BAFTA announced the nominations for the 20th BAFTA Games Awards, highlighting an outstanding level of creative excellence from a broad range of UK and international development teams. A total of 40 games across 17 categories were nominated today.
The 20th BAFTA Games Awards take place at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London on Thursday 11 April 2024 and will be streamed live around the world at 19.00 BST / 14.00 ET / 11.00 PT on BAFTA’s YouTube, Twitch and X channels.
The highlights of today’s nominations are:
- 10 nominations for Baldur’s Gate 3
- Nine nominations for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Eight nominations for Alan Wake 2
- Six nominations each for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- Five nominations for Dave the Diver and Hi-Fi Rush
- Four nominations each for Cocoon, Dredge, Final Fantasy XVI, Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Viewfinder
- Nominations in the Game Beyond Entertainment category: Chants of Sennaar, Goodbye Volcano High, Tchia, Terra Nil, Thirsty Suitors and Venba
- Other games receiving nominations: Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, Cassette Beasts, Cyberpunk 2077, Dead Island 2, Diablo IV, Disney Illusion Island, Final Fantasy XIV Online, Football Manager 2024, Forza Horizon 5, Forza Motorsport, Genshin Impact, Hogwarts Legacy, Horizon Call of the Mountain, Jusant, No Man’s Sky, Party Animals, Starfield, Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin
11 out of the 12 nominees in the performance categories receive their first BAFTA nomination, including Sam Lake for Alan Wake 2; Amelia Tyler, Andrew Wincott, Neil Newbon, Samantha Béart (a 2023 BAFTA Breakthrough) and Tracey Wiles for Baldur’s Gate 3; Ralph Ineson for Final Fantasy XIV; Cameron Monaghan and Debra Wilson for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor; Tony Todd and Yuri Lowenthal for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.
Voting is now open for the EE Players’ Choice Award, the only award voted for by the public. The nominees are: Baldur’s Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Fortnite, Lethal Company, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Vote now at https://ee.co.uk/gaming/baftagames.
The BAFTA Games Awards is part of the London Games Festival, which runs from 9 April to 25 April across the UK capital. Other festival highlights include Ensemble, an exhibition celebrating UK games professionals from Black, Asian and underrepresented ethnicities and the Games Finance Market which brings global games investors to London. LGF is delivered by Games London and supported by the Mayor of London. Games London’s activity – which includes the games festival, talent development initiatives and trade missions - has generated over £100m for participating games businesses since 2015.
Full list of nominated games
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