Death Stranding And Control Lead 2020 BAFTA Game Award Nominations

While the award ceremony for the 2020 BAFTA Game Awards is a month away and set to take place in London on April 2, 2020, today we got a rundown of who and what garnered nominations in a number of categories covering all bases from technical achievement to performance.

Control and Death Stranding led the way with eleven nominations each, while the beloved, indie sleeper hit of last year Disco Elysium racked up seven nods of its own.

Homegrown developers House House continue their tour of world domination for Untitled Goose Game, managing to earn four nominations, including one for Best Game alongside some esteemed company. So from one mostly Melbourne team to another, we offer our sincere congratulations and wish them luck in a month’s time.

Here’s a full list of this year’s nominees.

Best Game

  • Control
  • Disco Elysium
  • Luigi’s Mansion 3
  • Outer Wilds
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
  • Untitled Goose Game

Performer in a Leading Role

  • Laura Bailey (Gears 5)
  • Courtney Hope (Control
  • Logan Marshall-Green (Telling Lies)
  • Gonzalo Martin (Life is Strange 2)
  • Barry Sloane (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare)
  • Norman Reedus (Death Stranding)

Performer in a Supporting Role

  • Jolene Anderson (Life is Strange 2)
  • Sarah Bartholomew (Life is Strange 2)
  • Troy Baker (Death Stranding)
  • Lea Seydoux (Death Stranding)
  • Martti Suosalo (Control)
  • Ayisha Issa (The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan)

Technical Achievement

  • A Plague Tale: Innocence
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  • Control
  • Death Stranding
  • Metro Exodus
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Original Property

  • Baba is You
  • Control
  • Death Stranding
  • Disco Elysium
  • Outer Wilds
  • Untitled Goose Game

Narrative

  • Control
  • Disco Elysium
  • Life is Strange 2
  • Outer Wilds
  • Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
  • The Outer Worlds

Music

  • Control
  • Death Stranding
  • Disco Elysium
  • Outer Wilds
  • The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
  • Wattam

Multiplayer

  • Apex Legends
  • Borderlands 3
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  • Luigi’s Mansion 3
  • Tick Tock: A Tale for Two
  • Tom Clancy’s The Division 2

Game Design

  • Baba Is You
  • Control
  • Disco Elysium
  • Outer Wilds
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
  • Wattam

Game Beyond Entertainment

  • Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
  • Death Stranding
  • Kind Words
  • Life Is Strange 2
  • Neo Cab
  • Ring Fit Adventure

Family

  • Concrete Genie
  • Knights and Bikes
  • Luigi’s Mansion 3
  • Untitled Goose Game
  • Vacation Simulator
  • Wattam

Evolving Game

  • Apex Legends
  • Destiny 2
  • FINAL FANTASY XIV: Shadowbringers
  • Fortnite
  • No Man’s Sky: BEYOND
  • Path of Exile

Debut Game

  • Ape Out
  • Death Stranding
  • Disco Elysium
  • Katana ZERO
  • Knights and Bikes
  • Manifold Garden

British Game

  • DiRT Rally 2.0
  • Heaven’s Vault
  • Knights and Bikes
  • Observation
  • Planet Zoo
  • Total War: Three Kingdoms

Audio Achievement

  • Ape Out
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  • Control
  • Death Stranding
  • Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
  • Untitled Goose Game

Artistic Achievement

  • Concrete Genie Control
  • Death Stranding
  • Disco Elysium
  • Knights and Bikes
  • Sayonara Wild Hearts

Animation

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  • Control
  • Death Stranding
  • Luigi’s Mansion 3
  • Sayonara Wild Hearts
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

EE Mobile Game of the Year (voted by public)

  • Assemble With Care
  • Call of Duty: Mobile
  • Dead Man’s Phone
  • Pokemon Go
  • Tangle Tower
  • What The Golf?

So there it is, the complete list of BAFTA Game Awards nominees for this year.