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BAFTA Game Awards 2020 nominations revealed

It’s that time again where the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards notable games in the industry as it reveals its nominations.

On 2nd April the awards ceremony will take place, so for now we get to look over what made it and what may win.

There are 18 categories here covering just about everything. The full list of the categories, the nominated games and who made them are all available down below or on the BAFTA website.

To our eyes there are some notable inclusions here and some sure fire winners, at least in our eyes.

For audio achievement we’d be very sad to see anything but Ape Out win. This indie title published by Devolver Digital had what was called a “reactive music system” that really set it apart from anything else in its category.

As such a British event the best British game here is a bit of an extra honour. We liked Planet Zoo the best but Total War: Three Kingdoms will likely walk away with that category.

We really want to talk about the evolving game category here because No Man’s Sky should cinch it. Most people already know the roller coaster this game has taken the world on in terms of hype and post-release development after it failed to live up to that hype. If you’re out of the loop on this one, we recommend setting some time aside for the Internet Historian documentary on the topic.

Finally, for the biggest category here in best game. For our money Control has to win it here for its impeccable SCP-inspired world, fun gameplay and narrative. We can also see Disco Elysium or Sekiro walking away with the title too, however. As all three of these titles are nominated in various other categories, we’re sure they’ll all walk away with awards.

ANIMATION

  • CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE Development Team – Infinity Ward/Activision
  • CONTROL Development Team – Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
  • DEATH STRANDING Development Team – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
  • LUIGI’S MANSION 3 Development Team – Next Level Games/Nintendo
  • SAYONARA WILD HEARTS Development Team – Simogo/Annapurna Interactive
  • SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE Development Team – FromSoftware/Activision

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

  • CONCRETE GENIE Development Team – Pixelopus/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
  • CONTROL Development Team – Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
  • DEATH STRANDING Development Team – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
  • DISCO ELYSIUM Development Team – ZA/UM/ZA/UM
  • KNIGHTS AND BIKES Rex Crowle, Moo Yu, Kenneth C M Young – Foam Sword/Double Fine Presents
  • SAYONARA WILD HEARTS Development Team – Simogo/Annapurna Interactive

AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT

  • APE OUT Matt Boch – Gabe Cuzzillo, Matt Boch, Bennett Foddy/ Devolver Digital
  • CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE Development Team – Infinity Ward/Activision
  • CONTROL Development Team – Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
  • DEATH STRANDING Development Team – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
  • STAR WARS JEDI: FALLEN ORDER Nick Laviers – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
  • UNTITLED GOOSE GAME Development Team – House House/Panic

BEST GAME

  • CONTROL Development Team – Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
  • DISCO ELYSIUM Development Team – ZA/UM/ZA/UM
  • LUIGI’S MANSION 3 Development Team – Next Level Games/Nintendo
  • OUTER WILDS Development Team – Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive
  • SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE Development Team – FromSoftware/Activision
  • UNTITLED GOOSE GAME Development Team – House House/Panic

BRITISH GAME

  • DiRT RALLY 2.0 Development Team – Codemasters/Codemasters
  • HEAVEN’S VAULT Joseph Humfrey, Jon Ingold, Laura Dilloway – inkle/inkle
  • KNIGHTS AND BIKES Rex Crowle, Moo Yu, Kenneth C M Young – Foam Sword/Double Fine Presents
  • OBSERVATION Development Team – No Code/Devolver Digital
  • PLANET ZOO Development Team – Frontier Developments/Frontier Developments
  • TOTAL WAR: THREE KINGDOMS Development Team – The Creative Assembly/SEGA

DEBUT GAME

  • APE OUT Gabe Cuzzillo, Matt Boch, Bennett Foddy – Gabe Cuzzillo, Matt Boch, Bennett Foddy/Devolver Digital
  • DEATH STRANDING Development Team – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
  • DISCO ELYSIUM Development Team – ZA/UM/ZA/UM
  • KATANA ZERO Justin Stander – Askiisoft/Devolver Digital
  • KNIGHTS AND BIKES Rex Crowle, Moo Yu, Kenneth C M Young – Foam Sword/Double Fine Presents
  • MANIFOLD GARDEN Development Team – William Chyr Studio/William Chyr Studio

EVOLVING GAME

  • APEX LEGENDS Chad Grenier, Drew McCoy – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
  • DESTINY 2 Development Team – Bungie/Bungie
  • FINAL FANTASY XIV: SHADOWBRINGERS Development Team – Square Enix/Square Enix
  • FORTNITE Development Team – Epic Games/Epic Games
  • NO MAN’S SKY: BEYOND Development Team – Hello Games/Hello Games
  • PATH OF EXILE Development Team – Grinding Gear Games/Grinding Gear Games

FAMILY

  • CONCRETE GENIE Development Team – Pixelopus/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
  • KNIGHTS AND BIKES Rex Crowle, Moo Yu, Kenneth C M Young – Foam Sword/Double Fine Presents
  • LUIGI’S MANSION 3 Development Team – Next Level Games/Nintendo
  • UNTITLED GOOSE GAME Development Team – House House/Panic
  • VACATION SIMULATOR Development Team – Owlchemy Labs/ Owlchemy Labs
  • WATTAM Development Team – Funomena/Annapurna Interactive

GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT 

  • CIVILIZATION VI: GATHERING STORM Development Team – Firaxis/2K
  • DEATH STRANDING Development Team – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
  • KIND WORDS (LO FI CHILL BEATS TO WRITE TO) Ziba Scott, Luigi Guatieri, Clark Aboud – Popcannibal/Popcannibal
  • LIFE IS STRANGE 2 (EPISODES 2-5) Development Team – Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix
  • NEO CAB Develoment Team – Chance Agency/Fellow Traveller Games
  • RING FIT ADVENTURE Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo

GAME DESIGN

  • BABA IS YOU Arvi Teikari – Hempuli Oy/Hempuli Oy
  • CONTROL Development Team –Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
  • DISCO ELYSIUM Development Team – ZA/UM/ZA/UM
  • OUTER WILDS Development Team – Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive
  • SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE Development Team – FromSoftware/Activision
  • WATTAM Development Team – Funomena/Annapurna Interactive

MULTIPLAYER

  • APEX LEGENDS Brent McLeod, Carlos Pineda – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
  • BORDERLANDS 3 Development Team – Gearbox Software/2K
  • CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE Development Team – Infinity Ward/Activision
  • LUIGI’S MANSION 3 Development Team – Next Level Games/Nintendo
  • TICK TOCK: A TALE FOR TWO Development Team – Other Tales Interactive/Other Tales Interactive
  • TOM CLANCY’S THE DIVISION 2 Development Team – Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft

MUSIC

  • CONTROL Petri Alanko, Martin Stig Andersen – Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
  • DEATH STRANDING Development Team – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
  • DISCO ELYSIUM Development Team – ZA/UM/ZA/UM
  • OUTER WILDS Development Team – Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive
  • THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LINK’S AWAKENING Development Team – Grezzo/Nintendo
  • WATTAM Asuka Takahashi – Funomena/Annapurna Interactive

NARRATIVE

  • CONTROL Writing Team – Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
  • DISCO ELYSIUM Writing Team – ZA/UM/ZA/UM
  • LIFE IS STRANGE 2 (EPISODES 2-5) Writing Team – Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix
  • OUTER WILDS Writing Team – Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive
  • THE OUTER WORLDS Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky – Obsidian Entertainment/ Private Division
  • STAR WARS JEDI: FALLEN ORDER Aaron Contreras, Matt Michnovetz, Stig Asmussen – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts

ORIGINAL PROPERTY

  • BABA IS YOU Arvi Teikari – Hempuli Oy/Hempuli Oy
  • CONTROL Development Team –Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
  • DEATH STRANDING Development Team – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
  • DISCO ELYSIUM Development Team – ZA/UM/ZA/UM
  • OUTER WILDS Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky – Obsidian Entertainment/Private Division
  • UNTITLED GOOSE GAME Development Team – House House/Panic

PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE

  • LAURA BAILEY as Kait Diaz in Gears 5
  • COURTNEY HOPE as Jesse Faden in Control
  • LOGAN MARSHALL-GREEN as David in Telling Lies
  • GONZALO MARTIN as Sean Diaz in Life is Strange 2 (episodes 2-5)
  • BARRY SLOANE as Captain Price in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  • NORMAN REEDUS as Sam in Death Stranding

PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

  • JOLENE ANDERSEN as Karen Reynolds in Life is Strange 2 (episodes 2-5)
  • TROY BAKER as Higgs in Death Stranding
  • SARAH BARTHOLOMEW as Cassidy (Lucy Rose Jones) in Life is Strange 2 (episodes 2-5)
  • AYISHA ISSA as Fliss in The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
  • LÉA SEYDOUX as Fragile in Death Stranding
  • MARTTI SUOSALO as Ahti the Janitor in Control

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

  • A PLAGUE TALE: INNOCENCE Development Team – Asobo Studio/ Focus Home Interactive
  • CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE Development Team – Infinity Ward/Activision
  • CONTROL Development Team – Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
  • DEATH STRANDING Development Team – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
  • METRO EXODUS Development Team – 4A Games/Deep Silver
  • SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE Development Team – FromSoftware/Activision

EE MOBILE GAME OF THE YEAR (voted for by the public)

  • ASSEMBLE WITH CARE Ustwo/Ustwo
  • CALL OF DUTY: MOBILE Timi Studios/Activision
  • DEAD MAN’S PHONE Electric Noir Studios
  • POKEMON GO The Pokémon Company, Niantic/Nintendo
  • TANGLE TOWER SFB Games/SFB Games
  • WHAT THE GOLF? Triband/Triband

[Image – CC Laura Thorne]

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