Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 leads the Bafta Games Awards nominations with 12 nominations. The game, developed by French developer Sandfall Interactive, has already won game of the year at the Game Awards in the US, the UK's Golden Joysticks, and the Dice awards. However, Expedition 33's 12 nominations is not a record for Bafta; in 2023, God of War Ragnarok was up for 14 awards.
Other top contenders include Dispatch, which received 9 nominations at the Bafta Games Awards, and Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, which received 7 nominations. Dispatch is a game about a benched superhero roped into running a team of superpowered misfits at a call center. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is directed by Hideo Kojima, and its star Norman Reedus did not appear in the best performer category at the Bafta Games Awards.
I feel tremendously proud to represent women in the space.
The best game category features a diverse lineup including Ghost of Yōtei, Blue Prince, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, and Arc Raiders. Ghost of Yōtei is nominated for best game at the Bafta Games Awards and is a PlayStation 5 adventure game. Blue Prince is nominated for best game at the Bafta Games Awards.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is nominated for best game at the Bafta Games Awards and was first released in December 2024. Arc Raiders is nominated for best game at the Bafta Games Awards and is a multiplayer 'looter shooter' that sparked backlash over its use of AI character voices. Notable performer nominations feature Aaron Paul, who is nominated for best performer in a leading role for his role in Dispatch at the Bafta Games Awards.
It's very nerve-wracking and a lot of pressure.
Jeffrey Wright is nominated for best performer in a supporting role for his work on Dispatch at the Bafta Games Awards. Erika Ishii is nominated for best performer in a leading role for her role in Ghost of Yōtei at the Bafta Games Awards. Charlie Cox is nominated for best performer in a supporting role for his role in Expedition 33 at the Bafta Games Awards.
Ben Starr and Jennifer English are nominated in the lead performance category at the Bafta Games Awards. Troy Baker is nominated twice at the Bafta Games Awards: for his lead performance as Indiana Jones in The Great Circle and for his supporting performance in another game. The Bafta Games Awards ceremony will take place on 17 April in London and will be livestreamed on Bafta's YouTube channel.
I was blown away to be considered for the job.
YouTuber Elz the Witch has been revealed as the host of this year's Bafta Games Awards; her first name is Eleanor. The Bafta Games Awards nominations are panel-voted, unlike many other gaming awards ceremonies which are public-voted. Additional nominations and exclusions include Hollow Knight: Silksong and Hades 2, which picked up only a handful of nominations between them at the Bafta Games Awards.
Hollow Knight: Silksong is not nominated for best game at the Bafta Games Awards. Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 picked up 2 nominations at the Bafta Games Awards. The Bafta Games Awards nominations list includes 42 different games in total.
I was told when I was little: 'Oh, why are you gaming?'
There are still so many women, myself included, that receive abuse online when you're gaming.
There's a massive responsibility for games companies and also social media platforms to help protect women in the space.
You can be a woman and love video games.
Games were such a key part of just keeping me going, so I really want to meet some of these games companies and just tell them how much it means to me.