The British Academy Games Awards has divided the games into 18 categories, one of them reserved for the public.
Although we are already in March 2022, the year 2021 has left us with such good games that it is impossible to forget them in a few months. We remember and honor the experience of many titles with the events of best game of the year awardswith such iconic events as the DICE Awards, the GDC Awards and the awards given out at the Independent Games Festival.
The British Academy Games Awards does not miss its annual appointment in this field, so it is already preparing the celebration of its BAFTA Games Awards. The event will start next March 7 at 2:00 p.m. (Spanish peninsular time), and you can follow it through the entity’s official YouTube, Twitch and Facebook channels. However, said awards ceremony is already starting to warm up and has shared the list of nominated games for this edition.
As we have already seen in other events also dedicated to 2021 titles, BAFTA Games Awards has included well known experiences like It Takes Two, Deathloop or Forza Horizon 5. But the award ceremony goes beyond the most notorious AAA of the year and also has the presence of indie cut deliveries like Death’s Door or Inscription.
In addition, the expectation will not only revolve around the Best Game of the Year, but we will also see the winners of other fields recognized by the BAFTA Games Awards. The organization has announced 18 categories that highlight different attributes of video games, although at the moment it has only presented the nominees for 16 of them. According to the statement published on its website, the last two categories (Best Performer in a Leading Role and Best Performer in a Supporting Role) will be announced soon. On the other hand, a category has also been reserved (EE Game of the Year) that will reflect the public decision. Below is the list of all the games nominated for the BAFTA Games Awards 2022.
BAFTA Games Awards 2022 Nominees
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)
- RETURN (Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
best 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)
Best artistic section
- THE ARTFUL ESCAPE (Beethoven & 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)
- RETURN (Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
better audio
- THE ARTFUL ESCAPE (Beethoven & 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)
- RETURN (Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
best english 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)
- SABER (Shedworks/Raw Fury)
best debut game
- THE ARTFUL ESCAPE (Beethoven & 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)
best 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)
best family game
- 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)
Best game beyond entertainment
- ALBA: A WILDLIFE ADVENTURE (ustwo games/ustwo games/Plug In Digital)
- BEFORE YOUR EYES (Goodbye World 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)
best 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)
- RETURN (Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
best 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)
Best 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)
best 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)
- RETURN (Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- UNPACKING (Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Annie VanderMeer – Witch Beam/Humble Games)
Best Original IP
- 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)
- RETURN (Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
- UNPACKING (Wren Brier, Tim Dawson, Jeff van Dyck – Witch Beam/Humble Games)
Best technical section
- 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)
- RETURN (Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
EE GAME OF THE YEAR (voted 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)
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