BAFTA has announced the nominees for the 2020 British Academy Games Awards, with Remedy Entertainment’s Control and Kojima Productions’ Death Stranding leading the field with 11 nominations apiece – the most nominations for any game in the history of the BAFTA Games Awards.
Other titles with multiple nominations include seven for Disco Elysium, five for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Life Is Strange 2 and Outer Wilds, and four each for Knights and Bikes and Untitled Goose Game.
Check out all the nominations here…
BEST GAME
CONTROL Development Team – Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
DISCO ELYSIUM Development Team – ZA/UM/ZA/UM
LUIGI’S MANSION 3 Development Team – Next Level Games/Nintendo
OUTER WILDS Development Team – Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive
SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE Development Team – FromSoftware/Activision
UNTITLED GOOSE GAME Development Team – House House/Panic
BRITISH GAME
DiRT RALLY 2.0 Development Team – Codemasters/Codemasters
HEAVEN’S VAULT Joseph Humfrey, Jon Ingold, Laura Dilloway – inkle/inkle
KNIGHTS AND BIKES Rex Crowle, Moo Yu, Kenneth C M Young – Foam Sword/Double Fine Presents
OBSERVATION Development Team – No Code/Devolver Digital
PLANET ZOO Development Team – Frontier Developments/Frontier Developments
TOTAL WAR: THREE KINGDOMS Development Team – The Creative Assembly/SEGA
ANIMATION
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE Development Team – Infinity Ward/Activision
CONTROL Development Team – Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
DEATH STRANDING Development Team – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
LUIGI’S MANSION 3 Development Team – Next Level Games/Nintendo
SAYONARA WILD HEARTS Development Team – Simogo/Annapurna Interactive
SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE Development Team – FromSoftware/Activision
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
CONCRETE GENIE Development Team – Pixelopus/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
CONTROL Development Team – Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
DEATH STRANDING Development Team – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
DISCO ELYSIUM Development Team – ZA/UM/ZA/UM
KNIGHTS AND BIKES Rex Crowle, Moo Yu, Kenneth C M Young – Foam Sword/Double Fine Presents
SAYONARA WILD HEARTS Development Team – Simogo/Annapurna Interactive
AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT
APE OUT Matt Boch – Gabe Cuzzillo, Matt Boch, Bennett Foddy/ Devolver Digital
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE Development Team – Infinity Ward/Activision
CONTROL Development Team – Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
DEATH STRANDING Development Team – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
STAR WARS JEDI: FALLEN ORDER Nick Laviers – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
UNTITLED GOOSE GAME Development Team – House House/Panic
DEBUT GAME
APE OUT Gabe Cuzzillo, Matt Boch, Bennett Foddy – Gabe Cuzzillo, Matt Boch, Bennett Foddy/Devolver Digital
DEATH STRANDING Development Team – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
DISCO ELYSIUM Development Team – ZA/UM/ZA/UM
KATANA ZERO Justin Stander – Askiisoft/Devolver Digital
KNIGHTS AND BIKES Rex Crowle, Moo Yu, Kenneth C M Young – Foam Sword/Double Fine Presents
MANIFOLD GARDEN Development Team – William Chyr Studio/William Chyr Studio
EVOLVING GAME
APEX LEGENDS Chad Grenier, Drew McCoy – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
DESTINY 2 Development Team – Bungie/Bungie
FINAL FANTASY XIV: SHADOWBRINGERS Development Team – Square Enix/Square Enix
FORTNITE Development Team – Epic Games/Epic Games
NO MAN’S SKY: BEYOND Development Team – Hello Games/Hello Games
PATH OF EXILE Development Team – Grinding Gear Games/Grinding Gear Games
FAMILY
CONCRETE GENIE Development Team – Pixelopus/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
KNIGHTS AND BIKES Rex Crowle, Moo Yu, Kenneth C M Young – Foam Sword/Double Fine Presents
LUIGI’S MANSION 3 Development Team – Next Level Games/Nintendo
UNTITLED GOOSE GAME Development Team – House House/Panic
VACATION SIMULATOR Development Team – Owlchemy Labs/ Owlchemy Labs
WATTAM Development Team – Funomena/Annapurna Interactive
GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT
CIVILIZATION VI: GATHERING STORM Development Team – Firaxis/2K
DEATH STRANDING Development Team – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
KIND WORDS (LO FI CHILL BEATS TO WRITE TO) Ziba Scott, Luigi Guatieri, Clark Aboud – Popcannibal/Popcannibal
LIFE IS STRANGE 2 (EPISODES 2-5) Development Team – Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix
NEO CAB Develoment Team – Chance Agency/Fellow Traveller Games
RING FIT ADVENTURE Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo
GAME DESIGN
BABA IS YOU Arvi Teikari – Hempuli Oy/Hempuli Oy
CONTROL Development Team –Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
DISCO ELYSIUM Development Team – ZA/UM/ZA/UM
OUTER WILDS Development Team – Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive
SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE Development Team – FromSoftware/Activision
WATTAM Development Team – Funomena/Annapurna Interactive
MULTIPLAYER
APEX LEGENDS Brent McLeod, Carlos Pineda – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
BORDERLANDS 3 Development Team – Gearbox Software/2K
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE Development Team – Infinity Ward/Activision
LUIGI’S MANSION 3 Development Team – Next Level Games/Nintendo
TICK TOCK: A TALE FOR TWO Development Team – Other Tales Interactive/Other Tales Interactive
TOM CLANCY’S THE DIVISION 2 Development Team – Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft
MUSIC
CONTROL Petri Alanko, Martin Stig Andersen – Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
DEATH STRANDING Development Team – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
DISCO ELYSIUM Development Team – ZA/UM/ZA/UM
OUTER WILDS Development Team – Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LINK’S AWAKENING Development Team – Grezzo/Nintendo
WATTAM Asuka Takahashi – Funomena/Annapurna Interactive
NARRATIVE
CONTROL Writing Team – Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
DISCO ELYSIUM Writing Team – ZA/UM/ZA/UM
LIFE IS STRANGE 2 (EPISODES 2-5) Writing Team – Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix
OUTER WILDS Writing Team – Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive
THE OUTER WORLDS Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky – Obsidian Entertainment/ Private Division
STAR WARS JEDI: FALLEN ORDER Aaron Contreras, Matt Michnovetz, Stig Asmussen – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
ORIGINAL PROPERTY
BABA IS YOU Arvi Teikari – Hempuli Oy/Hempuli Oy
CONTROL Development Team –Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
DEATH STRANDING Development Team – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
DISCO ELYSIUM Development Team – ZA/UM/ZA/UM
OUTER WILDS Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky – Obsidian Entertainment/Private Division
UNTITLED GOOSE GAME Development Team – House House/Panic
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 ANDERSEN 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 Development Team – Asobo Studio/ Focus Home Interactive
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE Development Team – Infinity Ward/Activision
CONTROL Development Team – Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
DEATH STRANDING Development Team – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
METRO EXODUS Development Team – 4A Games/Deep Silver
SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE Development Team – FromSoftware/Activision
EE MOBILE GAME OF THE YEAR (voted for by the public)
ASSEMBLE WITH CARE Ustwo/Ustwo
CALL OF DUTY: MOBILE Timi Studios/Activision
DEAD MAN’S PHONE Electric Noir Studios
POKEMON GO The Pokémon Company, Niantic/Nintendo
TANGLE TOWER SFB Games/SFB Games
WHAT THE GOLF? Triband/Triband
The winners of the British Academy Games Awards will be announced on April 2nd. Cast your vote for the EE Mobile Game of the Year here.
