It might be March, but award season is not over yet. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has announced the nominees for its 2023 BAFTA Games Awards.
Leading the pack are God of War Ragnarok and Stray, each with nine nominations including Best Game, Best Animation, and Best Narrative. However, God of War also boasts an impressive number of cast member nominations, with six of its performers nominated across two categories. This makes God of War the most-nominated game since the BAFTA Games Awards first began in 2004.
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GameSpot's own 2022 Game of the Year, Elden Ring, trails only slightly behind, with eight nominations across the award show's 18 categories. Other notable nominees are Horizon Forbidden West, Tunic, Vampire Survivors, and A Plague Tale: Requiem, each with five nominations, and the psychological thriller Immortality with four.
The BAFTA Games Awards will take place Thursday, March 30 live at the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, and will be livestreamed exclusively on BAFTA’s Twitch channel starting at 9:50 AM PT /12:50 PM ET. Games and esports host Frankie Ward is slated to host the awards ceremony, with various Twitch streamers offering commentary on the official BAFTA Twitch channel.
In an exclusive interview with GameSpot, BAFTA CEO Jane Millichip and Chair of the Games Committee, Tara Saunders, stated this year's awards are the results of a group of more than 1,000 BAFTA jurors and industry experts splitting into smaller
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