The BAFTA Games Awards 2022 Nominations have been fully unveiled, and while there’s a heap of games in the running across multiple categories, PS5-exclusive Returnal has a whopping nine different nods, including Best Game alongside Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart.
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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 GUARDIAN’S 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
PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE
- OZIOMA AKAGHA as Julianna Blake in DEATHLOOP
- JASON E KELLEY as Colt Vahn “the Captain” in DEATHLOOP
- JENNIFER HALE as Rivet in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- JON MCLAREN as Star-Lord/Peter Quill in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
- ERIKA MORI as Alex Chen in Life is Strange: True Colors
- JANE PERRY as Selene Vassos in Returnal
PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- LAURA BAILEY as Polina Petrova in Call of Duty: Vanguard
- KIMBERLY BROOKS as Hollis Forsythe in Psychonauts 2
- JASON CAVALIER as Drax in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
- MAGGIE ROBERTSON as Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village
- HAN SOTO as Gabe Chen in Life is Strange: True Colors
- ALEX WEINER as Rocket in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
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