The finalists for the BAFTA Games Awards 2024 are out. A total of 40 games across 17 categories were nominated. 

Leading the field are Baldur’s Gate 3 with 10 nominations, and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 with 9.

The awards ceremony will air April 11 on BAFTA’s YouTube, Twitch and X channels.

Voting is now open for the EE Players’ Choice Award, the only award voted for by the public. The nominees are: Baldur’s Gate 3, Cyberpunk 2077, Fortnite, Lethal Company, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Vote now at https://ee.co.uk/gaming/baftagames.

The complete list of finalists follows the jump.

ANIMATION

• ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertawinment Plc./Epic Games
• HI-FI RUSH Development Team – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
• HOGWARTS LEGACY Development Team – Avalanche Software/Warner Bros. Games
• MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Nathan Dunlap, David Nam, Thomas Cannell – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
• SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

• ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games
• BALDUR’S GATE 3 Development Team – Larian Studio/Larian Studio
• COCOON Development Team – Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive
• DIABLO IV Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
• FINAL FANTASY XVI Hiroshi Minagawa, Kazuya Takahashi, Naoki Kurihara – SQUARE ENIX – Creative Business Unit III/SQUARE ENIX
• HI-FI RUSH Development Team – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks

AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT

• ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games
• CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE III Matt Grimm, Eric Wedemeyer, Robbie Elias – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
• HI-FI RUSH Development Team – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
• THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
• MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Development Team – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts

BEST GAME

• ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games
• BALDUR’S GATE 3 Development Team – Larian Studio/Larian Studio
• DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET
• THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
• MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

BRITISH GAME

• CASSETTE BEASTS Development Team – Bytten Studio/Raw Fury
• DEAD ISLAND 2 Development Team – Dambuster Studios/PLAION
• DISNEY ILLUSION ISLAND Development Team – Dlala Studios/Disney
• FOOTBALL MANAGER 2024 Development Team – Sports Interactive/SEGA Europe
• VIEWFINDER Development Team – Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing
• WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR: REALMS OF RUIN Development Team – Frontier Developments/Frontier Developments

DEBUT GAME

• COCOON Development Team – Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive
• DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET
• DREDGE Development Team – Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital
• STRAY GODS: THE ROLEPLAYING MUSICAL Development Team – Summerfall Studios/Humble Games
• VENBA Abhijeeth Swaminathan, Sam Elkana, Shahrin Khan – Visai Games/Visai Games
• VIEWFINDER Development Team – Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing

EVOLVING GAME

• CYBERPUNK 2077 Development Team – CD PROJEKT RED/CD PROJEKT RED
• FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE Development Team – Creative Business Unit III/Square Enix
• FORTNITE Development Team – Epic Games/Epic Games
• FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
• GENSHIN IMPACT Development Team – HoYoverse/HoYoverse
• NO MAN’S SKY Development Team – Hello Games/Hello Games

FAMILY

• COCOON Development Team – Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive
• DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET
• DISNEY ILLUSION ISLAND Development Team – Dlala Studios/Disney
• HI-FI RUSH Development Team – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
• HOGWARTS LEGACY Development Team – Avalanche Software/Warner Bros. Games
• SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT

• CHANTS OF SENNAAR Julien Moya, Thomas Panuel – Rundisc/Focus Entertainment
• GOODBYE VOLCANO HIGH Development Team – KO_OP/KO_OP
• TCHIA Phil Crifo, Marilou Lopez-Aguilera, Thoanë Thomadra – Awaceb/Kepler Interactive
• TERRA NIL Development Team – Free Lives/Devolver Digital
• THIRSTY SUITORS Development Team – Outerloop Games/Annapurna Interactive
• VENBA Abhijeeth Swaminathan, Sam Elkana, Shahrin Khan – Visai Games/Visai Games

GAME DESIGN

• COCOON Development Team – Geometric Interactive/Annapurna Interactive
• DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET
• DREDGE Joel Mason, Alex Ritchie, Nadia Thorn – Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital
• THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
• MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• VIEWFINDER Development Team – Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing

MULTIPLAYER

• BALDUR’S GATE 3 Development Team – Larian Studio/Larian Studio
• CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE III Development Team – Sledgehammer Games/Activision
• DIABLO IV Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
• FORZA MOTORSPORT Development Team – Turn 10 Studios/Xbox Game Studios
• PARTY ANIMALS Development Team – Recreate Games/Source Technology
• SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo

MUSIC

• ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games
• ASSASSIN’S CREED MIRAGE Development Team – Ubisoft/Ubisoft
• BALDUR’S GATE 3 Borislav Slavov – Larian Studio/Larian Studio
• THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
• MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 John Paesano, Scott Hanau, Keith Leary – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Gordy Haab, Stephen Barton – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts

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NARRATIVE

• ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games
• BALDUR’S GATE 3 Development Team – Larian Studio/Larian Studio
• DREDGE Joel Mason, Alex Ritchie, Nadia Thorne – Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital
• FINAL FANTASY XVI Kazutoyo Maehiro, Michael-Christopher Koji Fox – SQUARE ENIX – Creative Business Unit III/SQUARE ENIX
• THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
• STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Stig Asmussen, Aaron Contreras, Dori Arazi – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts

NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

• CHANTS OF SENNAAR Julien Moya, Thomas Panuel – Rundisc/Focus Entertainment
• DAVE THE DIVER Development Team – MINTROCKET/MINTROCKET
• DREDGE Development Team – Black Salt Games/Team17 Digital
• HI-FI RUSH Development Team – Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
• JUSANT Development Team – DON’T NOD/DON’T NOD
• VIEWFINDER Development Team – Sad Owl Studios/Thunderful Publishing

PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE

• AMELIA TYLER as Narrator in Baldur’s Gate 3
• CAMERON MONAGHAN as Cal Kestis in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
• NADJI JETER as Miles Morales in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
• NEIL NEWBON as Astarion in Baldur’s Gate 3
• SAMANTHA Béart as Karlach in Baldur’s Gate 3
• YURI LOWENTHAL as Peter Parker in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2

PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• ANDREW WINCOTT as Raphael in Baldur’s Gate 3
• DEBRA WILSON as Cere Junda in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
• RALPH INESON as Cidolfus “Cid” Telamon in Final Fantasy XVI
• SAM LAKE as Alex Casey in Alan Wake 2
• TONY TODD as Venom in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
• TRACY WILES as Jaheira in Baldur’s Gate 3

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

• ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team – Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games
• FINAL FANTASY XVI Ryota Suzuki, Yasuhiro Yanamoto, Kei Honda – SQUARE ENIX – Creative Business Unit III/SQUARE ENIX
• HORIZON CALL OF THE MOUNTAIN Development Team – Guerrilla and Firesprite/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
• MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• STARFIELD Development Team – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks

EE PLAYERS’ CHOICE AWARD (voted for by the public) 

• BALDUR’S GATE 3 Larian Studio/Larian Studio
• CYBERPUNK 2077 CD PROJEKT RED/CD PROJEKT RED
• FORTNITE Epic Games/Epic Games
• THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
• LETHAL COMPANY Zeekerss/Zeekerss
• MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN 2 Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

[Thanks to Steven French for the story.]