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Baldur's Gate 3 Just Accomplished Something No Other Game Has Done
14.04.2024 - 01:39 / gamerant.com / Dominik Bo
Baldur's Gate 3 is the first game in history to win five major game of the year awards: those from BAFTA, D.I.C.E., Game Developers Choice, Golden Joystick, and The Game Awards. This historic achievement further underlines the massive success that Baldur's Gate 3 went on to become, especially since that elusive fifth accolade was far from a certainty.
Larian Studios' hit RPG started its impressive GOTY run almost immediately following its August 2023 release, having secured the ultimate accolade at the Golden Joystick Awards in November. The following month saw Baldur's Gate 3 sweep The Game Awards by winning six of its eight nominations. Larian added the D.I.C.E. and Game Developers Choice GOTY awards to its tally in February and March, 2024, respectively.
The incredible run has now culminated in Baldur's Gate 3 winning five BAFTA awards on April 11, including that for game of the year. In doing so, it has completed a historic quintet of major GOTY awards that no other title has ever collected to date. This achievement was far from a certainty until the very last moment, not least because the BAFTAs have twice already stopped other games from accomplishing what Baldur's Gate 3 just did.
The last time that happened was only a year ago, when Elden Ring managed to secure the first four major GOTY awards, only to lose out to Vampire Survivors at the BAFTAs. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild had a similar run six years back, having won the same four GOTYs but ultimately lost the biggest BAFTA accolade to Giant Sparrow's adventure What Remains of Edith Finch. In between those two attempts, God of War won all but the Golden Joystick GOTY award, which went to Fortnite.
Year
BAFTA
DICE
Game Developers Choice
The Game Awards
Golden Joystick
2023
Baldur's Gate 3
2022
Vampire Survivors
Elden Ring
2021
Returnal
It Takes Two
Inscryption
It Takes Two
Resident Evil Village
2020
Hades
The Last of Us Part 2
2019
Outer Wilds
Untitled Goose Game
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Resident Evil 2
2018
God of War
Fortnite
2017
What Remains of Edith Finch
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2016
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Overwatch
Dark Souls 3
2015
Fallout 4
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
2014
Destiny
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Dark Souls 2
Only three other titles managed to secure more than two major GOTY accolades since 2014, when The Game Awards were established; the 2020 ARPG Hades won the BAFTA, DICE, and GDC GOTY awards, but lost the other two to The Last of Us Part 2. Five years earlier, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt won the GDC, GJA, and TGA accolades, but lost the other two to Fallout 4. Blizzard's 2016 multiplayer shooter Overwatch also secured three major GOTY awards,
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