Control and Death Stranding break BAFTA record with 11 award nominations each
The British Academy Games Awards nominations were announced today, and two different games each broke a long-standing record. Both Control and Death Stranding were nominated in 11 categories each, the most ever in the award’s 16-year history. Other nominees include Disco Elysium, which had seven nominations, and Untitled Goose Game, which recently took home game of the year honors at the 2020 DICE Awards.
Awards are presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), and are also known as the BAFTA Game Awards. Other high-performing titles include Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Life is Strange 2, and Outer Wilds, which each received five nominations. The awards will take place on April 2.
This year’s slate includes four new award categories, including animation and technical achievement. BAFTA members also chose to nominate individual performers for the first time, with categories for leading role and supporting role. Norman Reedus gets a nod for his role as Sam in Death Stranding, and Martti Suosalo has been recognized for his work as the enigmatic Ahti the Janitor in Control.
You can see all of the nominees below, and on the official BAFTA website.
Animation
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Luigion’s Mansion 3
- Sayonara Wild Hearts
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Artistic Achievement
- Concrete Genie
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Disco Elysium
- Sayonara Wild Hearts
Audio Achievement
- Ape Out
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Untitled Goose Game
Best Game
- Control
- Disco Elysium
- Luigi’s Mansion 3
- Outer Wilds
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Untitled Goose Game
British Game
- Dirt Rally 2.0
- Heaven’s Vault
- Knights And Bikes
- Observation
- Planet Zoo
- Total War: Three Kingdoms
Debut Game
- Ape Out
- Death Stranding
- Disco Elysium
- Katana Zero
- Manifold Garden
Evolving Game
- Apex Legends
- Destiny 2
- Final Fantasy 14: Shadowbringers
- Fortnite
- No Man’s Sky: Beyond
- Path of Exile
Family
- Concrete Genie
- Knights And Bikes
- Luigi’s Mansion 3
- Untitled Goose Game
- Vacation Simulator
- Wattam
Game Beyond Entertainment
- Civilization 6: Gathering Storm
- Death Stranding
- Kind Words
- Life Is Strange 2 (episodes 2-5)
- Neo Cab
- Ring Fit Adventure
Game Design
- Baba Is You
- Control
- Disco Elysium
- Outer Wilds
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Wattam
Multiplayer
- Apex Legends
- Borderlands 3
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Luigi’s Mansion 3
- Tick Tock: A Tale For Two
- Tom Clancy’s The Division 2
Music
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Disco Elysium
- Outer Wilds
- The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
- Wattam
Narrative
- Control
- Disco Elysium
- Life Is Strange 2 (episodes 2-5)
- Outer Wilds
- The Outer Worlds
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Original Property
- Baba Is You
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Disco Elysium
- Outer Wilds
- Untitled Goose Game
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
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Metro Exodus
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
EE Mobile Game of the Year, a category voted for by the public
- Assemble With Care
- Call of Duty: Mobile
- Dead Man’s Phone
- Pokémon Go
- Tangle Tower SFB
- What The Golf?
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