BAFTA today announces the nominations for the 20th BAFTA Games Awards, highlighting an outstanding level of creative excellence from a broad range of UK and international development teams. A total of 40 games across 17 categories were nominated today. View the full list of nominated games here.
The 20th BAFTA Games Awards take place at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London on Thursday 11 April 2024 and will be streamed live around the world at 19.00 BST / 14.00 ET / 11.00 PT on BAFTA’s YouTube, Twitch and X channels.
The highlights of today’s nominations are:
- 10 nominations for Baldur’s Gate 3
- Nine nominations for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Eight nominations for Alan Wake 2
- Six nominations each for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- Five nominations for Dave the Diver and Hi-Fi Rush
- Four nominations each for Cocoon, Dredge, Final Fantasy XVI, Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Viewfinder
- Nominations in the Game Beyond Entertainment category: Chants of Sennaar, Goodbye Volcano High, Tchia, Terra Nil, Thirsty Suitors and Venba
- Other games receiving nominations: Assassin’s Creed Mirage, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III, Cassette Beasts, Cyberpunk 2077, Dead Island 2, Diablo IV, Disney Illusion Island, Final Fantasy XIV Online, Football Manager 2024, Forza Horizon 5, Forza Motorsport, Genshin Impact, Hogwarts Legacy, Horizon Call of the Mountain, Jusant, No Man’s Sky, Party Animals, Starfield, Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin
11 out of the 12 nominees in the performance categories receive their first BAFTA nomination, including Sam Lake for Alan Wake 2; Amelia Tyler, Andrew Wincott, Neil Newbon, Samantha Béart (a 2023 BAFTA Breakthrough) and Tracey Wiles for Baldur’s Gate 3; Ralph Ineson for Final Fantasy XIV; Cameron Monaghan and Debra Wilson for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor; Tony Todd and Yuri Lowenthal for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.
Voting is now open for the EE Players’ Choice Award, the only award voted for by the public. The nominees are: Baldur’s Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Fortnite, Lethal Company, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Vote now at https://ee.co.uk/gaming/baftagames.
The Awards, including the nominations, are voted for by BAFTA’s global membership, comprising experienced games industry practitioners from a range of backgrounds in game development and production. We are currently looking for talented people working in games to join our membership. We particularly welcome applications from women, from groups and communities currently underrepresented in the industry, and from people based outside of London. Find out more and apply here. (https://www.bafta.org/about/membership)
BAFTA curates a year-round global programme of events and initiatives that support the games industry. This includes events for the industry at large and a bespoke programme for BAFTA members and BAFTA Connect, a new type of global BAFTA membership for individuals actively building their careers and networks in the film, games and television industries. The BAFTA Games programme includes masterclasses, panels and networking events alongside the annual BAFTA Games sessions which platform the annual nominees through a series of events and showcases. BAFTA’s Young Game Designers initiative gives educators and young people aged 10-18 an insight into the industry and access to expertise to help develop their ideas and build networks.
The Awards are supported by BAFTA’s official partners including 2024’s Official Games Partners Epic Games, PlayStation and Xbox, with EE sponsoring the Players’ Choice Award, the only award voted for by the public.
The BAFTA Games Awards is part of the London Games Festival, which runs from 9 April to 25 April across the UK capital. Other festival highlights include Ensemble, an exhibition celebrating UK games professionals from Black, Asian and underrepresented ethnicities and the Games Finance Market which brings global games investors to London. LGF is delivered by Games London and supported by the Mayor of London. Games London’s activity – which includes the games festival, talent development initiatives and trade missions – has generated over £100m for participating games businesses since 2015.
ANIMATION
ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertawinment Plc./Epic Games
HI-FI 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 Arts
SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
ALAN WAKE 2 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 IV Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
FINAL FANTASY XVI Hiroshi Minagawa, Kazuya Takahashi, Naoki Kurihara – SQUARE ENIX – Creative Business Unit III/SQUARE ENIX
HI-FI RUSH Development Team – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT
ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE III Matt Grimm, Eric Wedemeyer, Robbie Elias – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
HI-FI 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 Arts
BEST GAME
ALAN WAKE 2 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. WONDER Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
BRITISH GAME
CASSETTE BEASTS Development Team – Bytten Studio/Raw Fury
DEAD ISLAND 2 Development Team – Dambuster Studios/PLAION
DISNEY ILLUSION ISLAND Development Team – Dlala Studios/Disney
FOOTBALL MANAGER 2024 Development Team – Sports Interactive/SEGA Europe
VIEWFINDER Development Team – Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing
WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR: REALMS OF RUIN Development Team – Frontier Developments/Frontier Developments
DEBUT GAME
COCOON Development Team – Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive
DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET
DREDGE Development Team – Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital
STRAY GODS: THE ROLEPLAYING MUSICAL Development Team – Summerfall Studios/Humble Games
VENBA Abhijeeth Swaminathan, Sam Elkana, Shahrin Khan – Visai Games/Visai Games
VIEWFINDER Development Team – Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing
EVOLVING GAME
CYBERPUNK 2077 Development Team – CD PROJEKT RED/CD PROJEKT RED
FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE Development Team – Creative Business Unit III/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 MAN’S SKY 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
HI-FI RUSH Development Team – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
HOGWARTS LEGACY Development Team – Avalanche Software/Warner Bros. Games
SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT
CHANTS OF 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 NIL 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
DREDGE 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
VIEWFINDER Development Team – Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing
MULTIPLAYER
BALDUR’S GATE 3 Development Team – Larian Studio/Larian Studio
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE III Development Team – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
DIABLO IV Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
FORZA MOTORSPORT Development Team – Turn 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios
PARTY ANIMALS Development Team – Recreate Games/Source Technology
SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
MUSIC
ALAN WAKE 2 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 Arts
NARRATIVE
ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games
BALDUR’S GATE 3 Development Team – Larian Studio/Larian Studio
DREDGE Joel Mason, Alex Ritchie, Nadia Thorne – Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital
FINAL FANTASY XVI Kazutoyo Maehiro, Michael-Christopher Koji Fox – SQUARE ENIX – Creative Business Unit III/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 Arts
NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
CHANTS OF SENNAAR Julien Moya, Thomas Panuel – Rundisc/Focus Entertainment
DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET
DREDGE Development Team – Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital
HI-FI RUSH Development Team – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
JUSANT Development Team – DON’T NOD/DON’T NOD
VIEWFINDER Development Team – Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing
PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE
AMELIA TYLER as Narrator in Baldur’s Gate 3
CAMERON MONAGHAN as Cal Kestis in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
NADJI JETER as Miles Morales in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
NEIL NEWBON as Astarion in Baldur’s Gate 3
SAMANTHA Béart as Karlach in Baldur’s Gate 3
YURI LOWENTHAL as Peter Parker in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
ANDREW WINCOTT as Raphael in Baldur’s Gate 3
DEBRA WILSON as Cere Junda in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
RALPH INESON as Cidolfus “Cid” Telamon in Final Fantasy XVI
SAM LAKE as Alex Casey in Alan Wake 2
TONY TODD as Venom in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
TRACY WILES as Jaheira in Baldur’s Gate 3
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games
FINAL FANTASY XVI Ryota Suzuki, Yasuhiro Yanamoto, Kei Honda – SQUARE ENIX – Creative Business Unit III/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 PLAYERS‘ CHOICE AWARD (voted for by the public)
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 THE KINGDOM Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
LETHAL COMPANY Zeekerss/Zeekerss
MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
7 March 2024: Nominations are correct at the time of going to print. BAFTA reserves the right to make changes to the names listed at any time up until 11 April 2024