Preparations are underway for BAFTA's second awards ceremony of the year and this time the focus is on games.
The British Academy has revealed the nominations for the BAFTA Games Awards ceremony, which is due to take place in London on April 2.
Action games were top of the agenda this year with Control and Death Stranding leading the pack with 11 nominations each -- 11 is the highest number of nominations a game has ever achieved in the history of the awards.
Role-playing game Disco Elysium is up for seven awards, including best game and music, whilst Untitled Goose Game, which took the internet by storm for its focus on allowing gamers to play as a horrible goose, is up for four nominations.
Here is the full list of nominees and categories:
Best Game
- Control
- Disco Elysium
- Luigi's Mansion 3
- Outer Wilds
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Untitled Goose Game
Animation
- Call of Duty Modern Warfare
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Luigi's Mansion 3
- Sayonara Wild Hearts
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Artistic Achievement
- Concrete Genie
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Disco Elysium
- Knights and Bikes
- Sayonara Wild Hearts
Audio Achievement
- Ape Out
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- Untitled Goose Game
Bafta British Game
- DiRT Rally 2.0
- Heaven's Vault
- Knights and Bikes
- Observation
- Planet Zoo
- Total War: Three Kingdoms
Music
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Disco Elysium
- Outer Wilds
- Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
- Wattam
Debut Game
- Ape Out
- Death Stranding
- Disco Elysium
- Katana Zero
- Knights and Bikes
- Manifold Garden
Evolving Game
- Apex Legends
- Destiny 2
- Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
- Fortnite
- No Man's Sky: BEYOND
- Path of Exile
Family Friendly game
- Concrete Genie
- Knights and Bikes
- Luigi's Mansion 3
- Untitled Goose Game
- Vacation Simulator
- Wattam
Game Beyond Entertainment
- Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
- Death Stranding
- Kind Words [lo fi chill beats to write to]
- Life is Strange 2 (Episodes 2-5)
- Neo Cab
- Ring Fit Adventure
Game Design
- Baba is You
- Control
- Disco Elysium
- Outer Wilds
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
- Wattam
Multiplayer
- Apex Legends
- Borderlands 2
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Luigi's Mansion 3
- Tick Tock: A Tale for Two
- Tom Clancy's The Division
Narrative
- Control
- Disco Elysium
- Life is Strange (Episodes 2-5)
- Outer Wilds
- Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
- The Outer Worlds
Original Property
- Baba is You
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Disco Elysium
- Outer Wilds
- Untitled Goose Game
Technical Achievement
- A Plague Tale: Innocence
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Control
- Death Stranding
- Metro Exodus
- Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Performer in a Leading Role
- Laura Bailey - Gears 5
- Courtney Hope - Control
- Logan Marshall-Green- Telling Lies
- Gonzalo Martin - Life is Strange 2
- Barry Sloane - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Norman Reedus - Death Stranding
Performer in a Supporting Role
- Jolene Andersen - Life is Strange 2
- Sarah Bartholomew - Life is Strange 2
- Troy Backer - Death Stranding
- Lea Seydoux - Death Stranding
- Martti Suosalo - Control
- Ayisha Issa - The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
The awards ceremony will be hosted by Dara O'Briain on Thursday April 2 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on London's Southbank. If you don't happen to snag a ticket, you'll be able to watch all of the action on BAFTA's Facebook, Twitch, Twitter and YouTube channels.
