Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, and more secure 2018 BAFTA Game Awards nominations

The British Academy Games Awards – otherwise known as BAFTA – announced its nominees for its 2018 Game Awards today. Zelda: Breath of the Wild is included in five different categories while Super Mario Odyssey is in three. Both are nominated for “Best Game”.

For the “Family” category, almost all of the nominees are on Switch. They include Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle and Snipperclips, the latter of which is also up for “Game Innovation”.

The full list of nominees is as follows:

Best Game

• Assassin’s Creed: Origins
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
• Horizon: Zero Dawn
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Super Mario Odyssey
• What Remains of Edith Finch

Artistic Achievement

• Cuphead
• Gorogoa
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
• Horizon: Zero Dawn
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Audio Achievement

• Call of Duty: WW2
• Destiny 2
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
• Horizon: Zero Dawn
• Star Wars: Battlefront 2
• Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

British Game

• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
• Monument Valley 2
• Reigns: Her Majesty
• The Sexy Brutale
• Sniper Elite 4
• Total War: Warhammer 2

Debut Game

• Cuphead
• Gorogoa
• Hollow Knight
• Night in the Woods
• The Sexy Brutale
• Slime Rancher

Evolving Game

• Clash Royale
• Final Fantasy XV
• Fortnite
• Overwatch
• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
• Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

Family

• Just Dance 2018
• LEGO Worlds
• Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle
• Monument Valley 2
• Snipperclips
• Super Mario Odyssey

Game Beyond Entertainment

• Bury Me, My Love
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
• Last Day of June
• Life Is Strange: Before the Storm
• Night in the Woods
• Sea Hero Quest VR

Game Design

• Assassin’s Creed: Origins
• Horizon: Zero Dawn
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Nier: Automata
• Super Mario Odyssey
• What Remains of Edith Finch

Game Innovation

• Gorogoa
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• Nier: Automata
• Snipperclips
• What Remains of Edith Finch

Mobile

• Bury Me, My Love
• Golf Clash
• Gorogoa
• KAMI 2
• Monument Valley 2
• Stranger Things: The Game

Multiplayer

• Divinity: Original Sin 2
• Fortnite
• Gang Beasts
• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
• Splatoon 2
• Star Trek: Bridge Crew

Music

• Cuphead
• Get Even
• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
• Horizon: Zero Dawn
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
• What Remains of Edith Finch

Narrative

• Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
• Horizon: Zero Dawn
• Night in the Woods
• Tacoma
• What Remains of Edith Finch
• Wolfenstein: The New Colossus

Original Property

• Cuphead
• Gorogoa
• Horizon: Zero Dawn
• Night in the Woods
• PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
• What Remains of Edith Finch

Performer

• Abubakar Salim, Bayek (Assassin’s Creed Origins)
• Ashly Burch, Aloy (Horizon: Zero Dawn)
• Claudia Black, Chloe Frazer (Uncharted: The Lost Legacy)
• Laura Bailey, Nadine Ross (Uncharted: The Lost Legacy)
• Melina Juergens, Senua (Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice)
• Valerie Rose Lohman, Edith Finch (What Remains of Edith Finch)

Winners will be announced on April 12 at Troxy, London.

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