The beloved (*33*) Obscur: Expedition 33 is unsurprisingly up for but extra prizes, because it leads this yr’s BAFTA Video games Awards nominations with a formidable 12 nods.
(*33*) Obscur is up for the principle Greatest Game award, in addition to Debut Game for its studio Sandfall Interactive. It’s the most nominated debut sport ever on the BAFTAs, and has the third highest nomination complete of all time (behind The Final of Us Half 2’s 13 nominations in 2021, and God of Struggle: Ragnarok’s 14 nominations in 2023).
Dispatch, the highly-rated superhero office comedy made by former Telltale crew members, is up for a formidable 9 awards, together with each Greatest Game and Debut Game. Ghost of Yōtei has eight nods, whereas Demise Stranding 2: On the Seaside has seven. Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle has six nominations, whereas Arc Raiders has 5.
Particular person performers up for awards embody Breaking Unhealthy star Aaron Paul for his function as Robert Robertson in Dispatch, Erika Ishii for her portrayal of Atsu in Ghost of Yōtei, and then a slew of nominations for the forged of (*33*) Obscur.
Ben Starr and Jennifer English are up in opposition to one another once more for his or her roles as Verso and Maelle (English received out eventually yr’s Game Awards). Daredevil actor Charlie Cox has a supporting actor nomination for Gustave, as does Kirsty Rider for Lune.
Amusingly, Troy Baker is up for each Performer in a Main Function and Performer in a Supporting Function this yr, for his work as Indy in Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle, and as Higgs in Demise Stranding 2.
“At this time’s nominations recognise 42 excellent video games that spotlight the easiest of the worldwide video games business,” stated Tara Saunders, chair of BAFTA’s Video games Committee, in an announcement despatched to IGN.
“This yr’s nominations mirror an business reshaping itself – with a vibrant mixture of established studios standing alongside a variety of unbiased studios, and a variety of growth groups incomes nominations for the primary time. The distinctive craft, artistry and innovation behind these titles shines by. A nomination is a rare achievement, and I prolong my warmest congratulations to each nominee for his or her innovation, arduous work and resilience.”
The BAFTA Video games Awards 2026 will crown its winners on April 17, throughout a ceremony held on the Queen Elizabeth Corridor in London, that can even be out there to observe on-line through YouTube. The total checklist of nominees lies beneath:
BAFTA Video games Awards 2026 Nominees
ANIMATION
- BATTLEFIELD 6 Growth Crew – Battlefield Studios/Digital Arts
- DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Masaaki Kawata, Laurie Jezequel – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
- DISPATCH Growth Crew – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
- GHOST OF YŌTEI Growth Crew – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
- HADES II Craig Harris, Nikita Taranduke, Jen Zee – Supergiant Video games/Supergiant Video games
- HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG Growth Crew – Crew Cherry/Crew Cherry
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
- CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Growth Crew – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
- DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Yoji Shinkawa, Megan Tuckwell – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
- DISPATCH Derek Stratton – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
- GHOST OF YŌTEI Growth Crew – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
- HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG Growth Crew – Crew Cherry/Crew Cherry
- SOUTH OF MIDNIGHT Growth Crew – Compulsion Video games/Xbox Game Studios
AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT
- ARC RAIDERS Bence Pajor, Olof Strömqvist, Simon Svanbäck – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
- CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Growth Crew – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
- DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Hiroyuki Nakayama – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
- DISPATCH Growth Crew – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
- GHOST OF YŌTEI Growth Crew – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
- INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Growth Crew – MachineGames/Bethesda
BEST GAME
- ARC RAIDERS Aleksander Grøndal, Stefan Strandberg, Virgil Watkins – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
- BLUE PRINCE Growth Crew – Dogubomb/Uncooked Fury
- CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Growth Crew – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
- DISPATCH Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Pierre Shorette – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
- GHOST OF YŌTEI Growth Crew – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
- INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Growth Crew – MachineGames/Bethesda
BRITISH GAME
- ATOMFALL Growth Crew – Rise up/Rise up
- CITIZEN SLEEPER 2: STARWARD VECTOR Gareth Damian Martin, Guillaume Singelin, Amos Roddy – Soar Over the Age/Fellow Traveller
- MAFIA: THE OLD COUNTRY Growth Crew – Hangar 13/2K
- MONUMENT VALLEY 3 Growth Crew – ustwo video games/ustwo video games
- POWERWASH SIMULATOR 2 Growth Crew – FuturLab/FuturLab
- TWO POINT MUSEUM Growth Crew – Two Level Studios/SEGA
DEBUT GAME
- BLUE PRINCE Growth Crew – Dogubomb/Uncooked Fury
- CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Growth Crew – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
- CONSUME ME Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken & Snyder/ Hexecutable LLC
- DESPELOTE Growth Crew – Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena/Panic
- DISPATCH Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Pierre Shorette – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
- THE MIDNIGHT WALK Growth Crew – MoonHood/Quick Journey Video games
EVOLVING GAME
- FALLOUT 76 Growth Crew – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda
- HELLDIVERS 2 Growth Crew – Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Leisure
- HITMAN WORLD OF ASSASSINATION Growth Crew – IO Interactive/IO Interactive
- NO MAN’S SKY Growth Crew – Hiya Video games/Hiya Video games
- VAMPIRE SURVIVORS Growth Crew – poncle/poncle
- WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2 Dmitry Grigorenko, Oliver Hollis-Leick, Anatolii Koruka – Saber Interactive/Focus Leisure Publishing
FAMILY
- DONKEY KONG BANANZA Growth Crew – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
- IS THIS SEAT TAKEN? Ausiàs Dalmau, Sergi Pérez – Poti Poti/Healthful Video games Presents
- LEGO PARTY! Growth Crew – SMG Studio/Fictions
- MARIO KART WORLD Growth Crew – Nintendo/Nintendo
- POWERWASH SIMULATOR 2 Growth Crew – FuturLab/FuturLab
- TWO POINT MUSEUM Growth Crew – Two Level Studios/SEGA
GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT
- THE ALTERS Growth Crew – 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 – Soar Over the Age/Fellow Traveller
- CONSUME ME Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken & 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 Growth Crew – GSC Game World/GSC Game World
GAME DESIGN
- BALL X PIT Kenny Solar – Kenny Solar & Mates/Devolver Digital
- BLUE PRINCE Tonda Ros – Dogubomb/Uncooked Fury
- CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Growth Crew – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
- GHOST OF YŌTEI Growth Crew – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
- HADES II Amir Rao, Gavin Simon, Greg Kasavin – Supergiant Video games/Supergiant Video games
- SPLIT FICTION Growth Crew – Hazelight Studios/Digital 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 Growth Crew – FROMSOFTWARE INC./BANDAI NAMCO
- LEGO PARTY! Growth Crew – SMG Studio/Fictions
- PEAK Growth Crew – Aggro Crab & Landfall/Aggro Crab & Landfall
- SPLIT FICTION Growth Crew – Hazelight Studios/Digital 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 Leisure
- DISPATCH Andrew Arcadi, Skyler Barto – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
- GHOST OF YŌTEI Toma Otowa, Peter Scaturro, Keith Leary – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
- HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG Christopher Larkin – Crew Cherry/Crew 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/Uncooked 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 Leisure
- INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Growth Crew – MachineGames/Bethesda
- KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE II Growth Crew – Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver
NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- THE ALTERS Growth Crew – 11 bit studios/11 bit studios
- ARC RAIDERS Aleksander Grøndal, Stefan Strandberg, Robert Sammelin – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
- CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Growth Crew – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
- DISPATCH Pierre Shorette, Dennis Lenart, Nick Herman – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
- SOUTH OF MIDNIGHT Growth Crew – Compulsion Video games/Xbox Game Studios
- SPLIT FICTION Growth Crew – Hazelight Studios/Digital Arts
PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE
- AARON PAUL as Robert Robertson in Dispatch – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
- BEN STARR as Verso in (*33*) Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
- ERIKA ISHII as Atsu in Ghost Of Yōtei – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
- JENNIFER ENGLISH as Maelle in (*33*) 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 Nice 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 (*33*) Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
- JANE PERRY as Lia Cain in Useless Take – Surgent Studios/Pocketpair Publishing
- JEFFREY WRIGHT as Chase in Dispatch – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
- KIRSTY RIDER as Lune in (*33*) Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
- TROY BAKER as Higgs in Demise Stranding 2: On The Seaside – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
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 Leisure
- DOOM: THE DARK AGES Growth Crew – id Software program/Bethesda
- GHOST OF YŌTEI Growth Crew – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
- INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Growth Crew – MachineGames/Bethesda
- SPLIT FICTION Growth Crew – Hazelight Studios/Digital Arts
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