Nominations Announced for BAFTA Games Awards 2020

Control and Death Stranding lead the BAFTA games awards 2020

Death Stranding and Control are Big Nominations this year

From the official BAFTA website:

“The British Academy Games Awards is BAFTA’s annual celebration of the very best in games in 2019. The nominations announced today to highlight an outstanding level of creative excellence from a broad range of the UK and international development teams.”

“The Awards will be hosted by Dara O’Briain and will take place on Thursday 2 April at Queen Elizabeth Hall on London’s Southbank. The Awards, including a red carpet show, will be live streamed on BAFTA’s Facebook, Twitch, Twitter and YouTube channels”

The highlights of today’s nominations are:

control nominated in BAFTA games awards 2020
  • 11 nominations each for Control and for Death Stranding. 11 is the highest number of nominations for a game in the history of the BAFTA Games Awards (the first standalone games ceremony was in 2004).
  • Seven nominations for Disco Elysium, the debut release from ZA/UM.
  • Five nominations each for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Life is Strange 2 (episodes 2-5) and Outer Wilds.
  • Four nominations each for Knights and Bikes and Untitled Goose Game.
  • Three nominations for Wattam.
  • Nominations across the new categories:Animation: Call of Duty: Modern WarfareControlDeath StrandingLuigi’s Mansion 3Sayonara Wild Hearts and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
  • Technical Achievement: A Plague Tale: InnocenceCall of Duty: Modern WarfareControlDeath Stranding, Metro Exodus, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.
  • Performer in a Leading Role: Laura Bailey (Gears 5), Courtney Hope (Control), Logan Marshall-Green (Telling Lies), Gonzalo Martin (Life is Strange 2 -episodes 2-5), Barry Sloane (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare) and Norman Reedus (Death Stranding); 
  • Performer in a Supporting Role: Jolene Andersen (Life of Strange 2-episodes 2-5). Troy Baker (Death Stranding), Sarah Bartholomew (Life is Strange 2-episodes 2-5),. Ayisha Issa (The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan), Léa Seydoux (Death Stranding) and Martti Suosalo (Control).
  • Nominations in the Game Beyond Entertainment category: Civilization VI: Gathering StormDeath Stranding. Kind Words (Lo-Fi Chill Beats to Write To), Life is Strange 2 (episodes 2-5)Neo Cab and Ring Fit Adventure.
  • Other games receiving nominations: Concrete GenieStar Wars Jedi: Fallen OrderDiRT Rally 2.0. Heaven’s VaultObservationPlanet Zoo, Total War: Three Kingdoms, Ape OutKatana ZERO. Manifold GardenPath of ExileNo Man’s Sky: BeyondDestiny 2. Apex LegendsFinal Fantasy XIV: ShadowbringersFortniteVacation SimulatorBaba is You. Borderlands 3Tick Tock: A Tale for TwoTom Clancy’s The Division 2. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s AwakeningSayonara Wild Hearts and The Outer Worlds.
Bafta games awards 2020

If you want to check the full nominations in each category, check the official website of BAFTA

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