BAFTA Games Awards 2023 Nominations Announced

The nominees have been announced for the 2023 BAFTA Games Awards, with God of Way Ragnorok leading the way with 14 nominations. 

The livestream for this year’s BAFTA Games Awards will go live on Twitch at 18:50 BST on March 30, and will see the academy dole out awards in 18 categories celebrating the many aspects of video game development. The categories include Animation, Artistic Achievement, Game Design, Multiplayer, and, of course, the coveted Best Game catagory. 

As reported by VGC, God of War Ragnorok’s impressive showing makes it the most nominated game in the history of the BAFTA awards show. The Santa Monica Studios epic is nominated in a range of categories including that of Best Game. Both Sunny Suljic and Christopher Judge are both up for the award for best performer in a leading role. Considering the length of Judge’s speech at The Game Awards, his potential victory is sure to make showrunners nervous.

Elden Ring (eight nominations) will also compete in the Best Game catagory alongside Cult of the Lamb (three nominations), Marvel Snap (two nominations), Stray (9 nominations), and Vampire Survivors (5 nominations). Horizon Forbidden West (6 nominations) meanwhile will compete for a number of awards including Animation, Audio Achievement, and the only category that will be decided by votes from the public, The EE Game of the Year award.

The full list of the categories and nominees for the BAFTA Games Awards 2023 can be found below.

BAFTA 2023 Nominees for Best Game

• Cult of the Lamb
• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnorok
• Marvel Snap
• Stray
• Vampire Survivors

BAFTA 2023 Nominees for Animation

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
• God of War Ragnorok
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
• Sifu
• Stray

BAFTA 2023 Nominees for Artistic Achievement

• A Plague Tale: Requiem
• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnarok
• Immortality
• Pentiment
• Tunic

BAFTA 2023 Nominees for Audio Achievement

• A Plague Tale: Requiem
• God of War Ragnorok
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Metal: Hellsinger
• Stray
• Tunic

BAFTA 2023 Nominees for British Game

• Citizen Sleeper
• Olliolli World
• Rollerdrome
• Total War: Warhammer III
• Vampire Survivors

BAFTA 2023 Nominees for Debut Game

• As Dusk Falls
• The Case of the Golden Idol
• Stray
• Trombone Champ
• Tunic
• Vampire Survivors

BAFTA 2023 Nominees for Evolving Game

• Apex Legends
• Dreams
• The Elder Scrolls Online
• Final Fantasy XIV Online
• Forza Horizon 5
• No Man’s Sky

BAFTA 2023 Nominees for Family Game

• Disney Dreamlight Valley
• Kirby and the Forgotten Land
• Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
• Nintendo Switch Sports
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge

BAFTA 2023 Nominees for Game Beyond Entertainment

• Citizen Sleeper
• Endling – Extinction is Forever
• Gibbon: Beyond the Trees
• I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
• Not for Broadcast
• We’ll Always Have Paris

BAFTA 2023 Nominees for Game Design

• Cult of the Lamb
• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnorok
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Tunic
• Vampire Survivors

BAFTA 2023 Nominees for Multiplayer

• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
• EA Sports FIFA 23
• Elden Ring
• Overwatch 2
• Splatoon 3
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

BAFTA 2023 Nominees for Music

• A Plague Tale: Requiem
• Cuphead
• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnorok
• Stray
• Tunic

BAFTA 2023 Nominees for Narrative

• A Plague Tale: Requiem
• Citizen Sleeper
• God of War Ragnorok
• Immortality
• Pentiment
• Stray

BAFTA 2023 Nominees for Original Property

• Citizen Sleeper
• Cult of the Lamb
• Elden Ring
• SIFU
• Stray
• Vampire Survivors

BAFTA 2023 Nominees for Performer in a Leading Role

• Alain Mesa as Alejandro Vargas in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
• Charlotte McBurney as Amicia in A Plague Tale: Requiem
• Christopher Judge as Kratos in God of War Ragnorok
• Manon Gage as Marissa Marcel in Immortality
• Siobhan Williams as Laura in The Quarry
• Sunny Suljic as Atreus in God of War Ragnorok

BAFTA 2023 Nominees for Performer in a Supporting Role

• Adam J. Harrington as Sindri in God of War Ragnorok
• Alison Jaye as Alva in Horizon Forbidden West
• Charlotta Mohlin as The One in Immortality
• Danielle Bisutti as Freya in God of War Ragnorok
• Laya Deleon Hayes as Angrboda in God of War Ragnorok
• Ryan Hurst as Thor in God of War Ragnorok

BAFTA 2023 Nominees for Technical Achievement

• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnorok
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Immortality
• The Last of Us Part I
• Stray

BAFTA 2023 Nominees for EE Game of the Year

• Elden Ring
• God of War Ragnorok
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Immortality
• Marvel Snap
• Stray

Voting for the EE Game of the Year category is now open, and will close the day of the awards show on March 30. Be sure to stick with IGN for all of the biggest news in the build up to the ceremony.

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