Returnal PS5 Leads BAFTA Nominations

Sony Interactive Entertainment is set to dominate yet another awards show as two of its PlayStation 5 exclusives headline the prestigious BAFTA Game Awards 2022 nominations. Housemarque’s critically-acclaimed Returnal has been nominated in a whopping eight categories, followed by Insomniac Games’ Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart with seven nominations. Although published by Bethesda, Deathloop is yet another (timed) PS5 exclusive to headline the event with five nominations.

Returnal PS5 nomination categories

Returnal has been nominated for Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, Best Game, Game Design, Music, Narrative, Original Property, and Technical Achievement. It shares five of its nominations categories with Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, which also received nods in Animation and Family Game categories other than Artistic Achievement, Best Game, Game Design, Music, and Technical Achievement.

The full list of nominees is as follows:

Animation

Call 0f Duty: Vanguard (Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard)
It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts)
Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab Llc/ Ember Lab Llc)
Life Is Strange: True Colors (Square Enix, Deck Nine Games/Square Enix)
Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios)
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)

Artistic Achievement

The Artful Escape – Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive
It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
Psychonauts 2 – Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Resident Evil Village – Capcom/Capcom
Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment

Audio Achievement

The Artful Escape – Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive
Call of Duty: Vanguard – Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
Deathloop – Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
Halo Infinite – 343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios
Marvel’s Guardian’s Of The Galaxy – Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix
Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment

Best Game

Deathloop – Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks
Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
Inscryption – Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital
It Takes Two – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Returnal – Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment

British Game

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure – Ustwo Games/Ustwo Games, Plug In Digital
Death’s Door – Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital
Fights in Tight Spaces – Ground Shatter/Mode7
Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
Overboard! – Inkle/ Inkle
Sable – Shedworks/Raw Fury
Debut Game
The Artful Escape – Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive
Eastward – Pixpil/Chucklefish
The Forgotten City – Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers
Genesis Noir – Feral Cat Den/Fellow Traveller
Maquette – Graceful Decay/Annapurna Interactive
Toem – Something We Made/ Something We Made

Evolving Game

Among Us – Innersloth/Innersloth
Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Epd/Nintendo
Apex Legends – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
Disco Elysium – The Final Cut – Za/Um/Za/Um
Fortnite – Epic Games/Epic Games, People Can Fly
No Man’s Sky – Hello Games/Hello Games

Family

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure – Ustwo Games/Ustwo Games, Plug In Digital
Chicory: A Colorful Tale – Greg Lobanov, A Shell In The Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/Finji
Forza Horizon 5 – Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios
Mario Party Superstars – Nintendo Epd/Nintendo
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
Unpacking – Witch Beam/Humble Games

Game Beyond Entertainment

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure – Ustwo Games/Ustwo Games/Plug In Digital
Before Your Eyes – Goodbyeworld Games/Skybound Games
Chicory: A Colorful Tale- Greg Lobanov, A Shell In The Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/Finji
Game Builder Garage – Nintendo Epd/Nintendo
It Takes Two -Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts
Psychonauts 2 -Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios

Game Design