The full list of nominees with 4 Xbox Game Studios games

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