Thursday, March 07, 2024

20th BAFTA Games Awards: The Nominations


Explore the nominations for this year's BAFTA Games Awards, celebrating the very best games of 2023 and the talent who made them.

The 20th BAFTA Games Awards take place on Thursday 11 April, live on major social and streaming platforms around the world at 19.00 BST / 14.00 ET / 11.00 PT


ANIMATION

ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team - Remedy Entertawinment Plc./Epic Games

HI-FI RUSH Development Team - Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks

HOGWARTS LEGACY Development Team - Avalanche Software/Warner Bros. Games

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Nathan Dunlap, David Nam, Thomas Cannell - Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts

SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo


ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team - Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games

BALDUR’S GATE 3 Development Team - Larian Studio/Larian Studio

COCOON Development Team - Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive

DIABLO IV Development Team - Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment

FINAL FANTASY XVI Hiroshi Minagawa, Kazuya Takahashi, Naoki Kurihara - SQUARE ENIX - Creative Business Unit III/SQUARE ENIX

HI-FI RUSH Development Team - Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks


AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT

ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team - Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE III Matt Grimm, Eric Wedemeyer, Robbie Elias - Sledgehammer Games/Activision

HI-FI RUSH Development Team - Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Development Team - Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts


BEST GAME

ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team - Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games

BALDUR’S GATE 3 Development Team - Larian Studio/Larian Studio

DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo


BRITISH GAME

CASSETTE BEASTS Development Team - Bytten Studio/Raw Fury

DEAD ISLAND 2 Development Team - Dambuster Studios/PLAION

DISNEY ILLUSION ISLAND Development Team - Dlala Studios/Disney

FOOTBALL MANAGER 2024 Development Team - Sports Interactive/SEGA Europe

VIEWFINDER Development Team - Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing

WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR: REALMS OF RUIN Development Team - Frontier Developments/Frontier Developments


DEBUT GAME

COCOON Development Team - Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive

DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET

DREDGE Development Team - Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital

STRAY GODS: THE ROLEPLAYING MUSICAL Development Team - Summerfall Studios/Humble Games

VENBA Abhijeeth Swaminathan, Sam Elkana, Shahrin Khan - Visai Games/Visai Games

VIEWFINDER Development Team - Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing


EVOLVING GAME

CYBERPUNK 2077 Development Team - CD PROJEKT RED/CD PROJEKT RED

FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE Development Team - Creative Business Unit III/Square Enix

FORTNITE Development Team - Epic Games/Epic Games

FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team - Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios

GENSHIN IMPACT Development Team – HoYoverse/HoYoverse

NO MAN’S SKY Development Team - Hello Games/Hello Games


FAMILY

COCOON Development Team - Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive

DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET

DISNEY ILLUSION ISLAND Development Team - Dlala Studios/Disney

HI-FI RUSH Development Team - Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks

HOGWARTS LEGACY Development Team - Avalanche Software/Warner Bros. Games

SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo


GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT

CHANTS OF SENNAAR Julien Moya, Thomas Panuel – Rundisc/Focus Entertainment

GOODBYE VOLCANO HIGH Development Team - KO_OP/KO_OP

TCHIA Phil Crifo, Marilou Lopez-Aguilera, Thoanë Thomadra – Awaceb/Kepler Interactive

TERRA NIL Development Team - Free Lives/Devolver Digital

THIRSTY SUITORS Development Team - Outerloop Games/Annapurna Interactive

VENBA Abhijeeth Swaminathan, Sam Elkana, Shahrin Khan - Visai Games/Visai Games


GAME DESIGN

COCOON Development Team - Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive

DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET

DREDGE Joel Mason, Alex Ritchie, Nadia Thorn - Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

VIEWFINDER Development Team - Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing


 

MULTIPLAYER

BALDUR’S GATE 3 Development Team - Larian Studio/Larian Studio

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE III Development Team - Sledgehammer Games/Activision

DIABLO IV Development Team - Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment

FORZA MOTORSPORT Development Team - Turn 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios

PARTY ANIMALS Development Team - Recreate Games/Source Technology

SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo


MUSIC

ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team - Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games

ASSASSIN’S CREED MIRAGE Development Team – Ubisoft/Ubisoft

BALDUR’S GATE 3 Borislav Slavov - Larian Studio/Larian Studio

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 John Paesano, Scott Hanau, Keith Leary - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Gordy Haab, Stephen Barton - Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts


NARRATIVE

ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team - Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games

BALDUR’S GATE 3 Development Team - Larian Studio/Larian Studio

DREDGE Joel Mason, Alex Ritchie, Nadia Thorne - Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital

FINAL FANTASY XVI Kazutoyo Maehiro, Michael-Christopher Koji Fox - SQUARE ENIX - Creative Business Unit III/SQUARE ENIX

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Stig Asmussen, Aaron Contreras, Dori Arazi - Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts


NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

CHANTS OF SENNAAR Julien Moya, Thomas Panuel – Rundisc/Focus Entertainment

DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET

DREDGE Development Team - Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital

HI-FI RUSH Development Team - Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks

JUSANT Development Team - DON'T NOD/DON'T NOD

VIEWFINDER Development Team - Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing


PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE

AMELIA TYLER as Narrator in Baldur’s Gate 3

CAMERON MONAGHAN as Cal Kestis in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

NADJI JETER as Miles Morales in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

NEIL NEWBON as Astarion in Baldur’s Gate 3

SAMANTHA Béart as Karlach in Baldur’s Gate 3

YURI LOWENTHAL as Peter Parker in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2


PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

ANDREW WINCOTT as Raphael in Baldur’s Gate 3

DEBRA WILSON as Cere Junda in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

RALPH INESON as Cidolfus “Cid” Telamon in Final Fantasy XVI

SAM LAKE as Alex Casey in Alan Wake 2

TONY TODD as Venom in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

TRACY WILES as Jaheira in Baldur’s Gate 3


TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team - Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games

FINAL FANTASY XVI Ryota Suzuki, Yasuhiro Yanamoto, Kei Honda - SQUARE ENIX - Creative Business Unit III/SQUARE ENIX

HORIZON CALL OF THE MOUNTAIN Development Team - Guerrilla and Firesprite/Sony Interactive Entertainment

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

STARFIELD Development Team - Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks


EE PLAYERS' CHOICE AWARD (voted for by the public) 

BALDUR’S GATE 3 Larian Studio/Larian Studio

CYBERPUNK 2077 CD PROJEKT RED/CD PROJEKT RED

FORTNITE Epic Games/Epic Games

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

LETHAL COMPANY Zeekerss/Zeekerss

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

 

7 March 2024:  Nominations are correct at the time of going to print. BAFTA reserves the right to make changes to the names listed at any time up until 11 April 2024.