - Cissy Jones
• AMD Esports Audience Award - Clash Royale