Saturday, March 14, 2026

BAFTA Games Awards Nominations Unveiled

The nominations for the 2025 BAFTA Games Awards were announced in London on Thursday, featuring 42 games across 17 categories, selected by over 1,700 BAFTA members. Established in 2004, the awards honor "creative excellence in video games and the people who make them."


Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads with 12 nominations, followed by Dispatch with nine, Ghost of Yōtei with eight, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach with seven, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle with six.

Aaron Paul, Charlie Cox, and Jeffrey Wright are among the first-time performance nominees.

Awards Season: The Whiffs, the Wins and the Wet Blankets

A total of 255 games were considered by BAFTA members this year, released between November 16, 2024, and November 14, 2025.

 BAFTA had revealed the longlists in December.

Tara Saunders, chair of BAFTA's Games committee, said: "This year’s nominations reflect an industry reshaping itself—with a vibrant mix of established studios standing alongside a wide range of independent studios and a number of development teams earning nominations for the first time.

 The exceptional craft, artistry, and innovation behind these titles shines through. A nomination is an extraordinary achievement, and I extend my warmest congratulations to every nominee for their innovation, hard work, and resilience."

The winners will be announced at the BAFTA Games Awards on April 17.

Check out the nominations below.


ANIMATION


BATTLEFIELD 6 Development Team – Battlefield Studios/Electronic Arts


DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Masaaki Kawata, Laurie Jezequel – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment


DISPATCH Development Team – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio


GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment


HADES II Craig Harris, Nikita Taranduke, Jen Zee – Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games


HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG Development Team – Team Cherry/Team Cherry


ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT


CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive


DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Yoji Shinkawa, Megan Tuckwell – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment


DISPATCH Derek Stratton – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio


GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment


HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG Development Team – Team Cherry/Team Cherry


SOUTH OF MIDNIGHT Development Team – Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios


AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT


ARC RAIDERS Bence Pajor, Olof Strömqvist, Simon Svanbäck – Embark Studios/Embark Studios


CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive


DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Hiroyuki Nakayama – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment


DISPATCH Development Team – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio


GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment


INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda


BEST GAME


ARC RAIDERS Aleksander Grøndal, Stefan Strandberg, Virgil Watkins – Embark Studios/Embark Studios


BLUE PRINCE Development Team – Dogubomb/Raw Fury


CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive


DISPATCH Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Pierre Shorette – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio


GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment


INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda


BRITISH GAME


ATOMFALL Development Team – Rebellion/Rebellion


CITIZEN SLEEPER 2: STARWARD VECTOR Gareth Damian Martin, Guillaume Singelin, Amos Roddy – Jump Over the Age/Fellow Traveller


MAFIA: THE OLD COUNTRY Development Team – Hangar 13/2K


MONUMENT VALLEY 3 Development Team – ustwo games/ustwo games


POWERWASH SIMULATOR 2 Development Team – FuturLab/FuturLab


TWO POINT MUSEUM Development Team – Two Point Studios/SEGA


DEBUT GAME


BLUE PRINCE Development Team – Dogubomb/Raw Fury


CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive


CONSUME ME Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken “coda” Snyder/ Hexecutable LLC


DESPELOTE Development Team – Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena/Panic


DISPATCH Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Pierre Shorette – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio


THE MIDNIGHT WALK Development Team – MoonHood/Fast Travel Games


EVOLVING GAME


FALLOUT 76 Development Team – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda


HELLDIVERS 2 Development Team – Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment


HITMAN WORLD OF ASSASSINATION Development Team – IO Interactive/IO Interactive


NO MAN’S SKY Development Team – Hello Games/Hello Games


VAMPIRE SURVIVORS Development Team – poncle/poncle


WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2 Dmitry Grigorenko, Oliver Hollis-Leick, Anatolii Koruka – Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment Publishing


FAMILY


DONKEY KONG BANANZA Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo


IS THIS SEAT TAKEN? Ausiàs Dalmau, Sergi Pérez – Poti Poti/Wholesome Games Presents


LEGO PARTY! Development Team – SMG Studio/Fictions


MARIO KART WORLD Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo


POWERWASH SIMULATOR 2 Development Team – FuturLab/FuturLab


TWO POINT MUSEUM Development Team – Two Point Studios/SEGA


GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT


THE ALTERS Development Team – 11 bit studios/11 bit studios


AND ROGER Yona, Yasuhiro Nakashima – TearyHand Studio/Kodansha


CITIZEN SLEEPER 2: STARWARD VECTOR Gareth Damian Martin, Guillaume Singelin, Amos Roddy – Jump Over the Age/Fellow Traveller


CONSUME ME Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken “coda” Snyder/ Hexecutable LLC


DESPELOTE Julian Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena, Gabe Cuzzillo – Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena/Panic


S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: HEART OF CHORNOBYL Development Team – GSC Game World/GSC Game World


GAME DESIGN


BALL X PIT Kenny Sun – Kenny Sun & Friends/Devolver Digital


BLUE PRINCE Tonda Ros – Dogubomb/Raw Fury


CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive


GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment


HADES II Amir Rao, Gavin Simon, Greg Kasavin – Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games


SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts


MULTIPLAYER


ARC RAIDERS Aleksander Grøndal, Virgil Watkins – Embark Studios/Embark Studios


DUNE: AWAKENING Marcos Pereira, Paul Vallet, Hugo Gonçalves – Funcom/Funcom


ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN Development Team – FROMSOFTWARE INC./BANDAI NAMCO


LEGO PARTY! Development Team – SMG Studio/Fictions


PEAK Development Team – Aggro Crab & Landfall/Aggro Crab & Landfall


SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts


MUSIC


CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Lorien Testard, Alice Duport-Percier – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive


DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Woodkid, Ludvig Forssell – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment


DISPATCH Andrew Arcadi, Skyler Barto – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio


GHOST OF YŌTEI Toma Otowa, Peter Scaturro, Keith Leary – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment


HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG Christopher Larkin – Team Cherry/Team Cherry


INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Gordy Haab, Pete Ward, Christoffer Larsson – MachineGames/Bethesda


NARRATIVE


THE ALTERS Tomasz Kisilewicz, Katarzyna Tybinka – 11 bit studios/11 bit studios


BLUE PRINCE Tonda Ros – Dogubomb/Raw Fury


CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Guillaume Broche, Jennifer Svedberg-Yen – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive


DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Kenji Yano, Ray Khalastchi – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment


INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda


KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE II Development Team – Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver


NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY


THE ALTERS Development Team – 11 bit studios/11 bit studios


ARC RAIDERS Aleksander Grøndal, Stefan Strandberg, Robert Sammelin – Embark Studios/Embark Studios


CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive


DISPATCH Pierre Shorette, Dennis Lenart, Nick Herman – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio


SOUTH OF MIDNIGHT Development Team – Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios


SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts


PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE


AARON PAUL as Robert Robertson in Dispatch – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio


BEN STARR as Verso in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive


ERIKA ISHII as Atsu in Ghost Of Yōtei – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment


JENNIFER ENGLISH as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive


TOM MCKAY as Henry Of Skalitz in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver


TROY BAKER as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle -MachineGames/Bethesda


PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE


ALIX WILTON REGAN as Lea Florence Monad in Lies Of P: Overture – NEOWIZ/NEOWIZ


CHARLIE COX as Gustave in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive


JANE PERRY as Lia Cain in Dead Take – Surgent Studios/Pocketpair Publishing


JEFFREY WRIGHT as Chase in Dispatch – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio


KIRSTY RIDER as Lune in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive


TROY BAKER as Higgs in Death Stranding 2: On The Beach – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment


TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT


ARC RAIDERS Robert Träffe, Martin Singh-Blom – Embark Studios/Embark Studios


DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Akio Sakamoto, Neil Johnson – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment


DOOM: THE DARK AGES Development Team – id Software/Bethesda


GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment


INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda


SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts


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