2026 UK Video Game Awards shortlist announced


We’re proud to present the shortlist for the 2026 UK Video Game Awards, celebrating the very best of the UK’s games industry. The winners of each award will be announced at the UK Video Game Awards, 5th March at Glaziers Hall, London. Tickets are available to buy here.

Best UK console game

  • Atomfall (Rebellion)
  • Battlefield 6 (Criterion – A Battlefield Studio)
  • Mafia: The Old Country (Hangar 13)
  • PowerWash Simulator 2 (FuturLab)

Best UK mobile game

Sponsored by Barclays

  • Golf Clash (EA Playdemic)
  • Mindset GO! (Magicave)
  • Pine Hearts (Hyper Luminal Games)
  • PowerWash Simulator (FuturLab)

Best UK PC game

  • Atomfall (Rebellion)
  • Battlefield 6 (Criterion – A Battlefield Studio)
  • Jurassic World Evolution 3 (Frontier Developments)
  • Still Wakes the Deep: Siren’s Rest (The Chinese Room)

Best UK mixed reality game (VR, AR, XR)

  • Ghost Town (Fireproof Games)
  • Reach (nDreams)
  • Train Sim World VR: New York (Just Add Water and Dovetail Games)

Best UK user generated content (UGC)

  • Catalog Avatar Creator (Parwaz Game Studios)
  • King of Meat (Glowmade)
  • Revive Atlantis (Fish in a Bottle)

Best UK developer

Sponsored by Bastion

  • Frontier Developments
  • FuturLab
  • nDreams

Best UK publisher

Sponsored by GG Insurance

  • Dovetail Games
  • Playstack
  • Secret Mode
  • Team17

Rising star

  • Fireshine Games
  • Pixel Helix
  • Snap Finger Click
  • Tanglewood Games

Sustainability champion

  • JECO
  • Jude Ower MBE
  • PlanetPlay
  • YRS TRULY

Diversity and inclusion champion

Sponsored by Raise The Game

  • Into Games
  • Limit Break
  • Dr Marie-Claire Isaaman
  • Playground Games

Best UK service supplier

  • Huey Games
  • Steel Media
  • Tanglewood Games
  • YRS TRULY

UK Game of the year

Sponsored by Playground Games

  • Atomfall (Rebellion)
  • Battlefield 6 (Criterion – A Battlefield Studio)
  • Mafia: The Old Country (Hangar 13)
  • PowerWash Simulator 2 (FuturLab)
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