Who’s been nominated in categories including ‘Audio Achievement’, ‘Music’, ‘Performer in a Leading Role’, and ‘Performer in a Supporting Role’?
The nominations for the 2021 BAFTA Games Awards have been announced.
This year’s awards show comprises 18 different categories and is set to take place at 19:00 GMT on 25th March; the 90-minute event will be streamed exclusively online via multiple platforms.
Presenter and journalist Elle Osili-Wood will be hosting the event which will be streamed live from BAFTA’s Facebook, Twitch, Twitter, YouTube, and – for the first time – on Steam too.
The categories for the 2021 BAFTA Games Awards are:
- 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
- EE Game of the Year
The following are the categories and their respective nominees pertaining to game audio and voice acting:
Audio Achievement:
- Astro’s Playroom
Development Team – SIE Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe - Ghost of Tsushima
Rev. Dr. Bradley D. Meyer – Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe - Hades
Darren Korb – Supergiant Games / Supergiant Games - Half Life: Alyx
Development Team – Valve / Valve - The Last of Us Part II
Development Team – Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe - Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Development Team – Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
Music:
- Ghost of Tsushima
Ilan Eshkeri, Shigeru Umebayashi, and Peter Scaturro – Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe - Hades
Darren Korb – Supergiant Games / Supergiant Games - The Last of Us Part II
Gustavo Santaolalla, Mac Quayle, and Scott Hanau – Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe - Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
John Paesano, Scott Hanau, and Alex Hackford – Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe - Ori and the Will of the Wisps
Gareth Coker – Moon Studios / Xbox Game Studios - Sackboy: Big Adventure
Jay Waters, Joe Thwaites, and Joanna Skorupa – Sumo Digital Sheffield / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
Performer in a Leading Role:
- Ashley Johnson
Ellie / The Last of Us Part II - Cherami Leigh
Female V / Cyberpunk 2077 - Cody Christian
Cloud Strife / Final Fantasy VII Remake - Daisuke Tsuji
Jin Sakai / Ghost of Tsuhima - Laura Bailey
Abby / The Last of Us Part II - Nadji Jeter
Miles Morales / Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Performer in a Supporting Role:
- Carla Tassara
Judy Alvarez / Cyberpunk 2077 - Jeffrey Pierce
Tommy / The Last of Us Part II - Logan Cunningham
Hades, Achilles, Poseidon, Asterius, Charon, and the Storyteller / Hades - Patrick Gallagher
Khotun Khan / Ghost of Tsushima - Shannon Woodward
Dina / The Last of Us Part II - Troy Baker
Joel / The Last of Us Part II
The full list of nominees across all 13 categories can be viewed on the BAFTA Games Awards website.
Numerous games have been nominated in multiple categories; some notable examples include Dreams with six nominations, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales with seven, Hades with eight, Ghost of Tsushima with 10, and The Last of Us Part II with 13 (the highest number of nominations for a game in BAFTA Games Awards’ history, surpassing the previous record of 11 by Control in 2020.
The ‘EE Game of the Year’ award is a new category and the one only voted by the public. The nominees are: Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Call of Duty: Warzone, Hades, Ghost of Tsushima, The Last of Us Part II, and Valorant. Votes can be submitted here.