The British BAFTA has revealed the list of nominees for the awards that will take place next year, which includes 64 titles. The jury will make its selection in February 2026, while the nominated games will be announced on March 12, and the awards will be given on April 17 during the formal ceremony.
BAFTA Games head Tara Saunders said: "BAFTA Games Awards list offers a fantastic opportunity to showcase the creativity that has marked this year ahead of the nominations that will be known on March 12. This is a moment to pay tribute to the work recognized by our members (1700 experts) whose creativity and passion drive the industry forward. This list is a good recommendation for gaming during the upcoming holidays."
Best Game Award:
- 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
Nominees for various categories:
- Absolum
- Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
- and Roger
- ARC Raiders
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows
- Atomfall
- BALL x PIT
- Battlefield 6
- Blue Prince
- Borderlands 4
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
- Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Consume Me
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Date Everything!
- Death Stranding 2: On The Beach
- Dead Take
- despelote
- Dispatch
- Donkey Kong Bananza
- DOOM: The Dark Ages
- Dune: Awakening
- EA SPORTS FC 26
- ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN
- F1 25
- Fallout 76
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Hades II
- Helldivers 2
- Hitman World of Assassination
- Hollow Knight: Silksong
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
- Is This Seat Taken?
- Jurassic World Evolution 3
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- LEGO Party!
- Lies of P: Overture
- Little Nightmares III
- Mafia: The Old Country
- Mario Kart World
- Marvel Rivals
- Monument Valley 3
- No Man’s Sky
- PEAK
- Pokémon Legends: Z-A
- PowerWash Simulator 2
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
- Sea of Thieves
- SILENT HILL f
- Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds
- South of Midnight
- Split Fiction
- Still Wakes the Deep: Siren’s Rest
- Sword of the Sea
- The Alters
- The Elder Scrolls Online
- The Midnight Walk
- The Rogue Prince of Persia
- Tiny Bookshop
- Two Point Museum
- Vampire Survivors
- Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
