Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture leads this year’s nominations with 10.
The nominations for this year’s British Academy Gaming Awards have been announced. Now in it’s 12th year, the awards celebrate some of the best games of 2015. This year’s nominations is led by Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture with 10 nominations, followed by The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Her Story with 7 nominations.
The awards will be presented at a ceremony at Tobacco Dock in London on April 7. Comedian Dara O Briain will return to host the awards for the 7th time.
The list of Nominees in full:
Artistic Achievement:
- Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Audio Achievement:
- Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Star Wars Battlefront
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Best Game:
- Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
- Fallout 4
- Life is Strange
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Rocket League
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
British Game:
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
- Her Story
- Prison Architect
- Tearaway Unfolded
- Until Dawn
Début Game:
- Her Story
- Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
- Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
- Mini Metro
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- Prune
Family Game:
- Disney Infinity 3.0
- FIFA 16
- Guitar Hero: Live
- Lego Dimensions
- Super Mario Maker
- Rocket League
Game Design:
- Bloodborne
- Grow Home
- Her Story
- Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
- Rocket League
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Game Innovation:
- Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
- Her Story
- Life is Strange
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
- Splatoon
- Until Dawn
Mobile and Handheld:
- Alphabear
- Fallout Shelter
- Her Story
- Lara Croft GO
- Prune
- The Room Three
Multiplayer
- Destiny: The Taken King
- Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
- Rocket League
- Splatoon
- Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
- World of Warships
Music:
- Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
- Batman: Arkham Knight
- Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
- Fallout 4
- Halo 5: Guardians
- Ori and the Blind Forest
Original Property:
- Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
- Her Story
- Life is Strange
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- Splatoon
- Until Dawn
Performer:
- Ashley Burch – Life is Strange
- Doug Cockle – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Merle Dandridge – Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
- Oliver Dimsdale – Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
- Mark Hamill – Batman: Arkham Knight
- Masasa Moyo – Broken Age, Act 2
Persistent Game:
- Destiny: The Taken King
- Final Fantasy XIV Online
- Guitar Hero: Live
- Lego Dimensions
- Prison Architect
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Sport:
- DiRT Rally
- FIFA 16
- Football Manager
- Forza Motorsport 6
- PES 2016
- Rocket League
Story:
- Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
- Her Story
- Life is Strange
- Undertale
- Until Dawn
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
AMD eSports Audience Award:
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- Dota 2
- Hearthstone: World of Warcraft
- League of Legends
- SMITE
Voters can make their selection for the AMD eSports Audience Award at amd-audienceaward.co.uk/bafta now.
Words by Megan Roxburgh