The British Academy Games Awards 2016, concluded on April 7th, honouring outstanding creative achievement in the video game industry.
This year’s BAFTA Games Awards has again proven, that beneath all those layers of game mechanics, graphics and fun quotients, video games is essentially exquisite art, giving form to the most abstract of thoughts.
Three of the biggest winners of the night were ‘Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture’ , ‘Her Story’ and ‘Rocket League’, while ‘Fallout 4’ took the big one home.
‘Rocket League’ managed to beat FIFA 16, PES 16 and ‘FORZA Motorsport 6’ in the Sport Category.
Read on for a full list of the nominations and winners.
AMD eSports Audience Award in 2016
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Dota 2
Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3
SMITE – Winner
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
League of Legends
AMD eSports Audience Award – SMITE
Artistic Achievement in 2016
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Ori and the Blind Forest- Winner
Batman: Arkham Knight
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Ori and the Blind Forest- Winner-
Audio Achievement in 2016
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture – Winner
Batman: Arkham Knight
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Star Wars Battlefront
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture- Audio Achievement
Best Game in 2016
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Life is Strange
Rocket League
Fallout 4 – Winner
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Fallout 4 – Best Game 2016
British Game in 2016
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Batman: Arkham Knight – Winner
Prison Architect
Tearaway Unfolded
Until Dawn
Her Story
Best British Game- Arkham Knight
Debut Game in 2016
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Her Story – Winner
Prune
Ori and the Blind Forest
Mini Metro
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Debut Game- Her Story
Best Family Game in 2016
Disney Infinity 3.0: Play Without Limits
Guitar Hero: Live
Super Mario Maker
Rocket League – Winner
FIFA 16
LEGO Dimensions
Family Game – Rocket League
Game Design in 2016
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Rocket League
Grow Home
Bloodborne – Winner
Her Story
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Game Design – Bloodborne
Game Innovation in 2016
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Her Story – Winner
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Life is Strange
Until Dawn
Splatoon
Game Innovation- Her Story
Best Mobile & Handheld in 2016
Prune
Fallout Shelter
Lara Croft GO
Alphabear
Her Story – Winner
The Room Three
Best Multiplayer in 2016
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
Destiny: The Taken King
World of Warships
Rocket League – Winner
Splatoon
Multiplayer Game- Rocket League
Best Music in 2016
Batman: Arkham Knight
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture – Winner
Ori and the Blind Forest
Fallout 4
Halo 5: Guardians
Original Property in 2016
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Ori and the Blind Forest
Life is Strange
Splatoon
Her Story
Until Dawn – Winner
Best Performer in 2016
Oliver Dimsdale :Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture (Stephen Appleton)
Merle Dandridge :Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture (Kate Collins) – Winner
Mark Hamill :Batman: Arkham Knight (The Joker)
Ashly Burch :Life is Strange (Chloe Price)
Masasa Moyo :Broken Age: Act 2 (Vella)
Doug Cockle :The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Witcher)
Persistent Game in 2016
Destiny: The Taken King
Final Fantasy XIV Online
Guitar Hero: Live
Prison Architect – Winner
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
LEGO Dimensions
Persistent Game – Prison Architect
Best Sport in 2016
DiRT Rally
Football Manager
FIFA 16
Rocket League – Winner
PES 2016
Forza Motorsport 6
Sport in 2016 – Rocket League
Best Story in 2016
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Life is Strange – Winner
Until Dawn
Undertale
Her Story
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Story -Life Is Strange
