Astro Bot has scooped up top prizes at both the Bafta Games Awards and The Game Awards. Safe to say, it’s now officially recognised as the best game of 2024. What’s striking is how simple it is. No deep dive into the human condition, no ground-breaking gameplay, no cultural deep roots.

BAFTA Game Awards have announced their musical performances, as Freya Ridings and Peredur ap Gwynedd will take the stage

Indie card game Balatro won the Debut Game category. With its solo developer LocalThunk maintaining his anonymity, the award was accepted by actor Ben Starr (Clive Rosfield in Final Fantasy 16) in his guise as the scary human incarnation of Balatro ’s iconic Joker, Jimbo.