In nuce: The winners of the BAFTA Games Awards 2022 have been announced. This is according to a recent announcement on bafta.org.
Which games impressed the judges? One of the big winners was the sci-fi shooter “Returnal”, which picked up four award trophies. While “Returnal” won in the “Audio Achievement”, “Best Game”, “Music” and “Leading Role” award categories, the other two big winners at this year’s BAFTA Games Awards were “It Takes Two” and “Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart”. Both titles honoured their developers in two categories, “It Takes Two” in the “Multiplayer” and “Original Property” categories and “Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart” in the “Animation” and “Technical Achievement” categories respectively.
A brief summary of “Returnal”, “It Takes Two” and “Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart”: For those of you who have hung up your gaming controller: “Returnal” is a third-person shooter set in a science fiction setting with story mechanics borrowed from films such as “Groundhog Day” or “Edge of Tomorrow”. “It Takes Two” is a co-operative action adventure game that tells an educational story about a dysfunctional family. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart” is also a third-person shooter. It is the sixth instalment in the popular ‘Ratchet & Clank’ series. To give you a better impression of the winning titles, we have linked the corresponding trailers below.
Click further: If you’re interested in finding out which other gaming titles were able to impress at this year’s BAFTA Games Awards, click over to the corresponding announcement on bafta.org . We hope you enjoy seeing (and playing) your favourite titles again!
Returnal – Gameplay Trailer
It Takes Two – Official Gameplay Trailer
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Gameplay Trailer