Bafta games awards 2020: Outer Wilds and Disco Elysium dominate - MW

Indie video games were the big winners for this year's Bafta Games award, which took place as a live event Thursday night after the scheduled ceremony was canceled due to Covid-19.

The action sci-fi game Outer Wilds won the award for best game, as well as the design and assets of the original game. A strange police adventure, the Elysium nightclub also won in three categories: first game, narration and music.

Other winners include the Thriller Observatory for British games, Apex Legends for multiplayer, and Unnamed Goose Games in the family category.

The game designer Metal Gear Solid Hideo Kojima received the Bafta grant, with the latest title, Death Stranding, also awarded for his technical achievements. Games outside the entertainment category have won thanks to Kind Words, a game in which players send anonymous letters to other members of the community, seeking help, advice and comfort.

Bafta has published awards on Twitter, Twitch and YouTube; The winning developers had their acceptance speeches through video calls. The presentation was led by regular host Dara Ó Briain, who joked: Usually these awards come from a luxurious London lobby - tonight they will take place entirely in my house from The bedroom has a large TV where I plays video games. We live in strange times.

Just two months ago, we made fun of the idea of ​​a video game that emphasized the importance of delivery in a post-apocalyptic landscape, he said, speaking of Death Stranding. You won this one, Hideo Kojima.

The complete winner
Scholarship: Hideo Kojima
Animation: Luigi Mansion
Artistic realization: Sayonara wild heart
Audio production: Ape Out
Best Game: Wild Wilds
British game: Observe
First game: Elysium dance floor
Evolution game: Road to exile
Family: A nameless goose game
Game Beyond Entertainment: Kind Words
Game design: Wild Wilds
Multiplayer: Apex Legends
Music: Elysium dance
Report: Elysium dance
Original property: outside the wilderness
Best Performers: Gonzalo Martin as Sean Diaz in Life is Strange 2
Interpreter in supporting role: Martti Suosalo as Ahti the controller
Technical realization: Dead trapped
Mobile game of the year EE: Call of Duty Mobile

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