The BAFTA awards are one of the best awards in the biz, almost entirely because winning one gets you a lovely golden face to take home, and then you can put it on your own face and pretend you're a Bond villain.
The nomination list went up today, and although it's not exactly chock-full of Nintendo games, there are a few categories that involve Nintendo games and indies. Here's the full list of the 16 categories that were announced today, with games available on Switch (or soon-to-be available on Switch) in bold.
The shortlist for two more awards, Performer in a Leading Role and Performer in a Supporting Role, will be announced in the coming weeks.
BAFTA 2022 Game Awards Categories
ANIMATION
CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARD Development Team - Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
IT TAKES TWO Development Team - Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
KENA: BRIDGE OF SPIRITS Hunter Schmidt - Ember Lab LLC/ Ember Lab LLC
LIFE IS STRANGE: TRUE COLORS Development Team - Square Enix, Deck Nine Games/Square Enix
PSYCHONAUTS 2 Development Team - Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
THE ARTFUL ESCAPE Development Team - Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive
IT TAKES TWO Development Team - Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
PSYCHONAUTS 2 Development Team - Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE Development Team – Capcom/Capcom
RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT
THE ARTFUL ESCAPE Development Team - Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive
CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARD Development Team - Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
DEATHLOOP Development Team - Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
HALO INFINITE Development Team - 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios
MARVEL’S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Development Team - Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix
RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
BEST GAME
DEATHLOOP Development Team - Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team - Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
INSCRYPTION Development Team - Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital
IT TAKES TWO Development Team - Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
BRITISH GAME
ALBA: A WILDLIFE ADVENTURE Development Team - ustwo games/ustwo games, Plug In Digital
DEATH’S DOOR Development Team - Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital
FIGHTS IN TIGHT SPACES Development Team - Ground Shatter/Mode7
FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team - Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
OVERBOARD! Jon Ingold, Tom Kail, Joseph Humfrey – inkle/ inkle
SABLE Development Team – Shedworks/Raw Fury
DEBUT GAME
THE ARTFUL ESCAPE Development Team - Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive
EASTWARD Development Team – Pixpil/Chucklefish
THE FORGOTTEN CITY Nick Pearce, Alexander Goss, John Eyre - Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers
GENESIS NOIR Evan Anthony, Jeremy Abel - Feral Cat Den/Fellow Traveller
MAQUETTE Development Team - Graceful Decay/Annapurna Interactive
TOEM Development Team - Something We Made/ Something We Made
EVOLVING GAME
AMONG US Development Team – Innersloth/Innersloth
ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
APEX LEGENDS Development Team - Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
DISCO ELYSIUM – THE FINAL CUT Development Team - ZA/UM/ZA/UM
FORTNITE Development Team - Epic Games/Epic Games, People Can Fly
NO MAN’S SKY Development Team - Hello Games/Hello Games
FAMILY
ALBA: A WILDLIFE ADVENTURE Development Team - ustwo games/ustwo games, Plug In Digital
CHICORY: A COLORFUL TALE Development Team - Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/FINJI
FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team - Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
MARIO PARTY SUPERSTARS Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
UNPACKING Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Jeff van Dyck - Witch Beam/Humble Games
GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT
ALBA: A WILDLIFE ADVENTURE Development Team - ustwo games/ustwo games/Plug In Digital
BEFORE YOUR EYES Development Team - GoodbyeWorld Games/Skybound Games
CHICORY: A COLORFUL TALE- Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/FINJI
GAME BUILDER GARAGE Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
IT TAKES TWO Development Team -Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
PSYCHONAUTS 2 Development Team -Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
GAME DESIGN
DEATHLOOP Development Team - Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team - Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
INSCRYPTION Development Team - Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital
IT TAKES TWO Development Team - Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
MULTIPLAYER
BACK 4 BLOOD Development Team - Turtle Rock Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARD Development Team - Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team - Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
HALO INFINITE Development Team - 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios
HELL LET LOOSE Development Team - Black Matter/Team17
IT TAKES TWO Development Team - Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
MUSIC
DEATHLOOP Tom Salta, Erich Talaba, Ross Tregenza - Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
FAR CRY 6 Development Team - Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft
HALO INFINITE Development Team - 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios
PSYCHONAUTS 2 Peter McConnell - Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Scott Hanau, Wataru Hokoyama, Mark Mothersbaugh - Insomniac Games/ Sony Interactive Entertainment
RETURNAL Bobby Krlic, Joe Thwaites, Harry Krueger – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
NARRATIVE
IT TAKES TWO Development Team - Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
LIFE IS STRANGE: TRUE COLORS Development Team - Square Enix, Deck Nine Games/Square Enix
MARVEL’S GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Development Team - Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix
PSYCHONAUTS 2 Tim Schafer - Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
UNPACKING Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Annie VanderMeer - Witch Beam/Humble Games
ORIGINAL PROPERTY
DEATHLOOP Development Team - Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
DEATH’S DOOR Development Team - Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital
INSCRYPTION Development Team - Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital
IT TAKES TWO Development Team - Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
UNPACKING Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Jeff van Dyck - Witch Beam/Humble Games
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team - Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
HITMAN 3 Development Team - IO Interactive/IO Interactive
PSYCHONAUTS 2 Development Team - Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART Development Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE Devleopment Team – Capcom/Capcom
RETURNAL Development Team – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
EE GAME OF THE YEAR (voted for by the public)
CHICORY: A COLORFUL TALE Greg Lobanov, A Shell in the Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/FINJI
DEATHLOOP Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
THE FORGOTTEN CITY Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers
IT TAKES TWO Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
METROID DREAD Nintendo & MercurySteam, Nintendo
UNPACKING Witch Beam/Humble Games
If you want to make your voice heard, don't forget to vote for the public Game Of the Year right here! Your choices (as above) are Chicory: A Colorful Tale, Deathloop, It Takes Two, Metroid Dread, and Unpacking.
The ceremony will be broadcast on April 7th 2022, on Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook. You can find the links here.
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Chicory is such a good and underrated game, hopefully it wins something and doesn't get overshadowed by something likeAMONGUS.
Really surprised that Dread didn’t get nominated for animation. That game is smoooooth
Call of Duty shouldn't be here at all.
I'd put re village in best game , genshin impact in evolving game & splitgate in multiplayer
Just finished Eastward a few weeks ago. Great game. If you like Secret of Mana, Legend of Zelda, Earthbound and Startropics thrown into a blender, you will like Eastward.
It's funny how I look at the games and there are definitely many that haven't made it over to the Switch, but the only ones that kind of make me sad about that are Ratchet and Clank (a PS exclusive) and Forza Horizon (an XBox exclusive), maybe It Takes Two. The others I don't think I'm missing out on much.
Metroid Dread, Rift Apart and Guardians of the Galaxy were all very well-made and entertaining games.
Holy BAJOLI Chicory made it in! I am so proud of Greg Lobanov that his little lovable games are getting recognition 👏👏👏👏
Metroid Dread should be on nominated on more categories.
@Giancarlothomaz It goes to show how much of a joke these awards are when Forza is a nominee for GotY and not Dread
Family - Forza Horizon 5
Added Alba: A Wildlife Adventure to my wish list.
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