Returnal the Frontrunner at BAFTA Games Awards with Nine Nominations

2022’s BAFTA Games Awards is next on the seemingly never-ending awards calendar, and the nominees have just been announced. The ceremony itself is a month away on 7th April, but for now, we have the below list of nominations to chew on.

Sony’s champion in this case is Returnal, which is nominated in the most categories. Housemarque’s sci-fi shooter is up for nine awards, including Best Game, Artistic Achievement, and Game Design. Meanwhile, It Takes Two is up for eight awards, and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart gets the nod in seven categories.

Elsewhere, Kena: Bridge of Spirits is also up for the Animation award, Resident Evil Village gets a pair of nominations for Artistic and Technical Achievement, and Deathloop is recognised in seven categories. We’ve got the full rundown below, including the newly announced performer. Again, the ceremony itself takes place in just over a month’s time, and will be broadcast live if you’re interested. What do you make of the nominees? Have a browse, and tell us in the comments section below.

Animation

• Call of Duty: Vanguard
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits
• Life Is Strange: True Colors
• Psychonauts 2
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Artistic Achievement

• The Artful Escape
• It Takes Two
• Psychonauts 2
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Resident Evil Village
• Returnal

Audio Achievement

• The Artful Escape
• Call of Duty: Vanguard
• Deathloop
• Halo Infinite
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
• Returnal

Best Game

• Deathloop
• Forza Horizon 5
• Inscryption
• It Takes Two
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Returnal

British Game

• Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
• Death’s Door
• Fights in Tight Spaces
• Forza Horizon 5
• Overboard!
• Sable

Debut Game

• The Artful Escape
• Eastward
• The Forgotten City
• Genesis Noir
• Maquette
• Toem

Evolving Game

• Among Us
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons
• Apex Legends
• Disco Elysium: The Final Cut
• Fortnite
• No Man’s Sky

Family

• Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
• Chicory: A Colorful Tale
• Forza Horizon 5
• Mario Party Superstars
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

Game Beyond Entertainment

• Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
• Before Your Eyes
• Chicory: A Colorful Tale
• Game Builder Garage
• It Takes Two
• Psychonauts 2

Game Design

• Deathloop
• Forza Horizon 5
• Inscryption
• It Takes Two
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Returnal

Multiplayer

• Back 4 Blood
• Call of Duty: Vanguard
• Forza Horizon 5
• Halo Infinite
• Hell Let Loose
• It Takes Two

Music

• Deathloop
• Far Cry 6
• Halo Infinite
• Psychonauts 2
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Returnal

Narrative

• It Takes Two
• Life Is Strange: True Colors
• Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
• Psychonauts 2
• Returnal
• Unpacking

Original Property

• Deathloop
• Death’s Door
• Inscryption
• It Takes Two
• Returnal
• Unpacking

Performer in a Leading Role

• Ozioma Akagha as Julianna Blake in Deathloop
• Jason E. Kelley as Colt Vahn “the Captain” in Deathloop
• Jennifer Hale as Rivet in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Jon McLaren as Star-Lord/Peter Quill in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
• Erika Mori as Alex Chen in Life Is Strange: True Colors
• Jane Perry as Selene Vassos in Returnal

Performer in a Supporting Role

• Laura Bailey as Polina Petrova in Call of Duty: Vanguard
• Kimberly Brooks as Hollis Forsythe in Psychonauts 2
• Jason Cavalier as Drax in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
• Maggie Robertson as Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village
• Han Soto as Gabe Chen in Life Is Strange: True Colors
• Alex Weiner as Rocket in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy

Technical Achievement

• Forza Horizon 5
• Hitman 3
• Psychonauts 2
• Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
• Resident Evil Village
• Returnal

EE Game of the Year (public voting)

• Chicory: A Colorful Tale
• Deathloop
• The Forgotten City
• It Takes Two
• Metroid Dread
• Unpacking