Η Βρετανική Ακαδημία ετοιμάζεται να τιμήσει για ακόμα μία χρονιά τα κορυφαία παιχνίδια της χρονιάς που μας πέρασε, σε μία εκδήλωση που θα λάβει χώρα στις 8 Απριλίου και ώρα 21:00.
Ως συνηθίζεται, θα βραβευτούν μερικά από τα καλύτερα games του 2024, με τις περισσότερες πιθανότητες να συγκεντρώνονται για το Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II που θα έχει 11 ευκαιρίες να πάρει κάποια διάκριση. Την προηγούμενη φορά, η Ninja Theory είχε σημαντική αναγνώριση στα BAFTA Games Awards 2018 με το Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice.
Παρόλα αυτά, το sequel δεν βρίσκεται στην τελική λίστα παιχνιδιών που θα παλέψει για το μεγάλο βραβείο του GOTY, ή «Best Game» στη συγκεκριμένη περίπτωση, αφού αυτή απαρτίζεται από τα ASTRO BOT, Balatro, Black Myth: Wukong, Helldivers 2, The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom και Thank Goodness You’re Here.
Το ρομποτάκι του PlayStation και νικητής των The Game Awards είναι ο αμέσως επόμενος τίτλος με τα περισσότερα nominations (8), ενώ σε 7 κατηγορίες βλέπουμε το παιχνίδι-έκπληξη Still Wakes the Deep.
Αναλυτικά η λίστα όλων των υποψηφίων ανά κατηγορία:
ANIMATION
- ASTRO BOT Development Team – Team ASOBI/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 6 Development Team – Treyarch, Raven Software/Activision
- LEGO HORIZON ADVENTURES Development Team – Guerilla, Studio Gobo/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE II Development Team – Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios
- THANK GOODNESS YOU’RE HERE! Will Todd, James Carbutt – Coal Supper/Panic
- WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2 Development Team – Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
- ASTRO BOT Development Team – Team ASOBI/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- BLACK MYTH: WUKONG Development Team – GameScience/GameScience
- HAROLD HALIBUT Ole Tillmann, Fabian Preuschoff, Onat Hekimoglu – Slow Bros./ Slow Bros.
- NEVA Development Team – Nomada Studio/Devolver Digital
- SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE II Development Team – Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios
- STILL WAKES THE DEEP Development Team – The Chinese Room/Secret Mode
AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT
- ANIMAL WELL Billy Basso – Billy Basso/Bigmode
- ASTRO BOT Development Team – Team ASOBI/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- HELLDIVERS 2 Development Team – Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE 2 Development Team – Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios
- STAR WARS OUTLAWS Development Team – Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft
- STILL WAKES THE DEEP Development Team – The Chinese Room/Secret Mode
BEST GAME
- ASTRO BOT Development Team – Team ASOBI/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- BALATRO LocalThunk – LocalThunk/Playstack
- BLACK MYTH: WUKONG Development Team – GameScience/GameScience
- HELLDIVERS 2 Development Team – Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: ECHOES OF WISDOM Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo
- THANK GOODNESS YOU’RE HERE! Will Todd, James Carbutt – Coal Supper/Panic
BRITISH GAME
- A HIGHLAND SONG Development Team – inkle Ltd
- LEGO HORIZON ADVENTURES Development Team – Guerilla, Studio Gobo/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- PAPER TRAIL Development Team – Newfangled Games/Newfangled Games
- SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE II Development Team – Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios
- STILL WAKES THE DEEP Development Team – The Chinese Room/Secret Mode
- THANK GOODNESS YOU’RE HERE! Will Todd, James Carbutt – Coal Supper/Panic
DEBUT GAME
- ANIMAL WELL Billy Basso – Billy Basso/Bigmode
- BALATRO LocalThunk – LocalThunk/Playstack
- PACIFIC DRIVE Development Team – Ironwood Studios/Kepler Interactive
- THE PLUCKY SQUIRE Development Team – All Possible Futures/Devolver Digital
- TALES OF KENZERA: ZAU Development Team – Surgent Studios/Electronic Arts
- THANK GOODNESS YOU’RE HERE! Will Todd, James Carbutt – Coal Supper/Panic
EVOLVING GAME
- DIABLO IV Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
- FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE Development Team – Creative Studios 3/Square Enix
- NO MAN’S SKY Development Team – Hello Games/Hello Games
- SEA OF THIEVES Development Team – Rare/Xbox Game Studios
- VAMPIRE SURVIVORS Development Team – Poncle/poncle
- WORLD OF WARCRAFT Development Team – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
FAMILY
- ASTRO BOT Development Team – Team ASOBI/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- CAT QUEST III Desmond Wong Liang Wai, Nursyazana binte Zainal – The Gentlebros/Kepler Interactive
- LEGO HORIZON ADVENTURES Development Team – Guerilla, Studio Gobo/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- LITTLE KITTY, BIG CITY Development Team – Double Dagger Studio/Double Dagger Studio
- THE PLUCKY SQUIRE Development Team – All Possible Futures/Devolver Digital
- SUPER MARIO PARTY JAMBOREE Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo
GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT
- BOTANY MANOR Development Team – Balloon Studios/Whitethorn Games
- KIND WORDS 2 (LOFI CITY POP) Ziba Scott, Luigi Guatieri, Clark Aboud – Popcannibal/Popcannibal
- SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE II Development Team – Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios
- TALES OF KENZERA: ZAU TALES OF KENZERA: ZAU Development Team – Surgent Studios/Electronic Arts
- TETRIS FOREVER Development Team – Digital Eclipse/Digital Eclipse
- VAMPIRE THERAPIST Cyrus Nemati, Sheila Fell, Kim Schumacher – Little Bat Games/Little Bat Games
GAME DESIGN
- ANIMAL WELL Billy Basso – Billy Basso/Bigmode
- ASTRO BOT – Development Team – Team ASOBI/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- BALATRO LocalThunk – LocalThunk/Playstack
- HELLDIVERS 2 Development Team – Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: ECHOES OF WISDOM Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo
- TACTICAL BREACH WIZARDS Tom Francis, Steve Lee, John Roberts – Suspicious Developments/Suspicious Developments
MULTIPLAYER
- CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 6 Development Team – Treyarch, Raven Software/Activision
- HELLDIVERS 2 Development Team – Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- LEGO HORIZON ADVENTURES Development Team – Guerilla, Studio Gobo/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- SUPER MARIO PARTY JAMBOREE Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo
- TEKKEN 8 Development Team – BANDAI NAMCO Studios/ BANDAI NAMCO Studios
- WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2 Development Team – Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment
MUSIC
- ASTRO BOT Kenneth C M Young – Team ASOBI/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- BLACK MYTH: WUKONG Development Team – GameScience/GameScience
- FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH Development Team – Square Enix/Square Enix
- HELLDIVERS 2 Wilbert Roget II, Ross Tregenza, Keith Leary – Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE II Development Team – Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios
- STAR WARS OUTLAWS Wilbert Roget II, Simon Koudriavtsev, Erik Jacobsson – Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft
NARRATIVE
- BLACK MYTH: WUKONG Development Team – GameScience/GameScience
- DRAGON AGE: THE VEILGUARD Development Team – BioWare/Electronic Arts
- FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH Development Team – Square Enix/Square Enix
- METAPHOR: REFANTAZIO Development Team – ATLUS/SEGA
- SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE II Development Team – Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios
- STILL WAKES THE DEEP Development Team – The Chinese Room/Secret Mode
NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- ANIMAL WELL Billy Basso – Billy Basso/Bigmode
- BALATRO LocalThunk – LocalThunk/Playstack
- BLACK MYTH: WUKONG Development Team – GameScience/GameScience
- METAPHOR: REFANTAZIO Development Team – ATLUS/SEGA
- STILL WAKES THE DEEP Development Team – The Chinese Room/Secret Mode
- THANK GOODNESS YOU’RE HERE! Will Todd, James Carbutt – Coal Supper/Panic
PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE
- ALEC NEWMAN as Cameron ‘Caz’ Mcleary in Still Wakes the Deep – The Chinese Room/Secret Mode
- HUMBERLY GONZALEZ as Kay Vess in Star Wars Outlaws – Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft
- ISABELLA INCHBALD as Indika in Indika – Odd Meter/11 bit studios
- LUKE ROBERTS as James Sunderland in Silent Hill 2 – Bloober Team/Konami Digital Entertainment
- MELINA JUERGENS as Senua in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II – Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios
- Y’LAN NOEL as Troy Marshall in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 – Treyarch, Raven Software/Activision
PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- ABBI GREENLAND & HELEN GOALEN as The Furies in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II – Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios
- ALDIS AMAH HAMILTON as Ástríðr in Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II – Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios
- JON BLYTH as Big Ron in Thank Goodness You’re Here! – Coal Supper/Panic
- KAREN DUNBAR as Finlay in Still Wakes the Deep – The Chinese Room/Secret Mode
- MATT BERRY as Herbert the Gardner in Thank Goodness You’re Here! – Coal Supper/Panic
- MICHAEL ABUBAKAR as Brodie in Still Wakes the Deep – The Chinese Room/Secret Mode
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
- ASTRO BOT Development Team – Team ASOBI/Sony Interactive Entertainment
- BLACK MYTH: WUKONG Development Team – GameScience/GameScience
- CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 6 Development Team – Treyarch, Raven Software/Activision
- SENUA’S SAGA: HELLBLADE II Development Team – Ninja Theory/Xbox Game Studios
- TINY GLADE Tomasz Stachowiak, Anastasia Opara – Pounce Light/Pounce Light
- WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2 – Development Team – Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment
