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Our top picks for the upcoming 2024 BAFTA Games Awards, the most prestigious global awards for excellence in games, to honour the best games of 2023.
The 20th BAFTA Games Awards will be held on the 11th April 2024. The event takes place at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.
Hogwarts Legacy
Nominated for: Best Animation, Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, Best Game, Game Design, Best Music, Best Narrative, Technical Achievement, Best Family Game
The mystical third-person action-adventure RPG from Avalanche Software has 9 well-deserved nominations. With an involving storyline and myriad of main and side quests, this detail-rich world steeped in Harry Potter lore is spectacular, with magical spells and mystical creatures, its full of nostalgia.
Available on: PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
The Legend Of Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom
Nominated for: Best Animation, Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, Best Game, Game Design, Best Music, Best Narrative, Technical Achievement (WINNER)
Even more ambitious than its predecessor, Tears of the Kingdom builds on the foundations and evolves. Exploring the kingdom of Hyrule is intoxicating, and its easy to see why it has 9 nominations, with more intuitive puzzles, creative features and an ever expanding world, with things to do around every corner.
Available on: Nintendo Switch
Spider-Man 2
Nominated for: Best Animation, Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, Best Game, Game Design, Best Music, Technical Achievement, Performer in a Leading Role (WINNER), Performer in a Supporting Role
Solid story, weaving combat and clever cameos - capturing everything that made the first game so successful, Insomniac Games have 9 nominations for their blockbuster sequel. Web-slinging has never looked so stylish with its visually stunning open world, the comic book pages really spring to life.
Available on: PlayStation 5
Alan Wake 2
Nominated for: Best Animation, Artistic Achievement (WINNER), Audio Achievement (WINNER), Best Game, Game Design, Best Music, Best Narrative, Technical Achievement, Performer in a Leading Role, Performer in a Supporting Role
This quirky psychological horror from Remedy has 10 nominations, wowing fans with its brutal encounters and gory violence. Tension builds wonderfully as you fight to escape the Dark Place, with wild encounters, and enthralling gameplay, it has so much depth and personality. It was well worth the wait.
Available on: PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S
Starfield
Nominated for: Best Narrative, Technical Achievement, Best New Intellectual Property
Across this sprawling new universe from Bethesda, things are a little bumpy, but with 3 nominations, it’s an intriguing work of science fiction worth exploring. Solve the mystery of the artifacts, or venture into the unknown, with over 1,000 planets to explore across a vast and expansive environment.
Available on: Windows, Xbox Series X/S