20th BAFTA Games Awards: The Nominations

Explore the nominations for this year's BAFTA Games Awards, celebrating the very best games of 2023 and the talent who made them.

The 20th BAFTA Games Awards take place on Thursday 11 April, live on major social and streaming platforms around the world at 19.00 BST / 14.00 ET / 11.00 PT

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ANIMATION

ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team - Remedy Entertawinment Plc./Epic Games

HI-FI RUSH Development Team - Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks

HOGWARTS LEGACY Development Team - Avalanche Software/Warner Bros. Games

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Nathan Dunlap, David Nam, Thomas Cannell - Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts

SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

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ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team - Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games

BALDUR’S GATE 3 Development Team - Larian Studio/Larian Studio

COCOON Development Team - Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive

DIABLO IV Development Team - Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment

FINAL FANTASY XVI Hiroshi Minagawa, Kazuya Takahashi, Naoki Kurihara - SQUARE ENIX - Creative Business Unit III/SQUARE ENIX

HI-FI RUSH Development Team - Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks

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AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT

ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team - Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE III Matt Grimm, Eric Wedemeyer, Robbie Elias - Sledgehammer Games/Activision

HI-FI RUSH Development Team - Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Development Team - Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts

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BEST GAME

ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team - Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games

BALDUR’S GATE 3 Development Team - Larian Studio/Larian Studio

DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

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BRITISH GAME

CASSETTE BEASTS Development Team - Bytten Studio/Raw Fury

DEAD ISLAND 2 Development Team - Dambuster Studios/PLAION

DISNEY ILLUSION ISLAND Development Team - Dlala Studios/Disney

FOOTBALL MANAGER 2024 Development Team - Sports Interactive/SEGA Europe

VIEWFINDER Development Team - Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing

WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR: REALMS OF RUIN Development Team - Frontier Developments/Frontier Developments

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DEBUT GAME

COCOON Development Team - Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive

DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET

DREDGE Development Team - Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital

STRAY GODS: THE ROLEPLAYING MUSICAL Development Team - Summerfall Studios/Humble Games

VENBA Abhijeeth Swaminathan, Sam Elkana, Shahrin Khan - Visai Games/Visai Games

VIEWFINDER Development Team - Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing

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EVOLVING GAME

CYBERPUNK 2077 Development Team - CD PROJEKT RED/CD PROJEKT RED

FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE Development Team - Creative Business Unit III/Square Enix

FORTNITE Development Team - Epic Games/Epic Games

FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team - Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios

GENSHIN IMPACT Development Team – HoYoverse/HoYoverse

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

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FAMILY

COCOON Development Team - Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive

DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET

DISNEY ILLUSION ISLAND Development Team - Dlala Studios/Disney

HI-FI RUSH Development Team - Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks

HOGWARTS LEGACY Development Team - Avalanche Software/Warner Bros. Games

SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

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GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT

CHANTS OF SENNAAR Julien Moya, Thomas Panuel – Rundisc/Focus Entertainment

GOODBYE VOLCANO HIGH Development Team - KO_OP/KO_OP

TCHIA Phil Crifo, Marilou Lopez-Aguilera, Thoanë Thomadra – Awaceb/Kepler Interactive

TERRA NIL Development Team - Free Lives/Devolver Digital

THIRSTY SUITORS Development Team - Outerloop Games/Annapurna Interactive

VENBA Abhijeeth Swaminathan, Sam Elkana, Shahrin Khan - Visai Games/Visai Games

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GAME DESIGN

COCOON Development Team - Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive

DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET

DREDGE Joel Mason, Alex Ritchie, Nadia Thorn - Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

VIEWFINDER Development Team - Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing

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MULTIPLAYER

BALDUR’S GATE 3 Development Team - Larian Studio/Larian Studio

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE III Development Team - Sledgehammer Games/Activision

DIABLO IV Development Team - Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment

FORZA MOTORSPORT Development Team - Turn 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios

PARTY ANIMALS Development Team - Recreate Games/Source Technology

SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

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MUSIC

ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team - Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games

ASSASSIN’S CREED MIRAGE Development Team – Ubisoft/Ubisoft

BALDUR’S GATE 3 Borislav Slavov - Larian Studio/Larian Studio

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 John Paesano, Scott Hanau, Keith Leary - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Gordy Haab, Stephen Barton - Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts

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NARRATIVE

ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team - Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games

BALDUR’S GATE 3 Development Team - Larian Studio/Larian Studio

DREDGE Joel Mason, Alex Ritchie, Nadia Thorne - Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital

FINAL FANTASY XVI Kazutoyo Maehiro, Michael-Christopher Koji Fox - SQUARE ENIX - Creative Business Unit III/SQUARE ENIX

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Stig Asmussen, Aaron Contreras, Dori Arazi - Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts

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NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

CHANTS OF SENNAAR Julien Moya, Thomas Panuel – Rundisc/Focus Entertainment

DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET

DREDGE Development Team - Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital

HI-FI RUSH Development Team - Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks

JUSANT Development Team - DON'T NOD/DON'T NOD

VIEWFINDER Development Team - Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing

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PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE

AMELIA TYLER as Narrator in Baldur’s Gate 3

CAMERON MONAGHAN as Cal Kestis in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

NADJI JETER as Miles Morales in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

NEIL NEWBON as Astarion in Baldur’s Gate 3

SAMANTHA Béart as Karlach in Baldur’s Gate 3

YURI LOWENTHAL as Peter Parker in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

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PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

ANDREW WINCOTT as Raphael in Baldur’s Gate 3

DEBRA WILSON as Cere Junda in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

RALPH INESON as Cidolfus “Cid” Telamon in Final Fantasy XVI

SAM LAKE as Alex Casey in Alan Wake 2

TONY TODD as Venom in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

TRACY WILES as Jaheira in Baldur’s Gate 3

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TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team - Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games

FINAL FANTASY XVI Ryota Suzuki, Yasuhiro Yanamoto, Kei Honda - SQUARE ENIX - Creative Business Unit III/SQUARE ENIX

HORIZON CALL OF THE MOUNTAIN Development Team - Guerrilla and Firesprite/Sony Interactive Entertainment

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

STARFIELD Development Team - Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks

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EE PLAYERS' CHOICE AWARD (voted for by the public) 

BALDUR’S GATE 3 Larian Studio/Larian Studio

CYBERPUNK 2077 CD PROJEKT RED/CD PROJEKT RED

FORTNITE Epic Games/Epic Games

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

LETHAL COMPANY Zeekerss/Zeekerss

MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

 

7 March 2024:  Nominations are correct at the time of going to print. BAFTA reserves the right to make changes to the names listed at any time up until 11 April 2024. 

                                          

AND THE BAFTA GOES TO...

By Leo Udtohan 

It was a star-studded event at London's Royal Festival Hall this evening as the biggest and brightest talent came together to celebrate the past year in film. 

Hosted by dream-team Richard E. Grant and Alison Hammond and with stunning performances by Little Simz and Ariana DeBose, it was a night to remember. 

The big winners were All Quiet on the Western Front with seven BAFTAs, including Best Film and Director, and The Banshees of Inisherin and Elvis with four.

The legendary costume designer Sandy Powell was awarded the BAFTA Fellowship.

The winner of this year's EE Rising Star, the only award chosen by you, the public, was Emma Mackey. We can't wait to see her again on the silver screen!

BEST FILM

WINNER - ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Malte Grunert

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh

ELVIS Gail Berman, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Patrick McCormick, Schuyler Weiss

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang

TÁR Todd Field, Scott Lambert, Alexandra Milchan

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

AFTERSUN Charlotte Wells, Mark Ceryak, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski

WINNER - THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Martin McDonagh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin

BRIAN AND CHARLES Jim Archer, Rupert Majendie, David Earl, Chris Hayward

EMPIRE OF LIGHT Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris

GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE Sophie Hyde, Debbie Gray, Adrian Politowski, Katy Brand

LIVING Oliver Hermanus, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Kazuo Ishiguro

ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Matthew Warchus, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Jon Finn, Luke Kelly, Dennis Kelly

SEE HOW THEY RUN Tom George, Gina Carter, Damian Jones, Mark Chappell

THE SWIMMERS Sally El Hosaini, Tim Bevan, Tim Cole, Eric Fellner, Ali Jaafar, Jack Thorne

THE WONDER Sebastián Lelio, Ed Guiney, Juliette Howell, Andrew Lowe, Tessa Ross, Alice Birch, Emma Donoghue

OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER

WINNER- AFTERSUN Charlotte Wells (Writer/Director)

BLUE JEAN Georgia Oakley (Writer/Director), Hélène Sifre (Producer)

ELECTRIC MALADY Marie Lidén (Director)

GOOD LUCK TO YOU, LEO GRANDE Katy Brand (Writer)

REBELLION Elena Sánchez Bellot (Director) Maia Kenworthy (Director) 

FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

WINNER - ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Edward Berger, Malte Grunert

ARGENTINA, 1985 Santiago Mitre, Victoria Alonso, Agustina Llambi Campbell, Axel Kuschevatzky, Federico Posternak

CORSAGE Marie Kreutzer, Alexander Glehr

DECISION TO LEAVE Park Chan-wook, Ko Dae-seok

THE QUIET GIRL Colm Bairéad, Cleona Ní Chrualaoi

DOCUMENTARY

ALL THAT BREATHES Shaunak Sen, Teddy Leifer, Aman Mann

ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John Lyons

FIRE OF LOVE Sara Dosa, Shane Boris, Ina Fichman

MOONAGE DAYDREAM Brett Morgen

WINNER - NAVALNY Daniel Roher, Diane Becker, Shane Boris, Melanie Miller, Odessa Rae

ANIMATED FILM

WINNER - GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar, Alex Bulkley

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON Dean Fleisher Camp, Andrew Goldman, Elisabeth Holm, Caroline Kaplan, Paul Mezey

PUSS IN BOOTS: THE LAST WISH Joel Crawford, Mark Swift

TURNING RED Domee Shi, Lindsey Collins

DIRECTOR

WINNER - ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Edward Berger

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Martin McDonagh

DECISION TO LEAVE Park Chan-wook

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert

TÁR Todd Field

THE WOMAN KING Gina Prince-Bythewood

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

WINNER - THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Martin McDonagh

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert

THE FABELMANS Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg

TÁR Todd Field

TRIANGLE OF SADNESS Ruben Östlund

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

WINNER - ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell

LIVING Kazuo Ishiguro

THE QUIET GIRL Colm Bairéad

SHE SAID Rebecca Lenkiewicz

THE WHALE Samuel D. Hunter

LEADING ACTRESS

WINNER - CATE BLANCHETT Tár

VIOLA DAVIS The Woman King

DANIELLE DEADWYLER Till

ANA DE ARMAS Blonde

EMMA THOMPSON Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

MICHELLE YEOH Everything Everywhere All At Once

LEADING ACTOR

WINNER - AUSTIN BUTLER Elvis

COLIN FARRELL The Banshees of Inisherin

BRENDAN FRASER The Whale

DARYL McCORMACK Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

PAUL MESCAL Aftersun

BILL NIGHY Living

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

ANGELA BASSETT Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

HONG CHAU The Whale

WINNER - KERRY CONDON The Banshees of Inisherin

DOLLY DE LEON Triangle of Sadness

JAMIE LEE CURTIS Everything Everywhere All At Once

CAREY MULLIGAN She Said

SUPPORTING ACTOR

BRENDAN GLEESON The Banshees of Inisherin

WINNER - BARRY KEOGHAN The Banshees of Inisherin

KE HUY QUAN Everything Everywhere All At Once

EDDIE REDMAYNE The Good Nurse

ALBRECHT SCHUCH All Quiet on the Western Front

MICHEAL WARD Empire of Light

ORIGINAL SCORE

WINNER - ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Volker Bertelmann

BABYLON Justin Hurwitz

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Carter Burwell

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Son Lux

GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO Alexandre Desplat

CASTING

AFTERSUN Lucy Pardee

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Simone Bär

WINNER - ELVIS Nikki Barrett, Denise Chamian

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Sarah Halley Finn

TRIANGLE OF SADNESS Pauline Hansson

CINEMATOGRAPHY

WINNER - ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT James Friend

THE BATMAN Greig Fraser

ELVIS Mandy Walker

EMPIRE OF LIGHT Roger Deakins

TOP GUN: MAVERICK Claudio Miranda

EDITING

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Sven Budelmann

THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN Mikkel E. G. Nielsen

ELVIS Jonathan Redmond, Matt Villa

WINNER - EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Paul Rogers

TOP GUN: MAVERICK Eddie Hamilton

PRODUCTION DESIGN

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Christian M. Goldbeck, Ernestine Hipper

WINNER - BABYLON Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino

THE BATMAN James Chinlund, Lee Sandales

ELVIS Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn

GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO Curt Enderle, Guy Davis

COSTUME DESIGN

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Lisy Christl

AMSTERDAM J.R. Hawbaker, Albert Wolsky

BABYLON Mary Zophres

WINNER - ELVIS Catherine Martin

MRS. HARRIS GOES TO PARIS Jenny Beavan

MAKE UP & HAIR

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Heike Merker

THE BATMAN Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, Zoe Tahir

WINNER - ELVIS Jason Baird, Mark Coulier, Louise Coulston, Shane Thomas

ROALD DAHL’S MATILDA THE MUSICAL Laura Blount, Naomi Donne, Barrie Gower, Sharon Martin

THE WHALE Anne Marie Bradley, Judy Chin, Adrien Morot

SOUND

WINNER - ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Lars Ginzel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prášil, Markus Stemler

AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Julian Howarth, Gary Summers, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle

ELVIS Michael Keller, David Lee, Andy Nelson, Wayne Pashley

TÁR Deb Adair, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley, Steve Single, Roland Winke 

TOP GUN: MAVERICK Chris Burdon, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Mark Taylor, Mark Weingarten

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Markus Frank, Kamil Jafar, Viktor Müller, Frank Petzold

WINNER - AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon

THE BATMAN Russell Earl, Dan Lemmon, Anders Langlands, Dominic Tuohy

EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Jeff Desom, Ethan Feldbau, Jonathan Kombrinck, Zak Stoltz

TOP GUN: MAVERICK Seth Hill, Scott R. Fisher, Bryan Litson, Ryan Tudhope

BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

WINNER - THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE Peter Baynton, Charlie Mackesy, Cara Speller, Hannah Minghella

MIDDLE WATCH John Stevenson, Aiesha Penwarden, Giles Healy

YOUR MOUNTAIN IS WAITING Hannah Jacobs, Zoe Muslim, Harriet Gillian

BRITISH SHORT FILM

THE BALLAD OF OLIVE MORRIS Alex Kayode-Kay

BAZIGAGA Jo Ingabire Moys, Stephanie Charmail

BUS GIRL Jessica Henwick, Louise Palmkvist Hansen

A DRIFTING UP Jacob Lee

WINNER- AN IRISH GOODBYE Tom Berkeley, Ross White

EE RISING STAR AWARD

AIMEE LOU WOOD

DARYL McCORMACK

WINNER - EMMA MACKEY

NAOMI ACKIE

SHEILA ATIM