THE Bafta Game Awards 2023 just announced the full list of nominees, celebrating last year’s best games and the people who made them.
God of War Ragnarök is leading the list with 15 nominations, including EE Game of the Year, voted for by the public, and six nominations for performances.
Sony Santa MonicaGod of War Ragnarök received the most nominations ahead of the upcoming ceremony.[/caption]
A nice surprise is indie cat game Stray which got nine nominations, ahead of last year’s biggest game Elden Ring, which received eight.
Sony’s Horizon Forbidden West received six nominations.
Ahead of the announcement GLHF spoke with Bafta Games Committee chair Tara Saunders, an the newly appointed CEO of Bafta, Jane Millichip.
The Bafta Game Awards 2023 ceremony will take place on Thursday, March 30, 2023 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.
And here is the full list of nominees.
Bafta Game Awards nominations 2023
Animation
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare IIGod of War RagnarökHorizon Forbidden West Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga SifuStray
Artistic Achievement
A Plague Tale: Requiem Elden RingGod of War RagnarökImmortalityPentimentTunic
Audio Achievement
A Plague Tale: Requiem God of War RagnarökHorizon Forbidden West Metal: HellsingerStray Tunic
Best Game
Cult Of The Lamb Elden Ring God Of War RagnarökMarvel SnapStrayVampire Survivors
British Game
Citizen Sleeper OlliOlli World Rollerdrome Total War: Warhammer IIITwo Point Campus Vampire Survivors
Debut Game
As Dusk Falls The Case of the Golden Idol Stray Trombone Tunic Vampire Survivors
Evolving Game
Apex LegendsDreamsThe Elder Scrolls Online Final Fantasy XIV Online Forza Horizon 5No Man’s Sky
Family
Disney Dreamlight Valley Kirby and the Forgotten LandLego Star Wars: The Skywalker SagaMario + Rabbids Sparks of HopeNintendo Switch Sports Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Game Beyond Entertainment
Citizen SleeperEndling – Extinction Is ForeverGibbon: Beyond The TreesI Was A Teenage ExocolonistNot For BroadcastWe’ll Always Have Paris
Game Design
Cult Of The LambElden Ring God Of War RagnarökHorizon Forbidden WestTunicVampire Survivors
Multiplayer
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II.EA Sports FIFA 23Elden Ring Overwatch 2Splatoon 3 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Music
A Plague Tale: Requiem Cuphead – The Delicious Last CourseElden RingGod of War RagnarökStrayTunic
Narrative
A Plague Tale: Requiem Citizen SleeperGod of War Ragnarök Immortality Pentiment Stray
Original Property
Citizen Sleeper Cult of the Lamb Elden RingSifu Stray Vampire Survivors
Performer in a Leading Role
Alain Mesa as Alejandro Vargas in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare IICharlotte McBurney as Amicia in A Plague Tale: RequiemChristopher Judge as Kratos in God of War RagnarökManon Gage as Marissa Marcel in ImmortalitySiobhan Williams as Laura in The QuarrySunny Suljic as Atreus in God of War Ragnarök
Performer in a Supporting Role
Adam J. Harrington as Sindri in God of War RagnarökAlison Jaye as Alva in Horizon Forbidden WestCharlotta Mohlin as The One in ImmortalityDanielle Bisutti as Freya in God of War RagnarökLaya Deleon Hayes as Angrboda in God of War RagnarökRyan Hurst as Thor in God of War Ragnarök
Technical Achievement
Elden RingGod of War Ragnarök Horizon Forbidden WestImmortalityThe Last of Us Part I Stray
EE Game Of The Year (voted for by the public)
Elden Ring God of War RagnarökHorizon Forbidden WestImmortalityMarvel SnapStray
Written by Stoyan Ovcharov on behalf of GLHF.