Phil Wang to host the Bafta Games Awards
Phil Wang has been announced as host of the 20th Bafta Games Awards.
The comic is a lifelong game player, whose first console was the legendary Sega Saturn, and who spent his childhood in Malaysia as a connoisseur of real-time strategy (RTS) games, such as Rome: Total War, Age of Empires, and Theme Park Tycoon.
As an adult, he graduated to major narrative titles such as Death Stranding and The Last of Us Part II
He said: ‘I’ve always loved and been fascinated by video games. When I was about eight, I begged my dad for our first computer so that I could play Ski Free - an 8-bit skiing game that came with Windows.
‘Games have come a long way in their sophistication since. I have wept at the The Last of Us, laughed at Portal, screamed at FIFA, and Ski Free is presumably now Ski With Ads.’
The awards take place on Thursday April 11 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, on London’s Southbank. The awards will be shown live on all major social and streaming platforms, including Bafta’s YouTube, Twitch, and X channels.
Bafta CEO Jane Millichip said: ‘Phil Wang is the perfect host - a consummate presenter - entertaining, witty, knowledgeable and passionate about the games industry.’
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