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.
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