Baldur’s Gate III: Role Playing Tops the BAFTA Shortlist

Baldur’s Gate III is winning hugely at the current award ceremonies and there is no end in sight. The role-playing game is also at the top of the shortlist for the BAFTA nominations.

Would Larian Studios have dreamed of this? Baldur’s Gate III is currently bagging awards like a conveyor belt, and rightly so. Things are also looking good for the role-playing game at the upcoming BAFTA Games Awards 2024.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has – somewhat surprisingly – the Shortlist for the nominations with a total of 60 titles published. The final nominations will be voted on starting in January and the final nominations are scheduled to be published on March 7th.

Things are looking extremely good for Baldur’s Gate III, the role-playing game from Larian Studios is included in the shortlist for 15 categories. As expected, the closest pursuer is Alan Wake 2, which is intended for 14 categories.

Behind them are Spider-Man 2 (10 categories), Hogwarts Legacy (9), Final Fantasy 16 (8) and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (8). This is particularly good news for Hogwarts Legacy, as the game was left empty-handed at other awards ceremonies, much to the annoyance of many fans.

BAFTA has also announced the top 10 shortlists for Best Feature, British Feature, Actor in a Leading Role and Actress in a Supporting Role, and Baldur’s Gate III also features heavily in some of them:

Best game

British game

Actor/starring in a leading role

• Amelia Tyler als Narrator in Baldur’s Gate 3

• Ben Starr als Clive Rosfield in Final Fantasy XVI

• Cameron Monaghan als Cal Kestis in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

• Ilkka Villi als Alan Wake (Live Action + Mocap) in Alan Wake 2

• Matthew Porretta als Alan Wake (Voice) in Alan Wake 2

• Melanie Liburd als Saga Anderson in Alan Wake 2

• Nadji Jeter als Miles Morales in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

• Neil Newbon as Astarion in Baldur’s Gate 3

• Samantha Béart als Karlach in Baldur’s Gate 3

• Yuri Lowenthal als Peter Parker in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

Actor/in a supporting role

• Andrew Wincott als Raphael in Baldur’s Gate 3

• Dave Jones als Halsin in Baldur’s Gate 3

• Debra Wilson als Cere Junda in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

• Idris Elba als Solomon Reed in Cyberpunk 2077

• James McCaffrey als Alex Casey (Voice) in Alan Wake 2

• Martti Suosalo as Ahti in Alan Wake 2

• Ralph Ineson as Cidolfus “Cid” Telamon in Final Fantasy XVI

• Sam Lake als Alex Casey (Live Action + Mocap) in Alan Wake 2

• Tony Todd als Venom in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

• Tracy Wiles als Jaheira in Baldur’s Gate 3

So it looks like Larian boss Swen Vincke needs to give his studio a bigger trophy shelf.