The nominations for the 2024 BAFTA Games Awards have been announced, with Baldur’s Gate 3 in the lead
The nominations for the 20th BAFTA Games Awards have been announced and the awards ceremony will take place on April 11, 2024.
The awards are organized by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and aim to recognize “the very best games of 2023 and the talent that created them”. According to the BAFTA websiteThere are 18 categories in the awards this year, including animation, artistic achievement, audio achievement and of course the coveted Best Game award.
It’s perhaps not surprising that the critically acclaimed role-playing game (RPG) Baldur’s Gate 3 leads with ten nominations, including best game. It is followed by Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, with nine nominations. Narrative survival horror game Alan Wake2 has also had great success and came third with eight of its own nominations.
Some of the more interesting choices include a sprawling free-to-play adventure Genshin impactwhich has been nominated in the evolving game category, and action RPG Diablo 4 eligible for both the Artistic Achievement and Multiplayer awards.
Below is a full list of nominations in each category:
Animation:
- Alan Wake2 Development Team – Remedy Entertawinment Plc./Epic Games
- HiFi 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 Art
- Super Mario Bros. Miracle Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
Artistic achievement:
- Alan Wake2 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 4 Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
- Final fantasy 16 Hiroshi Minagawa, Kazuya Takahashi, Naoki Kurihara – Square Enix – Creative Business Unit 3/Square Eni
- HiFi rush Development Team – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
Audio performance:
- Alan Wake2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Matt Grimm, Eric Wedemeyer, Robbie Elias – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
- HiFi 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 Art
Best game:
- Alan Wake2 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. Miracle Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
British game:
- Cassette beasts Development team – Bytten Studio/Raw Fury
- Death Island 2 Development team – Dambuster Studios/Plaion
- Disney Illusion Island Development Team – Dlala Studios/Disney
- Football manager 2024 Development Team – Sports Interactive/SEGA Europe
- Seeker Development Team – Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing
- Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruins Development Team – Boundary Developments/Boundary Developments
Debut game:
- Cocoon Development Team – Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive
- Dave the diver Development Team – Mintrocket/Mintrocket
- Dredging Development Team – Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital
- Stray Gods: the role-playing musical Development Team – Summerfall Studios/Humble Games
- Venba Abhijeeth Swaminathan, Sam Elkana, Shahrin Khan – Visai Games/Visai Games
- Seeker Development Team – Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing
Evolving game:
- Cyberpunk 2077 Development Team – CD Projekt Red/CD Projekt Red
- Final Fantasy 14 Online Development Team – Creative Business Unit 3/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 one’s heaven 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
- HiFi rush Development Team – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
- Hogwarts legacy Development Team – Avalanche Software/Warner Bros. Games
- Super Mario Bros. Miracle Development Team – Nintendo EPD/NintendoBlank list
Game that goes beyond entertainment:
- Songs by 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 zero 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
- Dredging 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
- Seeker Development Team – Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing
Multiplayer:
- Baldur’s Gate 3 Development Team – Larian Studio/Larian Studio
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Development Team – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
- Diablo 4 Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
- Forza Motorsport Development Team – Turn 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios
- Party Animals Development Team – Remaking games/source technology
- Super Mario Bros. Miracle Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
Music:
- Alan Wake2 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 Art
Story:
- Alan Wake2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games
- Baldur’s Gate 3 Development Team – Larian Studio/Larian Studio
- Dredging Joel Mason, Alex Ritchie, Nadia Thorne – Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital
- Final fantasy 16 Kazutoyo Maehiro, Michael-Christopher Koji Fox – Square Enix – Creative Business Unit 3/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 Art
New intellectual property:
- Songs by Sennaar Julien Moya, Thomas Panuel – Rundisc/Focus Entertainment
- Dave the diver Development Team – Mintrocket/Mintrocket
- Dredging Development Team – Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital
- HiFi rush Development Team – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
- Justin Development Team – Don’t nod/don’t nod
- Seeker Development Team – Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing
Performer in a leading role:
- Amelia Tyler as narrator Baldur’s Gate 3
- Cameron Monaghan as Cal Kestis Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- Nadji Jeter as Miles Morales Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Neil Newbon as Astarion Baldur’s Gate 3
- Samantha Béart as Karlach Baldur’s Gate 3
- Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Performer in a supporting role:
- Andrew Wincott as Raphael Baldur’s Gate 3
- Debra Wilson as Cere Junda Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- Ralph Ineson as Cidolfus “Cid” Telamon Final fantasy 16
- Sam Lake as Alex Casey Alan Wake2
- Tony Todd as Venom Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Tracy Wiles as Jaheira Baldur’s Gate 3
Technical performance:
- Alan Wake2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games
- Final fantasy 16 Ryota Suzuki, Yasuhiro Yanamoto, Kei Honda – Square Enix – Creative Business Unit 3/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 Player’s Choice Award:
- 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 Kindom Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
- Deadly company Zeekerss/Zeekerss
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
The nominations and awards are voted on by BAFTA members, with the exception of the EE Players’ Choice Award, which is nominated by a panel of judges and decided by a public vote. Voting is currently possible via the EE website so now is the perfect time if you want to weigh in for yourself.
Looking for some recommendations for the best video games? See our guides for the best PS5 games and the best Xbox Series X games for some choices.