Bafta Games nominations 2020: Control and Death Stranding dominate amid Best Game snub
All the nominated games ahead of this year's Bafta awards ceremony
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Your support makes all the difference.The nominations for the Bafta Games awards 2020 have been announced.
Hideo Kojima's ambitious epic Death Stranding leads the pack with a total of 11 nominations, despite being overlooked in the Best Game category.
Also with 11 nominations is Control, the superb sci-fi thriller developed by Remedy Entertainment.
Disco Elysium also bagged seven nominations, including Best Game.
The nominations covered titles from across the gaming spectrum, from popular online multiplayer games such as Fortnite and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, to arthouse releases by small independent studios.
For the EE Mobile Game of the Year award, well-known franchise entries Pokémon GO and Call of Duty: Mobile were nominated alongside more obscure titles, such as SFB Games' Tangle Tower.
See the nominations below in full...
Best Game
Control
Disco Elysium
Luigi's Mansion 3
Outer Wilds
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Untitled Goose Game
British Game
DiRT Rally 2.0
Heaven's Vault
Knights and Bikes
Observation
Planet Zoo
Total War: Three Kingdoms
Multiplayer Game
Apex Legends
Borderlands 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Luigi's Mansion 3
Tick Tock: A Tale for Two
Tom Clancy's The Division 2
Debut Game
Ape Out
Death Stranding
Disco Elysium
Katana ZERO
Knights and Bikes
Manifold Garden
Game Design
Baba is You
Control
Disco Elysium
Outer Wilds
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Wattam
Narrative
Control
Disco Elysium
Life is Strange 2 (Episodes 2-5)
Outer Wilds
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
The Outer Worlds
Original Property
Baba is You
Control
Death Stranding
Disco Elysium
Outer Wilds
Untitled Goose Game
Performer in a Supporting Role
Jolene Andersen - Life is Strange 2
Sarah Bartholomew - Life is Strange 2
Troy Baker - Death Stranding
Lea Seydoux - Death Stranding
Martti Suosalo - Control
Ayisha Issa - The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
Performer in a Leading Role
Laura Bailey - Gears 5
Courtney Hope - Control
Logan Marshall-Green - Telling Lies
Gonzalo Martin - Life is Strange 2
Barry Sloane - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Norman Reedus - Death Stranding
Game Beyond Entertainment
Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
Death Stranding
Kind Words [lo fi beats to write to]
Life is Strange 2 (Episodes 2-5)
Neo Cab
Ring Fit Adventure
Family friendly game
Concrete Genie
Knights and Bikes
Luigi's Mansion 3
Untitled Goose Game
Vacation Simulator
Wattam
Evolving Game
Apex Legends
Destiny 2
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
Fortnite
No Man's Sky: BEYOND
Path of Exile
Animation
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Control
Death Stranding
Luigi's Mansion 3
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
Artistic Achievement
Concrete Genie Control
Death Stranding
Disco Elysium
Knights and Bikes
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Music
Control
Death Stranding
Disco Elysium
Outer Wilds
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
Wattam
Technical Achievement
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Control
Death Stranding
Metro Exodus
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
EE Mobile Game of the Year Award
Assemble With Care - ustwo Games
Call of Duty: Mobile - Activision
Dead Man's Phone - Electric Noir Studios
Pokémon GO - Niantic
Tangle Tower - SFB Games
What the Golf? - Triband
Audio Achievement
Ape Out
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Control
Death Stranding
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Untitled Goose Game
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