The BAFTA Games Awards for 2016 will take place on April 7 this year, and the organizers have just revealed the list of nominees. Interestingly enough, Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture leads the pack of nominees by a wide margin, racking up 10 nominations.
Other popular games include The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Her Story with seven nominations each. Rocket League , Life is Strange and Batman: Arkham Knight all come in with five nominations apiece as well.
Nominees
AMD eSports Audience Award in 2016
(NOTE: This is the only category that is decided by a fan vote)
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Hearthstone: Heroes Of Warcraft
League Of Legends
Dota 2
Smite
Call Of Duty: Black Ops 3
Artistic Achievement in 2016
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Ori and the Blind Forest
Batman: Arkham Knight
Audio Achievement in 2016
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Batman: Arkham Knight
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Star Wars Battlefront
BAFTA Ones To Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital in 2016
The Wall Shall Stand
Selfienation
SUNDOWN
Best Game in 2016
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Life is Strange
Rocket League
Fallout 4
British Game in 2016
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Batman: Arkham Knight
Prison Architect
Tearaway Unfolded
Until Dawn
Her Story
Debut Game in 2016
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Her Story
Prune
Ori and the Blind Forest
Mini Metro
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Family in 2016
Disney Infinity 3.0: Play Without Limits
Guitar Hero: Live
Super Mario Maker
Rocket League
FIFA 16
LEGO Dimensions
Game Design in 2016
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Rocket League
Grow Home
Bloodborne
Her Story
Game Innovation in 2016
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Her Story
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Life is Strange
Until Dawn
Splatoon
Mobile & Handheld in 2016
Prune
Fallout Shelter
Lara Croft GO
Alphabear
Her Story
The Room Three
Multiplayer in 2016
Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege
Destiny: The Taken King
World of Warships
Rocket League
Splatoon
Music in 2016
Batman: Arkham Knight
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Halo V: Guardians
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Ori and the Blind Forest
Fallout 4
Original Property in 2016
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Ori and the Blind Forest
Life is Strange
Splatoon
Her Story
Until Dawn
Performer in 2016
Oliver Dimsdale in Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture (Stephen Appleton)
Merle Dandridge in Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture (Kate Collins)
Mark Hamill in Batman: Arkham Knight (The Joker)
Ashly Burch in Life is Strange (Chloe Price)
Doug Cockle in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Witcher)
Masasa Moyo in Broken Age: Act 2 (Vella)
Persistent Game in 2016
Destiny: The Taken King
Final Fantasy XIV Online
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
LEGO Dimensions
Guitar Hero: Live
Prison Architect
Sport in 2016
Forza Motorsport 6
DiRT Rally
Football Manager
FIFA 16
Rocket League
PES 2016
Story in 2016
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
Her Story
Undertale
Until Dawn
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Life is Strange
So what do you think? Will you be tuning in to see who wins big at the BAFTA Game Awards? Do you think any games got snubbed? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
