BAFTA Games Awards 2020 nominations are in: Control, Death Stranding, and Disco Elysium dominate

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The BAFTA Games Awards 2020 nominee list has been released ahead of the awards show on April 2. The awards celebrate the “very best in games” of the past year, with some of the biggest recent games in the line-up. With all sorts of different categories highlighting the variety of different achievements in the world of video games, there are some truly wonderful releases that could go home with a BAFTA trophy next month.

And the awards show is going to be a big one for Hideo Kojima. Not only is Death Stranding nominated in several categories, but BAFTA is awarding Kojima with the Fellowship award, BAFTA’s highest individual honour (opens in new tab). Other recipients of this particular award include the likes of Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto, Doublefine founder Tim Schafer, and Valve’s co-founder Gabe Newell, to name a few.

In last year’s awards, God of War took home the coveted Best Game award, with other winners including Fortnite for Evolving Game, Florence for Mobile Game, and Nintendo Labo took home two awards for Family Game and Game Innovation.

There are some fantastic games nominated this year, and each category offers some tough competition. Without further ado, here’s every game nominated in the BAFTA 2020 Game Awards:

Best Game

Control – Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games
Disco Elysium – ZA/UM
Luigi’s Mansion 3 – Next Level Games / Nintendo
Outer Wilds – Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – FromSoftware / Activision
Untitled Goose Game – House House / Panic

British Game

Dirt Rally 2.0 – Codemasters
Heaven’s Vault – inkle
Knights and Bikes – Foam Sword / Double Fine Presents
Observation – No Code / Devolver Digital
Planet Zoo – Frontier Developments
Total War: Three Kingdoms – The Creative Assembly / SEGA

Debut Game

Ape Out – Gabe Cuzzillo, Matt Boch, Bennett Foddy /Devolver Digital
Death Stranding – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
Disco Elysium – ZA/UM
Katana Zero – Askiisoft / Devolver Digital
Knights and Bikes – Foam Sword / Double Fine Presents
Manifold Garden – William Chyr Studio

Evolving Game

Apex Legends – Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts
Destiny 2 – Bungie
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers – Square Enix
Fortnite – Epic Games
No Man’s Sky: Beyond – Hello Games
Path of Exile – Grinding Gear Games

Family

Concrete Genie – Pixelopus / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
Knights and Bikes – Foam Sword / Double Fine Presents
Luigi’s Mansio 3 – Next Level Games / Nintendo
Untitled Goose Game – House House / Panic
Vacation Simulator – Owlchemy Labs
Wattam – Funomena / Annapurna Interactive

Games Beyond Entertainment

Civilization VI: Gathering Storm – Firaxis / 2K
Death Stranding – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
Kind Words (Lofi Beats to Chill to) – Popcannibal
Life is Strange 2 (Episodes 2-5) – Dontnod Entertainment / Square Enix
Neo Cab – Chance Agency / Fellow Traveller Games
Ring Fit Adventure – Nintendo

Game Design

Baba Is You – Hempuli Oy
Control – Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games
Disco Elysium – ZA/UM
Outer Wilds – Mobius Digital / Annapurna Interactive
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – FromSoftware / Activision
Wattam – Funomena / Annapurna Interactive

Multiplayer

Apex Legends – Respawn Entertainment / Electronic Arts
Borderlands 3 – Gearbox Software / 2K
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Infinity Ward / Activision
Luigi’s Mansion 3 – Next Level Games / Nintendo
Tick Tock: A Tale For Two – Other Tales Interactive
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 – Massive Entertainment / Ubisoft

Music

Control – Remedy Entertainment / 505 Games
Death Stranding – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
Disco Elysium – ZA/UM
Outer Wilds – Mobius Digital/ Annapurna Interactive
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening – Grezzo / Nintendo
Wattam – Funomena / Annapurna Interactive

Narrative

Control – Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
Disco Elysium – ZA/UM
Life is Strange 2 (Episodes 2-5) – Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix
Outer Wilds – Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive
The Outer Worlds – Obsidian Entertainment/ Private Division
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts

EE Mobile Game of the Year

Assemble With Care – 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
What the Golf? – Triband

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

Perfomer 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 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 – Asobo Studio/ Focus Home Interactive
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Infinity Ward/Activision
Control – Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
Death Stranding – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
Metro Exodus – 4A Games/Deep Silver
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – FromSoftware/Activision

Animation

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Infinity Ward/Activision
Control – Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
Death Stranding – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
Luigi’s Mansion 3 – Next Level Games/Nintendo
Sayonara Wild Hearts – Simogo/Annapurna Interactive
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – FromSoftware/Activision

Artistic Achievement

Concrete Genie – Pixelopus/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
Control – Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
Death Stranding – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
Disco Elysium – ZA/UM
Knights and Bikes – Foam Sword/Double Fine Presents
Sayonara Wild Hearts – Simogo/Annapurna Interactive

Audio Achievement

Ape Out – Bennett Foddy/ Devolver Digital
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Infinity Ward/Activision
Control – Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
Death Stranding – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
Untitled Goose Game – House House/Panic