Bafta Games Awards 2026: ecco la lista definitiva delle nomination

Annunciate le nomination per i BAFTA Games Awards 2026 (giunti alla 22esima edizione), con un totale di 42 giochi nominati in 17 categorie. Clair Obscur Expedition 33 è in testa con un totale di 12 nomination, seguito da Dispatch e Ghost of Yotei con rispettivamente nove e otto nomination.

La cerimonia di premiazione di quest’anno si terrà alla Queen Elizabeth Hall a Londra, venerdì 17 aprile e potrà essere seguita sul canale Youtube ufficiale BAFTA.

Tara Saunders, presidente del Comitato Giochi dei BAFTA, ha dichiarato:

“Le nomination odierne riconoscono 42 giochi eccezionali che mettono in luce il meglio dell’industria globale dei videogiochi. Le nomination di quest’anno riflettono un settore in fase di trasformazione, con un vivace mix di studi affermati affiancati da una vasta gamma di studi indipendenti e da una serie di team di sviluppo che hanno ottenuto la nomination per la prima volta. L’eccezionale maestria, l’abilità artistica e l’innovazione che stanno dietro a questi titoli sono evidenti. Una nomination è un risultato straordinario e porgo le mie più sincere congratulazioni a tutti i candidati per la loro innovazione, il loro duro lavoro e la loro resilienza”.

Questa la lista dei candidati, nelle 17 categorie, in ordine alfabetico:

ANIMATION

BATTLEFIELD 6 Development Team – Battlefield Studios/Electronic Arts
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Masaaki Kawata, Laurie Jezequel – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
DISPATCH Development Team – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HADES II Craig Harris, Nikita Taranduke, Jen Zee – Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games
HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG Development Team – Team Cherry/Team Cherry

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Yoji Shinkawa, Megan Tuckwell – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
DISPATCH Derek Stratton – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG Development Team – Team Cherry/Team Cherry
SOUTH OF MIDNIGHT Development Team – Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios

AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT

ARC RAIDERS Bence Pajor, Olof Strömqvist, Simon Svanbäck – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Hiroyuki Nakayama – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
DISPATCH Development Team – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda

BEST GAME

ARC RAIDERS Aleksander Grøndal, Stefan Strandberg, Virgil Watkins – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
BLUE PRINCE Development Team – Dogubomb/Raw Fury
CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
DISPATCH Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Pierre Shorette – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda

BRITISH GAME

ATOMFALL Development Team – Rebellion/Rebellion
CITIZEN SLEEPER 2: STARWARD VECTOR Gareth Damian Martin, Guillaume Singelin, Amos Roddy – Jump Over the Age/Fellow Traveller
MAFIA: THE OLD COUNTRY Development Team – Hangar 13/2K
MONUMENT VALLEY 3 Development Team – ustwo games/ustwo games
POWERWASH SIMULATOR 2 Development Team – FuturLab/FuturLab
TWO POINT MUSEUM Development Team – Two Point Studios/SEGA

DEBUT GAME

BLUE PRINCE Development Team – Dogubomb/Raw Fury
CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
CONSUME ME Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken “coda” Snyder/ Hexecutable LLC
DESPELOTE Development Team – Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena/Panic
DISPATCH Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Pierre Shorette – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
THE MIDNIGHT WALK Development Team – MoonHood/Fast Travel Games

EVOLVING GAME

FALLOUT 76 Development Team – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda
HELLDIVERS 2 Development Team – Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HITMAN WORLD OF ASSASSINATION Development Team – IO Interactive/IO Interactive
NO MAN’S SKY Development Team – Hello Games/Hello Games
VAMPIRE SURVIVORS Development Team – poncle/poncle
WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2 Dmitry Grigorenko, Oliver Hollis-Leick, Anatolii Koruka – Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment Publishing

FAMILY

DONKEY KONG BANANZA Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
IS THIS SEAT TAKEN? Ausiàs Dalmau, Sergi Pérez – Poti Poti/Wholesome Games Presents
LEGO PARTY! Development Team – SMG Studio/Fictions
MARIO KART WORLD Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo
POWERWASH SIMULATOR 2 Development Team – FuturLab/FuturLab
TWO POINT MUSEUM Development Team – Two Point Studios/SEGA

GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT

THE ALTERS Development Team – 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 – Jump Over the Age/Fellow Traveller
CONSUME ME Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken “coda” Snyder/ Hexecutable LLC
DESPELOTE Julian Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena, Gabe Cuzzillo – Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena/Panic
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: HEART OF CHORNOBYL Development Team – GSC Game World/GSC Game World

GAME DESIGN

BALL X PIT Kenny Sun – Kenny Sun & Friends/Devolver Digital
BLUE PRINCE Tonda Ros – Dogubomb/Raw Fury
CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HADES II Amir Rao, Gavin Simon, Greg Kasavin – Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games
SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic 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 Development Team – FROMSOFTWARE INC./BANDAI NAMCO
LEGO PARTY! Development Team – SMG Studio/Fictions
PEAK Development Team – Aggro Crab & Landfall/Aggro Crab & Landfall
SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic 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 Entertainment
DISPATCH Andrew Arcadi, Skyler Barto – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
GHOST OF YŌTEI Toma Otowa, Peter Scaturro, Keith Leary – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG Christopher Larkin – Team Cherry/Team 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/Raw 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 Entertainment
INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda
KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE II Development Team – Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver

NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

THE ALTERS Development Team – 11 bit studios/11 bit studios
ARC RAIDERS Aleksander Grøndal, Stefan Strandberg, Robert Sammelin – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
DISPATCH Pierre Shorette, Dennis Lenart, Nick Herman – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
SOUTH OF MIDNIGHT Development Team – Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios
SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts

PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE

AARON PAUL as Robert Robertson in Dispatch – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
BEN STARR as Verso in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
ERIKA ISHII as Atsu in Ghost Of Yōtei – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
JENNIFER ENGLISH as Maelle in Clair 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 Great 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 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
JANE PERRY as Lia Cain in Dead Take – Surgent Studios/Pocketpair Publishing
JEFFREY WRIGHT as Chase in Dispatch – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
KIRSTY RIDER as Lune in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
TROY BAKER as Higgs in Death Stranding 2: On The Beach – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

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 Entertainment
DOOM: THE DARK AGES Development Team – id Software/Bethesda
GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda
SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Art

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