Explore the nominees for the 2020 British Academy Games Awards, celebrating the very best in games. The nominations announced highlight an outstanding level of creative excellence from a broad range of UK and international development teams.
The Awards will be hosted by Dara O’Briain and will take place on Thursday 2 April at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on London’s Southbank. The Awards, including a red carpet show, will be live streamed on BAFTA’s Facebook, Twitch, Twitter and YouTube channels..
The highlights of today’s nominations are:
- 11 nominations each for Control and for Death Stranding. 11 is the highest number of nominations for a game in the history of the BAFTA Games Awards (the first standalone games ceremony was in 2004).
- Seven nominations for Disco Elysium, the debut release from ZA/UM.
- Five nominations each for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Life is Strange 2 (episodes 2-5) and Outer Wilds.
- Four nominations each for Knights and Bikes and Untitled Goose Game.
- Three nominations for Wattam.
- Nominations across the new categories:
- Animation: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Control, Death Stranding, Luigi’s Mansion 3, Sayonara Wild Hearts and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Technical Achievement: A Plague Tale: Innocence, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Control, Death Stranding, Metro Exodus, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
- Performer in a Leading Role: Laura Bailey (Gears 5), Courtney Hope (Control), Logan Marshall-Green (Telling Lies), Gonzalo Martin (Life is Strange 2 -episodes 2-5), Barry Sloane (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare) and Norman Reedus (Death Stranding);
- Performer in a Supporting Role: Jolene Andersen (Life of Strange 2-episodes 2-5), Troy Baker (Death Stranding), Sarah Bartholomew (Life is Strange 2-episodes 2-5), Ayisha Issa (The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan), Léa Seydoux (Death Stranding) and Martti Suosalo (Control).
- Nominations in the Game Beyond Entertainment category: Civilization VI: Gathering Storm, Death Stranding, Kind Words (Lo Fi Chill Beats to Write To), Life is Strange 2 (episodes 2-5), Neo Cab and Ring Fit Adventure.
- Other games receiving nominations: Concrete Genie, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, DiRT Rally 2.0, Heaven’s Vault, Observation, Planet Zoo, Total War: Three Kingdoms, Ape Out, Katana ZERO, Manifold Garden, Path of Exile, No Man’s Sky: Beyond, Destiny 2, Apex Legends, Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers, Fortnite, Vacation Simulator, Baba is You, Borderlands 3, Tick Tock: A Tale for Two, Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, Sayonara Wild Hearts and The Outer Worlds.
Voting is now open for the EE Mobile Game of the Year, the only award voted for by the public. The shortlist is Assemble with Care, Call of Duty: Mobile, Dead Man’s Phone, Pokémon Go, Tangle Tower and What the Golf.
Hideo Kojima, creator of Death Stranding, will receive the Fellowship, the highest accolade that BAFTA can bestow.
Detailed list of all the nominees
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 Development Team - Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive
- 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