BAFTA Games Awards 2026 Nominations Unveiled

The nominations for the 2025 BAFTA Games Awards have been unveiled in London on Thursday, with a complete of 42 video games chosen throughout 17 classes by greater than 1,700 BAFTA members. Founded in 2004, the honors have a good time “creative excellence in video games and the people who make them.”

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads the noms with 12 nods, adopted by Dispatch with 9, 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 many first-time efficiency nominees.

A complete of 255 video games have been thought-about by BAFTA members this yr, they usually have been launched between Nov. 16, 2024 and Nov. 14, 2025. BAFTA had revealed the longlists in December.

Said Tara Saunders, chair of BAFTA’s Games committee: “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 probably be unveiled on the BAFTA Games Awards on April 17. Check out the nominations beneath.

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 video games/ustwo video 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.Okay.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