Indie Games Win Big at This Year's BAFTA Games Award Ceremony

The global situation might have put a stopper on the physical ceremony, but BAFTA Games Awards 2020 soldiered on with a digital show last night. Control and Death Stranding were the frontrunners with the most nominations -- in fact, Remedy's sci-fi thriller broke records with 12 nods. However, we hope you didn't put any money on them; both games walked away with just one trophy each. It would appear that this is the year of indies, with awards being shared among some of 2019's smallest and best titles.

The acclaimed Outer Wilds came out on top, winning three categories including the hallowed Best Game award. Disco Elysium, which is planned for release on PlayStation 4 this year, also took three trophies, such as Best Music and Best Narrative. More indie games were winners, too -- Untitled Goose Game won Family, Sayonara Wild Hearts took home Artistic Achievement, and the award for British Game went to Observation.

In case you're wondering, Death Stranding secured the BAFTA for Technical Achievement, while Control's award was for Martti Suosalo's performance as Ahti the Janitor. It should be noted that Hideo Kojima was also the recipient of BAFTA's Fellowship award, placing him alongside the industry's top creators. Take a look at the full list below -- the winners are highlighted with bold text.

Animation

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
• Control
• Death Stranding
• Luigi's Mansion 3
• Sayonara Wild Hearts
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Artistic Achievement

• Concrete Genie
• Control
• Death Stranding
• Disco Elysium
• Knights and Bikes
• Sayonara Wild Hearts

Audio

• Ape Out
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
• Control
• Death Stranding
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
• Untitled Goose Game

Best Game

• Control
• Disco Elysium
• Luigi's Mansion 3
• Outer Wilds
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• Untitled Goose Game

British Game

• DiRT Rally 2.0
• Heaven's Vault
• Knights and Bikes
• Observation
• Planet Zoo
• Total War: Three Kingdoms

Debut Game

• Ape Out
• Death Stranding
• Disco Elysium
• Katana Zero
• Knights and Bikes
• Manifold Garden

Evolving Game

• Apex Legends
• Destiny 2
• Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
• Fortnite
• No Man's Sky: Beyond
• Path of Exile

Family

• Concrete Genie
• Knights and Bikes
• Luigi's Mansion 3
• Untitled Goose Game
• Vacation Simulator
• Wattam

Game Beyond Entertainment

• Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
• Death Stranding
• Kind Words
• Life Is Strange 2
• Neo Cab
• Ring Fit Adventure

Game Design

• Baba Is You
• Control
• Disco Elysium
• Outer Wilds
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
• Wattam

Multiplayer

• Apex Legends
• Borderlands 3
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
• Luigi's Mansion 3
• Tick Tock: A Tale for Two
• Tom Clancy's The Division 2

Music

• Control
• Death Stranding
• Disco Elysium
• Outer Wilds
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
• Wattam

Narrative

• Control
• Disco Elysium
• Life Is Strange 2
• Outer Wilds
• The Outer Worlds
• Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Original Property

• Baba Is You
• Control
• Death Stranding
• Disco Elysium
• Outer Wilds
• Untitled Goose Game

Performer in a Leading Role

• Laura Bailey as Kait Diaz in Gears 5
• Courtney Hope as Jesse Faden in Control
• Logan Marshall-Green as David in Telling Lies
• Gonzalo Martin as Sean Diaz in Life Is Strange 2
• Barry Sloane as Captain Price in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
• Norman Reedus as Sam in Death Stranding

Performer in a Supporting Role

• Jolene Andersen as Karen Reynolds in Life is Strange 2
• Troy Baker as Higgs in Death Stranding
• Sarah Bartholomew as Cassidy (Lucy Rose Jones) in Life is Strange 2
• Ayisha Issa as Fliss in The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
• Léa Seydoux as Fragile in Death Stranding
• Martti Suosalo as Ahti the Janitor in Control

Technical Achievement

• A Plague Tale: Innocence
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
• Control
• Death Stranding
• Metro Exodus
• Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

EE Mobile Game of the Year (Voted for by the Public)

• Assemble with Care
• Call of Duty: Mobile
• Dead Man's Phone
• Pokémon GO
• Tangle Tower
• What the Golf?

Are you pleased about the winners of this year's BAFTA Games Awards? Which would you change, and which are right? Have your say in the comments below.