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Bafta Games 2026 nominees announced and it’s another Clair Obscur sweep
ANIMATION
BATTLEFIELD 6 Development Team – Battlefield Studios/Electronic Arts
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Masaaki Kawata, Laurie Jezequel – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
DISPATCH Development Team – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HADES II Craig Harris, Nikita Taranduke, Jen Zee – Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games
HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG Development Team – Team Cherry/Team Cherry
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Yoji Shinkawa, Megan Tuckwell – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
DISPATCH Derek Stratton – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG Development Team – Team Cherry/Team Cherry
SOUTH OF MIDNIGHT Development Team – Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios
AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT
ARC RAIDERS Bence Pajor, Olof Strömqvist, Simon Svanbäck – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Hiroyuki Nakayama – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
DISPATCH Development Team – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda
BEST GAME
ARC RAIDERS Aleksander Grøndal, Stefan Strandberg, Virgil Watkins – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
BLUE PRINCE Development Team – Dogubomb/Raw Fury
CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
DISPATCH Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Pierre Shorette – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda
BRITISH GAME
ATOMFALL Development Team – Rebellion/Rebellion
CITIZEN SLEEPER 2: STARWARD VECTOR Gareth Damian Martin, Guillaume Singelin, Amos Roddy – Jump Over the Age/Fellow Traveller
MAFIA: THE OLD COUNTRY Development Team – Hangar 13/2K
MONUMENT VALLEY 3 Development Team – ustwo games/ustwo games
POWERWASH SIMULATOR 2 Development Team – FuturLab/FuturLab
TWO POINT MUSEUM Development Team – Two Point Studios/SEGA
DEBUT GAME
BLUE PRINCE Development Team – Dogubomb/Raw Fury
CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
CONSUME ME Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken “coda” Snyder/ Hexecutable LLC
DESPELOTE Development Team – Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena/Panic
DISPATCH Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Pierre Shorette – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
THE MIDNIGHT WALK Development Team – MoonHood/Fast Travel Games
EVOLVING GAME
FALLOUT 76 Development Team – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda
HELLDIVERS 2 Development Team – Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HITMAN WORLD OF ASSASSINATION Development Team – IO Interactive/IO Interactive
NO MAN’S SKY Development Team – Hello Games/Hello Games
VAMPIRE SURVIVORS Development Team – poncle/poncle
WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2 Dmitry Grigorenko, Oliver Hollis-Leick, Anatolii Koruka – Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment Publishing
FAMILY
DONKEY KONG BANANZA Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
IS THIS SEAT TAKEN? Ausiàs Dalmau, Sergi Pérez – Poti Poti/Wholesome Games Presents
LEGO PARTY! Development Team – SMG Studio/Fictions
MARIO KART WORLD Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo
POWERWASH SIMULATOR 2 Development Team – FuturLab/FuturLab
TWO POINT MUSEUM Development Team – Two Point Studios/SEGA
GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT
THE ALTERS Development Team – 11 bit studios/11 bit studios
AND ROGER Yona, Yasuhiro Nakashima – TearyHand Studio/Kodansha
CITIZEN SLEEPER 2: STARWARD VECTOR Gareth Damian Martin, Guillaume Singelin, Amos Roddy – Jump Over the Age/Fellow Traveller
CONSUME ME Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken “coda” Snyder/ Hexecutable LLC
DESPELOTE Julian Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena, Gabe Cuzzillo – Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena/Panic
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: HEART OF CHORNOBYL Development Team – GSC Game World/GSC Game World
GAME DESIGN
BALL X PIT Kenny Sun – Kenny Sun & Friends/Devolver Digital
BLUE PRINCE Tonda Ros – Dogubomb/Raw Fury
CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HADES II Amir Rao, Gavin Simon, Greg Kasavin – Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games
SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
MULTIPLAYER
ARC RAIDERS Aleksander Grøndal, Virgil Watkins – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
DUNE: AWAKENING Marcos Pereira, Paul Vallet, Hugo Gonçalves – Funcom/Funcom
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN Development Team – FROMSOFTWARE INC./BANDAI NAMCO
LEGO PARTY! Development Team – SMG Studio/Fictions
PEAK Development Team – Aggro Crab & Landfall/Aggro Crab & Landfall
SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
MUSIC
CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Lorien Testard, Alice Duport-Percier – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Woodkid, Ludvig Forssell – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
DISPATCH Andrew Arcadi, Skyler Barto – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
GHOST OF YŌTEI Toma Otowa, Peter Scaturro, Keith Leary – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG Christopher Larkin – Team Cherry/Team Cherry
INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Gordy Haab, Pete Ward, Christoffer Larsson – MachineGames/Bethesda
NARRATIVE
THE ALTERS Tomasz Kisilewicz, Katarzyna Tybinka – 11 bit studios/11 bit studios
BLUE PRINCE Tonda Ros – Dogubomb/Raw Fury
CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Guillaume Broche, Jennifer Svedberg-Yen – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Kenji Yano, Ray Khalastchi – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda
KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE II Development Team – Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver
NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
THE ALTERS Development Team – 11 bit studios/11 bit studios
ARC RAIDERS Aleksander Grøndal, Stefan Strandberg, Robert Sammelin – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
DISPATCH Pierre Shorette, Dennis Lenart, Nick Herman – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
SOUTH OF MIDNIGHT Development Team – Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios
SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE
AARON PAUL as Robert Robertson in Dispatch – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
BEN STARR as Verso in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
ERIKA ISHII as Atsu in Ghost Of Yōtei – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
JENNIFER ENGLISH as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
TOM MCKAY as Henry Of Skalitz in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver
TROY BAKER as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle –MachineGames/Bethesda
PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
ALIX WILTON REGAN as Lea Florence Monad in Lies Of P: Overture – NEOWIZ/NEOWIZ
CHARLIE COX as Gustave in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
JANE PERRY as Lia Cain in Dead Take – Surgent Studios/Pocketpair Publishing
JEFFREY WRIGHT as Chase in Dispatch – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
KIRSTY RIDER as Lune in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
TROY BAKER as Higgs in Death Stranding 2: On The Beach – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
ARC RAIDERS Robert Träffe, Martin Singh-Blom – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Hideo Kojima, Akio Sakamoto, Neil Johnson – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
DOOM: THE DARK AGES Development Team – id Software/Bethesda
GHOST OF YŌTEI Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda
SPLIT FICTION Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts