I love the BAFTA Game Awards. For me, it’s like the video game equivalent of the Oscars. BAFTAs in film are the British version of the Academy Awards and are held in very high regard. I love that they apply that same level of scrutiny and seriousness to video games. In any case, BAFTA announced their nominations today for the 2020 BAFTA Game Awards which will take place on April 2nd, 2020. The nominees are:
Animation
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Luigi’s Mansion 3
- Sayonara Wild Hearts
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Artistic Achievement
- Concrete Genie
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Disco Elysium
- Knights and Bikes
- Sayonara Wild Hearts
Audio Achievement
- Ape Out
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Untitled Goose Game
Best Game
- Control
- Disco Elysium
- Luigi’s Mansion 3
- Outer Wilds
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Untitled Goose Game
British Game
- DiRT Rally 2.0
- Heaven’s Vault
- Knights and Bikes
- Observation
- Planet Zoo
- Total War: Three Kingdoms
Debut Game
- Ape Out
- Death Stranding
- Disco Elysium
- Katana Zero
- Knights and Bikes
- Manifold Garden
Evolving Content
- Apex Legends
- Destiny 2
- Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
- Fortnite
- No Man’s Sky: Beyond
- Path of Exile
Family
- Concrete Genie
- Knights and Bikes
- Luigi’s Mansion 3
- Untitled Goose Game
- Vacation Simulator
- Wattam
Game Beyond Entertainment
- Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
- Death Stranding
- Kind Words (Lo Fi Chill Beats To Write To)
- Life is Strange 2 (Episodes 2-5)
- Neo Cab
- Ring Fit Adventure
Game Design
- Baba is You
- Control
- Disco Elysium
- Outer Wilds
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Wattam
Multiplayer
- Apex Legends
- Borderlands 3
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Luigi’s Mansion 3
- Tick Tock: A Tale for Two
- Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
Music
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Disco Elysium
- Outer Wilds
- The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
- Wattam
Narrative
- Control
- Disco Elysium
- Life is Strange 2 (Episodes 2-5)
- Outer Wilds
- The Outer Worlds
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Original Property
- Baba is You
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Disco Elysium
- Outer Wildes
- Untitled Goose Game
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 Anderson 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
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Metro Exodus
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
EE Mobile Game of the Year
- Assemble with Care
- Call of Duty: Mobile
- Dead Man’s Phone
- Pokémon Go
- Tangle Tower
- What the Golf?
I’ll be honest with you, not the best of years with only a couple of really stand-out games. Death Stranding and Control lead the pack with 11 nominations each, but I think we all know who the critics will go for.
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