Με πολύ ενδιαφέρουσα GOTY εξάδα!

Μετά τα The Game Awards, τα βραβεία της βρετανικής ακαδημίας είναι ίσως το πιο ενδιαφέρον και μείζον award show ανάμεσα σε όσα καλύπτουν και τα videogames. Το συγκεκριμένο είναι ένα καθαρόαιμο σόου βραβεύσεων, με πολύ καλύτερη μοιρασιά των κατηγοριών, ωστόσο χωλαίνει στην ιδέα ότι όλα κρίνονται από μία και μόνο επιτροπή. Παρόλα αυτά, η διάκριση στα BAFTA Games Awards αποτελεί διακαή πόθο αρκετών developers και παιχνιδιών, με τα φετινά να μην διαφέρουν καθόλου, ιδίως όταν υπάρχουν τόσα μεγαθήρια και αξιομνημόνευτοι τίτλοι να βραβευτούν από το 2022.

Το παιχνίδι που ξεχωρίζει και ηγείται των υποψηφιοτήτων είναι το God of War Ragnarök, εφόσον ο τίτλος της SIE Santa Monica έρχεται για να επαναλάβει τον θρίαμβο του 2019, όταν είχε κερδίσει σχεδόν κάθε κατηγορία που βρέθηκε υποψήφιο για το πρώτο game. Αυτή τη φορά οι δημιουργοί του θα περπατήσουν στο κόκκινο χαλί με ακόμα περισσότερες προσδοκίες, εφόσον το παιχνίδι σημείωσε ρεκόρ υποψηφιοτήτων, βλέποντας το όνομά του έτοιμο να διακριθεί σε 14(!!!) διαφορετικές περιπτώσεις. Ποτέ, κανένα άλλο παιχνίδι δεν είχε ευκαιρία να αποσπάσει τόσα βραβεία στα BAFTA, γεγονός που αποδεικνύει για ακόμα μία φορά το πόσο επέτυχε να μας εντυπωσιάσει.

Μαζί με το God of War Ragnarök, είδαμε τα Horizon Forbidden West (5 υποψηφιότητες), The Last of Us Part I και Dreams να συνυπολογίζονται για μερικά βραβεία, δίνοντας στις ομάδες του PlayStation 23 συνολικές υποψηφιότητες.

Η βραδιά δεν αναμένεται όμως τόσο εύκολη για το δίδυμο Kratos-Atreus, εφόσον το Elden Ring (που νικά σχεδόν σε κάθε διοργάνωση) έχει και αυτό 7 ευκαιρίες να διακριθεί, μεταξύ αυτών και στη Best Game υποκατηγορία. Τη σημαντικότατη αυτή εξάδα συμπληρώνουν τα Cult of the Lamb, Marvel Snap, Stray και Vampire Survivors.

Huge congratulations to all the nominees for Best Game! ?

? CULT OF THE LAMB
? ELDEN RING
? GOD OF WAR RAGNARÖK
? MARVEL SNAP
? STRAY
? VAMPIRE SURVIVORS #BAFTAGamesAwards pic.twitter.com/dijRyj74WO

— BAFTA Games (@BAFTAGames) March 2, 2023

Τα BAFTA θα διεξαχθούν στις 30 Μαρτίου και θα μεταδοθούν live στα κανάλια του θεσμού σε YouTube, Twitch, κλπ.

Παρακάτω η λίστα όλων των υποψήφιων games ανά κατηγορία:

ANIMATION
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE II Mark Grigsby, Bruce Ferris, Khoa Le - Infinity Ward/Activision Publishing, Inc.
GOD OF WAR RAGNARÖK Bruno Velazquez, Erica Pinto, Mehdi Yssef - Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST Development Team – Guerrilla/Sony Interactive Entertainment
LEGO STAR WARS: THE SKYWALKER SAGA Development Team – TT Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
SIFU Development Team – Sloclap/Sloclap & Kepler Interactive
STRAY Jophray Mikolajczyk, Jean-Marie Vouillon, Simon Jacquart - BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive

ARTISTIC  ACHIEVEMENT
A PLAGUE TALE: REQUIEM Development Team - Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment
ELDEN RING Development Team – FromSoftware/BANDAI NAMCO Europe
GOD OF WAR RAGNARÖK Raf Grassetti, Dan McKim, Eric Valdes - Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
IMMORTALITY Doug Potts, Stephanie Reese, Kerry Hennessy - Half Mermaid Productions/Half Mermaid Productions
PENTIMENT Hannah Kennedy, Soojin Paek - Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studio
TUNIC Development Team - TUNIC Team/FINJI

AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT
A PLAGUE TALE: REQUIEM Development Team - Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment
GOD OF WAR RAGNARÖK Jodie Kupsco, Michael Kent, Sean LaValle - Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST Development Team – Guerrilla/Sony Interactive Entertainment
METAL: HELLSINGER Elvira Björkman, Nicklas Hjertberg - The Outsiders/Funcom Oslo AS
STRAY Development Team - BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive
TUNIC Development Team - TUNIC Team/FINJI

BEST GAME
CULT OF THE LAMB Development Team - Massive Monster/Devolver Digital
ELDEN RING Development Team – FromSoftware/BANDAI NAMCO Europe
GOD OF WAR RAGNARÖK Eric Williams, Chad Cox, Yumi Yang - Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
MARVEL SNAP Development Team – Second Dinner Studios/Nuverse
STRAY Development Team - BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive
VAMPIRE SURVIVORS Development Team – poncle/poncle

BRITISH GAME
CITIZEN SLEEPER Gareth Damian Martin, Guillaume Singelin, Amos Roddy - Jump Over the Age/Fellow Traveller
OLLIOLLI WORLD Development Team - Roll7/Private Division
ROLLERDROME Development Team - Roll7/Private Division
TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER III Development Team - Creative Assembly/SEGA
TWO POINT CAMPUS Development Team - Two Point Studios/SEGA
VAMPIRE SURVIVORS Development Team – poncle/poncle

DEBUT GAME
AS DUSK FALLS Caroline Marchal, Charu Desodt - INTERIOR/NIGHT/Xbox Game Studios
THE CASE OF THE GOLDEN IDOL Andrejs Klavins, Ernests Klavins - Color Gray Games/Playstack
STRAY Development Team - BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive
TROMBONE CHAMP Development Team - Holy Wow Studios/ Holy Wow Studios
TUNIC Development Team - TUNIC Team/FINJI
VAMPIRE SURVIVORS Development Team – poncle/poncle

EVOLVING GAME
APEX LEGENDS Development Team – Respawn/Electronic Arts
DREAMS Development Team - Media Molecule/Sony Interactive Entertainment
THE ELDER SCROLLS ONLINE Development Team - Zenimax Online Studios/Bethesda Softworks
FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE Development Team - Creative Business Unit III/Square Enix
FORZA HORIZON 5 Development Team - Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
NO MAN’S SKY Development Team - Hello Games/Hello Games

FAMILY
DISNEY DREAMLIGHT VALLEY Development Team - Gameloft/ Gameloft
KIRBY AND THE FORGOTTEN LAND Development Team - HAL Laboratory/Nintendo
LEGO STAR WARS: THE SKYWALKER SAGA Development Team - TT Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
MARIO + RABBIDS SPARKS OF HOPE Development Team - Ubisoft Milan; Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft
NINTENDO SWITCH SPORTS Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: SHREDDER’S REVENGE Development Team - Tribute Games/Dotemu

GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT
CITIZEN SLEEPER Gareth Damian Martin, Guillaume Singelin, Amos Roddy - Jump Over the Age/Fellow Traveller
ENDLING – EXTINCTION IS FOREVER Development Team - Herobeat Studios/HandyGames
GIBBON: BEYOND THE TREES Development Team - Broken Rules/Broken Rules
I WAS A TEENAGE EXOCOLONIST Development Team - Northway Games/FINJI
NOT FOR BROADCAST Development Team – NotGames/tinyBuild
WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS Marina Sciberras - Cowleyfornia Studios/Cowleyfornia Studio

GAME DESIGN
CULT OF THE LAMB Development Team - Massive Monster/Devolver Digital
ELDEN RING Development Team – FromSoftware/BANDAI NAMCO Europe
GOD OF WAR RAGNARÖK Jason McDonald, Andrew Chrysafidis, Luis Sanchez - Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST Development Team – Guerrilla/Sony Interactive Entertainment
TUNIC Development Team - TUNIC Team/FINJI
VAMPIRE SURVIVORS Development Team – poncle/poncle

MULTIPLAYER
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE II Development Team -Infinity WardActivision Publishing, Inc.
EA SPORTS FIFA 23 Development Team -EA Vancouver, EA Romania/EA SPORTS
ELDEN RING Development Team – FromSoftware/BANDAI NAMCO Europe
OVERWATCH 2 Development Team - Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
SPLATOON 3 Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: SHREDDER’S REVENGE Development Team - Tribute Games/Dotemu

MUSIC
A PLAGUE TALE: REQUIEM Olivier Derivière - Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment
CUPHEAD - THE DELICIOUS LAST COURSE Kristofer Maddigan - Studio MDHR/Studio MDHR
ELDEN RING Development Team – FromSoftware/BANDAI NAMCO Europe
GOD OF WAR RAGNARÖK Bear McCreary, Keith Leary, Peter Scaturro - Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
STRAY Development Team -BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive
TUNIC Development Team - TUNIC Team/FINJI

NARRATIVE
A PLAGUE TALE: REQUIEM Writing Team - Asobo Studio/Focus Entertainment
CITIZEN SLEEPER Gareth Damian Martin - Jump Over the Age/Fellow Traveller
GOD OF WAR RAGNARÖK Matt Sophos, Richard Gaubert - Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
IMMORTALITY Sam Barlow, Amelia Gray, Allan Scott - Half Mermaid Productions/Half Mermaid Productions
PENTIMENT Josh Sawyer, Kate Dollarhyde, Zoe Franznick - Obsidian Entertainment/Xbox Game Studio
STRAY Writing Team - BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive

ORIGINAL PROPERTY
CITIZEN SLEEPER Gareth Damian Martin, Guillaume Singelin, Amos Roddy - Jump Over the Age/Fellow Traveller
CULT OF THE LAMB Development Team - Massive Monster/Devolver Digital
ELDEN RING Development Team – FromSoftware/BANDAI NAMCO Europe
SIFU Development Team – Sloclap/Sloclap & Kepler Interactive
STRAY Development Team - BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive
VAMPIRE SURVIVORS Development Team – poncle/poncle

PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE
ALAIN MESA as Alejandro Vargas in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
CHARLOTTE MCBURNEY as Amicia in A Plague Tale: Requiem
CHRISTOPHER JUDGE as Kratos in God of War Ragnarök
MANON GAGE as Marissa Marcel in Immortality
SIOBHAN WILLIAMS as Laura in The Quarry
SUNNY SULJIC as Atreus in God of War Ragnarök

PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
ADAM J. HARRINGTON as Sindri in God of War Ragnarök
ALISON JAYE as Alva in Horizon Forbidden West
CHARLOTTA MOHLIN as The One in Immortality
DANIELLE BISUTTI as Freya in God of War Ragnarök
LAYA DELEON HAYES as Angrboda in God of War Ragnarök
RYAN HURST as Thor in God of War Ragnarök

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
ELDEN RING Development Team – FromSoftware/BANDAI NAMCO Europe
GOD OF WAR RAGNARÖK Josh Hobson, Jon Burke - Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST Development Team - Guerrilla/Sony Interactive Entertainment
IMMORTALITY Connor Carson, Lizi Attwood, Dylan Nelkin - Half Mermaid Productions/Half Mermaid Productions
THE LAST OF US PART I Development Team - Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment
STRAY Development Team - BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive

EE GAME OF THE YEAR (ψηφίζεται από το κοινό)
ELDEN RING FromSoftware/BANDAI NAMCO Europe
GOD OF WAR RAGNARÖK Santa Monica Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment
HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST Guerrilla/Sony Interactive EntertainmentIMMORTALITY Half Mermaid Productions/Half Mermaid Productions
MARVEL SNAP Second Dinner Studios/Nuverse
STRAY BlueTwelve Studio/Annapurna Interactive