As every year, the BAFTA Games Awards will recognize the best games of the past few months. On March 25th, the organization will lift the veil on the winners in each category during a ceremony that should last approximately 90 minutes. In the meantime, however, the list of nominees is available. Spread over 17 categories, the selected games will be judged by an expert jury. And in the game, 4 Xbox Game Studios games will defend their strengths.
With this new edition, it is difficult not to take into account the Covid-19 epidemic that is shaking the whole world up. Therefore, the BAFTA ceremony is being organized entirely remotely in a new format. But that’s not all as the organizers also took this into account when selecting certain games and how they allowed us to stick together and keep connected. The show is provided by Elle Osili-Wood, a journalist and television presenter, and various speakers throughout the evening.
On the gaming side, Sony largely dominates the debates with no fewer than 7 named titles. Better still, the Japanese publisher made its mark on the BAFTAs by signing the record for the number of nominations for a single game with The Last Of Us Part II. The work of Naughty Dog is thus represented in 13 different categories and exceeds the previous record was held jointly by Control from Remedy and Death Stranding from Kojima Productions, each with 11 nominations. Behind TLOU II, Ghost of Tsushima stands out with 10 nominations, followed by Hades who collects eight.
For Xbox Game Studios there are therefore 4 productions that compete against each other in different categories.
- Ori and the will of the will-o’-the-wisps, nominated in the category Best Animation and Best Soundtrack
- Microsoft Flight Simulator, nominated in the technical performance category
- Sea of thieves, nominated in the Best Game Tracker category
- Minecraft Dungeons, nominated in the Best Family Game category.
We now let you discover the full list of categories and nominees.
The list of nominees for BAFTA 2021
ANIMATION
- DOOM ETERNAL – id Software
- FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE – Square Enix
- THE LAST OF US PART II – Naughty Dog
- MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES – Insomnia Games
- ORI AND THE WILL OF THE WISPS – Moon Studios
- SPIRITFARER -Thunder Lotus
ARTISTIC RESULTS
- CYBERPUNK 2077 – CD PROJECT RED
- DREAMS – media molecule
- GHOST OF TSUSHIMA – Sucker Punch Productions
- HADES Jen Zee – Supergiant Games
- HALF-LIFE: ALYX – valve
- THE LAST OF US PART II – Naughty Dog
AUDIO SUCCESS
- ASTROS PLAYROOM – YOU Japan Studio
- SPIRITS OF TSUSHIMA Rev. Dr. Bradley D. Meyer – Sucker Punch Productions
- HADES Darren Korb – Supergiant Games
- HALF-LIFE: ALYX – valve
- THE LAST OF US PART II – Naughty Dog
- MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES – Insomnia Games
BEST GAME
- ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS – Nintendo EPD
- SPIRITS OF TSUSHIMA Brian Fleming, Chris Zimmerman – Sucker Punch Productions
- HADES – Supergiant Games
- HALF-LIFE: ALYX – valve
- THE LAST OF US PART II – Naughty Dog
- MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES – – Insomnia Games
UK GAME
- DREAMS – media molecule
- F1 2020 – Codemasters
- CASE GUYS – Mediatonic
- THE LAST CAMPFIRE – Hello games
- RÖKI – Polygon Tree House
- SACKBOY: A GREAT ADVENTURE – Sumo Digital Sheffield
DEBUT GAME
- AIRBORNE KINGDOM – The Wandering Band
- Call of the Sea Tatiana Delgado, Manuel Fernandez – Out of the blue
- CARRION -Phobia Game Studio
- FACTORIO -Wube software
- THE FALCONEER – Tomas Sala
- RÖKI – Polygon Tree House
DEVELOPMENT GAME
- FATE 2: Beyond Light – Bungie
- DREAMS – media molecule
- CASE GUYS – Mediatonic
- FORTNITE – Epic Games
- NO MAN’S SKY – Hello games
- SEA OF THIEVES – Rare Ltd.
FAMILY
- ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS – Nintendo EPD
- ASTROS PLAYROOM – YOU Japan Studio
- DREAMS – media molecule
- CASE GUYS – Mediatonic
- MINECRAFT DUNGEONS – Mojang Studios, Double Eleven Limited
- SACKBOY: A GREAT ADVENTURE – Sumo Digital Sheffield
GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT
- ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS – Nintendo EPD
- BEFORE I FORGET – 3x games
- DREAMS – media molecule
- THE LAST OF US PART II – Naughty Dog
- SPIRITFARER – thunder lotus
- TELL ME WHY – DONTNOD Entertainment
GAME DESIGN
- ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS – Nintendo EPD
- ASTROS PLAYROOM – YOU Japan Studio
- GHOST OF TSUSHIMA -Sucker Punch Productions
- HADES – Supergiant Games
- HALF-LIFE: ALYX – valve
- THE LAST OF US PART II – Naughty Dog
MULTIPLAYER
- ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS – Nintendo EPD
- DEEP ROCK GALACTIC – Ghost ship games
- CASE GUYS – Mediatonic
- GHOST OF TSUSHIMA – Sucker Punch Productions
- SACKBOY: A GREAT ADVENTURE – Sumo Digital Sheffield
- VALORANT – riot games
MUSIC
- SPIRITS OF TSUSHIMA Ilan Eshkeri, Shigeru Umebayashi, Peter Scaturro – Sucker Punch Productions
- HADES Darren Korb – Supergiant Games
- THE LAST OF US PART II Gustavo Santaolalla, Mac Quayle, Scott Hanau – Naughty Dog
- MARVELS SPIDERMAN: MILES MORALES John Paesano, Scott Hanau, Alex Hackford – Insomniac Games
- ORI AND THE WILL OF THE WISPS Gareth Coker – Moon Studios
- SACKBOY: A GREAT ADVENTURE Jay Waters, Joe Thwaites, Joanna Skorupa – Sumo Digital Sheffield
NARRATIVE
- ASSASSIN’S CREED VALHALLA – Ubisoft Montreal
- CYBERPUNK 2077 – CD PROJECT RED
- GHOST OF TSUSHIMA – Sucker Punch Productions
- HADES – Supergiant Games
- KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO: TV EDITION – Cardboard Computer
- MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES – Insomnia Games
ORIGINAL PROPERTY
- CARRION -Phobia Game Studio
- CASE GUYS – Mediatonic
- GHOST OF TSUSHIMA – Sucker Punch Productions
- HADES – Supergiant Games
- KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO: TV EDITION – cardboard computer
- SPIRITFARER – thunder lotus
CAST IN A LEADING ROLE
- ASHLEY JOHNSON as Ellie in The Last Of Us Part II
- CHERAMI LEIGH as a female V in Cyberpunk 2077
- CODY CHRISTIAN as Cloud Strife in the Final Fantasy VII Remake
- DAISUKE TSUJI as Jin Sakai in Ghost of Tsushima
- LAURA BAILEY as Abby in The Last of Us Part II
- NADJI JETER as Miles Morales in Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
CAST IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- CARLA TASSARA as Judy Alvarez in CYBERPUNK 2077
- JEFFREY PIERCE as Tommy in The Last Of Us Part II
- LOGAN CUNNINGHAM as Hades, Achilles, Poseidon, Asterius, Charon and the narrator in Hades
- PATRICK GALLAGHER as Khotun Khan in the spirit of Tsushima
- SHANNON WOODWARD as Dina in The Last Of Us Part II
- TROY BAKER as Joel in The Last of Us Part II
TECHNICAL RESULTS
- DEMON’S SOULS – YOU Japan Studio
- DOOM ETERNAL – id Software
- DREAMS – media molecule
- FLIGHT SIMULATOR – Asobo Studio
- THE LAST OF US PART II – Naughty Dog
- MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES – Insomnia Games
EE GAME OF THE YEAR (elected by the public)
- ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS Nintendo EPD
- CALL OF DUTY: WARZONE Raven Software, Infinity Ward
- SPIRIT OF TSUSHIMA Sucker Punch Productions
- HADES Supergiant Games
- THE LAST OF US PART II Naughty Dog
- VALORANT Riot Games
