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  "slug": "awards-and-recognition",
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  "title": "Awards and recognition",
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  "summary": "Two BAFTAs, twenty award wins in year one, and a million copies — Unpacking's trophy shelf.",
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  "contentMarkdown": "For a quiet game about boxes, [[Unpacking]] collected a remarkable amount of hardware.\n\n## BAFTA Games Awards 2022\n\nAt the ceremony on 7 April 2022, Unpacking won **EE Game of the Year** — the only award voted for by the British public — and the BAFTA for **Narrative**.[^1][^2]\n\n## The first-year tally\n\nOn the game's first anniversary (2 November 2022), Humble Games and Witch Beam announced it had won **20 awards** and earned **50 nominations** in its first year, alongside passing one million copies sold worldwide.[^3]\n\n## Early momentum\n\nThe game sold over 100,000 copies in its first ten days — the start of the word-of-mouth run that carried it to awards season.[^4]\n\n[^1]: EE. [\"Unpacking wins the EE Game of the Year Award at the 2022 BAFTA Games Awards\"](https://newsroom.ee.co.uk/unpacking-wins-the-ee-game-of-the-year-award-at-the-2022-bafta-games-awards/) — EE Newsroom, 7 April 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^2]: NME. [\"Returnal and Unpacking win big at BAFTA Games Awards 2022\"](https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/returnal-and-unpacking-win-big-at-bafta-games-awards-2022-3201065) — NME, 8 April 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^3]: GoNintendo. [\"Humble Games and Witch Beam's Unpacking Celebrates 1 Year and over 1 Million Units\"](https://gonintendo.com/contents/11711-humble-games-and-witch-beam-s-unpacking-celebrates-1-year-and-over-1-million-units) — GoNintendo, November 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.\n[^4]: Witch Beam. [\"Unpacking — Press Kit\"](https://www.unpackinggame.com/presskit/) — unpackinggame.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.",
  "contentText": "For a quiet game about boxes, Unpacking collected a remarkable amount of hardware.\nBAFTA Games Awards 2022\nAt the ceremony on 7 April 2022, Unpacking won EE Game of the Year — the only award voted for by the British public — and the BAFTA for Narrative.\nThe first-year tally\nOn the game's first anniversary (2 November 2022), Humble Games and Witch Beam announced it had won 20 awards and earned 50 nominations in its first year, alongside passing one million copies sold worldwide.\nEarly momentum\nThe game sold over 100,000 copies in its first ten days — the start of the word-of-mouth run that carried it to awards season.",
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      "refKey": "1",
      "text": "EE. \"Unpacking wins the EE Game of the Year Award at the 2022 BAFTA Games Awards\" — EE Newsroom, 7 April 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.",
      "url": "https://newsroom.ee.co.uk/unpacking-wins-the-ee-game-of-the-year-award-at-the-2022-bafta-games-awards/",
      "accessedAt": "9 July 2026"
    },
    {
      "refKey": "2",
      "text": "NME. \"Returnal and Unpacking win big at BAFTA Games Awards 2022\" — NME, 8 April 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.",
      "url": "https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/returnal-and-unpacking-win-big-at-bafta-games-awards-2022-3201065",
      "accessedAt": "9 July 2026"
    },
    {
      "refKey": "3",
      "text": "GoNintendo. \"Humble Games and Witch Beam's Unpacking Celebrates 1 Year and over 1 Million Units\" — GoNintendo, November 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2026.",
      "url": "https://gonintendo.com/contents/11711-humble-games-and-witch-beam-s-unpacking-celebrates-1-year-and-over-1-million-units",
      "accessedAt": "9 July 2026"
    },
    {
      "refKey": "4",
      "text": "Witch Beam. \"Unpacking — Press Kit\" — unpackinggame.com. Retrieved 9 July 2026.",
      "url": "https://www.unpackinggame.com/presskit/",
      "accessedAt": "9 July 2026"
    }
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  "createdAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:49.709Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:53:49.709Z",
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    "name": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
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    "attribution": "\"Awards and recognition\" by CozyWiki contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://cozywiki.com/unpacking/wiki/awards-and-recognition"
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