The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the nominees for the 2015 BAFTA Games Awards and the British-born Alien: Isolation leads the way with six nominations. Creative Assembly’s sequel to the 1979 film is up for “Best Game” as well as “British Game,” “Audio Achievement,” “Music,” Game Design,” and “Game Innovation.”
It will be competing for the top prize against some of last year’s most-honored titles including Bungie’s Destiny, BioWare’s Dragon Age: Inquisition, Nintendo’s Mario Kart 8, Monolith’s Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordorm, and ustwo’s Monument Valley.
Monument Valley’s presence in the “Best Game” category is rather fitting as it lead all other games with five nominations. Far Cry 4, which is not competing for “Best Game,” also managed to score five nominations. 80 Days, Destiny, Mario Kart 8, and Shadow of Mordor all took up residence on the next level with four nominations apiece.
The winners of the 2015 BAFTA Games Awards will revealed on March 12. The full list of nominees can be found after the break.
Best Game
- Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega)
- Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
- Dragon Age: Inquisition (BioWare/Electronic Arts)
- Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo)
- Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
- Monument Valley (ustwo Games)
British Game
- 80 Days (Joseph Humfrey, Jon Ingold, Jaume Fabregat Vilella – Inkle/Profile Books)
- Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega)
- Forza Horizon 2 (Playground Games/Microsoft Studios)
- Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions (Lucid Games/Sierra)
- Lumino City (State of Play Games)
- Monument Valley (Ustwo Games)
Mobile & Handheld
- 80 Days Joseph Humfrey, Jon Ingold, Jaume Fabregat Vilella – Inkle/Profile Books)
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)
- Hitman Go (Daniel Lutz – Square Enix Montréal/Square Enix)
- Monument Valley (Ustwo Games)
- Threes (Asher Vollmer, Greg Wohlwend, Jimmy Hinson – Sirvo)
- The Walking Dead Season 2 (Telltale Games)
Debut Game
- The Banner Saga (John Watson, Alex Thomas, Arnie Jorgensen – Stoic Studios/Versus Evil)
- CounterSpy (Dynamighty/Sony Computer Entertainment)
- Hitman Go Daniel Lutz – Square Enix Montréal/Square Enix)
- Never Alone (Upper One Games/E-Line Media)
- Shovel Knight (Yacht Club Games)
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (Adrian Chmielarz, Andrzej Poznanski, Michal Kosieradzki – The Astronauts/Nordic Games)
Artistic Achievement
- Assassin’s Creed; Unity (Ubisoft)
- Far Cry 4 (Jean-Alexis Doyon, David Wilkinson, Scott Mitchell – Ubisoft)
- Hohokum (Honeyslug/Sony Computer Entertainment)
- Lumino City (State of Play Games)
- Monument Valley (ustwo Games)
- Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Paul Tumelaire, Ghislain Avrillon, Laurent Labouille – Ubisoft/Ubisoft)
Audio Achievement
- Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega)
- The Banner Saga (Austin Wintory, Michael Theiler, Peret Von Sturmer – Stoic Studios/Versus Evil)
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Sledgehammer Games/Activision)
- Fantasia: Music Evolved (Harmonix Music Systems/Disney Interactive Studios)
- Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo)
- The Sailor’s Dream (Simogo)
Music
- Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega)
- The Banner Saga (Stoic Studios/Plan of Attack)
- Fantasia: Music Evolved (Harmonix Music Systems/Disney Interactive Studios)
- Far Cry 4 (Cliff Martinez, Tony Gronick, Jerome Angelot – Ubisoft/Ubisoft)
- Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
- The Sailor’s Dream (Simogo)
Game Design
- Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega)
- Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
- Far Cry 4 (Patrik Methe, Cedric Decelle, Andrea Zanini – Ubisoft/Ubisoft)
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)
- Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
- Threes (Asher Vollmer, Greg Wohlwend, Jimmy Hinson – Sirvo)
Game Innovation
- 80 Days (Joseph Humfrey, Jon Ingold – Inkle/Profile Books)
- Alien: Isolation (Creative Assembly/Sega)
- Lumino City (State of Play Games/State of Play Games)
- Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
- TitanFall (Steve Fukuda, Richard Baker, Vince Zampella – Respawn/Electronic Arts)
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (The Astronauts/Nordic Games)
Story
- 80 Days (Joseph Humfrey, Jon Ingold, Meg Jayanth – Inkle/Profile Books)
- Broken Age (Tim Shafer – Double Fine Productions)
- Far Cry 4 (Mark Thompson, Lucien Soulban, Li Kuo – Ubisoft)
- The Last of Us: Left Behind (Neil Druckmann – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment)
- Never Alone (Upper One Games/E-Line Media)
- The Wolf Among Us (Telltale Games)
Original Property
- Kalimba (Press Play/Microsoft Studios)
- Monument Valley (Ustwo Games)
- Sunset Overdrive (Insomniac/Microsoft Studios)
- TitanFall (Steve Fukuda, Richard Baker, Vince Zampella – Respawn/Electronic Arts)
- Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Yoan Fanise, Paul Tumelaire, Simon Choquet – Ubisoft/Ubisoft)
- The Vanishing of Ethan Carter (Adrian Chmielarz, Andrzei Poznanski, Michel Kosieradzki – The Astronauts/Nordic Games)
Family
- The Lego Movie (TT Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
- LittleBigPlanet 3 (Pete Smith, Paul Porter, Darius Sardeghian – Sumo Digital and XDev Studio Europe/Sony Computer Entertainment)
- Minecraft Console Editions (Mojang/4J Studios/Microsoft Studios)
- Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo)
- Skylanders: Trap Team (Toys for Bob, Vicarious Visions/Activision)
- Twelve A Dozen (Bossa Studios)
Multiplayer
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Sledgehammer Games/Activision)
- Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)
- Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
- Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo)
- Minecraft Console Editions (Mojang/4J Studios/Microsoft Studios)
- TitanFall (Steve Fukuda, Richard Baker, Vince Zampella – Respawn/Electronic Arts)
Persistent Game
- Destiny (Bungie/Activision)
- Eve Online: Phoebe (CCP Games)
- League of Legends (Riot Games)
- Runescape (Jagex)
- World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor (Blizzard Entertainment)
- World of Tanks (Wargaming.net)
Sport
- FIFA 15 (EA Sports/Electronic Arts)
- Football Manager 2015 (Sports Interactive/Sega)
- Forza Horizon 2 (Playground Games/Microsoft Studios)
- OlliOlli (John Ribbins, Simon Bennett, Tom Hegarty – Roll7)
- Madden NFL 15 (EA Sports/Electronic Arts)
- Trials Fusion (Kim Lahti, Antti Ilvessuo, Karri Kiviluoma – Ubisoft)
Performer
- Adam Harrington as Bigby Wolf in The Wolf Among Us
- Ashley Johnson as Ellie in The Last of Us: Left Behind
- Kevin Spacey as Jonathan Irons in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
- Logan Cunningham as Transistor in Transistor
- Melissa Hutchison as Clementine in The Walking Dead Season 2
- Troy Baker as Pagan Min in Far Cry 4
BAFTA Ones to Watch Award (In Association with Dare to Be Digital)
- Chambara (Kevin Wong, Catherine Fox, Alex Faulkner, Esteban Fajardo, Thomas Hoffman – Overly Kinetic)
- Sagittarius (Vivek Deshpande, Anand Navaneetha Raja, Ashik Sharief, Shashank Chavan, Karthireyan Dhandapani – Too Mainstream)
- Don’t Walk: Run (Niall Taylor, Joseph Grainger, Oliver Reynolds – Duffy, Sean Barron, Alan Taylor – Torque)
