The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the nominees for the 2017 Games Awards, which will be handed out in a special ceremony in London on April 6. Viewers at home will be able to watch a livestream of ceremony through BAFTA’s Twitch channel.
This year’s top nominee is Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, which scored eight nominations including “Game of the Year.” Nathan Drake’s final adventure will also compete in the “Artistic Achievement,” “Audio Achievement,” “Music,” and “Narrative” categories, as well as with three separate nominations in the “Performer” category (Troy Baker, Nolan North, and Emily Rose).
Uncharted 4 will fight for BAFTA’s “Game of the Year” honor against five other critically-acclaimed games from 2016 including Campo Santo’s Firewatch, Playdead’s Inside, Blizzard’s Overwatch, Concerned Ape’s Stardew Valley, and Respawn’s Titanfall 2.
The complete list of nominees in all categories can be found after the break.
Best Game
- Firewatch (Campo Santo Productions/Camp Santo Productions, Panic)
- Inside (Playdead/Playdead)
- Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment)
- Stardew Valley (ConcernedApe/Chucklefish)
- Titanfall 2 (Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts)
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Best British Game
- Batman: Arkham VR (Rocksteady Studios/WB Games)
- Forza Horizon 3 (Playground Games/Microsoft Studios)
- No Man’s Sky (Hello Games/Hello Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Overcooked (Ghost Town Games/Team17 Digital)
- Planet Coaster (Frontier Developments/Frontier Developments )
- Virginia (Variable State/505 Games)
Mobile & Handheld
- The Banner Saga 2 (Stoic/Versus Evil)
- Dawn of Titans (Natural Motion/Zynga)
- Deus Ex Go (Square Enix Montreal/Square Enix)
- Pokemon Go (Niantic/Niantic)
- Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon (Game Freak/The Pokemon Company International)
- Reigns (Nerial/Devolver Digital)
Original Property
- Firewatch (Campo Santo Productions/Campo Santo Productions, Panic)
- Inside (Playdead/Playdead)
- The Last Guardian (SIE Japan Studio, genDesign/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment)
- Unravel (Coldwood Interactive/Electronic Arts)
- The Witness (Thekla/Thekla)
Debut Game
- Firewatch (Campo Santo Productions/Campo Santo Productions, Panic)
- Overcooked (Ghost Town Games/Team17 Digital)
- Oxenfree (Night School Studio/Night School Studio)
- That Dragon Cancer (Numinous Games/Numinous Games)
- The Witness (Thekla/Thekla)
- Virginia (Variable State/505 Games)
Performer
- Alex Hernandez (Lincoln Clay in Mafia III)
- Cissy Jones (Delilah in Firewatch)
- Emily Rose (Elena Fisher in Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End)
- Navid Negahban (Hajj Agha in 1979 Revolution: Black Friday)
- Nolan North (Nathan Drake in Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End)
- Troy Baker (Sam Drake in Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End)
Artistic Achievement
- Abzu (Giant Squid/505 Games)
- Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks)
- Inside (Playdead/Playdead)
- The Last Guardian (SIE Japan Studio, genDesign/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Unravel (Coldwood Interactive/Electronic Arts)
Audio Achievement
- Battlefield 1 (DICE/Electronic Arts)
- Doom (id Software/Bethesda Softworks)
- Inside (Playdead/Playdead)
- The Last Guardian (SIE Japan Studio, genDesign/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Rez Infinite (Enhance Games, Monstars, Resonair/Enhance Games)
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Game Design
- Battlefield 1 (DICE/Electronic Arts)
- Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks)
- Inside (Playdead/Playdead)
- Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment)
- Titanfall 2 (Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts)
- The Witness (Thekla/Thekla)
Game Innovation
- Batman: Arkham VR (Rocksteady Studios/WB Games)
- Firewatch (Campo Santo Productions/Campo Santo Productions, Panic)
- Pokemon Go (Niantic/Niantic)
- That Dragon Cancer (Numinous Games/Numinous Games)
- Unseen Diplomacy (Triangular Pixels/ Triangular Pixels)
- The Witness (Thekla/Thekla)
Narrative
- Dishonored 2 (Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks)
- Firewatch (Campo Santo Productions/Campo Santo Productions, Panic)
- Inside Arnt Jensen – Playdead/Playdead)
- Mafia III (Hangar 13/2K Games)
- Oxenfree (Night School Studio/Night School Studio)
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End Neil Druckmann, Josh Scherr – Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Multiplayer
- Battlefield 1 (DICE/Electronic Arts)
- Forza Horizon 3 (Playground Games/Microsoft Studios)
- Overcooked (Ghost Town Games/Team17 Digital)
- Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment)
- Titanfall 2 (Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts)
- Tom Clancy’s The Division (Ubisoft Massive/Ubisoft)
Music
- Abzu (Giant Squid/505 Games)
- Doom (id Software/Bethesda Softworks)
- Inside (Playdead/Playdead)
- The Last Guardian (SIE Japan Studio, genDesign/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Virginia (Variable State/505 Games)
Family
- Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens (TT Games/WB Games)
- Overcooked (Ghost Town Games/Team17 Digital)
- The Playroom VR (SIE Japan Studio, Team ASOBI!/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Pokemon Go (Niantic/Niantic)
- Ratchet & Clank (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Toca Hair Salon 3 (Toca Boca/Toca Boca)
Evolving Game
- Destiny: Rise of Iron (Bungie/Activision)
- Elite Dangerous: Horizons (Frontier Developments/Frontier Developments)
- Eve Online (CCP Games/CCP Games)
- Final Fantasy XIV (Square Enix/Square Enix)
- Hitman (IO Interactive/Square Enix)
- Rocket League (Psyonix/Psyonix)
BAFTA Ones to Watch Award (Public Voting)
- Among the Stones (Lukasz Gomula, Alberto Taiuti, James Wood, Roberton Macken, Kevin McKenna, Rory Sweeney – Bluedoor Games)
- Pentagrab (Andrew Fullarton, Thomas Slade, Nick Kondylis, Cari Watterton, Dale Smith – Ludico)
- Rebound (Kieran Gallagher, Isaac Pringle, Mark Tempini, Andrew Graham, Alexander MacDiarmid, Vladislav Veselinov, Craig Russell, Alexandra Donaldson – Hexterion)
AMD eSports Audience Award (Public Voting)
- Clash Royale (Supercell/Supercell)
- Counter Strike: Global Offensive (Hidden Path Entertainment/Valve)
- DOTA 2 (Valve/Valve)
- League of Legends (Riot Games/Riot Games)
- Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment)
- Street Fighter V (Capcom, Dimps/Capcom)
