The BAFTA Games Awards is about to get into full swing, and it's just released its list of nominees. As has become somewhat of a trend, it's Santa Monica Studio's God of War at the front of the pack with a total of 10 nominations. The Performer category is where the game excels, with four nominations out of six, but it's also in the running for Artistic Achievement, Game Design, Best Game, and more.
A bunch of other PlayStation 4 exclusives are also recognised with a few nods each. Detroit: Become Human and Marvel's Spider-Man are up for art and audio awards, while the latter is also nominated for Narrative. Astro Bot Rescue Mission, which has often been overlooked at these shows, is nominated for Game Innovation, Game Design, and Best Game. Tetris Effect is also rightly recognised with nods for both audio and music.
Plenty of other great games are up for awards, too, including Red Dead Redemption 2, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Celeste, Overcooked 2, and plenty more. Check out the full list of categories and nominees below.
Artistic Achievement
- Detroit: Become Human
- GRIS
- God of War
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Return of the Obra Dinn
Audio Achievement
- Battlefield V
- Detroit: Become Human
- God of War
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Tetris Effect
Best Game
- Assassin's Creed Odyssey
- Astro Bot Rescue Mission
- Celeste
- God of War
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Return of the Obra Dinn
British Game
- 11-11: Memories Retold
- Forza Horizon 4
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- The Room: Old Sins
- Overcooked 2
- Two Point Hospital
Debut Game
- Beat Saber
- Cultist Simulator
- Donut County
- Florence
- GRIS
- Yoku's Island Express
Evolving Game
- Destiny 2: Forsaken
- Elite Dangerous: Beyond
- Fortnite
- Overwatch
- Sea of Thieves
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege
Family
- LEGO Disney Pixar's The Incredibles
- Nintendo Labo
- Overcooked 2
- Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
- Super Mario Party
- Yoku's Island Express
Game Beyond Entertainment
- 11-11: Memories Retold
- Celeste
- Florence
- Life Is Strange 2
- My Child Lebensborn
- Nintendo Labo
Game Design
- Astro Bot Rescue Mission
- Celeste
- God of War
- Into the Breach
- Minit
- Return of the Obra Dinn
Game Innovation
- Astro Bot Rescue Mission
- Celeste
- Cultist Simulator
- Moss
- Nintendo Labo
- Return of the Obra Dinn
Mobile Game
- Alto's Odyssey
- Brawl Stars
- Donut County
- Florence
- Reigns: Game of Thrones
- The Room: Old Sins
Multiplayer
- A Way Out
- Battlefield V
- Overcooked 2
- Sea of Thieves
- Super Mario Party
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Music
- Celeste
- Far Cry 5
- Florence
- God of War
- GRIS
- Tetris Effect
Narrative
- Florence
- Frostpunk
- God of War
- Marvel's Spider-Man
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Return of the Obra Dinn
Original Property
- Dead Cells
- Florence
- Into the Breach
- Moss
- Return of the Obra Dinn
- Subnautica
Performer
- Christopher Judge as Kratos in God of War
- Danielle Bisutti as Freya in God of War
- Jeremy Davies as The Stranger in God of War
- Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra of Sparta in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
- Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2
- Sunny Suljic as Atreus in God of War
EE Mobile Game of the Year (voted for by the public -- click here to vote)
- Brawl Stars
- Clash Royale
- Fortnite
- Old School Runescape
- Pokémon Go
- Roblox
The awards ceremony is set to take place on 4th April. What do you think of the nominations for the BAFTA Games Awards 2019? Which games do you want to see take home some trophies? Cast your votes in the comments below.
[source bafta.org]
Comments 22
GOD OF WAR TOPS GAME THAT THOROUGHLY DESERVING OF ALL THE AWARDS
I'm so excited it's the next game in my backlog to start. Loved the previous games even the Vita ports, this just looks so much more.
Goat of War, can't be stoped.
I would say game of the generation but we still have Last of Us 2 coming.
Melissanthi Mahut and Roger Clark were both ace!
"Christopher Judge as Kratos in God of War
Danielle Bisutti as Freya in God of War
Jeremy Davies as The Stranger in God of War
Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra of Sparta in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2
Sunny Suljic as Atreus in God of War"
Bit of an overkill. I think Detroit deserves at least one nomination here.
@Cpt_Price Principally, yes, I think so.
god of domination. 👑 king kratos is nas Escobar.the g.o.a.t word up son
No Monster Hunter World but Destiny 2's nominated in one category?
Eh... no. The only awards that I don’t agree with are story & character, RDR2 excelled at that by a mile, but what’s done is done. God of War didn’t do it for me, pretty mediocre. I actually had a lot more fun playing other games.
@PhantomJ These are nominations, I don't think they've awarded anybody yet and yea RDR2 is waaaayyyy better than GOW in many categories. HZD is even more innovative than GOW.
I hope GoW beats RDR2 for best game!
God of War already is the most acclaimed game of the last year, also it’s my game of the generation. Can’t wait to see God of War winning another award.
@Dodoo Already beated in pretty much every award out there. Check the blog GOTY picks. That’s why the RDR 2 fanboys are mad, lol.
God of War is way better, that’s a fact.
If GoW doesn't win GOTY then there's no hope for this awards
@PS_Nation Don’t start flaming people. That just makes you look arrogant.
@PhantomJ Coming from a troll like you that created an account here just to attack Sony, that’s rich. Enjoy this reply, because now you’re ignored.
@PS_Nation It looks like I win.
@Quintumply @Cpt_Price I thought Rockstar San Diego (I think) played a pretty big part in it as well. Didn't they mainly do the first one while Rockstar North was the home for GTA.
I realise that everyone at Rockstar worked on RDR2 but seems a bit spurious to claim it was a UK made game. I could completely wrong though.
@naruball Totally agree, Bryan Dechart and Clancy Brown should have at least got noms in my opinion. While all the cast were good (much like God of War), those two were the highlight of the game for me.
I had not heard of some of these games until right now. And not just the obscure categories, might have to look up Return of the Obra Dinn.
@PS_Nation This is your finally warning as I have warned you several times before. Even if someone appears to be trolling it is not ok to attack them especially because the don't agree with you. Next time you do that you will receive a ban from the site.
Thanks for understanding
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