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The 2022 winners of the BAFTA game awards were announced today, and there sure were a lot of indie winners this time! The Artful Escape, TOEM, Chicory: A Colorful Tale, and Unpacking are all award winners that can be found on Switch. Check out all of the Switch winners below:

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

WINNER - THE ARTFUL ESCAPE Development Team - Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive

IT TAKES TWO Development Team - Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts

PSYCHONAUTS 2 Development Team - Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios

RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE Development Team – Capcom/Capcom

RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment

DEBUT GAME

THE ARTFUL ESCAPE Development Team - Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive

EASTWARD Development Team – Pixpil/Chucklefish

THE FORGOTTEN CITY Nick Pearce, Alexander Goss, John Eyre - Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers

GENESIS NOIR Evan Anthony, Jeremy Abel - Feral Cat Den/Fellow Traveller

MAQUETTE Development Team - Graceful Decay/Annapurna Interactive

WINNER - TOEM Development Team - Something We Made/ Something We Made

FAMILY

ALBA: A WILDLIFE ADVENTURE Development Team - ustwo games/ustwo games, Plug In Digital

**WINNER - CHICORY: A COLORFUL TALE Development Team - Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/FINJI **

FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team - Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios

MARIO PARTY SUPERSTARS Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

UNPACKING Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Jeff van Dyck - Witch Beam/Humble Games

NARRATIVE

IT TAKES TWO Development Team - Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts

LIFE IS STRANGE: TRUE COLORS Development Team - Square Enix, Deck Nine Games/Square Enix

MARVEL’S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Development Team - Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix

PSYCHONAUTS 2 Tim Schafer - Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios

RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment

WINNER - UNPACKING Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Annie VanderMeer - Witch Beam/Humble Games

EE GAME OF THE YEAR

CHICORY: A COLORFUL TALE Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/FINJI

DEATHLOOP Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks

THE FORGOTTEN CITY Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers

IT TAKES TWO Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts

METROID DREAD Nintendo & MercurySteam, Nintendo

WINNER - UNPACKING Witch Beam/Humble Games

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donutmuffin

2y ago

Unpacking has a great minimalist story that made me cry. Well deserved win!