2014-02-12

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has today announced the nominations for the British Academy Games Awards in 2014.

A total of 43 games are up for awards across a total of 17 categories.

The Last of Us leads the way with ten nominations across Action & Adventure, Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, Best Game, Game Design, Multiplayer, Music, Story, and a double-nomination in Performer.

Grand Theft Auto V receives a nomination in each of the following nine categories: Action & Adventure, Audio Achievement, Best Game, British Game, Game Design, Game Innovation, Multiplayer, Performer and Story.

Tearaway is nominated for eight BAFTAs: Artistic Achievement, Best Game, British Game, Family, Game Design, Game Innovation, Mobile & Handheld and Music.

Five games – Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag, Super Mario 3D World, The Stanley Parable and BioShock Infinite – are each up for four awards.

The British Academy Games Awards take place on Wednesday 12 March at the Tobacco Dock, London, and will be hosted for the sixth consecutive year by comedian and gamer Dara O Briain.

Public tickets for the ceremony and Inside Games, BAFTA’s showcase of the latest games from the world’s biggest studios, can be purchased on the BAFTA website.

Action & Adventure

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag

Jean Guesdon, Ashraf Ismail, Mustapha Mahrach

Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
BADLAND

Johannes Vuorinen, Juhana Myllys

Frogmind/Frogmind
Grand Theft Auto V

Development Team

Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
The Last of Us

Development Team

Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes

Jon Burton, Arthur Parsons, Phillip Ring

TT Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Tomb Raider

Development Team

Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix

Artistic Achievement
Beyond: Two Souls

John Rostron, David Cage, Guillaume De Fondaumiere

Quantic Dreams/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
BioShock Infinite

Scott Sinclair, Shawn Robertson, Stephen Alexander

Irrational Games/2K Games
DEVICE 6

Development Team

Simogo/Simogo
The Last of Us

Development Team

Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

Yoshiyuki Momose

Level 5/Namco Bandai Games
Tearaway

Development Team

Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Audio Achievement
Battlefield 4

Development Team

DICE/Electronic Arts
BioShock Infinite 

Patrick Balthrop, Scott Haraldsen, James Bonney

Irrational Games/2K Games
DEVICE 6 

Development Team

Simogo/Simogo
Grand Theft Auto V

Ivan Pavlovich, Craig Conner

Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
The Last of Us 

Development Team

Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
Tomb Raider 

Development Team

Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix

Best Game
Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag 

Martin Schelling, Jean Guesdon, Ashraf Ismail

Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
Grand Theft Auto V 

Development Team

Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
The Last of Us 

Development Team

Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
Papers, Please 

Lucas Pope

Lucas Pope/3909 LLC
Super Mario 3D World 

Development Team

Nintendo/Nintendo
Tearaway 

Development Team

Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

British Game
DmC Devil May Cry 

Development Team

Ninja Theory/Capcom
Grand Theft Auto V 

Development Team

Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
Gunpoint

Tom Francis, John Roberts, Ryan Ike

Suspicious Developments/Suspicious Developments
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 

Jon Burton, Arthur Parsons, Phillip Ring

TT Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
The Room Two 

Development Team

Fireproof Games/Fireproof Games
Tearaway 

Development Team

Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Debut Game
BADLAND 

Johannes Vuorinen, Juhana Myllys

Frogmind/Frogmind
Castles in the Sky 

Jack de Quidt, Dan Pearce

The Tall Trees/The Tall Trees
Gone Home 

Development Team

The Fullbright Company/The Fullbright Company
Gunpoint 

Tom Francis, John Roberts, Ryan Ike

Suspicious Developments/Suspicious Developments
Remember Me 

Jean-Maxime Moris, Hervé Bonin, Oskar Guilbert

Dontnod Entertainment/Capcom
The Stanley Parable 

Development Team

Galactic Cafe/Galactic Cafe

Family
Animal Crossing: New Leaf 

Development Team

Nintendo/Nintendo
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons 

Development Team

Starbreeze Studios/505 Games
Rayman Legends 

Michel Ancel, Christophe Heral, Jean-Christophe Alessandri

Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft
Skylanders Swap Force 

Development Team

Toys for Bob/Activision
Super Mario 3D World 

Development Team

Nintendo/Nintendo
Tearaway

Development Team

Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Game Design
Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag 

Ashraf Ismail, Eric Baptizat, Jean-Sebastian Decant

Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
Grand Theft Auto V 

Development Team

Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
The Last of Us 

Development Team

Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
Papers, Please 

Lucas Pope

Lucas Pope/3909 LLC
Tearaway 

Development Team

Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Tomb Raider 

Development Team

Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix

Game Innovation
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons 

Development Team

Starbreeze Studios/505 Games
Grand Theft Auto V 

Development Team

Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
Papers, Please 

Lucas Pope

Lucas Pope/3909 LLC
The Stanley Parable 

Development Team

Galactic Cafe/Galactic Cafe
Tearaway

Development Team

Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Year Walk 

Development Team

Simogo/Simogo

Mobile & Handheld
BADLAND

Johannes Vuorinen, Juhana Myllys

Frogmind/Frogmind
DEVICE 6

Development Team

Simogo/Simogo
Plants vs. Zombies 2 

Development Team

PopCap Games/Electronic Arts
Ridiculous Fishing 

Development Team

Vlambeer/Vlambeer
The Room Two 

Development Team

Fireproof Games/Fireproof Games
Tearaway 

Development Team

Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Multiplayer
Battlefield 4

Development Team

DICE/Electronic Arts
DOTA 2 

Development Team

Valve/Valve
Grand Theft Auto V

Development Team

Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
The Last of Us 

Development Team

Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
Super Mario 3D World 

Development Team

Nintendo/Nintendo
World of Tanks 

Development Team

Wargaming.net LLP/Wargaming.net LLP

Music
Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag 

Brian Tyler, Also Sampaio

Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
Beyond: Two Souls 

Lorne Balfe

Quantic Dreams/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
BioShock Infinite 

James Bonney, Garry Schyman

Irrational Games/2K Games
The Last of Us 

Gustavo Santaolalla

Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
Super Mario 3D World 

Koji Kondo, Mahito Yokota

Nintendo/Nintendo
Tearaway 

Kenneth CM Young, Brian D’Oliveira

Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Performer
Ashley Johnson (Ellie) – The Last of Us
Courtnee Draper (Elizabeth) – BioShock Infinite
Ellen Page (Jodie) – Beyond: Two Souls
Kevan Brighting (The Narrator) – The Stanley Parable
Steven Ogg (Trevor Phillips) – Grand Theft Auto V
Troy Baker (Joel) – The Last of Us

Sport
F1 2013 

Development Team

Codemasters/Codemasters
FIFA 14 

Development Team

EA Canada/Electronic Arts
Football Manager 2014 

Development Team

Sports Interactive/SEGA
Forza Motorsport 5 

Development Team

Turn 10/Microsoft Studios
GRID 2 

Development Team

Codemasters/Codemasters
NBA 2K14 

Development Team

Visual Concepts/2K Games

Story
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons 

Development Team

Starbreeze Studios/505 Games
Gone Home 

Development Team

The Fullbright Company/The Fullbright Company
Grand Theft Auto V 

Dan Houser, Rupert Humphries

Rockstar North/Rockstar Games
The Last of Us 

Bruce Straley, Neil Druckmann

Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment
Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch 

Akihiro Hino

Level 5/ Namco Bandai Games
The Stanley Parable 

Development Team

Galactic Cafe/ Galactic Cafe

Strategy & Simulation
Civilization V: Brave New World 

Development Team

Firaxis Games/2k Games
Democracy 3 

Cliff Harris

Positech Games/Positech Games
Forza Motorsport 5 

Development Team

Turn 10/Microsoft Studios
Papers, Please 

Lucas Pope

Lucas Pope/3909 LLC
Surgeon Simulator 2013 

Development Team

Bossa Studios/Bossa Studios
XCOM: Enemy Within 

Development Team

Firaxis Games/2K Games

BAFTA Ones to Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital
Project Heera: Diamond Heist 

Chinchkar Tanmay Subhash, Shastry Neeraj Pramod, Dhongde Shashank Sunil, Dave Dhruv Prakashchandra, Shriram Srinivasan

(Mazhlele)
Size DOES Matter 

Mattis Delerud, Silje Dahl, Lars Andersen, Trond Fasteraune, Nick La Rooy

(Team DOS)
The Unknown

Chenying Wan, Qiwei Feng, Luyue Zhang, Zhaoxuan Li, Neil Cullen

(iKnow)

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