It’s that time of year again, the nominations for the 2017 BAFTA Games Awards have been announced and they’re… pretty much exactly what you’d expect.
The excellent Uncharted 4 leads the pack with a whopping eight nominations, while the wonderful INSIDE is close behind with seven (of course). So let’s just dive straight in and take a look at the nominations.
Artistic Achievement
ABZÛ, Dishonored 2, INSIDE, The Last Guardian, Uncharted 4, Unravel
Audio Achievement
Battlefield 1, DOOM, INSIDE, The Last Guardian, Rex Infinite, Uncharted 4
Best Game
Firewatch, INSIDE, Overwatch, Stardew Valley, Titanfall 2, Uncharted 4
British Game
Batman: Arkham VR, Forza Horizon 3, No Man’s Sky, Overcooked, Planet Coaster, Virginia
Debut Game
Firewatch, Overcooked, Oxenfree, That Dragon, Cancer, The Witness, Virginia
Evolving Game
Destiny: Rise of Iron, Elite Dangerous: Horizons, EVE Online, Final Fantasy XIV: Online, Hitman, Rocket League
Family
LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Overcooked, The Playroom VR, Pokémon GO, Ratchet & Clank, Toca Hair Salon!
Game Design
Battlefield 1, Dishonored 2, INSIDE, Overwatch, Titanfall 2, The Witness
Game Innovation
Batman: Arkham VR, Firewatch, Pokémon GO, That Dragon, Cancer, Unseen Diplomacy, The Witness
There we are then. Who will win? Who will lose? We’ll find out during the awards ceremony, hosted by Danny Wallace, on April 6.
Ewan Moore is a journalist at UNILAD Gaming who still quite hasn’t gotten out of his mid 00’s emo phase. After graduating from the University of Portsmouth in 2015 with a BA in Journalism & Media Studies (thanks for asking), he went on to do some freelance words for various places, including Kotaku, Den of Geek, and TheSixthAxis, before landing a full time gig at UNILAD in 2016.