Home » News » Here are BAFTA’s nominees for this year’s British Academy Games Awards
News

Here are BAFTA’s nominees for this year’s British Academy Games Awards

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has revealed nominations for the British Academy Games Awards, and titles like Alien: Isolation, Far Cry 4, Destiny, Mario Kart 8 and Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor are looking pretty damn good right about now.

A total of 51 games have been nominated across 17 categories. Alien: Isolation, at six nominations, is a potential winner in the Audio Achievement, Best Game, British Game, Game Design, Game Innovation and Music categories. Far Cry 4 follows with five nominations.

Here’s the full list of nominations:

Artistic Achievement

  • ASSASSIN’S CREED UNITY Development Team – Ubisoft/Ubisoft
  • FAR CRY 4 Jean-Alexis Doyon, David Wilkinson, Scott Mitchell– Ubisoft/Ubisoft
  • HOHOKUM Development Team – Honeyslug/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
  • LUMINO CITY Development Team – State of Play Games/State of Play Games
  • MONUMENT VALLEY Development Team – ustwo Games/ustwo Studio
  • VALIANT HEARTS Paul Tumelaire, Ghislain Avrillon, Laurent Labouille – Ubisoft/Ubisoft

Audio Achievement

  • ALIEN: ISOLATION Development Team – Creative Assembly/SEGA
  • THE BANNER SAGA Austin Wintory, Michael Theiler, Peret Von Sturmer – Stoic Studios/Versus Evil
  • CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE Development Team – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
  • DISNEY FANTASIA: MUSIC EVOLVED Development Team – Disney Interactive Studios and
  • Harmonix Music Systems/Disney Interactive Studios
  • MARIO KART 8 Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo
  • THE SAILOR’S DREAM Development Team – Simogo/Simogo

Best Game

  • ALIEN: ISOLATION Development Team – Creative Assembly/SEGA
  • DESTINY Development Team – Bungie/Activision
  • DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION Development Team – BioWare/Electronic Arts
  • MARIO KART 8 Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo
  • MIDDLE-EARTH: SHADOW OF MORDOR Development Team – Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • MONUMENT VALLEY Development Team – ustwo Games/ustwo Studio

British Game

  • 80 DAYS Joseph Humfrey, Jon Ingold, Jaume Fabregat Vilella – Inkle/Inkle, Profile Books
  • ALIEN: ISOLATION Development Team – Creative Assembly/SEGA
  • FORZA HORIZON 2 Development Team – Playground Games/Microsoft Studios
  • GEOMETRY WARS 3: DIMENSIONS Development Team – Lucid Games/Sierra
  • LUMINO CITY Development Team – State of Play Games/State of Play Games
  • MONUMENT VALLEY Development Team – Ustwo Games/Ustwo Studio

Debut Game

  • THE BANNER SAGA John Watson, Alex Thomas, Arnie Jorgensen – Stoic Studios/Versus Evil
  • COUNTERSPY Development Team – Dynamighty/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
  • HITMAN GO Daniel Lutz – Square Enix Montréal/Square Enix
  • NEVER ALONE (KISIMA INGITCHUNA) Development Team – Upper One Games/E-Line Media
  • SHOVEL KNIGHT Development Team – Yacht Club Games/Yacht Club Games
  • THE VANISHING OF ETHAN CARTER Adrian Chmielarz, Andrzej Poznanski, Michal Kosieradzki – The Astronauts/The Astronauts, Nordic Games

Family

  • THE LEGO MOVIE VIDEOGAME Development Team – TT Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • LITTLEBIGPLANET 3 Pete Smith, Paul Porter, Darius Sardeghian – Sumo Digital and XDev Studio
  • Europe/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
  • MINECRAFT: CONSOLE EDITIONS Development Team – Mojang/4J Studios/Microsoft Studios
  • MARIO KART 8 Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo
  • SKYLANDERS TRAP TEAM Development Team – Toys for Bob, Vicarious Visions/Activision
  • TWELVE A DOZEN Development Team – Bossa Studios/Bossa Studios

Game Design

  • ALIEN: ISOLATION Development Team – Creative Assembly/SEGA
  • DESTINY Development Team – Bungie/Activision
  • FAR CRY 4 Patrik Methe, Cedric Decelle, Andrea Zanini – Ubisoft/Ubisoft
  • HEARTHSTONE: HEROES OF WARCRAFT Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
  • MIDDLE-EARTH: SHADOW OF MORDOR Development Team – Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • THREES Asher Vollmer, Greg Wohlwend, Jimmy Hinson – Sirvo/Sirvo

Game Innovation

  • 80 DAYS Joseph Humfrey, Jon Ingold – Inkle/Inkle, Profile Books
  • ALIEN: ISOLATION Development Team – Creative Assembly/SEGA
  • LUMINO CITY Development Team – State of Play Games/State of Play Games
  • MIDDLE-EARTH: SHADOW OF MORDOR Development Team – Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • TITANFALL Steve Fukuda, Richard Baker, Vince Zampella – Respawn/Electronic Arts
  • THE VANISHING OF ETHAN CARTER Development Team – The Astronauts/ The Astronauts, Nordic Games

Mobile & Handheld

  • 80 DAYS Joseph Humfrey, Jon Ingold, Jaume Fabregat Vilella – Inkle/Inkle, Profile Books
  • HEARTHSTONE: HEROES OF WARCRAFT Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
  • HITMAN GO Daniel Lutz – Square Enix Montréal/Square Enix
  • MONUMENT VALLEY Development Team – Ustwo Games/Ustwo Studio
  • THREES Asher Vollmer, Greg Wohlwend, Jimmy Hinson – Sirvo/Sirvo
  • THE WALKING DEAD: SEASON 2 Development Team – Telltale Games/Telltale Games

Multiplayer

  • CALL OF DUTY: ADVANCED WARFARE Development Team – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
  • HEARTHSTONE: HEROES OF WARCRAFT Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
  • DESTINY Development Team – Bungie/Activision
  • MARIO KART 8 Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo
  • MINECRAFT: CONSOLE EDITIONS Development Team – Mojang/4J Studios/Microsoft Studios
  • TITANFALL Steve Fukuda, Richard Baker, Vince Zampella – Respawn/Electronic Arts

Music

  • ALIEN: ISOLATION Development Team – Creative Assembly/SEGA
  • THE BANNER SAGA Development Team – Stoic Studios/Plan of Attack
  • DISNEY FANTASIA: MUSIC EVOLVED Development Team – Disney Interactive Studios and
  • Harmonix Music Systems/Disney Interactive Studios
  • FAR CRY 4 Cliff Martinez, Tony Gronick, Jerome Angelot – Ubisoft/Ubisoft
  • MIDDLE-EARTH: SHADOW OF MORDOR Development Team – Monolith Productions/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
  • THE SAILOR’S DREAM Development Team – Simogo/Simogo

Original Property

  • KALIMBA Development Team – Press Play/Microsoft Studios
  • MONUMENT VALLEY Development Team – Ustwo Games/Ustwo Studio
  • SUNSET OVERDRIVE Development Team – Insomniac/Microsoft Studios
  • TITANFALL Steve Fukuda, Richard Baker, Vince Zampella – Respawn/Electronic Arts
  • VALIANT HEARTS Yoan Fanise, Paul Tumelaire, Simon Choquet – Ubisoft/Ubisoft
  • THE VANISHING OF ETHAN CARTER Adrian Chmielarz, Andrzei Poznanski, Michel Kosieradzki – The Astronauts/The Astronauts, Nordic Games

Performer

  • ADAM HARRINGTON Bigby Wolf in The Wolf Among Us
  • ASHLEY JOHNSON Ellie in The Last of Us: Left Behind
  • KEVIN SPACEY Jonathan Irons in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
  • LOGAN CUNNINGHAM Transistor in Transistor
  • MELISSA HUTCHISON Clementine in The Walking Dead: Season 2
  • TROY BAKER Pagan Min in Far Cry 4

Persistent Game

  • DESTINY Development Team – Bungie/Activision
  • EVE ONLINE – PHOEBE Development Team – CCP Games/ CCP Games
  • LEAGUE OF LEGENDS Development Team – Riot Games/Riot Games
  • RUNESCAPE Development Team – Jagex/Jagex
  • WORLD OF WARCRAFT: WARLORDS OF DRAENOR Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
  • WORLD OF TANKS Development Team – Wargaming.net/Wargaming.net

Sport

  • FIFA 15 Development Team – EA Sports/Electronic Arts
  • FOOTBALL MANAGER 2015 Development Team – Sports Interactive/SEGA
  • FORZA HORIZON 2 Development Team – Playground Games/Microsoft Studios
  • OLLIOLLI John Ribbins, Simon Bennett, Tom Hegarty – Roll7/Roll7
  • MADDEN NFL 15 Development Team – EA Sports/Electronic Arts
  • TRIALS FUSION Kim Lahti, Antti Ilvessuo, Karri Kiviluoma – Ubisoft/Ubisoft

Story

  • 80 DAYS Joseph Humfrey, Jon Ingold, Meg Jayanth – Inkle/Inkle, Profile Books
  • BROKEN AGE Tim Shafer – Double Fine Productions/Double Fine Productions
  • FAR CRY 4 Mark Thompson, Lucien Soulban, Li Kuo – Ubisoft/Ubisoft
  • THE LAST OF US: LEFT BEHIND Neil Druckmann – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
  • NEVER ALONE (KISIMA INGITCHUNA) Development Team – Upper One Games/E-Line Media
  • THE WOLF AMONG US Development Team – Telltale Games/Telltale Games

BAFTA Ones to Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital

  • CHAMBARA Kevin Wong, Catherine Fox, Alex Faulkner, Esteban Fajardo, Thomas Hoffman – Overly Kinetic
  • SAGITTARIUS Vivek Deshpande, Anand Navaneetha Raja, Ashik Sharief, Shashank Chavan, Karthireyan Dhandapani – Too Mainstream
  • DON’T WALK: RUN Niall Taylor, Joseph Grainger, Oliver Reynolds – Duffy, Sean Barron, Alan Taylor – Torque

The event will take place on 12 March and will be hosted by Rufus Hound.


This article may contain affiliate links, meaning we could earn a small commission if you click-through and make a purchase. Stevivor is an independent outlet and our journalism is in no way influenced by any advertiser or commercial initiative.

About the author

Steve Wright

Steve's the owner of this very site and an active games journalist nearing twenty (TWENTY!?!) years. He's a Canadian-Australian gay gaming geek, ice hockey player and fan. Husband to Matt and cat dad to Wally and Quinn.