In March, we found out multiple first party Switch titles and a quality selection of indie games had been nominated for BATFA Games Awards. Nintendo Labo even scored two different nominations.
The results are now in, and sure enough, Labo has won both of its categories. The first was for being the most innovative and the second award recognised it as the best family game. On the indie front, Yoku's Island Express took out the debut game award and Into the Breach received the award for the best original property. Fortnite was also acknowledged as the best evolving game, while the PlayStation 4 exclusive God Of War took out several awards including best game. Here's the full list:
Artistic Achievement
- Detroit: Become Human
- GRIS
- God of War
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Return of the Obra Dinn
Audio Achievement
- Battlefield V
- Detroit: Become Human
- God of War
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Tetris Effect
Best Game
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey
- Astro Bot Rescue Mission
- Celeste
- God of War
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Return of the Obra Dinn
British Game
- 11-11: Memories Retold
- Forza Horizon 4
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- The Room: Old Sins
- Overcooked 2
- Two Point Hospital
Debut Game
- Beat Saber
- Cultist Simulator
- Donut County
- Florence
- GRIS
- Yoku's Island Express
Evolving Game
- Destiny 2: Forsaken
- Elite Dangerous: Beyond
- Fortnite
- Overwatch
- Sea of Thieves
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege
Family
- LEGO Disney Pixar's The Incredibles
- Nintendo Labo
- Overcooked 2
- Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
- Super Mario Party
- Yoku's Island Express
Game Beyond Entertainment
- 11-11: Memories Retold
- Celeste
- Florence
- Life Is Strange 2
- My Child Lebensborn
- Nintendo Labo
Game Design
- Astro Bot Rescue Mission
- Celeste
- God of War
- Into the Breach
- Minit
- Return of the Obra Dinn
Game Innovation
- Astro Bot Rescue Mission
- Celeste
- Cultist Simulator
- Moss
- Nintendo Labo
- Return of the Obra Dinn
Mobile Game
- Alto's Odyssey
- Brawl Stars
- Donut County
- Florence
- Reigns: Game of Thrones
- The Room: Old Sins
Multiplayer
- A Way Out
- Battlefield V
- Overcooked 2
- Sea of Thieves
- Super Mario Party
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Music
- Celeste
- Far Cry 5
- Florence
- God of War
- GRIS
- Tetris Effect
Narrative
- Florence
- Frostpunk
- God of War
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Return of the Obra Dinn
Original Property
- Dead Cells
- Florence
- Into the Breach
- Moss
- Return of the Obra Dinn
- Subnautica
Performer
- Christopher Judge as Kratos in God of War
- Danielle Bisutti as Freya in God of War
- Jeremy Davies as The Stranger in God of War
- Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra of Sparta in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
- Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2
- Sunny Suljic as Atreus in God of War
EE Mobile Game of the Year (voted for by the public)
- Brawl Stars
- Clash Royale
- Fortnite
- Old School Runescape
- Pokémon GO
- Roblox
Nintendo Labo previously won an innovation award at the Game Developers Conference.
Congratulations to all of the winners.
[source shacknews.com]
Comments 16
Wait so Celeste didn't win any of these awards? Boo!
Baffles me that Labo get's the respect it does. I am surely well outside the target demographic but I am outside the target demographic for many things and can still understand their appeal. I really don't for Labo.
Lamest innovation award
I guess there wasn't much competition for innovation and family games...
Yay, LABO !
Keep innovating, Nintendo !
So A Way Out won best multiplayer game when Smash Ultimate was nominated in the same category. How?
Glad to see Yoku's Island Express getting an award! Great game! Charming, pretty, fun and innovative.
I totally get the Labo appeal and think the awards are well-deserved. If I was that level-editor kind of person or if I had kids this would totally be for me.
On the other hand I never really understood the attention and love "Into the breach" gets. It is definitely a good game. It has a fun mechanic, is well designed and everything. On the other hand there doesn't seem to be much more. Neither looks, charm, story/lore, ....? Still very recommended for strategy fans, but after all it isn't that special to me.
As I've said before: while I don't care about Labo personally, there's no denying it's something fresh and innovative.
Well what that list says is you needed a Switch to play the best "game" of 2017 (ZBOTW) and you needed a PS4 to play the best game of 2018 (GOW). Better off making a really good game than mucking around with cardboard.
Nothing against Labo. I think it's a good idea, and while I don't own it, I am open to the idea of picking up one of the sets at some point as a good family activity/game. That being said, I struggle to see how it deserves awards over Smash. Respect to Sony though, they deserve every award they get for making God of War.
Hopefully Nintendo has something up their sleeves that will compete for game of the year this year. They didn’t last year.
So the "F the Oscars" guy won an award? Cool.
Love Yoku's Island, the mix of pinball and metriodvania is brilliant
I’ve picked up every Labo so far. It’s a great time with my daughter and family. Always neat and the garage is cool to tinker around with. It’s a phenomenal, charming and impressive piece of kit. A lot and I mean a lot of effort went into making this. Definitely understand it’s not for everyone but I still think it’s an impressive and respectful piece of tech applied through cardboard. Just genius lol.
Wow, God of War is good, but I'd place Red Dead Redemption 2 above it in most of those categories. Of course, it does a good job of portraying 1800s America and the decline of Jacksonian values, and I'm a historian, so I might be biased.
As much as I enjoy Labo, I just can't take this award seriously; Beat Saber >>>>>> Yoku's Island Express
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