Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic forced various gaming events to either shut down or go digital, including the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Game Awards. One of the game winners from 2020 included The Outer Wilds winning Best Games Award, and the BAFTA is still going forward this year.

The charitable organization recently announced the BAFTA 2021 Games Awards nominees with a list of familiar and new video games in each of its categories. Some of the titles that have been nominated for several categories include popular games such as The Last of Us Part 2, Ghost of Tsushima, Fall Guys, Dreams, Hades, and various others. These are but several of the many games nominated for the BAFTA 2021 Games Awards.

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The BAFTA 2021 Games Awards have a total of 18 categories, including Best Game, British Game, Game Design, Multiplayer Game, Music, Narrative, EE Game of the Year, and more. The contenders for Best Game Award include Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Ghost of Tsushima, Hades, Half-Life: Alyx, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and The Last of Us Part 2. While there's plenty of competition, The Last of Us Part 2 won Game of the Year in the 2020 Game Awards and it seems could do so again.

Throughout the categories, The Last of Us Part 2 has been nominated for 13 categories in the BAFTA 2021 Awards. This includes Animation, Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, Game Beyond Entertainment, Game Design, and Music. Along with award nominations for Performer in Leading Role, Performer in a Supporting Role, Technical Achievement, and EE Game of the Year. However, the game does have strong competition from several other nominees in multiple categories.

Some of the other contenders are games such as Sucker Punch's Ghost of Tsushima, the breakout hit Hades, the game creator Dreams, and the popular multiplayer game Fall Guys. Each game is a fellow nominee in most of the other categories shared with The Last of Us Part 2 alongside other games. Some of which include Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, and even Animal Crossings: New Horizons in several other categories.

In the meantime, public voting for the nominated titles for EE Game of the Year is now open and will close on Monday, March 22, 2021. The nominees for EE Game of the Year include Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Call of Duty: Warzone, Hades, Ghost of Tsushima, The Last of Us Part 2, and Valorant. The BAFTA 2021 Games Awards ceremony will start three days later on Thursday, March 25. The event itself will be streamed exclusively online for viewers to watch.

Here's the full list of BAFTA 2021 Games Award Nominations:

Animation

• DOOM ETERNAL Development Team - id Software/ Bethesda Softworks
• FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE Development Team -Square Enix/Square Enix
• THE LAST OF US PART II Development Team - Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES Development Team -Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• ORI AND THE WILL OF THE WISPS Development Team - Moon Studios/Xbox Game Studios
• SPIRITFARER Development Team -Thunder Lotus/Kowloon Nights

Artistic Achievement

• CYBERPUNK 2077 Development Team - CD PROJEKT RED/CD PROJEKT x BANDAI NAMCO UK
• DREAMS Development Team - Media Molecule/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• GHOST OF TSUSHIMA Jason Connell, Joanna Wang, Ian Jun Wei Chiew - Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• HADES Jen Zee - Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games
• HALF-LIFE: ALYX Development Team – Valve/Valve
• THE LAST OF US PART II Development Team - Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe

Audio Achievement

• ASTRO’S PLAYROOM Development Team – SIE Japan Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• GHOST OF TSUSHIMA Rev. Dr. Bradley D. Meyer - Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• HADES Darren Korb - Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games
• HALF-LIFE: ALYX Development Team – Valve/Valve
• THE LAST OF US PART II Development Team - Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES Development Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe

Best Game

• ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
• GHOST OF TSUSHIMA Brian Fleming, Chris Zimmerman - Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• HADES Development Team - Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games
• HALF-LIFE: ALYX Development Team –Valve/Valve
• THE LAST OF US PART II Development Team - Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES – Development Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe

British Game

• DREAMS Development Team - Media Molecule/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• F1 2020 Development Team – Codemasters/Codemasters
• FALL GUYS Development Team – Mediatonic/Devolver Digital
• THE LAST CAMPFIRE Development Team - Hello Games/Hello Games
• RÖKI Development Team - Polygon Treehouse/United Label
• SACKBOY: A BIG ADVENTURE Ned Waterhouse, Jess Gaskell, Pete Smith - Sumo Digital Sheffield/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe

Debut Game

• AIRBORNE KINGDOM Development Team - The Wandering Band/The Wandering Band
• CALL OF THE SEA Tatiana Delgado, Manuel Fernandez - Out of the Blue/Raw Fury
• CARRION Development Team -Phobia Game Studio/Devolver Digital
• FACTORIO Development Team -Wube Software/Wube Software
• THE FALCONEER Development Team - Tomas Sala/ Wired Productions
• RÖKI Development Team - Polygon Treehouse/United Label

Evolving Game

• DESTINY 2: BEYOND LIGHT Development Team – Bungie/Bungie
• DREAMS Development Team - Media Molecule/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• FALL GUYS Development Team – Mediatonic/Devolver Digital
• FORTNITE Development Team - Epic Games/Epic Games
• NO MAN’S SKY Development Team - Hello Games/Hello Games
• SEA OF THIEVES Development Team - Rare Ltd/Xbox Game Studios

Family

• ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
• ASTRO’S PLAYROOM Development Team – SIE Japan Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• DREAMS Development Team - Media Molecule/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• FALL GUYS Development Team – Mediatonic/Devolver Digital
• MINECRAFT DUNGEONS Development Team - Mojang Studios, Double Eleven Limited
• SACKBOY: A BIG ADVENTURE Joel Smith, Cesar Bittar, Pete Smith - Sumo Digital Sheffield/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe

Game Beyond Entertainment

• ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
• BEFORE I FORGET Development Team - 3-Fold Games/3-Fold Games
• DREAMS Development Team - Media Molecule/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• THE LAST OF US PART II Development Team -Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• SPIRITFARER Development Team - Thunder Lotus/Kowloon Nights
• TELL ME WHY Development Team - DONTNOD Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios

Game Design

• ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
• ASTRO’S PLAYROOM Development Team - SIE Japan Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• GHOST OF TSUSHIMA Development Team -Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• HADES Development Team - Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games
• HALF-LIFE: ALYX Development Team –Valve/Valve
• THE LAST OF US PART II Development Team -Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe

Multiplayer

• ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
• DEEP ROCK GALACTIC Development Team - Ghost Ship Games/Coffee Stain Publishing
• FALL GUYS Development Team –Mediatonic/Devolver Digital
• GHOST OF TSUSHIMA Darren Bridges, Matt Goldhaber - Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• SACKBOY: A BIG ADVENTURE Jack Houghton, Tom Sampson, Jason Stewart - Sumo Digital Sheffield/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• VALORANT Development Team - Riot Games/Riot Games

Music

• GHOST OF TSUSHIMA Ilan Eshkeri, Shigeru Umebayashi, Peter Scaturro - Sucker Punch Productions/ Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• HADES Darren Korb - Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games
• THE LAST OF US PART II Gustavo Santaolalla, Mac Quayle, Scott Hanau - Naughty Dog/ Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES John Paesano, Scott Hanau, Alex Hackford - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• ORI AND THE WILL OF THE WISPS Gareth Coker - Moon Studios/Xbox Game Studios
• SACKBOY: A BIG ADVENTURE Jay Waters, Joe Thwaites, Joanna Skorupa - Sumo Digital Sheffield/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe

Narrative

• ASSASSIN’S CREED VALHALLA Writing Team - Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
• CYBERPUNK 2077 Writing Team - CD PROJEKT RED/CD PROJEKT x BANDAI NAMCO UK
• GHOST OF TSUSHIMA Nate Fox, Ian Ryan - Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• HADES Greg Kasavin - Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games
• KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO: TV EDITION Writing Team - Cardboard Computer/Annapurna Interactive
• MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES Writing Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe

Original Property 

• CARRION Development Team -Phobia Game Studio/Devolver Digital
• FALL GUYS Development Team –Mediatonic/Devolver Digital
• GHOST OF TSUSHIMA Development Team - Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• HADES Development Team - Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games
• KENTUCKY ROUTE ZERO: TV EDITION Development Team -Cardboard Computer/Annapurna Interactive
• SPIRITFARER Development Team- Thunder Lotus/Kowloon Nights

Performer In A Leading Role

• ASHLEY JOHNSON as Ellie in The Last of Us Part II
• CHERAMI LEIGH as Female V in Cyberpunk 2077
• CODY CHRISTIAN as Cloud Strife in Final Fantasy VII Remake
• DAISUKE TSUJI as Jin Sakai in Ghost of Tsushima
• LAURA BAILEY as Abby in The Last of Us Part II
• NADJI JETER as Miles Morales in Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Performer In A Supporting Role

• CARLA TASSARA as Judy Alvarez in CYBERPUNK 2077
• JEFFREY PIERCE as Tommy in The Last of Us Part II
• LOGAN CUNNINGHAM as Hades, Achilles, Poseidon, Asterius, Charon, and the Storyteller in Hades
• PATRICK GALLAGHER as Khotun Khan in Ghost of Tsushima
• SHANNON WOODWARD as Dina in The Last of Us Part II
• TROY BAKER as Joel in The Last of Us Part II

Technical Achievement

• DEMON’S SOULS Development Team - SIE Japan Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• DOOM ETERNAL Development Team - id Software/Bethesda Softworks
• DREAMS Development Team - Media Molecule/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• FLIGHT SIMULATOR Sebastian Wloch, Duncan Lawler, Pavel Kuksa - Asobo Studio/ Xbox Game Studios
• THE LAST OF US PART II Development Team - Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES Development Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe

EE Game of The Year

• ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW HORIZONS Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
• CALL OF DUTY: WARZONE Raven Software, Infinity Ward/Activision
• GHOST OF TSUSHIMA Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• HADES Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games
• THE LAST OF US PART II Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• VALORANT Riot Games/Riot Games

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Source: BAFTA