God of War Ragnarok Scores 14 Nominations at the 2023 BAFTA Games Awards End-shutdown

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The nominations for the 2023 BAFTA Games Awards have been revealed, with the event scheduled to take place on Thursday, March 30.

God of War from Sony Santa Monica Studio leads the nominations with one mention in 14 categories. Meanwhile, BlueTwelve’s Stray has garnered eight nominations and FromSoftware’s Elden Ring is nominated for seven awards. All three titles have been nominated for the Best Game award.

Other titles picked up a handful of nominations.

Asobo’s A Plague Tale: Requiem and Guerrilla Games’ Horizon Forbidden West received five each. Additionally, Half Mermaid’s Immortality, The Tunic Team’s Tunic, and Poncle’s Vampire Survivors received nominations in five categories.

Indies titles were also recognized, as Jump Over the Age’s Citizen Sleeper received three award nominations.

Meanwhile, Christopher Judge is up for the Artist in a Leading Role award for his portrayal of Kratos in God of War Ragnarok. Alison Jaye, who played Alva in Horizon Forbidden West, is among the nominees for the Performer in a Supporting Role category.

EE Game of the Year (voted on by the public)

Elden Ring (FromSoftware, Bandai Namco)
God of War Ragnarok (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Immortality (Half Mermaid Productions)
Marvel Snap (Second Dinner Studios, Nuverse)
Street Map (BlueTwelve Studio, Annapurna Interactive)

The best game

Cult of the Lamb (Massive Monsters, Devolver Digital)
Elden Ring (FromSoftware, Bandai Namco)
God of War Ragnarok (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Marvel Snap (Second Dinner Studios, Nuverse)
Street Map (BlueTwelve Studio, Annapurna Interactive)
Vampire Survivors (Poncle)

british games

Sleeping Citizen (Leap Over Age, Travel Companion)
Olli Olli World (Roll7, Private Division)
Rollerdrome (Roll7, Private Division)
Total War: Warhammer 3 (Creative Assembly, Sega)
Two Point Campus (Two Point Studios, Sega)
Vampire Survivors (Poncle)

game in evolution

Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment, EA)
Dreams (Media Molecule, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
The Elder Scrolls Online (Zenimax Online Studios, Bethesda Softworks)
Final Fantasy 14 Online (Creative Business Unit 3, Square Enix)
Forza Horizon 5 (Arcade Games, Xbox Game Studios)
No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)

The Stray One by BlueTwelve

debut game

As Dusk Falls (Interior Night, Xbox Game Studios)
The Case of the Golden Idol (Color Gray Games, Playstack)
Street Map (BlueTwelve Studio, Annapurna Interactive)
Trombone Champ (Holy Wow Studios)
Tunic (Team Tunic, Finji)
Vampire Survivors (Poncle)

technical achievement

Elden Ring (FromSoftware, Bandai Namco)
God of War Ragnarok (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Immortality (Half Mermaid Productions)
The Last of Us Part 1 (Naughty Dog, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Street Map (BlueTwelve Studio, Annapurna Interactive)

original property

Sleeping Citizen (Leap Over Age, Travel Companion)
Cult of the Lamb (Massive Monsters, Devolver Digital)
Elden Ring (FromSoftware, Bandai Namco)
Sifu (Sloclap, Kepler Interactive)
Street Map (BlueTwelve Studio, Annapurna Interactive)
Vampire Survivors (Poncle)

narratives

A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio, Focus Entertainment)
Sleeping Citizen (Leap Over Age, Travel Companion)
God of War Ragnarok (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Immortality (Half Mermaid Productions)
Pentimento (Obsidian Entertainment, Xbox Game Studio)
Street Map (BlueTwelve Studio, Annapurna Interactive)

Music

A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio, Focus Entertainment)
Cuphead – The Delicious Last Dish (Studio MDHR)
Elden Ring (FromSoftware, Bandai Namco)
God of War Ragnarok (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Street Map (BlueTwelve Studio, Annapurna Interactive)
Tunic (Team Tunic, Finji)

multiplayer

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward, Activision)
FIFA 23 (EA Sports)
Elden Ring (FromSoftware, Bandai Namco)
Overwatch 2 (Blizzard Entertainment)
Splatoon 3 (Nintendo)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Tribute Games, Dotemu)

game design

Cult of the Lamb (Massive Monsters, Devolver Digital)
Elden Ring (FromSoftware, Bandai Namco)
God of War Ragnarok (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Tunic (Team Tunic, Finji)
Vampire Survivors (Poncle)

Family

Disney’s Valley of Light Dreams (Gameloft)
Kirby and the Forgotten Land (HAL Laboratory, Nintendo)
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (TT Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope (Ubisoft)
Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Tribute Games, Dotemu)

audio achievement

A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio, Focus Entertainment)
God of War Ragnarok (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Metal: Hellsinger (The Outsiders, Funcom)
Street Map (BlueTwelve Studio, Annapurna Interactive)
Tunic (Team Tunic, Finji)

artistic achievement

A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio, Focus Entertainment)
Elden Ring (FromSoftware, Bandai Namco)
God of War Ragnarok (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Immortality (Half Mermaid Productions)
Pentimento (Obsidian Entertainment, Xbox Game Studio)
Tunic (Team Tunic, Finji)

animation

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward, Activision)
God of War Ragnarok (Santa Monica Studio, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (TT Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
Sifu (Sloclap, Kepler Interactive)
Street Map (BlueTwelve Studio, Annapurna Interactive)

Game beyond entertainment

Sleeping Citizen (Leap Over Age, Travel Companion)
Endling – Extinction Is Forever (Herobeat Studios, HandyGames)
Gibbon: Beyond the Trees (Broken Rules)
I was a teenage exocolonist (Northway Games, Finji)
Not for streaming (NotGames, TinyBuild)
We will always have Paris (Cowleyfornia Studios)

Performers in a leading role

Alain Mesa as Alejandro Vargas in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Charlotte McBurney as Amicia in A Plague Tale: Requiem
Christopher Judge as Kratos in God of War Ragnarok
Manon Gage as Marissa Marcel in Immortality
Siobhan Williams as Laura in The Quarry
Sunny Suljic as Atreus in God of War Ragnarok

Performers in a supporting role

Adam J. Harrington as Sindri in God of War Ragnarok
Alison Jaye as Alva in Horizon Forbidden West
Charlotta Mohlin as The One with Immortality
Danielle Bisutti as Freya in God of War Ragnarok
Laya Deleon Hayes as Angrboda in God of War Ragnarok
Ryan Hurst as Thor in God of War Ragnarok