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MYSTERIOUS: Baftas - You Need To See This

How Bafta helped elevate the video game to a respected art form worthy of celebration

To receive a nomination at the Bafta Game Awards is to be placed amongst the very best video games developed each year. This year’s ceremony saw 42 games nominated, demonstrating a wide range of gaming excellence. Among the nominees were designers, voice actors and composers, each contributing to the validation…

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 wins Best Game at the BAFTAs, but this time some other games got to win awards, too

Dispatch matched Clair Obscur's haul at this year's event, and Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 snatched one away, too.

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Clair Obscur and Dispatch share top honours at Bafta games awards

Role-playing adventure and superhero comedy among big winners on a varied night in London

The Guardian - UK

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 follows Baldur's Gate 3 to become the second game ever to win all five major GOTY awards

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GamesRadar

Traitors star: Bafta Games Awards frontrunner made me question my morality

Jade Scott was banished from The Traitors during the final roundtable.

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Bafta apologises after review finds failures in handling of John Davidson's N-word outburst

The review found no malicious intent but identified clear structural failures. It comes days after the BBC also admitted its broadcast of the slur breached its own editorial standards.

Euronews

Bafta apologises for events surrounding John Davidson’s Tourette’s outburst

An independent review found ‘weaknesses’ in the organisation’s planning and crisis procedures

The Guardian - UK

Bafta admits to ‘structural weaknesses’ in planning for 2026 film awards

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The Independent UK

Bafta issues ‘unreserved’ apology to Black and disability communities for racial slur incident

An independent review into the incident found ‘a number of structural weaknesses’ in the organisation's planning for the awards ceremony

The Independent UK

Bafta admits ‘structural weaknesses’ over racial slur broadcast at film awards

However an independent review ‘did not find evidence of malicious intent’.

Evening Standard

Airing of Bafta racial slur breached BBC standards, corporation finds

Executive complaints unit finding relates to broadcast of N-word during awards ceremony

The Guardian - UK

BBC breached standards by broadcasting Baftas racial slur

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The Independent UK

BBC breached editorial standards over racial slur incident at Baftas, investigation finds

The BBC’s executive complaints unit (ECU) said the initial broadcast of the slur ‘was highly offensive and had no editorial justification’

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The Guardian - UK

Ant & Dec are shunned at last! The TV Baftas make some clever omissions for once

It’s the end of an era, as stars who have dominated the whole millennium lose out to new TV royalty like Claudia Winkleman. Plus: rare double nods for two of the UK’s best actors!

The Independent UK

Acclaimed Netflix drama dominates Bafta TV awards nominations

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The Independent UK

Netflix’s groundbreaking drama Adolescence tops Bafta TV nominations with 11 nods

Boxing period drama ‘A Thousand Blows’ and Star Wars series ‘Andor’ have also received multiple nominations

The Guardian - UK

Adolescence dominates 2026 Bafta TV award nominations

Jack Thorne’s blistering show picks up the most nods, followed by Steven Knight’s boxing period drama A Thousand Blows and politically charged Star Wars spin-off Andor

The Independent UK

Taskmaster star Greg Davies to host the Bafta Television Awards 2026

‘I will do everything I can to ensure it’s a night of warm celebration for all,’ says the 57-year-old

Evening Standard

Comedian and Taskmaster Greg Davies to host Bafta TV awards 2026

Nominations will be announced on Tuesday at midday.

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TechRadar

The BAFTA Games Awards 2026 nominees have been announced: here are the front-runners for the most awards, including Clair Obscure: Expedition 33, the game we called 'staggeringly beautiful' and 'wonderfully stylish'

BAFTA has announced the nominations for the 22nd BAFTA Games Awards 2026, celebrating a total of 42 games across 17 categories.

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