List of nominees for the 2021 BAFTA Awards

Like every year, around this time the award galas begin in the world of celluloid. In fact, the Golden Globes have recently been held. There are many awards ceremonies, but can you tell me, why are you posting a news item about film or television awards on a Nintendo website? Well, very simple, because like every year, the British BAFTA awards also collect awards from the world of video games. Due to the pandemic generated by COVID-19, this gala will be held virtually next March 25th. In the meantime, do you want to know what are the categories and games nominated by the British Videogame Academy? Which Nintendo game will be the most nominated? We show you the list below.

List of nominees for the BAFTA 2021

Animation

DOOM ETERNAL Development Team – id Software / Bethesda Softworks FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE Development Team -Square Enix / Square Enix MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES Development Team -Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe ORI AND THE WILL OF THE WISPS Team Development Team – Moon Studios / Xbox Game Studios SPIRITFARER Development Team – Thunder Lotus / Kowloon Nights THE LAST OF US PART II Development Team – Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe

Best art

CYBERPUNK 2077 Development Team – CD PROJEKT RED / CD PROJEKT x BANDAI NAMCO UK DREAMS Development Team – Media Molecule / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe GHOST OF TSUSHIMA Jason Connell, Joanna Wang, Ian Jun Wei Chiew – Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe HADES Jen Zee – 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

Better audio

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 Team of Development – Valve / Valve MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES Development Team – Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe THE LAST OF US PART II Development Team – Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe

Best game

ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS Development Team – Nintendo EPD / Nintendo GHOST OF TSUSHIMA Brian Fleming, Chris Zimmerman – Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe HADES Development Team – Supergiant Games / Supergiant Games HALF-LIFE: ALYX Development Team –Valve / Valve MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES – Development Team – Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe THE LAST OF US PART II Development Team – Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe

Best British Game

DREAMS Development Team – Media Molecule / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe F1 2020 Development Team – Codemasters / Codemasters FALL GUYS Development Team – Mediatonic / Devolver Digital RÖKI Development Team – Polygon Treehouse / United Label SACKBOY: A BIG ADVENTURE Ned Waterhouse, Jess Gaskell, Pete Smith – Sumo Digital Sheffield / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe THE LAST CAMPFIRE Development Team – Hello Games / Hello Games

Best debut

AIRBORNE KINGDOM Development Team – The Wandering Band / The Wandering Band CALL OF THE SEA Tatiana Delgado, Manuel Fernandez – Out of the Blue / Raw Fury CARRION Development Team -Phobia Game Studio / Devolver Digital FACTORIO Development Team -Wube Software / Wube SoftwareRÖKI Development Team – Polygon Treehouse / United Label THE FALCONEER Development Team – Tomas Sala / Wired Productions

Best Evolving Game

DESTINY 2: BEYOND LIGHT Development Team – Bungie / Bungie DREAMS Development Team – Media Molecule / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe FALL GUYS Development Team – Mediatonic / Devolver Digital FORTNITE Development Team – Epic Games / Epic Games NO MAN’S SKY Development Team – Hello Games / Hello Games SEA OF THIEVES Development Team – Rare Ltd / Xbox Game Studios

Best Family Game

ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS Development Team – Nintendo EPD / Nintendo ASTRO’S PLAYROOM Development Team – SIE Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe DREAMS Development Team – Media Molecule / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe FALL GUYS Development Team – Mediatonic / Devolver Digital MINECRAFT DUNGEONS Development Team – Mojang Studios, Double Eleven Limited SACKBOY: A BIG ADVENTURE Joel Smith, Cesar Bittar, Pete Smith – Sumo Digital Sheffield / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe

Game beyond entertainment

ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS Development Team – Nintendo EPD / Nintendo BEFORE I FORGET Development Team – 3-Fold Games / 3-Fold Games DREAMS Development Team – Media Molecule / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe SPIRITFARER Development Team – Thunder Lotus / Kowloon Nights TELL ME WHY Development Team – DONTNOD Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios THE LAST OF US PART II Development Team – Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive

Better design

ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS Development Team – Nintendo EPD / Nintendo ASTRO’S PLAYROOM Development Team – SIE Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe GHOST OF TSUSHIMA Development Team -Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe HADES Development Team – 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

Best multiplayer

ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS Development Team – Nintendo EPD / Nintendo DEEP ROCK GALACTIC Development Team – Ghost Ship Games / Coffee Stain Publishing FALL GUYS Development Team – Mediatonic / Devolver Digital GHOST OF TSUSHIMA Darren Bridges, Matt Goldhaber – Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe SACKBOY: A BIG ADVENTURE Jack Houghton, Tom Sampson, Jason Stewart – Sumo Digital Sheffield / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe VALORANT Development Team – Riot Games / Riot Games

Best soundtrack

GHOST OF TSUSHIMA Ilan Eshkeri, Shigeru Umebayashi, Peter Scaturro – Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe HADES Darren Korb – Supergiant Games / Supergiant Games MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES John Paesano, Scott Hanau, Alex Hackford – Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe ORI AND THE WILL OF THE WISPS Gareth Coker – Moon Studios / Xbox Game Studios SACKBOY: A BIG ADVENTURE Jay Waters, Joe Thwaites, Joanna Skorupa – Sumo Digital Sheffield / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe HE LAST OF US PART II Gustavo Santaolalla, Mac Quayle, Scott Hanau – Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe

Best Narrative

ASSASSIN’S CREED VALHALLA Writing Team – Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft CYBERPUNK 2077 Writing Team – CD PROJEKT RED / CD PROJEKT x BANDAI NAMCO UK GHOST OF TSUSHIMA Nate Fox, Ian Ryan – Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe HADES Greg Kasavin – Supergiant Games / Supergiant Games KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO: TV EDITION Writing Team – Cardboard Computer / Annapurna Interactive MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES Writing Team – Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe

Best Original Property

CARRION Development Team -Phobia Game Studio / Devolver Digital FALL GUYS Development Team –Mediatonic / Devolver Digital GHOST OF TSUSHIMA Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe HADES Development Team – Supergiant Games / Supergiant Games KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO: TV EDITION Development Team -Cardboard Computer / Annapurna Interactive SPIRITFARER Development Team- Thunder Lotus / Kowloon Nights

Best Lead Actor

ASHLEY JOHNSON as Ellie in The Last of Us Part II CHERAMI LEIGH as Female V in Cyberpunk 2077 CODY CHRISTIAN as Cloud Strife in Final Fantasy VII Remake DAISUKE TSUJI as Jin Sakai in Ghost of Tsushima LAURA BAILEY as Abby in The Last of Us Part II NADJI JETER as Miles Morales in Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Best Supporting Actor

CARLA TASSARA as Judy Alvarez in CYBERPUNK 2077 JEFFREY PIERCE as Tommy in The Last of Us Part II LOGAN CUNNINGHAM as Hades, Achilles, Poseidon, Asterion, Charon, and the Narrator in Hades PATRICK GALLAGHER as Khotun Khan in Dina’s Ghost of Tsushima SHANNON WOODWARD as Dina in The Last of Us Part II TROY BAKER as Joel in The Last of Us Part II

Technical achievement

DEMON’S SOULS Development Team – SIE Japan Studio / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe DOOM ETERNAL Development Team – id Software / Bethesda Softworks DREAMS Development Team – Media Molecule / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe FLIGHT SIMULATOR Sebastian Wloch, Duncan Lawler, Pavel Kuksa – Asobo Studio / Xbox Game Studios MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES Development Team – Insomniac Games / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe THE LAST OF US PART II Development Team – Naughty Dog / Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe