The 2026 BAFTA Awards nominations have been revealed, with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 receiving 12 nominations, together with Finest Game.
Sandfall Interactive’s debut title was additionally recognised within the narrative, recreation design, creative and audio achievement classes, in addition to each efficiency awards.
Ben Starr and Jennifer English had been nominated for Performer in a Main Function, whereas Charlie Cox and Kirsty Rider had been listed within the supporting position class.
AdHoc Studio’s episodic title Dispatch obtained nine nominations, together with Finest Game, music, and debut recreation, in addition to each efficiency classes.
Sucker Punch Productions’ Ghost of Yōtei was additionally nominated for Finest Game and appeared in seven extra classes, together with technical achievement, music, animation, and efficiency in a number one position for Erika Ishii.
17 of the 42 studios nominated for this 12 months’s awards are first-timers, together with Dogubomb, Embark Studios, and Sandfall Interactive.
“At this time’s nominations recognise 42 excellent video games that spotlight the perfect of the worldwide video games business,” mentioned BAFTA Video games Committee chair Tara Saunders.
“This 12 months’s nominations replicate an business reshaping itself – with a vibrant mixture of established studios standing alongside a variety of unbiased studios, and quite a lot of improvement groups incomes nominations for the primary time.”
“The distinctive craft, artistry and innovation behind these titles shines via. A nomination is a unprecedented achievement, and I prolong my warmest congratulations to each nominee for his or her innovation, arduous work and resilience.”
The winners shall be introduced on April 17, 2026, at the twenty second BAFTA Game Awards in London.
Listed below are the total listing of nominations:
Finest Game
- Arc Raiders (Embark Studios)
- Blue Prince (Dogubomb/Uncooked Fury)
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive)
- Dispatch (AdHoc Studio)
- Ghost of Yōtei (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure)
- Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle (MachineGames/Bethesda)
Debut Game
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Devour Me (Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken “coda” Snyder/Hexecutable)
- Despelote (Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena/Panic)
- Dispatch
- The Midnight Stroll (MoonHood/Quick Journey Video games)
British Game
- Atomfall (Rise up)
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector (Leap Over the Age/Fellow Traveller)
- Mafia: The Previous Nation (Hangar 13/2K)
- Monument Valley 3 (Ustwo Video games)
- Powerwash Simultator 2 (FuturLab)
- Two Level Museum (Two Level Studios/Sega)
Evolving Game
- Fallout 76 (Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda)
- Helldivers 2 (Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Leisure)
- Hitman World of Assassination (IO Interactive)
- No Man’s Sky (Good day Video games)
- Vampire Survivors (Poncle)
- Warhammer 40,000: Area Marine 2 (Saber Interactive/Focus Leisure Publishing)
Multiplayer
- Arc Raiders
- Dune: Awakening (Funcom)
- Elden Ring Nightreign (From Software program/Bandai Namco)
- Lego Celebration (SMG Studio/Fictions)
- Peak (Aggro Crab & Landfall)
- Cut up Fiction
Household
- Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- Is This Seat Taken? (Poti Poti/Healthful Video games Presents)
- Lego Celebration
- Mario Kart World (Nintendo)
- Powerwash Simulator 2
- Two Level Museum
Game Past Leisure
- The Alters (11 Bit Studios)
- And Roger (TearyHand Studio/Kodansha)
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
- Devour Me
- Despelote
- Stalker 2: Coronary heart of Chornobyl (GSC Game World)
Game Design
- Ball x Pit (Kenny Solar & Mates/Devolver Digital)
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades 2
- Cut up Fiction (Hazelight Studios/Digital Arts)
Narrative
- The Alters
- Blue Prince
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Loss of life Stranding 2: On the Seashore
- Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 (Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver)
Performer in a Main Function
- Aaron Paul as Robert Robertson in Dispatch
- Ben Starr as Verso in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Erika Ishii as Atsu in Ghost of Yōtei
- Jennifer English as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Tom McKay in Henry Of Skalitz in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2
- Troy Baker as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle
Performer in a Supporting Function
- Alix Wilton Regan as Lea Florence Monad in Lies Of P: Overture
- Charlie Cox as Gustave in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Jane Perry as Lia Cain in Useless Take
- Jeffrey Wright as Chase in Dispatch
- Kirsty Rider as Lune in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Troy Baker as Higgs in Loss of life Stranding 2: On the Seashore
Animation
- Battlefield 6 (Battlefield Studios/Digital Arts)
- Loss of life Stranding 2: On the Seashore (Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure)
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades 2 (Supergiant Video games)
- Hole Knight: Silksong (Group Cherry)
Inventive Achievement
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Loss of life Stranding 2: On the Seashore
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hole Knight: Silksong
- South of Midnight (Compulsion Video games/Xbox Game Studios)
Audio Achievement
- Arc Raiders
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Loss of life Stranding 2: On the Seashore
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle
Music
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Lorien Testard, Alice Duport-Percier
- Loss of life Stranding 2 – Hideo Kojima, Woodkid, Ludvig Forssell
- Dispatch – Andrew Arcadi, Skyler Barto
- Ghost of Yōtei – Toma Otowa, Peter Scaturro, Keith Leary
- Hole Knight: Silksong – Christopher Larkin
- Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle – Gordy Haab, Pete Ward, Christoffer Larsson
New Mental Property
- The Alters
- Arc Raiders
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Dispatch
- South of Midnight
- Cut up Fiction
Technical Achievement
- Arc Raiders
- Loss of life Stranding 2: On the Seashore
- Doom: The Darkish Ages (id Software program/Bethesda)
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle
- Cut up Fiction