The BAFTA Game Awards 2026 are currently ongoing at the time of this writing, and while the only game awards show that regularly includes announcements for upcoming games in between the actual rewards is Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards, the BAFTAs were going to try doing a bit of that this year. They were going to try, at least, with a trailer for The Quiet Things, a first-person narrative game telling an autobiographical story about trauma and child abuse, debuting at this year’s awards. Until someone decided the trailer’s content wasn’t right for the show. That’s what Alyx Jones, founder […]
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It’s interesting to see how the gaming community is responding to the BAFTAs this year. The emphasis on the emotional impact of art is such an important conversation. Looking forward to seeing how this evolves!