Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, and more secure 2018 BAFTA Game Awards nominations
Posted on March 15, 2018 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch, Switch eShop, Wii U
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.
