The 17th British Academy Video Game Awards was hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts on 25 March 2021 to honour the best video games of 2020. It was held as a live-streamed event due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, with Elle Osili-Wood as host. This was Wood's first time hosting the ceremony, taking over from Dara Ó Briain who had hosting the BAFTAs ten times between 2008 and 2020.
The nominees were announced on 2 March 2021, with The Last of Us Part II receiving a record-setting fourteen nominations, beating the eleven nominations received by Control and Death Stranding at the previous ceremony. Hades was named as Best Game, as well as winning the most awards (five).
Nominees and winners The nominations were announced on 2 March 2021. The winners were announced through a livestreamed presentation on 25 March 2021, due to ongoing concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hades – Supergiant Games Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo Ghost of Tsushima – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Half-Life: Alyx – Valve Corporation The Last of Us Part II – Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Spider-Man: Miles Morales – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment | valign="top" |
The Last of Us Part II – Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Doom Eternal – id Software/Bethesda Softworks Final Fantasy VII Remake – Square Enix Spider-Man: Miles Morales – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Ori and the Will of the Wisps – Moon Studios/Xbox Game Studios Spiritfarer – Thunder Lotus/Kowloon Nights |- | valign="top" |
Hades – Supergiant Games Cyberpunk 2077 – CD Projekt Red Dreams – Media Molecule/Sony Interactive Entertainment Ghost of Tsushima – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Half-Life: Alyx – Valve Corporation The Last of Us Part II – Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment | width="50%" valign="top" |
Ghost of Tsushima – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Astro's Playroom – Japan Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment Hades – Supergiant Games Half-Life: Alyx – Valve Corporation The Last of Us Part II – Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Spider-Man: Miles Morales – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment |- | valign="top" |
Sackboy: A Big Adventure – Sumo Digital/Sony Interactive Entertainment Dreams – Media Molecule/Sony Interactive Entertainment F1 2020 – Codemasters Fall Guys – Mediatonic/Devolver Digital The Last Campfire – Hello Games Röki – Polygon Treehouse/United Label | width="50%" valign="top" |
Carrion – Phobia Game Studio/Devolver Digital Airborne Kingdom – The Wandering Bard Call of the Sea – Out of the Blue/Raw Fury Games Factorio – Wube Software The Falconeer – Tomas Sala/Wired Productions Röki – Polygon Treehouse/United Label |- | valign="top" |
Sea of Thieves – Rare/Xbox Game Studios Destiny 2: Beyond Light – Bungie Dreams – Media Molecule/Sony Interactive Entertainment Fall Guys – Mediatonic/Devolver Digital Fortnite – Epic Games No Man's Sky – Hello Games | width="50%" valign="top" |
Sackboy: A Big Adventure – Sumo Digital/Sony Interactive Entertainment Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo Astro's Playroom – Japan Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment Dreams – Media Molecule/Sony Interactive Entertainment Fall Guys – Mediatonic/Devolver Digital Minecraft Dungeons – Mojang Studios/Double Eleven |- | valign="top" |
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo Before I Forget – 3-Fold Games Dreams – Media Molecule/Sony Interactive Entertainment Spiritfarer – Thunder Lotus/Kowloon Nights The Last of Us Part II – Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Tell Me Why – Dontnod Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios | width="50%" valign="top" |
Hades – Supergiant Games Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo Astro's Playroom – Japan Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment Ghost of Tsushima – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Half-Life: Alyx – Valve Corporation The Last of Us Part II – Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment |- | valign="top" |
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo Deep Rock Galactic – Ghost Ship Games/Coffee Stain Publishing Fall Guys – Mediatonic/Devolver Digital Ghost of Tsushima – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Sackboy: A Big Adventure – Sumo Digital/Sony Interactive Entertainment Valorant – Riot Games | width="50%" valign="top" |
Spider-Man: Miles Morales – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Ghost of Tsushima – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Hades – Supergiant Games The Last of Us Part II – Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Ori and the Will of the Wisps – Moon Studios/Xbox Game Studios Sackboy: A Big Adventure – Sumo Digital/Sony Interactive Entertainment |- | valign="top" |
Hades – Supergiant Games Assassin's Creed Valhalla – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Cyberpunk 2077 – CD Projekt Ghost of Tsushima – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition – Cardboard Computer/Annapurna Interactive Spider-Man: Miles Morales – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment | width="50%" valign="top" |
Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition – Cardboard Computer/Annapurna Interactive Carrion – Phobia Game Studio/Devolver Digital Fall Guys – Mediatonic/Devolver Digital Ghost of Tsushima – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Hades – Supergiant Games Spiritfarer – Thunder Lotus/Kowloon Nights |- | valign="top" |
Laura Bailey as Abby in The Last of Us Part II Cody Christian as Cloud Strife in Final Fantasy VII Remake Nadji Jeter as Miles Morales in Spider-Man: Miles Morales Ashley Johnson as Ellie in The Last of Us Part II Cherami Leigh as Female V in Cyberpunk 2077 Daisuke Tsuji as Jin Sakai in Ghost of Tsushima Logan Cunningham as Hades, Achilles, Poseidon, Asterius, Charon, and the Storyteller in Hades Troy Baker as Joel in The Last of Us Part II Patrick Gallagher as Khotun Khan in Ghost of Tsushima Jeffrey Pierce as Tommy in The Last of Us Part II Carla Tassara as Judy Alvarez in Cyberpunk 2077 Shannon Woodward as Dina in The Last of Us Part II Dreams – Media Molecule/Sony Interactive Entertainment Demon's Souls – Japan Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment Doom Eternal – id Software/Bethesda Softworks Microsoft Flight Simulator – Asobo Studio/Xbox Game Studios The Last of Us Part II – Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Spider-Man: Miles Morales – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment The Last of Us Part II'' – Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo Call of Duty: Warzone – Raven Software, Infinity Ward/Activision Ghost of Tsushima – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Hades – Supergiant Games Valorant'' – Riot Games
BAFTA Fellowship: Siobhan Reddy
Games with multiple nominations and wins
Nominations Nominations Game 14 The Last of Us Part II 11 Ghost of Tsushima 9 Hades 7 Spider-Man: Miles Morales 6 Animal Crossing: New Horizons Dreams 5 Fall Guys 4 Cyberpunk 2077 Half-Life: Alyx Sackboy: A Big Adventure 3 Astro's Playroom Spiritfarer 2 Carrion Doom Eternal Final Fantasy VII Remake Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition Ori and the Will of the Wisps Röki Valorant
Wins Wins Game 5 Hades 3 The Last of Us Part II 2 Animal Crossing: New Horizons Sackboy: A Big Adventure
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