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Awards: BAFTA Pick Amazing Family and Narrative Games Each Year

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The British Academy Games Awards are presented annually to recognise, honour and reward outstanding creative achievement in Games. The awards categories reflect the wealth and diversity of the games sector.

The 2020 nominations have just been announced and include a rich array of games for a diverse range of categories.

The awards started in 2004 and are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). For parents, they are a great way of discovering brilliant games to play in their family.

The Family Games award highlights games that will work really well for parents and children. These often include multiplayer features and feature a cast of family-friendly characters.

The Games Beyond Entertainment award is also of interest as this highlights more unusual games with an emphasis on storytelling that addresses topics that parents may find appealing themselves.

FAMILY GAMES

For the best game experience for a family audience, whether played as individuals or as a group. This category is only open to titles with a PEGI age rating of 12 or under.

2020

Concrete Genie

Knights and Bikes

Luigi's Mansion 3

Untitled Goose Game

Vacation Simulator

WATTAM

2019

LEGO The Incredibles

Nintendo Labo

Overcooked 2

Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu/Evee

Super Mario Party

Yoku's Island Express

2018

Super Mario Odyssey

Just Dance 2018

Lego Worlds

Mario & Rabbids Kingdom Battle

Monument Valley 2

Snipperclips

2017

Overcooked

Lego Star Wars The Force Awakens

The Playroom VR

Pokemon Go

Ratchet & Clank

Toca Hair Salon 3

2016

Rocket League

Disney Infinity 3.0

FIFA 16

Guitar Hero: Live

LEGO Dimensions

Super Mario Maker

2015

Minecraft

The LEGO Movie Video Game

LittleBigPlanet 3

Mario Kart 8

Skylanders Trap Team

Twelve a Dozen

ORIGINAL DIGITAL PROPERTY

Games that create original characters and settings. This is a great list that highlights new or less well-known games.

2020

Baba Is You

Control

Death Stranding

Disco Elysium

Outer Wilds

Untitled Goose Game

2019

Dead Cells

Florence

Into The Breach

Moss

Return of the Obra Dinn

Subnautica

2018

Horizon Zero Dawn

Cuphead

Gorogoa

Night in the Woods

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds

What Remains of Edith Finch

2017

Inside

Firewatch

The Last Guardian

Overwatch

Unravel

The Witness

2016

Until Dawn

Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture

Her Story

Life is Strange

Ori and the Blind Forest

Splatoon

2015

Valliant Hearts

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

Monument Valley

Sunset Overdrive

Monument Valley

Titanfall

The Vanishing Of Ethan Carter

GAMES BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT

For the best game that capitalises on the unique and maturing medium of video games to deliver a transformational experience beyond pure entertainment - whether that is to raise awareness through empathy and emotional impact, to engage with real-world problems, or to make the world a better place.

2020

Civilization VI: Gathering Storm

Death Stranding

Kind Words

Life Is Strange 2

Neo Cab

Ring Fit Adventure

2019

11-11: Memories Retold

Celeste

Florence

Life Is Strange 2

My Child Lebensborn

Nintendo Labo

2018

Hellblade

Bury Me My Love

Last Day of June

Life is Strange: Before the Storm

Night in the Woods

Sea Hero Quest VR

2017

Inside

Dishonoured 2

Firewatch

Mafia III

Oxenfree

Uncharted 4

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Andy Robertson is the editor of AskAboutGames and has written for national press and broadcast about video games and families for over 15 years. He has just published the Taming Gaming book with its Family Video Game Database.