The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the nominees for this year’s BAFTA Game Awards and Sony Santa Monica’s God of War lead the way with ten nominations, including an unprecedented four nominations in the “Performer” category (one each for the actors behind Kratos, Atreus, Freya, and The Stranger). Boy!
Naturally, God of War is also in running for the “Best Game” Award, and it’ll be competing against Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey, Sony’s Astro Bot: Rescue Mission, Matt Makes Games’s Celeste, Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2, and Lucas Pope’s Return of the Obra Dinn
The BAFTA Game Awards will be held at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London on April 4, and the ceremony will once again be hosted by comedian Dara O’Briain. Fans across the globe are encouraged to tune in to a livestream of the ceremony at BAFTA.org.
The complete list of nominees in all categories can be found after the break.
Best Game
- Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey (Ubisoft Quebec / Ubisoft)
- Astro Bot: Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Celeste (Matt Makes Games / Matt Makes Games)
- God of War (Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games / Rockstar Games)
- Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope / 3909)
Best British Game
- 11-11: Memories Retold (Digixart, Aardman, and Bandai Namco / Bandai Namco)
- Forza Horizon 4 (Playground Games / Microsoft Studios)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games / Rockstar Games)
- The Room: Old Sins(Fireproof Games / Fireproof Games)
- Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games and Team 17 / Team 17)
- Two Point Hospital (Two Point Studios / Sega)
Best Mobile Game
- Alto’s Odyssey (Team Alto / Snowman)
- Brawl Stars (Supercell / Supercell)
- Donut County (Ben Esposito / Annapurna Interactive)
- Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
- Reigns: Game of Thrones (Nerial / Devolver Digital)
- The Room: Old Sins (Fireproof Games / Fireproof Games)
Original Property
- Dead Cells (Motion Twin / Motion Twin)
- Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
- Into the Breach (Subset Games / Subset Games)
- Moss (Polyarc / Polyarc)
- Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope / 3909)
- Subnautica (Unknown Worlds Entertainment / Unknown Worlds Entertainment)
Debut Game
- Beat Saber (Beat Games / Beat Games)
- Cultist Simulator (Weather Factory / Humble Bundle)
- Donut County (Ben Espositio / Annapurna Interactive)
- Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
- Gris (Nomada Studio / Devolver Digital)
- Yoku’s Island Express (Villa Gorilla / Team 17)
Performer
- Christopher Judge (Kratos in God of War)
- Danielle Bisutti (Freya in God of War)
- Jeremy Davies (The Stranger in God of War)
- Melissanthi Mahut (Kassandra of Sparta in Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey)
- Roger Clark (Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2)
- Sunny Suljic (Atreus in God of War)
Artistic Achievement
- Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Gris (Nomada Studio / Devolver Digital)
- God of War (Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Spider-Man – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games / Rockstar Games)
- Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope / 3909)
Audio Achievement
- Battlefield V (EA Dice / Electronic Arts)
- Detroit: Become Human (Quantic Dream / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- God of War (Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games / Rockstar Games)
- Tetris Effect (Monstars and Resonair / Enhance)
Game Design
- Astro Bot: Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Celeste (Matt Makes Games / Matt Makes Games)
- God of War (Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Into the Breach Justin Ma, Matthew Davis (Subset Games / Subset Games)
- Minit (JW, Kitty, Jukio, and Dom / Devolver Digital)
- Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope / 3909)
Game Innovation
- Astro Bot: Rescue Mission (SIE Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Celeste (Matt Makes Games / Matt Makes Games)
- Cultist Simulator Alexis Kennedy, Lottie Bevan (Weather Factory / Humble Bundle)
- Moss (Polyarc / Polyarc)
- Nintendo Labo (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope / 3909)
Narrative
- Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
- Frostpunk (11 Bit Studios / 11 Bit Studios)
- God of War (Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Spider-Man (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Red Dead Redemption 2 (Rockstar Games / Rockstar Games)
- Return of the Obra Dinn (Lucas Pope / 3909)
Multiplayer
- A Way Out – (Hazelight / EA Originals)
- Battlefield V (EA Dice / Electronic Arts)
- Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games and Team 17 / Team 17)
- Sea of Thieves (Rare / Microsoft Studios)
- Super Mario Party (NDCube / Nintendo)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, Bandai Namco, and Sora / Nintendo)
Music
- Celeste (Lena Raine – Matt Makes Games / Matt Makes Games)
- Far Cry 5 (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
- Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
- God of War (Bear McCreary, Keith Leary, Peter Scaturro – Santa Monica Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- Gris (Nomada Studios / Devolver Digitial)
- Tetris Effect (Hydelic, Noboru Mutoh, Takako Ishida – Monstars and Resonair / Enhance)
Family
- Lego The Incredibles (TT Games / WB Games)
- Nintendo Labo (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
- Overcooked 2 (Ghost Town Games and Team17 / Team17)
- Pokemon: Let’s Go Pikachu! and Pokemon: Let’s Go Eevee! – Game Freak/The Pokémon Company and Nintendo
- Super Mario Party (NDCube / Nintendo)
- Yoku’s Island Express (Villa Gorilla / Team 17)
Game Beyond Entertainment
- 11-11: Memories Retold (Digixart, Aardman, and Bandai Namco / Bandai Namco) Entertainment
- Celeste (Matt Makes Games / Matt Makes Games)
- Florence (Mountains / Annapurna Interactive)
- Life Is Strange 2 (Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix)
- My Child Lebensborn (Sarepta Studio / Teknopilot and Sarepta Studio)
- Nintendo Labo (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Evolving Game
- Destiny 2: Forsaken (Bungie / Activision)
- Elite Dangerous: Beyond (Frontier / Frontier)
- Fortnite (Epic Games / Epic Games)
- Overwatch (Blizzard Entertainment / Blizzard Entertainment)
- Sea of Thieves (Rare / Microsoft Studios)
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
