Published on: 04/03/2022
BAFTA Games Awards 2022: Returnal, It Takes Two lead nominations
The British Academy announced yesterday the nominations for the BAFTA Games Awards 2022. A total of 16 out of the 18 categories were announced for the annual ceremony. This year’s BAFTA Games Award is the academy’s 18th iteration of the annual ceremony.
The British Academy has been holding the event to honor “outstanding creative achievement within the global gaming industry” since 2004. A total of 39 games have been nominated across the 16 announced categories. Science-fiction shooter Returnal and co-operative platform game It Takes Two are the leading titles, having bagged eight nominations each.
Finally, a reminder of this year’s #EEGameoftheYear nominees – voted for by YOU!
🎮 CHICORY: A COLORFUL TALE @chicory
🎮 DEATHLOOP @deathloop
🎮 THE FORGOTTEN CITY
🎮 IT TAKES TWO @HazelightGames
🎮 METROID DREAD @NintendoUK
🎮 UNPACKING @UnpackingALife #BAFTAGames pic.twitter.com/0686b3y615— BAFTA Games (@BAFTAGames) March 3, 2022
The next most nominated title is Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart with seven nominations, followed by Forza Horizon 5 and Psychonauts 2 with six nominations, while Deathloop has five.
Other games that have been nominated include Among Us, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Apex Legends, Back 4 Blood, Call of Duty: Vanguard, Death’s Door, Disco Elysium – The Final Cut, Eastward, Far Cry 6, Fights in Tight Spaces, Fortnite, Genesis Noir, Halo Infinite, Hell Let Loose, and Hitman 3.
Congratulations to all of this year’s #BAFTAGames nominees! Discover the full list here and tune in on 7 April to see who takes home those iconic BAFTA masks ✨
— BAFTA Games (@BAFTAGames) March 3, 2022
Also nominated are Inscryption, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Life is Strange: True Colors, Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy, Maquette, Mario Party Superstars, No Man’s Sky, Overboard, Resident Evil Village, Sable, The Artful Escape, The Forgotten City, TOEM, and Unpacking.
The BAFTA Games Awards 2022 is expected to be held on March 7 at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. Returning as the host of the event is presenter and journalist Elle Osili-Wood. It will be broadcast on BAFTA’s Twitch channel.
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🎮 DEATHLOOP @deathloop
🎮 FORZA HORIZON 5 @ForzaHorizon
🎮 INSCRYPTION @DMullinsGames
🎮 IT TAKES TWO @HazelightGames
🎮 RATCHET & CLANK: RIFT APART @insomniacgames
🎮 RETURNAL @Housemarque #BAFTAGames pic.twitter.com/tI2RVomOCT— BAFTA Games (@BAFTAGames) March 3, 2022
BAFTA Games Awards 2022 nominations list
The nominations that have been announced so far are for the following categories:
BEST GAME
– Deathloop, Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
– Forza Horizon 5, Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
– Inscryption, Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital
– It Takes Two, Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
– Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
– Returnal, Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
GAME DESIGN
– Deathloop, Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
– Forza Horizon 5, Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
– Inscryption, Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital
– It Takes Two, Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
– Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
– Returnal, Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
– The Artful Escape, Beethoven &Amp; Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive
– It Takes Two, Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
– Psychonauts 2, Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
– Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
– Resident Evil Village, Capcom/Capcom
– Returnal, Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
BRITISH GAME
– Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, ustwo games/ustwo games, Plug In Digital
– Death’s Door, Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital
– Fights In Tight Spaces, Ground Shatter/Mode7
– Forza Horizon 5, Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
– Overboard!, Jon Ingold, Tom Kail, Joseph Humfrey – Inkle/ Inkle
– Sable, Shedworks/Raw Fury
ANIMATION
– Call Of Duty: Vanguard, Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
– It Takes Two, Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
– Kena: Bridge Of Spirits, Hunter Schmidt – Ember Lab Llc/ Ember Lab Llc
– Life Is Strange: True Colors, Square Enix, Deck Nine Games/Square Enix
– Psychonauts 2, Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
– Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT
– The Artful Escape, Beethoven &Amp; Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive
– Call Of Duty: Vanguard, Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
– Deathloop, Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
– Halo Infinite, 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios
– Marvel’s Guardian’s Of The Galaxy, Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix
– Returnal, Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
DEBUT GAME
– The Artful Escape, Beethoven &Amp; Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive
– Eastward, 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, Graceful Decay/Annapurna Interactive
– Toem, Something We Made/ Something We Made
EVOLVING GAME
– Among Us, Innersloth/Innersloth
– Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Nintendo Epd/Nintendo
– Apex Legends, Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
– Disco Elysium – The Final Cut, Za/Um/Za/Um
– Fortnite, Epic Games/Epic Games, People Can Fly
– No Man’s Sky, Hello Games/Hello Games
FAMILY
– Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, ustwo games/ustwo games, Plug In Digital
– Chicory: A Colorful Tale, Greg Lobanov, A Shell In The Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/Finji
– Forza Horizon 5, Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
– Mario Party Superstars, Nintendo Epd/Nintendo
– Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
– Unpacking, Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Jeff Van Dyck – Witch Beam/Humble Games
GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT
– Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, ustwo games/ustwo games/Plug In Digital
– Before Your Eyes, 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, Nintendo Epd/Nintendo
– It Takes Two, Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
– Psychonauts 2, Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
MULTIPLAYER
– Back 4 Blood, Turtle Rock Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
– Call Of Duty: Vanguard, Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
– Forza Horizon 5, Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
– Halo Infinite, 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios
– Hell Let Loose, Black Matter/Team17
– It Takes Two, Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
MUSIC
– Deathloop, Tom Salta, Erich Talaba, Ross Tregenza – Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
– Far Cry 6, Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft
– Halo Infinite, 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, Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
– Life Is Strange: True Colors, Square Enix, Deck Nine Games/Square Enix
– Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy, Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix
– Psychonauts 2, Tim Schafer – Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
– Returnal, Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
– Unpacking, Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Annie Vandermeer – Witch Beam/Humble Games
ORIGINAL PROPERTY
– Deathloop, Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
– Death’s Door, Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital
– Inscryption, Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital
– It Takes Two, Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
– Returnal, Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
– Unpacking, Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Jeff Van Dyck – Witch Beam/Humble Games
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
– Forza Horizon 5, Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
– Hitman 3, Io Interactive/Io Interactive
– Psychonauts 2, Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
– Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
– Resident Evil Village, Capcom/Capcom
– Returnal, Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment
EE GAME OF THE YEAR
– 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 &Amp; Mercurysteam, Nintendo
– Unpacking Witch, Beam/Humble Games
