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BBC News
09-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Barnsley pair's 'love letter to Yorkshire' scoops BAFTA Games Award
Two friends from Barnsley have taken home a BAFTA Games Award for their quirky comedy adventure set in a fictional northern Goodness You're Here, described as "reyt proper Yorkshire" and "the most northern game ever", won the best British game category at the ceremony in London on Tuesday. The cartoon-esque title was released in August and created by Will Todd and James Carbutt, founders of developer Coal Supper."To go from a stupid idea we had one weekend all the way to this stage is quite literally, really nice," Mr Carbutt told attendees. Players control a tiny, silent character through the streets of Barnsworth and tackle a series of surreal odd-jobs given to them by local Todd said: "It's been such a privilege to be able to make this game true to our vision and hopefully true to our hometown, without any compromises."After receiving the award, they thanked their publisher, Panic, along with the team that worked on the Goodness You're Here features voice performances from the pair, as well as actor Matt Berry. Voice actress Em Humble, who voiced multiple characters including Marge from Marge's Chippy, described the game as "crazy, colourful and funny"."It's nice for a northern game to be celebrated and for people to find it funny," she said."It just shows that people want games and entertainment from loads of different places - and places you don't hear from as often." Speaking to the BBC after the ceremony, Mr Todd said they were "very surprised" to win the award."We've never done it before, so we're still kind of getting used to it," he Todd said the pair came up with ideas for games by sitting in a room while "screaming obscenities to each other, and then the magic happens"."I think it might've won the respect of my parents, finally," he Bafta Games Awards 2025 was dominated by Astro Bot, winning five awards including best game. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds or catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
Forbes
08-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
2025 BAFTA Games Awards Winners: ‘Astro Bot' Wins Deserved GOTY
'Astro Bot' took home five BAFTA Games Awards, including Best Game. Astro Bot dominated the 2025 BAFTA Games Awards, claiming Game of The Year along with four more gongs for Audio Achievement, Family, Animation, and Game Design. Anyone who's played Astro Bot will be in no way surprised, despite strong competition, in another typically BAFTA affair with surprises along the way. Last year, Baldur's Gate 3 unsurprisingly led both the nominations (11) and awards won (4); in 2025, the top nominee was a bit more of a shock, as local favorite Senua's Saga: Hellblade II was the frontrunner (also with 11), albeit missing out on the all-important Game of the Year shortlisting. In the end, Hellblade II took home just one BAFTA for Technical Achievement. Still Wakes the Deep came second with three BAFTAs — New Intellectual Property, and both Performers in Supporting and Leading Roles — a particular high point being Karen Dunbar, the actor behind Finlay who was, delightfully, the most Scottish person on the internet tonight, saying 'I'm not even an actor, I'm a gynecologist!' Even with six nominations, Black Myth: Wukong got nothing. Thank Goodness You're Here!, the hometown fave, grabbed just one award from seven, even though it felt like a contender in every one of its categories. It's worth noting just how much that sole trophy meant to its developers at Coal Supper; they're an incredible bunch, and they deserve every success in the future. Will Todd and James Carbutt rightfully received a BAFTA for 'Thank Goodness You're Here!'. FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder Sadly, Balatro didn't get its dues; if it was going to win Game of the Year anywhere, it was the BAFTAs. Just look at Vampire Survivors, which beat God of War Ragnarök to the top gong in 2023, but also fairly picked up tonight's award for Evolving Game. After the first award Balatro was nominated for — New Intellectual Property — went to Still Wakes the Deep, winning dev The Chinese Room admitted they thought Balatro had it in the bag. Despite all this, Balatro had the biggest laugh of the night when the poker-based roguelike (and my own GOTY) collected its sole award for Debut Game. Ben Starr, who's played the part of Jimbo the Joker on behalf of the famously public-averse solo dev LocalThunk, read the funniest speech of the night, saying how 'he has shoes made of gold and he thanks you for making him that way.' Most importantly, he ended the speech saying: 'Oh, and play more independent games like Animal Well, they are the lifeblood of this industry and they deserve your respect.' The BAFTA Games Awards was hosted for the second year in a row by comedian Phil Wang, who compared himself to the Nintendo Switch 2 — 'not noticeably better, but I did charge a lot more this time' — but only after the ceremony opened with the year's industry highlights powered by the (literally) golden guitar skills of Pendulum star Peredur ap Gwynedd, who played a selection of the band's hits that featured in video games. Other highlights included Tales of Kenzera: Zau winning Game Beyond Entertainment, even though Surgent Studios faced major and heartbreaking circumstances after the title's launch; nerd-turned-hunk Matthew Lewis, A.K.A. Neville Longbottom, rocking up to present the BAFTA for Game Design; and deserving BAFTA Fellowship Award-winning Yoko Shimomura's translator, who I hope was being paid by the hour. Plenty of other smaller titles deservedly got their moments in the sun: Tiny Glade, The Plucky Squire, Little Kitty, Big City, Botany Manor, Paper Trail, A Highland Song, and Pacific Drive. Even triple-As were rightly lauded; the clip packages for both Astro Bot and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 only reminded everyone of how varied and brilliant both games were. There were a couple of other nice surprises, namely Metaphor: ReFantazio claiming the Narrative award in the face of big local competition, and Neva's much-deserved win for Artistic Achievement. Five awards: Astro BotThree: Still Wakes the DeepTwo: Helldivers 2One: Senua's Saga: Hellblade II, Tales of Kenzera: Zau, Thank Goodness You're Here!, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Vampire Survivors, Neva, Balatro Read the full list of 2025 BAFTA Games Awards nominees on the organization's website.
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The full list of nominations for the Bafta Games Awards
The nominations have been announced for the 21st edition of the Bafta Games Awards, which will take place in April. Here is the full rundown of nominees. – Animation ASTRO BOT Development Team – Team ASOBI/Sony Interactive EntertainmentCALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 6 Development Team – Treyarch, Raven Software/ActivisionLEGO HORIZON ADVENTURES Development Team – Guerilla, Studio Gobo/Sony Interactive EntertainmentSENUA'S SAGA: HELLBLADE II Development Team – Ninja Theory/Xbox Game StudiosTHANK GOODNESS YOU'RE HERE! Will Todd, James Carbutt – Coal Supper/PanicWARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2 Development Team – Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment – Artistic Achievement ASTRO BOT Development Team – Team ASOBI/Sony Interactive EntertainmentBLACK MYTH: WUKONG Development Team – GameScience/GameScienceHAROLD HALIBUT Ole Tillmann, Fabian Preuschoff, Onat Hekimoglu – Slow Bros./ Slow Development Team – Nomada Studio/Devolver DigitalSENUA'S SAGA: HELLBLADE II Development Team – Ninja Theory/Xbox Game StudiosSTILL WAKES THE DEEP Development Team – The Chinese Room/Secret Mode – Audio Achievement ANIMAL WELL Billy Basso – Billy Basso/BigmodeASTRO BOT Development Team – Team ASOBI/Sony Interactive EntertainmentHELLDIVERS 2 Development Team – Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive EntertainmentSENUA'S SAGA: HELLBLADE 2 Development Team – Ninja Theory/Xbox Game StudiosSTAR WARS OUTLAWS Development Team – Massive Entertainment/UbisoftSTILL WAKES THE DEEP Development Team – The Chinese Room/Secret Mode – Best Game ASTRO BOT Development Team – Team ASOBI/Sony Interactive EntertainmentBALATRO LocalThunk – LocalThunk/PlaystackBLACK MYTH: WUKONG Development Team – GameScience/GameScienceHELLDIVERS 2 Development Team – Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive EntertainmentTHE LEGEND OF ZELDA: ECHOES OF WISDOM Development Team – Nintendo/NintendoTHANK GOODNESS YOU'RE HERE! Will Todd, James Carbutt – Coal Supper/Panic – British Game A HIGHLAND SONG Development Team – inkle LtdLEGO HORIZON ADVENTURES Development Team – Guerilla, Studio Gobo/Sony Interactive EntertainmentPAPER TRAIL Development Team – Newfangled Games/Newfangled GamesSENUA'S SAGA: HELLBLADE II Development Team – Ninja Theory/Xbox Game StudiosSTILL WAKES THE DEEP Development Team – The Chinese Room/Secret ModeTHANK GOODNESS YOU'RE HERE! Will Todd, James Carbutt – Coal Supper/Panic – Debut Game ANIMAL WELL Billy Basso – Billy Basso/BigmodeBALATRO LocalThunk – LocalThunk/PlaystackPACIFIC DRIVE Development Team – Ironwood Studios/Kepler InteractiveTHE PLUCKY SQUIRE Development Team – All Possible Futures/Devolver DigitalTALES OF KENZERA: ZAU Development Team – Surgent Studios/Electronic ArtsTHANK GOODNESS YOU'RE HERE! Will Todd, James Carbutt – Coal Supper/Panic – Evolving Game DIABLO IV Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard EntertainmentFINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE Development Team – Creative Studios 3/Square EnixNO MAN'S SKY Development Team – Hello Games/Hello GamesSEA OF THIEVES Development Team – Rare/Xbox Game StudiosVAMPIRE SURVIVORS Development Team – Poncle/poncleWORLD OF WARCRAFT Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment – Family ASTRO BOT Development Team – Team ASOBI/Sony Interactive EntertainmentCAT QUEST III Desmond Wong Liang Wai, Nursyazana binte Zainal – The Gentlebros/Kepler InteractiveLEGO HORIZON ADVENTURES Development Team – Guerilla, Studio Gobo/Sony Interactive EntertainmentLITTLE KITTY, BIG CITY Development Team – Double Dagger Studio/Double Dagger StudioTHE PLUCKY SQUIRE Development Team – All Possible Futures/Devolver DigitalSUPER MARIO PARTY JAMBOREE Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo – Game Beyond Entertainment BOTANY MANOR Development Team – Balloon Studios/Whitethorn GamesKIND WORDS 2 (LOFI CITY POP) Ziba Scott, Luigi Guatieri, Clark Aboud – Popcannibal/PopcannibalSENUA'S SAGA: HELLBLADE II Development Team – Ninja Theory/Xbox Game StudiosTALES OF KENZERA: ZAU TALES OF KENZERA: ZAU Development Team – Surgent Studios/Electronic ArtsTETRIS FOREVER Development Team – Digital Eclipse/Digital EclipseVAMPIRE THERAPIST Cyrus Nemati, Sheila Fell, Kim Schumacher – Little Bat Games/Little Bat Games – Game Design ANIMAL WELL Billy Basso – Billy Basso/BigmodeASTRO BOT – Development Team – Team ASOBI/Sony Interactive EntertainmentBALATRO LocalThunk – LocalThunk/PlaystackHELLDIVERS 2 Development Team – Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive EntertainmentTHE LEGEND OF ZELDA: ECHOES OF WISDOM Development Team – Nintendo/NintendoTACTICAL BREACH WIZARDS Tom Francis, Steve Lee, John Roberts – Suspicious Developments/Suspicious Developments – Multiplayer CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 6 Development Team – Treyarch, Raven Software/ActivisionHELLDIVERS 2 Development Team – Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive EntertainmentLEGO HORIZON ADVENTURES Development Team – Guerilla, Studio Gobo/Sony Interactive EntertainmentSUPER MARIO PARTY JAMBOREE Development Team – Nintendo/NintendoTEKKEN 8 Development Team – BANDAI NAMCO Studios/ BANDAI NAMCO StudiosWARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2 Development Team – Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment – Music ASTRO BOT Kenneth C M Young – Team ASOBI/Sony Interactive EntertainmentBLACK MYTH: WUKONG Development Team – GameScience/GameScienceFINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH Development Team – Square Enix/Square EnixHELLDIVERS 2 Wilbert Roget II, Ross Tregenza, Keith Leary – Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive EntertainmentSENUA'S SAGA: HELLBLADE II Development Team – Ninja Theory/Xbox Game StudiosSTAR WARS OUTLAWS Wilbert Roget II, Simon Koudriavtsev, Erik Jacobsson – Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft – Narrative BLACK MYTH: WUKONG Development Team – GameScience/GameScienceDRAGON AGE: THE VEILGUARD Development Team – BioWare/Electronic ArtsFINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH Development Team – Square Enix/Square EnixMETAPHOR: REFANTAZIO Development Team – ATLUS/SEGASENUA'S SAGA: HELLBLADE II Development Team – Ninja Theory/Xbox Game StudiosSTILL WAKES THE DEEP Development Team – The Chinese Room/Secret Mode – New Intellectual Property ANIMAL WELL Billy Basso – Billy Basso/BigmodeBALATRO LocalThunk – LocalThunk/PlaystackBLACK MYTH: WUKONG Development Team – GameScience/GameScienceMETAPHOR: REFANTAZIO Development Team – ATLUS/SEGASTILL WAKES THE DEEP Development Team – The Chinese Room/Secret ModeTHANK GOODNESS YOU'RE HERE! Will Todd, James Carbutt – Coal Supper/Panic – Performer in a Leading Role ALEC NEWMAN as Cameron 'Caz' Mcleary in Still Wakes the Deep – The Chinese Room/Secret ModeHUMBERLY GONZALEZ as Kay Vess in Star Wars Outlaws – Massive Entertainment/UbisoftISABELLA INCHBALD as Indika in Indika – Odd Meter/11 bit studiosLUKE ROBERTS as James Sunderland in Silent Hill 2 – Bloober Team/Konami Digital EntertainmentMELINA JUERGENS as Senua in Senua's Saga: Hellblade II – Ninja Theory/Xbox Game StudiosY'LAN NOEL as Troy Marshall in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 – Treyarch, Raven Software/Activision – Performer in a Supporting Role ABBI GREENLAND & HELEN GOALEN as The Furies in Senua's Saga: Hellblade II – Ninja Theory/Xbox Game StudiosALDIS AMAH HAMILTON as Astríor in Senua's Saga: Hellblade II – Ninja Theory/Xbox Game StudiosJON BLYTH as Big Ron in Thank Goodness You're Here! – Coal Supper/PanicKAREN DUNBAR as Finlay in Still Wakes the Deep – The Chinese Room/Secret ModeMATT BERRY as Herbert the Gardner in Thank Goodness You're Here! – Coal Supper/PanicMICHAEL ABUBAKAR as Brodie in Still Wakes the Deep – The Chinese Room/Secret Mode – Technical Achievement ASTRO BOT Development Team – Team ASOBI/Sony Interactive EntertainmentBLACK MYTH: WUKONG Development Team – GameScience/GameScienceCALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 6 Development Team – Treyarch, Raven Software/ActivisionSENUA'S SAGA: HELLBLADE II Development Team – Ninja Theory/Xbox Game StudiosTINY GLADE Tomasz Stachowiak, Anastasia Opara – Pounce Light/Pounce LightWARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2 – Development Team – Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment
