The nominees for the BAFTA Games Awards 2016 have been revealed. And a surprise frontrunner is a title called Everybody’s Gone to the
The nominees for the BAFTA Games Awards 2016 have been revealed. And a surprise frontrunner is a title called Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, with 10 nominations. Winners will be named on April 7.
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Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture got nominations for Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, Best Game, British Game, Game Innovation, Music, Original Property, Story, as well as two for Performance. In the meantime, other games seem to be doing great to: Witcher, Fallout, Assassin’s Creed and other major games are nominated for several categories. For example, The Witcher 3 h have seven nominations, followed up by Batman: Arkham Knight, Life is Strange and Rocket League, all with five nominations.
Winners will get their share of attention at London’s Tobacco Dock on Thursday April 7.
Ckeck out a full list of categories and nominees below:
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
Debut Game
- Her Story
- Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
- Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
- Mini Metro
- Ori and the Blind Forest
- Prune
Family
- 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 & 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
- Ashly Burch (Chloe Price in Life is Strange)
- Doug Cockle (Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt)
- Merle Dandridge (Kate Collins in Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture)
- Oliver Dimsdale (Stephen Appleton in Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture)
- Mark Hamill (The Joker in Batman: Arkham Knight)
- Masasa Moyo (Vella in Broken Age: Act 2)
Persistent Game
- Destiny: The Taken King
- Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
- Guitar Hero: Live
- Lego Dimensions
- Prison Architect
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Sport
- DiRT Rally
- FIFA 16
- Football Manager 2016
- Forza Motorspot 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
BAFTA Ones to Watch Award
- Selfienation by Pictrail
- Sundown by Mild Beast Games
- The Wall Shall Stand by Pixel Tailors
AMD eSports Audience Award
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 3
- Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- DOTA 2
- Hearthstone
- League of Legends
- Smite
Source: BAFTA