2022’s BAFTA Games Awards is next on the seemingly never-ending awards calendar, and the nominees have just been announced. The ceremony itself is a month away on 7th April, but for now, we have the below list of nominations to chew on.
Sony’s champion in this case is Returnal, which ties with It Takes Two for the most nominations across all categories. Housemarque’s sci-fi shooter is up for eight awards, including Best Game, Artistic Achievement, and Game Design. Meanwhile, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart gets the nod in seven categories, competing for Animation, Family, and Music, among others.
Elsewhere, Kena: Bridge of Spirits is also up for the Animation award, Resident Evil Village gets a pair of nominations for Artistic and Technical Achievement, and Deathloop is recognised in six categories. We’ve got the full rundown below. Again, the ceremony itself takes place in just over a month’s time, and will be broadcast live if you’re interested. What do you make of the nominees? Have a browse, and tell us in the comments section below.
Animation
- Call of Duty: Vanguard
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits
- Life Is Strange: True Colors
- Psychonauts 2
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Artistic Achievement
- The Artful Escape
- It Takes Two
- Psychonauts 2
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Resident Evil Village
- Returnal
Audio Achievement
- The Artful Escape
- Call of Duty: Vanguard
- Deathloop
- Halo Infinite
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
- Returnal
Best Game
- Deathloop
- Forza Horizon 5
- Inscryption
- It Takes Two
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Returnal
British Game
- Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
- Death’s Door
- Fights in Tight Spaces
- Forza Horizon 5
- Overboard!
- Sable
Debut Game
- The Artful Escape
- Eastward
- The Forgotten City
- Genesis Noir
- Maquette
- Toem
Evolving Game
- Among Us
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons
- Apex Legends
- Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
- Fortnite
- No Man’s Sky
Family
- Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
- Chicory: A Colorful Tale
- Forza Horizon 5
- Mario Party Superstars
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Game Beyond Entertainment
- Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
- Before Your Eyes
- Chicory: A Colorful Tale
- Game Builder Garage
- It Takes Two
- Psychonauts 2
Game Design
- Deathloop
- Forza Horizon 5
- Inscryption
- It Takes Two
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Returnal
Multiplayer
- Back 4 Blood
- Call of Duty: Vanguard
- Forza Horizon 5
- Halo Infinite
- Hell Let Loose
- It Takes Two
Music
- Deathloop
- Far Cry 6
- Halo Infinite
- Psychonauts 2
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Returnal
Narrative
- It Takes Two
- Life Is Strange: True Colors
- Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
- Psychonauts 2
- Returnal
- Unpacking
Original Property
- Deathloop
- Death’s Door
- Inscryption
- It Takes Two
- Returnal
- Unpacking
Technical Achievement
- Forza Horizon 5
- Hitman 3
- Psychonauts 2
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Resident Evil Village
- Returnal
EE Game of the Year (public voting)
- Chicory: A Colorful Tale
- Deathloop
- The Forgotten City
- It Takes Two
- Metroid Dread
- Unpacking
