BAFTA Games Awards 2016 Winners Revealed

Best of British.

At last night's BAFTA Games Awards, Fallout 4 took away the Best Game award.

Football-with-cars phenomenon, Rocket League cemented its legend with three prizes, including that for Best Sports game, beating FIFA 16 and Forza 6 in the process.

FMV-led detective mystery, Her Story took home Debut Game, Mobile & Handheld and Game Innovation.

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture went into the awards with 10 nominations, and took home three, for Audio Achievement, Music and Performer.

Doom co-creator and Oculus Rift developer, John Carmack was also given the Fellowship, the British Academy's highest honour, for his contributions to the medium.

The full list of winners follows:

  • Artistic Achievement - Ori and the Blind Forest
  • Audio Achievement - Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
  • Best Game - Fallout 4
  • British Game - Batman: Arkham Knight
  • Debut Game - Her Story
  • Family - Rocket League
  • Game Design - Bloodborne
  • Game Innovation - Her Story
  • Mobile & Handheld - Her Story
  • Multiplayer - Rocket League
  • Music - Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
  • Original Property - Until Dawn
  • Performer - Merle Dandridge (Kate Collins, Everybody's Gone to the Rapture)
  • Persistent Game - Prison Architect
  • Sport - Rocket League
  • Story - Life is Strange
  • BAFTA Ones to Watch Award - Sundown
  • AMD eSports Audience Award - Smite

Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor. He was on the BAFTA Red Carpet last night - they used him as a sort of skin tarpaulin to keep it dry from the rain. Rain follows on him on Twitter.