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BAFTA’s twentieth Video games Awards characteristic a wide range of nominees


The British Academy of Movie and Tv Arts (BAFTA) has launched the checklist of nominees for its twentieth Sport Awards in 2024. The checklist options a number of acquainted video games from different awards occasions — Baldur’s Gate 3 leads the checklist with ten nominations, adopted by Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 with 9 and Alan Wake 2 with eight. The announcement follows BAFTA’s launch final yr of a longlist of potential nominees. The Awards occasion airs dwell on April 11.

Tara Saunders, chair of the BAFTA Video games board of trustees, spoke with GamesBeat in regards to the nominations and what makes the 2023 slate particular. “It’s grow to be rather more centered across the craft of video games and honoring the expert expertise, and it’s doubtless this yr will go down in historical past as the most effective years for brand spanking new online game releases.” Saunders added that BAFTA desires to deliver creators collectively to rejoice the achievements of the yr. “Boy do they deserve it this yr,” she added.

Saunders famous that a number of the award classes lend themselves to all kinds of tales and characters — the Video games Past Leisure award specifically. “What it did was to assist showcase the breadth of video games and that video games will be severe and inform very troublesome tales or give private journeys. I believe that class in itself resonates with the youthful technology via the themes it raises. I believe it represents some numerous and private tales and that you may make video games out of great topics.”

Emma Baehr, BAFTA’s govt director of awards and content material, mentioned that there have been some adjustments to the awards this yr. “We wished extra knowledgeable voting, so we opened the entry course of earlier. That meant there was extra entry and alternative to play a wider vary of video games. We additionally printed a longlist, which I believe has successfully demonstrated the breadth of video games.” She added that that is a part of BAFTA’s mission. “We need to deliver consideration to creativity and cultural affect in video games … by publishing the longlist, we’ve inspired extra individuals to see a greater variety and uncover video games they could not have come throughout themselves.”

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BAFTA Sport Awards 2024 Full Listing of Nominees

Animation:

  • ALAN WAKE 2 Improvement Group – Treatment Leisure Plc./Epic Video games
  • HI-FI RUSH Improvement Group – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
  • HOGWARTS LEGACY Improvement Group – Avalanche Software program/Warner Bros. Video games
  • MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Improvement Group – Insomniac Video games/Sony Interactive Leisure
  • STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Nathan Dunlap, David Nam, Thomas Cannell – Respawn Leisure/Digital Arts
  • SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Improvement Group – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

Creative Achievement:

  • ALAN WAKE 2 Improvement Group – Treatment Leisure Plc./Epic Video games
  • BALDUR’S GATE 3 Improvement Group – Larian Studio/Larian Studio
  • COCOON Improvement Group – Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive
  • DIABLO IV Improvement Group – Blizzard Leisure/Blizzard Leisure
  • FINAL FANTASY XVI Hiroshi Minagawa, Kazuya Takahashi, Naoki Kurihara – SQUARE ENIX – Artistic Enterprise Unit III/SQUARE ENIX
  • HI-FI RUSH Improvement Group – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks

Audio Achievement:

  • ALAN WAKE 2 Improvement Group – Treatment Leisure Plc./Epic Video games
  • CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE III Improvement Group – Sledgehammer Video games/Activision
  • HI-FI RUSH Improvement Group – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
  • THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Improvement Group – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
  • MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Improvement Group – Insomniac Video games/Sony Interactive Leisure
  • STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Improvement Group – Respawn Leisure/Digital Artwork

Greatest Sport:

  • ALAN WAKE 2 Improvement Group – Treatment Leisure Plc./Epic Video games
  • BALDUR’S GATE 3 Improvement Group – Larian Studio/Larian Studio
  • DAVE THE DIVER Improvement Group – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET
  • THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Improvement Group – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
  • MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Improvement Group – Insomniac Video games/Sony Interactive Leisure
  • SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Improvement Group – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

British Sport:

  • CASSETTE BEASTS Improvement Group – Bytten Studio/Uncooked Fury
  • DEAD ISLAND 2 Improvement Group – Dambuster Studios/PLAION
  • DISNEY ILLUSION ISLAND Improvement Group – Dlala Studios/Disney
  • FOOTBALL MANAGER 2024 Improvement Group – Sports activities Interactive/SEGA Europe
  • VIEWFINDER Improvement Group – Unhappy Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing
  • WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR: REALMS OF RUIN Improvement Group – Frontier Developments/Frontier Developments

Debut Sport:

  • COCOON Improvement Group – Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive
  • DAVE THE DIVER Improvement Group – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET
  • DREDGE Improvement Group – Black Salt Video games/Team17 Digital
  • STRAY GODS: THE ROLEPLAYING MUSICAL Improvement Group – Summerfall Studios/Humble Video games
  • VENBA Abhijeeth Swaminathan, Sam Elkana, Shahrin Khan – Visai Video games/Visai Video games
  • VIEWFINDER Improvement Group – Unhappy Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing

Evolving Sport:

  • CYBERPUNK 2077 Improvement Group – CD PROJEKT RED/CD PROJEKT RED
  • FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE Improvement Group – Artistic Enterprise Unit III/Sq. Enix
  • FORTNITE Improvement Group – Epic Video games/Epic Video games
  • FORZA HORIZON 5 Improvement Group – Playground Video games/Xbox Sport Studios
  • GENSHIN IMPACT Improvement Group – HoYoverse/HoYoverse
  • NO MAN’S SKY Improvement Group – Hiya Video games/Hiya Video games

Household:

  • COCOON Improvement Group – Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive
  • DAVE THE DIVER Improvement Group – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET
  • DISNEY ILLUSION ISLAND Improvement Group – Dlala Studios/Disney
  • HI-FI RUSH Improvement Group – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
  • HOGWARTS LEGACY Improvement Group – Avalanche Software program/Warner Bros. Video games
  • SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Improvement Group – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

Sport Past Leisure:

  • CHANTS OF SENNAAR Julien Moya, Thomas Panuel – Rundisc/Focus Leisure
  • GOODBYE VOLCANO HIGH Improvement Group – KOOP
  • TCHIA Phil Crifo, Marilou Lopez-Aguilera, Thoanë Thomadra – Awaceb/Kepler Interactive
  • TERRA NIL Improvement Group – Free Lives/Devolver Digital
  • THIRSTY SUITORS Improvement Group – Outerloop Video games/Annapurna Interactive
  • VENBA Abhijeeth Swaminathan, Sam Elkana, Shahrin Khan – Visai Video games/Visai Video games

Sport Design:

  • COCOON Improvement Group – Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive
  • DAVE THE DIVER Improvement Group – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET
  • DREDGE Joel Mason, Alex Ritchie, Nadia Thorn – Black Salt Video games/Team17 Digital
  • THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Improvement Group – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
  • MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Improvement Group – Insomniac Video games/Sony Interactive Leisure
  • VIEWFINDER Improvement Group – Unhappy Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing

Multiplayer:

  • BALDUR’S GATE 3 Improvement Group – Larian Studio/Larian Studio
  • CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE III Improvement Group – Sledgehammer Video games/Activision
  • DIABLO IV Improvement Group – Blizzard Leisure/Blizzard Leisure
  • FORZA MOTORSPORT Improvement Group – Flip 10 Studios/Xbox Sport Studios
  • PARTY ANIMALS Improvement Group – Recreate Video games/Supply Expertise
  • SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Improvement Group – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

Music:

  • ALAN WAKE 2 Improvement Group – Treatment Leisure Plc./Epic Video games
  • ASSASSIN’S CREED MIRAGE Improvement Group – Ubisoft/Ubisoft
  • BALDUR’S GATE 3 Borislav Slavov – Larian Studio/Larian Studio
  • THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Improvement Group – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
  • MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 John Paesano, Scott Hanau, Keith Leary – Insomniac Video games/Sony Interactive Leisure
  • STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Gordy Haab, Stephen Barton – Respawn Leisure/Digital Arts

Narrative:

  • ALAN WAKE 2 Improvement Group – Treatment Leisure Plc./Epic Video games
  • BALDUR’S GATE 3 Improvement Group – Larian Studio/Larian Studio
  • DREDGE Joel Mason, Alex Ritchie, Nadia Thorne – Black Salt Video games/Team17 Digital
  • FINAL FANTASY XVI Kazutoyo Maehiro, Michael-Christopher Koji Fox – SQUARE ENIX – Artistic Enterprise Unit III/SQUARE ENIX
  • THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Improvement Group – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
  • STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Stig Asmussen, Aaron Contreras, Dori Arazi – Respawn Leisure/Digital Arts

New Mental Property:

  • CHANTS OF SENNAAR Julien Moya, Thomas Panuel – Rundisc/Focus Leisure
  • DAVE THE DIVER Improvement Group – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET
  • DREDGE Improvement Group – Black Salt Video games/Team17 Digital
  • HI-FI RUSH Improvement Group – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
  • JUSANT Improvement Group – DON’T NOD/DON’T NOD
  • VIEWFINDER Improvement Group – Unhappy Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing

Performer in a Main Position:

  • 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 Position:

  • 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 Closing 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 Improvement Group – Treatment Leisure Plc./Epic Video games
  • FINAL FANTASY XVI Ryota Suzuki, Yasuhiro Yanamoto, Kei Honda – SQUARE ENIX – Artistic Enterprise Unit III/SQUARE ENIX
  • HORIZON CALL OF THE MOUNTAIN Improvement Group – Guerrilla and Firesprite/Sony Interactive Leisure
  • THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Improvement Group – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
  • MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Improvement Group – Insomniac Video games/Sony Interactive Leisure
  • STARFIELD Improvement Group – Bethesda Sport Studios/Bethesda Softworks

EE Gamers’ Selection:

  • BALDUR’S GATE 3 Larian Studio/Larian Studio
  • CYBERPUNK 2077 CD PROJEKT RED/CD PROJEKT RED
  • FORTNITE Epic Video games/Epic Video games
  • THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
  • LETHAL COMPANY Zeekerss/Zeekerss
  • MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Insomniac Video games/Sony Interactive Leisure

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