BAFTA Games Awards 2026 Nominees Revealed

While the entire gaming society are expecting for The Game Awards 2025 ceremony set for December 11, British Academy Film Awards presented their nominees for BAFTA Games Awards 2026.

It’s an annual procedure where more than 1,500 BAFTA members made their choice by selecting 64 games released since November 16, 2024 to November 14, 2025 (expect Evolving game). All the categories and nominees you can see below:

- Animation: Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Battlefield 6, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Dispatch, Donkey Kong Bananza, Ghost of Yōtei, Hades II, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle;

- Artistic Achievement: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Dispatch, Ghost of Yōtei, Hades II, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, South of Midnight, Sword of the Sea;

- Audio Achievement: ARC Raiders, Battlefield 6, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Dispatch, Ghost of Yōtei, Hades II, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Split Fiction, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2;

- Best Game: ARC Raiders, Blue Prince, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Dispatch, Ghost of Yōtei, Hades II, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Split Fiction;

- British Game: Atomfall, Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, F1 25, Jurassic World Evolution 3, Little Nightmares III, Mafia: The Old Country, Monument Valley 3, PowerWash Simulator 2, Two Point Museum, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2;

- Debut Game: Blue Prince, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Consume Me, Date Everything!, despelote, Dispatch, Is This Seat Taken?, The Midnight Walk, The Rogue Prince of Persia, Tiny Bookshop;

- Evolving Game: Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, Cyberpunk 2077, Fallout 76, Helldivers 2, Hitman World of Assassination, Marvel Rivals, No Man’s Sky, Sea of Thieves, The Elder Scrolls Online, Vampire Survivors, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2;

- Family: Donkey Kong Bananza, EA SPORTS FC 26, Is This Seat Taken?, LEGO Party!, Mario Kart World, Monument Valley 3, Pokémon Legends: Z-A, PowerWash Simulator 2, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds, Two Point Museum;

- Game Beyond Entertainment: and Roger, Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Consume Me, Death Stranding 2: On The Beachб despelote, Monument Valley 3, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl, SILENT HILL f, The Alters;

- Game Design: BALL x PIT, Blue Prince, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Ghost of Yōtei, Hades II, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Split Fiction, The Alters;

- Multiplayer: ARC Raiders, Battlefield 6, Borderlands 4, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7, Dune: Awakening, ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN, LEGO Party!, Mario Kart World, PEAK, Split Fiction;

- Music: ARC Raiders, Blue Prince, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Dispatch, DOOM: The Dark Ages, Ghost of Yōtei, Hades II, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle;

- Narrative: Blue Prince, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Dispatch, Ghost of Yōtei, Hades II, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Split Fiction, The Alters;

- New Intellectual Property: Absolum, ARC Raiders, Atomfall, BALL x PIT, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Dispatch, PEAK, South of Midnight, Split Fiction, The Alters;

- Technical Achievement: ARC Raiders, Battlefield 6, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, DOOM: The Dark Ages, Ghost of Yōtei, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Split Fiction;

- Performer in a Leading Role: Aaron Paul (Robert Robertson, Dispatch), Alex Jordan (Jan Dolski(s), The Alters), Ben Starr (Verso, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), Erika Ishii (Atsu, Ghost of Yōtei), Jennifer English (Maelle, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), Judy Alice Lee (Melinoë, Hades II), Kaja Chan (Mio, Split Fiction), Laura Bailey (Invisigal, Dispatch), Suzie Yeung (Hinako Shimizu, SILENT HILL f), Tom McKay (Henry of Skalitz, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II), Troy Baker (Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle);

- Performer in a Supporting Role: Alix Wilton Regan (Lea Florence Monad, Lies of P: Overture), Amelia Tyler (Hecate, Hades II), Andy Serkis (Renoir, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), Charlie Cox (Gustave, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), David Menkin (Hans, Still Wakes the Deep: Siren’s Rest), Jane Perry (Lia Cain, Dead Take), Jeffrey Wright (Chase, Dispatch), Kirsty Rider (Lune, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), Rich Keeble (Monoco, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33), Troy Baker (Higgs, Death Stranding 2: On The Beach);

Just like at The Game Awards 2025, Clair Obscur: Expedition is the leader with 17 nominees. Voting will begin in February 2026 while the winners will be announced at the 2026 BAFTA Games Awards on April 17, 2026.