The nominations for the BAFTA Video games Awards 2026 have been confirmed.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads the pack with 12 nominations throughout the 17 classes, together with the primary Finest Sport award.
Different video games with greater than 5 nominations embody Dispatch (9 nominations), Ghost of Yotei (eight), Dying Stranding 2: On the Seaside (seven) and Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle (six).
Regardless of its seven nominations, Dying Stranding 2 isn’t nominated for Finest Sport. As an alternative, the six nominees are Clair Obscur, Dispatch, Ghost of Yotei, Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle, Blue Prince and Arc Raiders.
The total checklist of nominations is as follows:
2026 BAFTA Video games Awards Nominations
ANIMATION
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
- CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 – Growth Crew – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
- DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH – Hideo Kojima, Yoji Shinkawa, Megan Tuckwell – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
- DISPATCH – Derek Stratton – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
- GHOST OF YŌTEI – Growth Crew – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
- HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG – Growth Crew – Crew Cherry/Crew Cherry
- SOUTH OF MIDNIGHT – Growth Crew – Compulsion Video games/Xbox Sport Studios
AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT
- ARC RAIDERS – Bence Pajor, Olof Strömqvist, Simon Svanbäck – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
- CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 – Growth Crew – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
- DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH – Hideo Kojima, Hiroyuki Nakayama – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
- DISPATCH – Growth Crew – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
- GHOST OF YŌTEI – Growth Crew – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
- INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE – Growth Crew – MachineGames/Bethesda
BEST GAME
- ARC RAIDERS – Aleksander Grøndal, Stefan Strandberg, Virgil Watkins – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
- BLUE PRINCE – Growth Crew – Dogubomb/Uncooked Fury
- CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 – Growth Crew – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
- DISPATCH – Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Pierre Shorette – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
- GHOST OF YŌTEI – Growth Crew – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
- INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE – Growth Crew – MachineGames/Bethesda
BRITISH GAME
- ATOMFALL – Growth Crew – Insurrection/Insurrection
- CITIZEN SLEEPER 2: STARWARD VECTOR – Gareth Damian Martin, Guillaume Singelin, Amos Roddy – Bounce Over the Age/Fellow Traveller
- MAFIA: THE OLD COUNTRY – Growth Crew – Hangar 13/2K
- MONUMENT VALLEY 3 – Growth Crew – ustwo video games/ustwo video games
- POWERWASH SIMULATOR 2 – Growth Crew – FuturLab/FuturLab
- TWO POINT MUSEUM – Growth Crew – Two Level Studios/SEGA
DEBUT GAME
- BLUE PRINCE – Growth Crew – Dogubomb/Uncooked Fury
- CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 – Growth Crew – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
- CONSUME ME – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken ‘Coda’ Snyder/ Hexecutable LLC
- DESPELOTE – Growth Crew – Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena/Panic
- DISPATCH – Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Pierre Shorette – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
- THE MIDNIGHT WALK – Growth Crew – MoonHood/Quick Journey Video games
EVOLVING GAME
- FALLOUT 76 – Growth Crew – Bethesda Sport Studios/Bethesda
- HELLDIVERS 2 – Growth Crew – Arrowhead Sport Studios/Sony Interactive Leisure
- HITMAN WORLD OF ASSASSINATION – Growth Crew – IO Interactive/IO Interactive
- NO MAN’S SKY – Growth Crew – Howdy Video games/Howdy Video games
- VAMPIRE SURVIVORS – Growth Crew – poncle/poncle
- WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2 – Dmitry Grigorenko, Oliver Hollis-Leick, Anatolii Koruka – Saber Interactive/Focus Leisure Publishing
FAMILY
- DONKEY KONG BANANZA – Growth Crew – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
- IS THIS SEAT TAKEN? – Ausiàs Dalmau, Sergi Pérez – Poti Poti/Healthful Video games Presents
- LEGO PARTY! – Growth Crew – SMG Studio/Fictions
- MARIO KART WORLD – Growth Crew – Nintendo/Nintendo
- POWERWASH SIMULATOR 2 – Growth Crew – FuturLab/FuturLab
- TWO POINT MUSEUM – Growth Crew – Two Level Studios/SEGA
GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT
- THE ALTERS – Growth Crew – 11 bit studios/11 bit studios
- AND ROGER – Yona, Yasuhiro Nakashima – TearyHand Studio/Kodansha
- CITIZEN SLEEPER 2: STARWARD VECTOR – Gareth Damian Martin, Guillaume Singelin, Amos Roddy – Bounce Over the Age/Fellow Traveller
- CONSUME ME – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken ‘Coda’ Snyder/ Hexecutable LLC
- DESPELOTE – Julian Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena, Gabe Cuzzillo – Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena/Panic
- S.T.A.L.Okay.E.R. 2: HEART OF CHORNOBYL – Growth Crew – GSC Sport World/GSC Sport World
GAME DESIGN
- BALL X PIT – Kenny Solar – Kenny Solar & Pals/Devolver Digital
- BLUE PRINCE – Tonda Ros – Dogubomb/Uncooked Fury
- CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 – Growth Crew – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
- GHOST OF YŌTEI – Growth Crew – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
- HADES II – Amir Rao, Gavin Simon, Greg Kasavin – Supergiant Video games/Supergiant Video games
- SPLIT FICTION – Growth Crew – Hazelight Studios/Digital Arts
MULTIPLAYER
- ARC RAIDERS – Aleksander Grøndal, Virgil Watkins – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
- DUNE: AWAKENING – Marcos Pereira, Paul Vallet, Hugo Gonçalves – Funcom/Funcom
- ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN – Growth Crew – FROMSOFTWARE INC./BANDAI NAMCO
- LEGO PARTY! – Growth Crew – SMG Studio/Fictions
- PEAK – Growth Crew – Aggro Crab & Landfall/Aggro Crab & Landfall
- SPLIT FICTION – Growth Crew – Hazelight Studios/Digital Arts
MUSIC
- CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 – Lorien Testard, Alice Duport-Percier – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
- DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH – Hideo Kojima, Woodkid, Ludvig Forssell – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
- DISPATCH – Andrew Arcadi, Skyler Barto – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
- GHOST OF YŌTEI – Toma Otowa, Peter Scaturro, Keith Leary – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
- HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG – Christopher Larkin – Crew Cherry/Crew Cherry
- INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE – Gordy Haab, Pete Ward, Christoffer Larsson – MachineGames/Bethesda
NARRATIVE
- THE ALTERS – Tomasz Kisilewicz, Katarzyna Tybinka – 11 bit studios/11 bit studios
- BLUE PRINCE – Tonda Ros – Dogubomb/Uncooked Fury
- CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 – Guillaume Broche, Jennifer Svedberg-Yen – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
- DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH – Hideo Kojima, Kenji Yano, Ray Khalastchi – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
- INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE – Growth Crew – MachineGames/Bethesda
- KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE II – Growth Crew – Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver
NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
- THE ALTERS – Growth Crew – 11 bit studios/11 bit studios
- ARC RAIDERS – Aleksander Grøndal, Stefan Strandberg, Robert Sammelin – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
- CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 – Growth Crew – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
- DISPATCH – Pierre Shorette, Dennis Lenart, Nick Herman – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
- SOUTH OF MIDNIGHT – Growth Crew – Compulsion Video games/Xbox Sport Studios
- SPLIT FICTION – Growth Crew – Hazelight Studios/Digital Arts
PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE
- AARON PAUL as Robert Robertson in Dispatch – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
- BEN STARR as Verso in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
- ERIKA ISHII as Atsu in Ghost Of Yōtei – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
- JENNIFER ENGLISH as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
- TOM MCKAY as Henry Of Skalitz in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver
- TROY BAKER as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle -MachineGames/Bethesda
PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- ALIX WILTON REGAN as Lea Florence Monad in Lies Of P: Overture – NEOWIZ/NEOWIZ
- CHARLIE COX as Gustave in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
- JANE PERRY as Lia Cain in Useless Take – Surgent Studios/Pocketpair Publishing
- JEFFREY WRIGHT as Chase in Dispatch – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
- KIRSTY RIDER as Lune in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
- TROY BAKER as Higgs in Dying Stranding 2: On The Seaside – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
- ARC RAIDERS – Robert Träffe, Martin Singh-Blom – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
- DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH – Hideo Kojima, Akio Sakamoto, Neil Johnson – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
- DOOM: THE DARK AGES – Growth Crew – id Software program/Bethesda
- GHOST OF YŌTEI – Growth Crew – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Leisure
- INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE – Growth Crew – MachineGames/Bethesda
- SPLIT FICTION – Growth Crew – Hazelight Studios/Digital Arts
