A big night for British games
Celebrating the best games of 2023 at this year's Bafta Games Awards - an industry where sales in the UK topped Β£4.7bn last year, more than double that of the music industry.
Andrew Rogers is on the red carpet at the Southbank Centre in London. The atmosphere is buzzing, filled with people from all across the gaming industry, ready to celebrate all the contributions that made 2023 one of the best ever for games.
And gaming is big business in the UK: sales topped Β£4.7bn last year, more than double that of the music industry. This is the 20th edition of the Bafta Games Awards, a ceremony that celebrates developers, artists, actors and composers. There were 40 games in the running across 17 categories.
Baldur's Gate 3, a role-playing game based on Dungeons and Dragons, was one of the favourites for the highly coveted 'Best Game' award. But so too was Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, which became the fastest-selling game ever made by a Sony-owned studio when it was released.
So, in this episode of 5 Minutes On, Andrew Rogers from Newsbeat on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 1, 1Xtra and Asian Network, takes us through the games that won big, and catches up with some of the stars that went along for the ceremony.
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