BAFTA Games Awards 2022: Full list of nominations

Dimapur, March 3 (EMN): The British Academy on Thursday announced the nominations for the BAFTA Games Awards 2022 in 16 of the 18 categories. The academy also confirmed that “Performer in a Leading Role” and “Performer in a Supporting Role” will be announced in the coming weeks.

Housemarque’s shooter Returnal and Hazelight Studios’ It Takes Two have bagged the highest number of nominations with eight nominations each. Altogether, 39 games have been nominated across 16 categories.

The BAFTA Games Awards 2022 is set to take place at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London on April 7. The event will be live-streamed on Twitch.

Congratulations to all of this year’s #BAFTAGames nominees! Discover the full list here and tune in on 7 April to see who takes home those iconic BAFTA masks ✨

— BAFTA Games (@BAFTAGames) March 3, 2022

Here is the full list of nominations for BAFTA Games Awards 2022

Animation

• Call of Duty: Vanguard (Sledgehammer Games)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios)
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab)
• Life Is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine, Square Enix)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games)

Artistic Achievement

• The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games)
• Resident Evil Village (Capcom)
• Returnal (Housemarque)

Audio Achievement

• The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur)
• Call of Duty: Vanguard (Sledgehammer Games)
• Deathloop (Arkane Studios)
• Halo Infinite (343 Industries)
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos-Montreal)
• Returnal (Housemarque)

British Game

• Alba: A Wildlife Adventure (Ustwo, Plug in Digital)
• Death’s Door (Acid Nerve)
• Fights in Tight Spaces (Ground Shatter)
• Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games)
• Overboard! (Inkle)
• Sable (Shedworks)

Debut Game

• The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur)
• Eastward (Pixpil)
• The Forgotten City (Modern Storyteller)
• Genesis Noir (Feral Cat Den)
• Maquette (Graceful Decay)
• Toem (Something We Made)

Evolving Game

• Among Us (InnerSloth)
• Animal Crossing (Nintendo, Monolith Soft)
• Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment)
• Disco Elysium – The Final Cut (ZA/UM)
• Fornite (Epic Games)
• No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)

Family

• Alba: A Wildlife Adventure (Ustwo, Plug in Digital)
• Chicory: A Colorful Tale (Greg Lobanov)
• Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games)
• Mario party
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games)
• Unpacking (Witch Beam)

Game Beyond Entertainment

• Alba: A Wildlife Adventure (Ustwo, Plug in Digital)
• Before Your Eyes (GoodbyeWorld Games)
• Chicory: A Colorful Tale (Greg Lobanov)
• Game Builder Garage (Nintendo)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine)

Game Design

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios)
• Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games)
• Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games)
• Returnal (Housemarque)

Multiplayer

• Back 4 Blood (Turtle Rock Studios)
• Call of Duty: Vanguard (Sledgehammer Games)
• Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games)
• Halo Infinite (343 Industries)
• Hell Let Loose (Black Matter)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios)

Music

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios)
• Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft)
• Halo Infinite (343 Industries)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games)
• Returnal (Housemarque)

Narrative

• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios)
• Life Is Strange: True Colors (Deck Nine, Square Enix)
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (Eidos-Montreal)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine)
• Returnal (Housemarque)
• Unpacking (Witch Beam)

Original Property

• Deathloop (Arkane Studios)
• Death’s Door (Acid Nerve)
• Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios)
• Returnal (Housemarque)
• Unpacking (Witch Beam)

Technical Achievement

• Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games)
• Hitman 3 (IO Interactive)
• Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine)
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games)
• Resident Evil Village (Capcom)
• Returnal (Housemarque)

EE Game of the Year

• Chicory: A Colorful Tale (Greg Lobanov)
• Deathloop (Arkane Studios)
• It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios)
• Metroid Dread (Mercury Steam)
• The Forgotten City (Modern Storyteller)
• Unpacking (Witch Beam)