THE Bafta Games Awards 2023 just announced the full list of nominees, celebrating last year's best games and the people who made them.
God of War Ragnarök is leading the list with 15 nominations, including EE Game of the Year, voted for by the public, and six nominations for performances.
A nice surprise is indie cat game Stray which got nine nominations, more than last year's biggest game, Elden Ring, which received eight.
Sony's Horizon Forbidden West is nominated in six categories.
Ahead of the announcement GLHF spoke with Bafta Games Committee chair Tara Saunders, and the newly appointed CEO of Bafta, Jane Millichip.
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The Bafta Games Awards 2023 ceremony will take place on Thursday, March 30, 2023, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.
And here is the full list of nominees.
Bafta Games Awards nominations 2023
Animation
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
- God of War Ragnarök
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- Sifu
- Stray
Artistic Achievement
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Elden Ring
- God of War Ragnarök
- Immortality
- Pentiment
- Tunic
Audio Achievement
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- God of War Ragnarök
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Metal: Hellsinger
- Stray
- Tunic
Best Game
- Cult Of The Lamb
- Elden Ring
- God Of War Ragnarök
- Marvel Snap
- Stray
- Vampire Survivors
British Game
- Citizen Sleeper
- OlliOlli World
- Rollerdrome
- Total War: Warhammer III
- Two Point Campus
- Vampire Survivors
Debut Game
- As Dusk Falls
- The Case of the Golden Idol
- Stray
- Trombone
- Tunic
- Vampire Survivors
Evolving Game
- Apex Legends
- Dreams
- The Elder Scrolls Online
- Final Fantasy XIV Online
- Forza Horizon 5
- No Man’s Sky
Family
- Disney Dreamlight Valley
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land
- Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
- Nintendo Switch Sports
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Game Beyond Entertainment
- Citizen Sleeper
- Endling – Extinction Is Forever
- Gibbon: Beyond The Trees
- I Was A Teenage Exocolonist
- Not For Broadcast
- We’ll Always Have Paris
Game Design
- Cult Of The Lamb
- Elden Ring
- God Of War Ragnarök
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Tunic
- Vampire Survivors
Multiplayer
- Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare II.
- EA Sports FIFA 23
- Elden Ring
- Overwatch 2
- Splatoon 3
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
Music
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Cuphead - The Delicious Last Course
- Elden Ring
- God of War Ragnarök
- Stray
- Tunic
Narrative
- A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Citizen Sleeper
- God of War Ragnarök
- Immortality
- Pentiment
- Stray
Original Property
- Citizen Sleeper
- Cult of the Lamb
- Elden Ring
- Sifu
- Stray
- Vampire Survivors
Performer in a Leading Role
- Alain Mesa as Alejandro Vargas in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
- Charlotte McBurney as Amicia in A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Christopher Judge as Kratos in God of War Ragnarök
- Manon Gage as Marissa Marcel in Immortality
- Siobhan Williams as Laura in The Quarry
- Sunny Suljic as Atreus in God of War Ragnarök
Performer in a Supporting Role
- Adam J. Harrington as Sindri in God of War Ragnarök
- Alison Jaye as Alva in Horizon Forbidden West
- Charlotta Mohlin as The One in Immortality
- Danielle Bisutti as Freya in God of War Ragnarök
- Laya Deleon Hayes as Angrboda in God of War Ragnarök
- Ryan Hurst as Thor in God of War Ragnarök
Technical Achievement
- Elden Ring
- God of War Ragnarök
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Immortality
- The Last of Us Part I
- Stray
EE Game Of The Year (voted for by the public)
- Elden Ring
- God of War Ragnarök
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Immortality
- Marvel Snap
- Stray
Written by Stoyan Ovcharov on behalf of GLHF.