BAFTA: all the 2021 nominations for video games

The fight between The Last of Us: Part II and Animal Crossing: New Horizons as Game of the Year continues: 2021 BAFTA videogame nominations

The nomination for i video games to the awards BAFTA of 2021. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts, for us the British Academy for Television and Film Arts, has been running an award ceremony for the videogame branch of entertainment for years. Of course, we are here to list the categories one by one. We will follow the alphabetical order in which they have been listed in English, that is “Animation”, “Artistic achievement”, “Audio achievement”, “Best game”, “British game”, “Debut game”, “Evolving game”, “Family “,” Game beyond entertainment “,” Game design “,” Multiplayer “,” Music “,” Narrative “,” Original property “,” Performer in a leading role “,” Performer in a supporting role “,” Technical achievement ” , and finally “EE Game of the year”.

BAFTA 2021: Animation

In this category of BAFTA 2021 for video games we have all the nominations for the animations.

DOOM Eternal, to the entire development team (id Software / Bethesda Softworks)
Final Fantasy VII Remake, to the entire development team (Square Enix / Square Enix)
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, to the entire development team (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Ori and the Will of The Wisps, to the entire development team (Moon Studios / Xbox Game Studios)
Spiritfarer, to the entire development team (Thunder Lotus / Kowloon Nights)
The Last of Us: Part II, to the entire development team (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)

BAFTA 2021: Artistic achievement

This category includes all the titles nominated for i artistic merits in general.

Cyberpunk 2077, to the entire development team (CD PROJEKT RED / CD PROJEKT x BANDAI NAMCO UK)
Dreams, to the entire development team (Media Molecule / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Ghost of Tsushima, a Jason Connell, Joanna Wang, Ian Jun Wei Chiew (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Hades, a Jen Zee (Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games)
Half-Life: Alyx, to the whole development team (Valve / Valve)
The Last of Us: Part II, to the entire development team (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)

BAFTA 2021: Achievement in the sound sector

This category encompasses the entire audio management; 2021 BAFTA Award nominations for video game soundtrack will be in a subsequent category.

Astro’s Playroom, to the entire development team (SIE Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Ghost of Tsushima, al Rev. Dr. Bradley D. Meyer (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Hades, a Darren Korb (Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games)
Half-Life: Alyx, to the whole development team (Valve / Valve)
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, to the entire development team (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
The Last of Us: Part II, to the entire development team (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)

BAFTA 2021: Best Game

There is not much to say: it is essentially the English GOTY. The candidates are the following.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons, to the whole development team (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Ghost of Tsushima, a Brian Fleming e Chris Zimmerman (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Hades, to the whole development team (Supergiant Games / Supergiant Games)
Half-Life: Alyx, to the whole development team (Valve / Valve)
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, to the entire development team (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
The Last of Us: Part II, to the entire development team (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)

BAFTA 2021: Best British Game

As these are BAFTAs, UK patriotism emerges in this special category: all 2021 nominations in this area are exclusively for i giochi Made in England.

Dreams, to the entire development team (Media Molecule / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
F1 2020, to the whole development team (Codemasters / Codemasters)
Fall Guys, to the entire development team (Mediatonic / Devolver Digital)
Röki, to the entire development team (Polygon Treehouse / United Label)
Sackboy: A Big Adventure, a Ned Waterhouse, Jess Gaskell, Pete Smith (Sumo Digital Sheffield/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
The Last Campfire, to the whole development team (Hello Games / Hello Games)

BAFTA 2021: Best Debut Title

Solo the most recent releases they find their place here, given the name of the category.

Airborne kingdom, to the entire development team (The Wandering Band / The Wandering Band)
Call of the sea, a Tatiana Delgado e Manuel Fernandez (Out of the Blue/Raw Fury)
Carrion, to the whole development team (Phobia Game Studio / Devolver Digital)
Factorio, to the whole development team (Wube Software / Wube Software)
Röki, to the entire development team (Polygon Treehouse / United Label)
The Falconeer, to the entire development team (Tomas Sala / Wired Productions)

BAFTA 2021: Best “Evolving Game”

This is the BAFTA equivalent for games with the best developer support seen at the Game Awards; the 2021 nominations, in this sense, are as follows.

Destiny 2: Beyond Light, to the whole development team (Bungie / Bungie)
Dreams, to the entire development team (Media Molecule / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Fall Guys, to the entire development team (Mediatonic / Devolver Digital)
Fortnite, to the entire development team (Epic Games / Epic Games)
No Man’s Sky, to the whole development team (Hello Games / Hello Games)
Sea of Thieves, to the entire development team (Rare Ltd / Xbox Game Studios)

BAFTA 2021: Family

We talk about the games for families, that is usually the titles whose age recommended by the PEGI is around 3+. The nominations are as follows.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons, to the whole development team (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Astro’s Playroom, to the entire development team (SIE Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Dreams, to the entire development team (Media Molecule / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Fall Guys, to the entire development team (Mediatonic / Devolver Digital)
Minecraft Dungeons, to the entire development team (Mojang Studios, Double Eleven Limited)
Sackboy: A Big Adventure, a Joel Smith, Cesar Bittar, Pete Smith (Sumo Digital Sheffield/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)

BAFTA 2021: “Games beyond entertainment”

This category of BAFTA awards covers video games that push themselves beyond their purely videogame merits, of which you can see below the nominations of 2021.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons, to the whole development team (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Before I Forget, to the whole development team (3-Fold Games / 3-Fold Games)
Dreams, to the entire development team (Media Molecule / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Spiritfarer, to the entire development team (Thunder Lotus / Kowloon Nights)
Tell me Why, to the entire development team (DONTNOD Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios)
The Last of Us: Part II, to the entire development team (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)

BAFTA 2021: Game design

Here it is rewarded the game design itself, as the category name indicates. The candidates in this sense are the following.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons, to the whole development team (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Astro’s Playroom, to the entire development team (SIE Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Ghost of Tsushima, to the entire development team (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Hades, to the whole development team (Supergiant Games / Supergiant Games)
Half-Life: Alyx, to the whole development team (Valve / Valve)
The Last of Us: Part II, to the entire development team (Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)

BAFTA 2021: Best multiplayer

The best titles multiplayer, according to the nominations for the 2021 BAFTA awards, are the following video games.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons, to the whole development team (Nintendo EPD / Nintendo)
Deep Rock Galactic, to the whole development team (Ghost Ship Games / Coffee Stain Publishing)
Fall Guys, to the entire development team (Mediatonic / Devolver Digital)
Ghost of Tsushima, a Darren Bridges e Matt Goldhaber (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Sackboy: A Big Adventure, a Jack Houghton, Tom Sampson e Jason Stewart (Sumo Digital Sheffield/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Valuing, to the whole development team (Riot Games / Riot Games)

BAFTA 2021: Music

Here the soundtrack of the candidate games, as we mentioned earlier.

Ghost of Tsushima, a Ilan Eshkeri, Shigeru Umebayashi e Peter Scaturro (Sucker Punch Productions/ Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Hades, a Darren Korb (Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games)
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, a John Paesano, Scott Hanau e Alex Hackford (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Ori and the Will of the Wisps, a Gareth Coker (Moon Studios/Xbox Game Studios)
Sackboy: A Big Adventure, a Jay Waters, Joe Thwaites e Joanna Skorupa (Sumo Digital Sheffield/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
The Last of Us: Part II, a Gustavo Santaolalla, Mac Quayle e Scott Hanau (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)

BAFTA 2021: Narration

Predictably, this is the category that awards video games nominated for the 2021 BAFTA Awards for their narrative sector.

Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, to the entire writing team (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft)
Cyberpunk 2077, to the entire writing team (CD PROJEKT RED / CD PROJEKT x BANDAI NAMCO UK)
Ghost of Tsushima, a Nate Fox e Ian Ryan (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Hades, a Greg Kasavin (Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games)
Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition, to the entire team of writers (Cardboard Computer / Annapurna Interactive)
Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, to the entire writing team (Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)

BAFTA 2021: Original Ownership

This category is about and IP in sé. We leave you to the list of candidates.

Carrion, to the whole development team (Phobia Game Studio / Devolver Digital)
Fall Guys, to the entire development team (Mediatonic / Devolver Digital)
Ghost of Tsushima, to the entire development team (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Hades, to the whole development team (Supergiant Games / Supergiant Games)
Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition, to the entire development team (Cardboard Computer / Annapurna Interactive)
Spiritfarer, to the entire development team (Thunder Lotus / Kowloon Nights)

BAFTA 2021: Best Leading Interpreter

In this and the next category, nominations for the BAFTA 2021 awards are for voice actors and / or voice actresses who have distinguished themselves in their role in video games. This is for the protagonists and/or the protagonist, as you can see.