Six nominated games from upcoming 2022 BAFTA Games Awards to be played by 12 women from Black Twitch UK, who will compete in a series of head-to-head challenges live on Twitch one week ahead of ceremony
BAFTA has announced today its collaboration with Black Twitch UK, a platform dedicated to highlighting and promoting the voices and content of Black streamers and content creators in the UK, for the inaugural ‘BAFTA Games Challenge’, one week ahead of the BAFTA Games Awards on Thursday 7 April.
On Thursday 31 March, from 14.00 to 16.30 BST, two teams of six women from Black Twitch UK will compete live on BAFTA’s Twitch (www.twitch.tv/bafta) in a series of offbeat in-game challenges celebrating six of this year’s BAFTA-nominated games.
Led by team captains Ebonix, Twitch’s first Black female ambassador in the UK, and GeekyCassie, the 12 streamers will compete against each other for the title of this year’s champion.
Viewers of the stream will also find out more about this year’s BAFTA-nominated games and trivia around the BAFTA Games Awards, and will be encouraged to interact and engage with the proceedings via Twitch Chat. Twitch polls will assist to shape and determine the outcome in certain rounds, from challenges such as testing players’ creativity skills from in-game photography to creating the most visually appealing masterpiece.
The BAFTA-nominated games to be played are Chicory: A Colorful Tale, Halo Infinite, It Takes Two, Mario Party Superstars, Returnal and Unpacking.
Luke Hebblethwaite, Head of Games, BAFTA, said: “We continually look for new ways to broaden our support of the wider games industry as we celebrate the very best in games at the BAFTA Games Awards next month. So I’m delighted that we’re collaborating on the inaugural BAFTA Games Challenge with Black Twitch UK, who not only do an outstanding job of raising the profile of Black streamers in the UK but also share our passion for games. I can’t wait to see how the teams fare in the challenges we’ve set them around some of the best games of 2021.”
GeekyCassie, Black Twitch UK, said: “We’re proud to collaborate with BAFTA ahead of the awards ceremony to celebrate some of the 2022 BAFTA-nominated games in an engaging and interactive format.With 39 games nominated, we get to experience six of those games in unique challenges, and we are looking forward to sharing the excitement around the upcoming BAFTA Games Awards with the Twitch audience.”Ebonix, Black Twitch UK, said: “The games industry continues to produce amazing games and we’re delighted to celebrate some of the titles nominated for BAFTA Games Awards. Since establishing Black Twitch UK with GeekyCassie, our aim has been to highlight and uplift Black streamers and content creators in the UK. Collaborating with BAFTA gives us another platform to further empower some of the talented women and Black streamers in a unique and fun way. Let the games commence!”
2022 BAFTA Games Awards takes place Thursday 7 April at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank, London, and will be viewable by livestream via twitch.tv/bafta.
The Awards are supported by BAFTA’s official games partners Electronic Arts, Epic Games, PlayStation, SEGA and Tencent with EE sponsoring the Game of the Year Award, the only award voted for by the public.
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