2017 BAFTA Games Awards Nominations Announced

The 2017 BAFTA Games Awards nominations have been announced.

A total of 50 games have been recognised, showcasing the very best games of the past 12 months and highlighting an outstanding level of creative excellence from a broad range of UK and international development teams.

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The award winners will be announced at a special ceremony on Thursday 6 April 2016 at Tobacco Dock in London. Tickets are available at www.bafta.org/games/awards/tickets, and the ceremony will be streamed live at twitch.tv/bafta as well as on the BAFTA website.

Full list of nominees:

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

• ABZÛ Development Team - Giant Squid/505 Games 
• DISHONORED 2 Development Team - Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks 
• INSIDE Development Team - Playdead/Playdead 
• THE LAST GUARDIAN Development Team - SIE Japan Studio, genDesign/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe 
• UNCHARTED 4 Development Team - Naughty Dog LLC/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe 
• UNRAVEL Development Team - Coldwood Interactive/Electronic Arts 

AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT

• BATTLEFIELD 1 Development Team – DICE/Electronic Arts 
• DOOM Development Team – id Software/Bethesda Softworks 
• INSIDE Martin Stig Andersen – Playdead/Playdead 
• THE LAST GUARDIAN Development Team - SIE Japan Studio, genDesign/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe 
• REZ INFINITE Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Takako Ishida, Noboru Mutoh - Enhance Games, Monstars Inc., Resonair/Enhance Games 
• UNCHARTED 4 Development Team – Naughty Dog LLC/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe 

BEST GAME

• FIREWATCH Development Team – Campo Santo Productions/Camp Santo Productions, Panic Inc. 
• INSIDE Development Team – Playdead/Playdead 
• OVERWATCH Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment 
• STARDEW VALLEY Eric Barone – ConcernedApe/Chucklefish 
• TITANFALL 2 Development Team – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts 
• UNCHARTED 4 Development Team – Naughty Dog LLC/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe 

BRITISH GAME

• BATMAN: ARKHAM VR Development Team – Rocksteady Studios/WB Games
• FORZA HORIZON 3 Development Team – Playground Games/Microsoft Studios
• NO MAN’S SKY Development Team - Hello Games/Hello Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• OVERCOOKED Development Team – Ghost Town Games/Team17 Digital Ltd
• PLANET COASTER Development Team – Frontier Developments/Frontier Developments
• VIRGINIA Development Team – Variable State/505 Games

DEBUT GAME

• FIREWATCH Development Team – Campo Santo Productions/Campo Santo Productions, Panic Inc. 
• OVERCOOKED Development Team – Ghost Town Games/Team17 Digital inc. 
• OXENFREE Development Team – Night School Studio/Night School Studio 
• THAT DRAGON, CANCER Development Team – Numinous Games/Numinous Games 
• THE WITNESS Development Team – Thekla, Inc./Thekla, Inc. 
• VIRGINIA Development Team – Variable State/505 Games 

EVOLVING GAME

• DESTINY: RISE OF IRON Development Team – Bungie/Activision 
• ELITE DANGEROUS: HORIZONS Development Team – Frontier Developments/Frontier Developments 
• EVE ONLINE Development Team – CCP Games/CCP Games 
• FINAL FANTASY XIV: ONLINE Development Team – Square Enix/Square Enix 
• HITMAN Development Team – IO Interactive/Square Enix 
• ROCKET LEAGUE Dave Hagewood, Jeremy Dunham, Corey David – Psyonix/Psyonix 

FAMILY GAME

• LEGO STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Mike Taylor, Jamie Eden, James Norton – TT Games/WB Games 
• OVERCOOKED Development Team – Ghost Town Games/Team17 Digital Ltd 
• THE PLAYROOM VR Development Team - SIE Japan Studio, Team ASOBI!/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe 
• POKÉMON GO Development Team - Niantic Inc./Niantic Inc. 
• RATCHET & CLANK Development Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe 
• TOCA HAIR SALON 3 Development Team - Toca Boca/Toca Boca 

GAME DESIGN

• BATTLEFIELD 1 Development Team – DICE/Electronic Arts 
• DISHONORED 2 Development Team – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks 
• INSIDE Development Team – Playdead/Playdead 
• OVERWATCH Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment 
• TITANFALL 2 Development Team – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts 
• THE WITNESS Development Team – Thekla,Inc./Thekla, Inc. 

GAME INNOVATION

• BATMAN: ARKHAM VR Development Team – Rocksteady Studios/WB Games 
• FIREWATCH Development Team - Campo Santo Productions/Campo Santo Productions, Panic Inc., 
• POKÉMON GO Development Team - Niantic Inc./Niantic Inc. 
• THAT DRAGON, CANCER Development Team – Numinous Games/Numinous Games 
• UNSEEN DIPLOMACY Development Team - Triangular Pixels/ Triangular Pixels 
• THE WITNESS Development Team – Thekla, Inc./Thekla, Inc. 

MOBILE

• THE BANNER SAGA 2 Development Team – Stoic/Versus Evil 
• DAWN OF TITANS Development Team - Natural Motion/Zynga
• DEUS EX GO Development Team - Square Enix Montreal/Square Enix 
• POKÉMON GO Development Team - Niantic Inc./Niantic Inc.
• POKÉMON SUN AND POKÉMON MOON Development Team – Game Freak/The Pokémon Company International 
• REIGNS Development Team – Nerial/Devolver Digital 

MULTIPLAYER

• BATTLEFIELD 1 Development Team – DICE/Electronic Arts 
• FORZA HORIZON 3 Development Team – Playground Games/Microsoft Studios 
• OVERCOOKED Development Team – Ghost Town Games/Team17 Digital Ltd 
• OVERWATCH Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment 
• TITANFALL 2 Development Team – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts 
• TOM CLANCY’S THE DIVISION Development Team – Ubisoft Massive/Ubisoft 

MUSIC

• ABZÛ Austin Wintory – Giant Squid/505 Games 
• DOOM Mick Gordon, Chris Hite, Chad Mossholder – id Software/Bethesda Softworks 
• INSIDE Martin Stig Andersen, SØS Gunver Ryberg – Playdead/Playdead 
• THE LAST GUARDIAN Takeshi Furukawa – SIE Japan Studio, genDesign/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe 
• UNCHARTED 4 Henry Jackman, Jonathan Mayer, Scott Hanau – Naughty Dog LLC/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe 
• VIRGINIA Lyndon Holland – Variable State/505 Games 

NARRATIVE

• DISHONORED 2 Development Team – Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks 
• FIREWATCH Development Team – Campo Santo Productions/Campo Santo Productions, Panic Inc. 
• INSIDE Arnt Jensen – Playdead/Playdead 
• MAFIA III Development Team – Hangar 13/2K 
• OXENFREE Development Team – Night School Studio/Night School Studio 
• UNCHARTED 4 Neil Druckmann, Josh Scherr – Naughty Dog LLC/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe 

ORIGINAL PROPERTY

• FIREWATCH Development Team – Campo Santo Productions/Campo Santo Productions, Panic Inc. 
• INSIDE Development Team – Playdead/Playdead 
• THE LAST GUARDIAN Development Team – SIE Japan Studio, genDesign/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe 
• OVERWATCH Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment 
• UNRAVEL Development Team – Coldwood Interactive/Electronic Arts 
• THE WITNESS Development Team – Thekla, Inc./Thekla, Inc. 

PERFORMER

• ALEX HERNANDEZ as Lincoln Clay in Mafia III 
• CISSY JONES as Delilah in Firewatch 
• EMILY ROSE as Elena Fisher in Uncharted 4 
• NAVID NEGAHBAN as ‘Hajj Agha’ in 1979 Revolution: Black Friday 
• NOLAN NORTH as Nathan Drake in Uncharted 4 
• TROY BAKER as Sam Drake in Uncharted 4 

BAFTA ONES TO WATCH AWARD IN ASSOCIATION WITH DARE TO BE DIGITAL

• AMONG THE STONES Lukasz Gomula, Alberto Taiuti, James Wood, Roberton Macken, Kevin McKenna, Rory Sweeney – Bluedoor Games 
• PENTAGRAB Andrew Fullarton, Thomas Slade, Nick Kondylis, Cari Watterton, Dale Smith - Ludico 
• REBOUND Kieran Gallagher, Isaac Pringle, Mark Tempini, Andrew Graham, Alexander MacDiarmid, Vlady Veselinov, Craig Russell, Alex Donaldson - Hexterion 

AMD ESPORTS AUDIENCE AWARD

• CLASH ROYALE Supercell/Supercell 
• COUNTER-STRIKE: GLOBAL OFFENSIVE Hidden Path Entertainment/Valve 
• DOTA 2 Valve/Valve 
• LEAGUE OF LEGENDS Riot Games/Riot Games 
• OVERWATCH Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment 
• STREET FIGHTER V Capcom, Dimps/Capcom