Published March 3, 2020 12:11 PM , by TJ Denzer
It’s the time of year for the 2020 British Academy Games Awards. The BAFTA Game Awards are one of the highlights of the year from our friends across the seas, recognizing excellence in television, film, and video games. Though the event takes place in April 2020, the nominations for each category have been announced.
2020 BAFTA Game Awards nominations
The 2020 BAFTA ceremony takes place on April 2, 2020. Just below are the categories and the nominations up for competition for each award, as recently shared by the BAFTA organization .
Best Game
Control - Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
Disco Elysium - ZA/UM
Luigi’s Mansion 3 - Next Level Games/Nintendo
Outer Wilds - Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - FromSoftware/Activision
Untitled Goose Game - House House/Panic
Animation
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward/Activision
Control - Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
Death Stranding - Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Luigi’s Mansion 3 - Next Level Games/Nintendo
Sayonara Wild Hearts - Simogo/Annapurna Interactive
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - FromSoftware/Activision
Artistic Achievement
Concrete Genie - Pixelopus/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
Control - Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
Death Stranding - Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Disco Elysium - ZA/UM
Knights and Bikes - Foam Sword/Double Fine Presents
Sayonara Wild Hearts - Simogo/Annapurna Interactive
Audio Achievement
Ape Out - Gabe Cuzzillo, Matt Boch, Bennett Foddy/ Devolver Digital
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward/Activision
Control - Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
Death Stranding - Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
Untitled Goose Game - House House/Panic
British Game
DiRT Rally 2.0 - Codemasters/Codemasters
Heaven’s Vault- inkle/inkle
Knights and Bikes - Foam Sword/Double Fine Presents
Observation - No Code/Devolver Digital
Planet Zoo - Frontier Developments
Total War: Three Kingdoms - The Creative Assembly/SEGA
Debut Game
Ape Out - Gabe Cuzzillo, Matt Boch, Bennett Foddy/Devolver Digital
Death Stranding - Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Disco Elysium - ZA/UM
Katana Zero - Askiisoft/Devolver Digital
Knights and Bikes - Foam Sword/Double Fine Presents
Manifold Garden - William Chyr Studio
Evolving Game
Apex Legends - Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
Destiny 2 - Bungie
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers - Square Enix
Fortnite - Epic Games
No Man’s Sky: Beyond - Hello Games
Path of Exile - Grinding Gear Games
Family
Concrete Genie - Pixelopus/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
Knights and Bikes - Foam Sword/Double Fine Presents
Luigi’s Mansion 3 - Next Level Games/Nintendo
Untitled Goose Game - House House/Panic
Vacation Simulator - Owlchemy Labs/ Owlchemy Labs
Wattam - Funomena/Annapurna Interactive
Game Beyond Entertainment
Civilization VI: Gathering Storm - Firaxis/2K
Death Stranding - Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Kind Words (Lo Fi Chill Beats to Write to) - Popcannibal/Popcannibal
Life is Strange 2 (Episodes 2-5) - Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix
Neo Cab - Chance Agency/Fellow Traveller Games
Ring Fit Adventure - Nintendo
Game Design
Baba is You - Hempuli Oy
Control - Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
Disco Elysium - ZA/UM
Outer Wilds - Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - FromSoftware/Activision
Wattam - Funomena/Annapurna Interactive
Multiplayer
Apex Legends - Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
Borderlands 3 - Gearbox Software/2K
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward/Activision
Luigi’s Mansion 3 - Next Level Games/Nintendo
Tick Tock: A Tale for Two - Other Tales Interactive
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 - Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft
Music
Control - Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
Death Stranding - Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Disco Elysium - ZA/UM
Outer Wilds - Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening - Grezzo/Nintendo
Wattam - Funomena/Annapurna Interactive
Narrative
Control - Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
Disco Elysium - ZA/UM
Life Is Strange 2 (Episodes 2-5) - Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix
Outer Wilds - Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive
The Outer Worlds Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky - Obsidian Entertainment/ Private Division
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
Original Property
Baba is You - Hempuli Oy
Control - Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
Death Stranding - Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Disco Elysium - ZA/UM
Outer Wilds - Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive
Untitled Goose Game - House House/Pani
Performer in a Leading Role
Laura Bailey as Kait Diaz in Gears 5
Courtney Hope as Jesse Faden in Control
Logan Marshall-Green as David in Telling Lies
Gonzalo Martin as Sean Diaz in Life is Strange 2 (episodes 2-5)
Barry Sloane as Captain Price in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Norman Reedus as Sam in Death Stranding
Performer in a Supporting Role
Jolene Andersen as Karen Reynolds in Life is Strange 2 (episodes 2-5)
Troy Baker as Higgs in Death Stranding
Sarah Bartholomew as Cassidy (Lucy Rose Jones) in Life is Strange 2 (episodes 2-5)
Ayisha Issa as Fliss in The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
Lea Seydoux as Fragile in Death Stranding
Martti Suosalo as Ahti the Janitor in Control
Technical Achievement
A Plague Tale: Innocence - Asobo Studio/ Focus Home Interactive
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward/Activision
Control - Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
Death Stranding - Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Metro Exodus - 4A Games/Deep Silver
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - FromSoftware/Activision
EE Mobile Game of the Year
Assemble With Care - Ustwo
Call of Duty: Mobile Timi - Studios/Activision
Dead Man’s Phone - Electric Noir Studios
Pokemon Go - Niantic/Nintendo
Tangle Tower - SFB Games
What the Golf? - Triband
Want to see what came up the victors of last year’s awards? Be sure to check out the BAFTA 2019 nominees and winners .