BAFTA Games Awards 2026 Nominations Announced

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The nominations for the BAFTA Games Awards 2026 have been officially announced, and one title is clearly in the lead this year. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has received the most nominations, with an impressive 12 in 17 categories, including the highly anticipated Best Game award.

Several other major titles received multiple nominations. Dispatch follows with nine nominations, while Ghost of Yotei received eight. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach received seven nominations, while Indiana Jones and the Great Circle received six in a variety of categories.

The fantasy adventure has quickly become one of the year's most talked-about releases, and its strong performance at the BAFTAs shows how well it was received by both critics and players.Interestingly, despite receiving seven nominations, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach did not make the Best Game shortlist.

The winners of the 2026 BAFTA Games Awards will be announced at the ceremony on April 17.

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 Nominations List

Here's the full list of the 2026 BAFTA Games Awards nominees:

Animation

• Battlefield 6

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

• Dispatch

• Ghost of Yotei

• Hades II

• Hollow Knight: Silksong

Artistic Achievement

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

• Dispatch

• Ghost of Yotei

• Hollow Knight: Silksong

• South of Midnight

Best Game

• Arc Raiders

• Blue Prince

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Dispatch

• Ghost of Yōtei

• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Audio Achievement

• Arc Raiders

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

• Dispatch

• Ghost of Yōtei

• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

British Game

• Atomfall

• Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

• Mafia: The Old Country

• Monument Valley 3

• Powerwash Simulator 2

• Two Point Museum

Debut Game

• Blue Prince

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Consume Me

• Despelote

• Dispatch

• The Midnight Walk

Evolving Game

• Fallout 76

• Helldivers 2

• Hitman World of Assassination

• No Man's Sky

• Vampire Survivors

• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

Family

• Donkey Kong Bananza

• Is This Seat Taken?

• Lego Party!

• Mario Kart World

• Powerwash Simulator 2

• Two Point Museum

Game Beyond Entertainment

• And Roger

• Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

• Consume Me

• Despelote

• STALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl

• The Alters

Game Design

• Ball x Pit

• Blue Prince

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Ghost of Yōtei

• Hades 2

• Split Fiction

Multiplayer

• Arc Raiders

• Dune: Awakening

• Elden Ring Nightrein

• Lego Party!

• Peak

• Split Fiction

Music

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

• Dispatch

• Ghost of Yōtei

• Hollow Knight: Silksong

• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Narrative

• Blue Prince

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

• Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

• The Alters

New Intellectual Property

• Arc Raiders

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Dispatch

• South of Midnight

• Split Fiction

• The Alters

Performer in a Leading Role

• Aaron Paul as Robert Robertson in Dispatch

• Ben Starr as Verso in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Erika Ishii as Atsu in Ghost of Yōtei

• Jennifer English as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Tom McKay as Henry of Skalitz in Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

• Troy Baker as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Performer in a Supporting Role

• Alex Wilton Regan as Lea Florence Monad in Lies of P: Overture

• Charlie Cox as Gustave in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Jane Perry as Lia Cain in Dead Take

• Jeffrey Wright as Chase in Dispatch

• Kirsty Rider as Lune in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• Troy Baker as Higgs in Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Technical Achievement

• Arc Raiders

• Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

• Doom: The Dark Ages

• Ghost of Yōtei

• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

• Split Fiction