BAFTA Games Awards 2014 nominations revealed

The Last of Us and Grand Theft Auto V are among the titles put forward for the most awards in this year’s British Academy Games Awards.

Naughty Dog’s title has been nominated for ten awards including Action and Adventure, Game Design and Best Game, while Rockstar’s blockbuster crime title has been put forward for nine, such as Best Game, British Game and Game Innovation.

Sony’s handheld title Tearaway is up for eight awards, while Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Bioshock Infinite, Super Mario 3D World, The Stanley Parable and Papers, Please have all been nominated for four awards each.

In total, 43 games from the last twelve months have been put forward in the 17 categories. This number is slightly lower than last year’s awards, which saw 50 titles nominated.

The full list of nominations is below:

ACTION AND ADVENTURE

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag
Jean Guesdon, Ashraf Ismail, Mustapha Mahrach
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft

BADLAND
Johannes Vuorinen, Juhana Myllys
Frogmind/Frogmind

Grand Theft Auto V
Development Team
Rockstar North/Rockstar Games

The Last of Us
Development Team
Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
Jon Burton, Arthur Parsons, Phillip Ring
TT Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Tomb Raider
Development Team
Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

Beyond: Two Souls
John Rostron, David Cage, Guillaume De Fondaumiere
Quantic Dreams/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

BioShock Infinite
Scott Sinclair, Shawn Robertson, Stephen Alexander
Irrational Games/2K Games

DEVICE 6
Development Team
Simogo/Simogo

The Last of Us
Development Team
Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment

Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Yoshiyuki Momose
Level 5/Namco Bandai Games

Tearaway
Development Team
Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT

Battlefield 4
Development Team
DICE/Electronic Arts

BioShock Infinite
Patrick Balthrop, Scott Haraldsen, James Bonney
Irrational Games/2K Games

DEVICE 6
Development Team
Simogo/Simogo

Grand Theft Auto V
Ivan Pavlovich, Craig Conner
Rockstar North/Rockstar Games

The Last of Us
Development Team
Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment

Tomb Raider
Development Team
Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix

BEST GAME

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag
Martin Schelling, Jean Guesdon, Ashraf Ismail
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft

Grand Theft Auto V
Development Team
Rockstar North/Rockstar Games

The Last of Us
Development Team
Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment

Papers, Please
Lucas Pope
Lucas Pope/3909 LLC

Super Mario 3D World
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

Tearaway
Development Team
Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

BRITISH GAME

DmC Devil May Cry
Development Team
Ninja Theory/Capcom

Grand Theft Auto V
Development Team
Rockstar North/Rockstar Games

Gunpoint
Tom Francis, John Roberts, Ryan Ike
Suspicious Developments/Suspicious Developments

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes
Jon Burton, Arthur Parsons, Phillip Ring
TT Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

The Room Two
Development Team
Fireproof Games/Fireproof Games

Tearaway
Development Team
Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

DEBUT GAME

BADLAND
Johannes Vuorinen, Juhana Myllys
Frogmind/Frogmind

Castles in the Sky
Jack de Quidt, Dan Pearce
The Tall Trees/The Tall Trees

Gone Home
Development Team
The Fullbright Company/The Fullbright Company

Gunpoint
Tom Francis, John Roberts, Ryan Ike
Suspicious Developments/Suspicious Developments

Remember Me
Jean-Maxime Moris, Herv Bonin, Oskar Guilbert
Dontnod Entertainment/Capcom

The Stanley Parable
Development Team
Galactic Cafe/Galactic Cafe

FAMILY

Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Development Team
Starbreeze Studios/505 Games

Rayman Legends
Michel Ancel, Christophe Heral, Jean-Christophe Alessandri
Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft

Skylanders Swap Force
Development Team
Toys for Bob/Activision

Super Mario 3D World
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

Tearaway
Development Team
Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

GAME DESIGN

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag
Ashraf Ismail, Eric Baptizat, Jean-Sebastian Decant
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft

Grand Theft Auto V
Development Team
Rockstar North/Rockstar Games

The Last of Us
Development Team
Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment

Papers, Please
Lucas Pope
Lucas Pope/3909 LLC

Tearaway
Development Team
Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Tomb Raider
Development Team
Crystal Dynamics/Square Enix

GAME INNOVATION

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Development Team
Starbreeze Studios/505 Games

Grand Theft Auto V
Development Team
Rockstar North/Rockstar Games

Papers, Please
Lucas Pope
Lucas Pope/3909 LLC

The Stanley Parable
Development Team
Galactic Cafe/Galactic Cafe

Tearaway
Development Team
Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Year Walk
Development Team
Simogo/Simogo

MOBILE AND HANDHELD

BADLAND
Johannes Vuorinen, Juhana Myllys
Frogmind/Frogmind

DEVICE 6
Development Team
Simogo/Simogo

Plants vs. Zombies 2
Development Team
PopCap Games/Electronic Arts

Ridiculous Fishing
Development Team
Vlambeer/Vlambeer

The Room Two
Development Team
Fireproof Games/Fireproof Games

Tearaway
Development Team
Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

MULTIPLAYER

Battlefield 4
Development Team
DICE/Electronic Arts

DOTA 2
Development Team
Valve/Valve

Grand Theft Auto V
Development Team
Rockstar North/Rockstar Games

The Last of Us
Development Team
Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment

Super Mario 3D World
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

World of Tanks
Development Team
Wargaming.net LLP/Wargaming.net LLP

MUSIC

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag
Brian Tyler, Also Sampaio
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft

Beyond: Two Souls
Lorne Balfe
Quantic Dreams/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

BioShock Infinite
James Bonney, Garry Schyman
Irrational Games/2K Games

The Last of Us
Gustavo Santaolalla
Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment

Super Mario 3D World
Koji Kondo, Mahito Yokota
Nintendo/Nintendo

Tearaway
Kenneth CM Young, Brian D’Oliveira
Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

PERFORMER

Ashley Johnson (Ellie) – The Last of Us
Courtnee Draper (Elizabeth) – BioShock Infinite
Ellen Page(Jodie) – Beyond: Two Souls
Kevan Brighting (The Narrator) – The Stanley Parable
Steven Ogg (Trevor Phillips) – Grand Theft Auto V
Troy Baker (Joel) – The Last of Us

SPORT

F1 2013
Codemasters/Codemasters

FIFA 14
EA Canada/Electronic Arts

Football Manager 2014
Sports Interactive/SEGA

Forza Motorsport 5
Turn 10/Microsoft Studios

GRID 2
Codemasters/Codemasters

NBA 2K14
Visual Concepts/2K Games

STORY

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
Starbreeze Studios/505 Games

Gone Home
The Fullbright Company/The Fullbright Company

Grand Theft Auto V
Dan Houser, Rupert Humphries
Rockstar North/Rockstar Games

The Last of Us
Bruce Straley, Neil Druckmann
Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment

Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Akihiro Hino
Level 5/ Namco Bandai Games

The Stanley Parable
Galactic Cafe/ Galactic Cafe

STRATEGY AND SIMULATION

Civilization V: Brave New World
Firaxis Games/2k Games

Democracy 3
Cliff Harris
Positech Games/Positech Games

Forza Motorsport 5
Turn 10/Microsoft Studios

Papers, Please
Lucas Pope
Lucas Pope/3909 LLC

Surgeon Simulator 2013
Development Team
Bossa Studios/Bossa Studios

XCOM: Enemy Within
Development Team
Firaxis Games/2K Games

BAFTA ONES TO WATCH AWARD IN ASSOCIATION WITH DARE TO BE DIGITAL

Project Heera: Diamond Heist
Chinchkar Tanmay Subhash, Shastry Neeraj Pramod, Dhongde Shashank Sunil, Dave Dhruv Prakashchandra, Shriram Srinivasan
(Mazhlele)

Size DOES Matter
Mattis Delerud, Silje Dahl, Lars Andersen, Trond Fasteraune, Nick La Rooy
(Team DOS)

The Unknown
Chenying Wan, Qiwei Feng, Luyue Zhang, Zhaoxuan Li, Neil Cullen
(iKnow)