BAFTA Game Awards: incetta di candidature per Death Stranding, Control e Disco Elysium

Puntuale come ogni anno, è giunto la presentazione di tutti i giochi candidati a concorrere per l'assegnazione dei British Academy Game Awards: ecco le selezioni per ogni categoria, da direzione artistica a miglior gioco. I vincitori saranno annunciati il 2 aprile.

ANIMATION

• CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE Development Team - Infinity Ward/Activision
• CONTROL Development Team - Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
• DEATH STRANDING Development Team - Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• LUIGI’S MANSION 3 Development Team - Next Level Games/Nintendo
• SAYONARA WILD HEARTS Development Team – Simogo/Annapurna Interactive
• SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE Development Team – FromSoftware/Activision

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

• CONCRETE GENIE Development Team – Pixelopus/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• CONTROL Development Team - Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
• DEATH STRANDING Development Team - Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• DISCO ELYSIUM Development Team -ZA/UM/ZA/UM KNIGHTS AND BIKES Rex Crowle, Moo Yu, Kenneth C M Young – Foam Sword/Double Fine Presents
• SAYONARA WILD HEARTS Development Team – Simogo/Annapurna Interactive

AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT

• APE OUT Matt Boch - Gabe Cuzzillo, Matt Boch, Bennett Foddy/ Devolver Digital
• CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE Development Team - Infinity Ward/Activision
• CONTROL Development Team - Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
• DEATH STRANDING Development Team – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• STAR WARS JEDI: FALLEN ORDER Nick Laviers - Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
• UNTITLED GOOSE GAME Development Team - House House/Panic

MIGLIOR GIOCO

• CONTROL Development Team - Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
• DISCO ELYSIUM Development Team - ZA/UM/ZA/UM
• LUIGI’S MANSION 3 Development Team - Next Level Games/Nintendo
• OUTER WILDS Development Team - Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive
• SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE Development Team – FromSoftware/Activision
• UNTITLED GOOSE GAME Development Team - House House/Panic

GIOCO BRITANNICO

• DiRT RALLY 2.0 Development Team – Codemasters/Codemasters
• HEAVEN’S VAULT Joseph Humfrey, Jon Ingold, Laura Dilloway – inkle/inkle
• KNIGHTS AND BIKES Rex Crowle, Moo Yu, Kenneth C M Young – Foam Sword/Double Fine Presents
• OBSERVATION Development Team - No Code/Devolver Digital
• PLANET ZOO Development Team - Frontier Developments/Frontier Developments
• TOTAL WAR: THREE KINGDOMS Development Team - The Creative Assembly/SEGA

GIOCO DI DEBUTTO

• APE OUT Gabe Cuzzillo, Matt Boch, Bennett Foddy - Gabe Cuzzillo, Matt Boch, Bennett Foddy/Devolver Digital
• DEATH STRANDING Development Team – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• DISCO ELYSIUM Development Team - ZA/UM/ZA/UM
• KATANA ZERO Justin Stander – Askiisoft/Devolver Digital
• KNIGHTS AND BIKES Rex Crowle, Moo Yu, Kenneth C M Young – Foam Sword/Double Fine Presents
• MANIFOLD GARDEN Development Team - William Chyr Studio/William Chyr Studio

EVOLVING GAME

• APEX LEGENDS Chad Grenier, Drew McCoy - Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
• DESTINY 2 Development Team – Bungie/Bungie
• FINAL FANTASY XIV: SHADOWBRINGERS Development Team – Square Enix/Square Enix
• FORTNITE Development Team – Epic Games/Epic Games
• NO MAN’S SKY: BEYOND Development Team - Hello Games/Hello Games
• PATH OF EXILE Development Team - Grinding Gear Games/Grinding Gear Games

GIOCO PER FAMIGLIE

• CONCRETE GENIE Development Team – Pixelopus/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• KNIGHTS AND BIKES Rex Crowle, Moo Yu, Kenneth C M Young – Foam Sword/Double Fine Presents LUIGI’S MANSION 3 Development Team - Next Level Games/Nintendo
• UNTITLED GOOSE GAME Development Team - House House/Panic
• VACATION SIMULATOR Development Team - Owlchemy Labs/ Owlchemy Labs
• WATTAM Development Team – Funomena/Annapurna Interactive

GIOCO OLTRE L'INTRATTENIMENTO

• CIVILIZATION VI: GATHERING STORM Development Team – Firaxis/2K
• DEATH STRANDING Development Team – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• KIND WORDS (LO FI CHILL BEATS TO WRITE TO) Ziba Scott, Luigi Guatieri, Clark Aboud – Popcannibal/Popcannibal
• LIFE IS STRANGE 2 (EPISODES 2-5) Development Team - Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix
• NEO CAB Develoment Team - Chance Agency/Fellow Traveller Games
• RING FIT ADVENTURE Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo

GAME DESIGN

• BABA IS YOU Arvi Teikari - Hempuli Oy/Hempuli Oy
• CONTROL Development Team –Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
• DISCO ELYSIUM Development Team - ZA/UM/ZA/UM
• OUTER WILDS Development Team - Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive
• SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE Development Team – FromSoftware/Activision WATTAM Development Team – Funomena/Annapurna Interactive

MULTIPLAYER

• APEX LEGENDS Brent McLeod, Carlos Pineda - Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
• BORDERLANDS 3 Development Team - Gearbox Software/2K
• CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE Development Team - Infinity Ward/Activision
• LUIGI’S MANSION 3 Development Team - Next Level Games/Nintendo
• TICK TOCK: A TALE FOR TWO Development Team - Other Tales Interactive/Other Tales Interactive
• TOM CLANCY’S THE DIVISION 2 Development Team - Massive Entertainment/Ubisoft

MUSICA

• CONTROL Petri Alanko, Martin Stig Andersen - Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
• DEATH STRANDING Development Team – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• DISCO ELYSIUM Development Team - ZA/UM/ZA/UM OUTER WILDS Development Team - Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive
• THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LINK’S AWAKENING Development Team – Grezzo/Nintendo
• WATTAM Asuka Takahashi – Funomena/Annapurna Interactive

NARRATIVA

• CONTROL Writing Team - Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
• DISCO ELYSIUM Writing Team - ZA/UM/ZA/UM
• LIFE IS STRANGE 2 (EPISODES 2-5) Writing Team - Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix
• OUTER WILDS Writing Team - Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive
• THE OUTER WORLDS Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky - Obsidian Entertainment/ Private Division
• STAR WARS JEDI: FALLEN ORDER Aaron Contreras, Matt Michnovetz, Stig Asmussen – Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts

NUOVA IP

• BABA IS YOU Arvi Teikari – Hempuli Oy/Hempuli Oy
• CONTROL Development Team –Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
• DEATH STRANDING Development Team – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
• DISCO ELYSIUM Development Team – ZA/UM/ZA/UM
• OUTER WILDS Tim Cain, Leonard Boyarsky – Obsidian Entertainment/Private Division
• UNTITLED GOOSE GAME Development Team – House House/Panic

ATTORE PROTAGONISTA

• LAURA BAILEY as Kait Diaz in Gears 5
• COURTNEY HOPE as Jesse Faden in Control
• LOGAN MARSHALL-GREEN as David in Telling Lies
• GONZALO MARTIN as Sean Diaz in Life is Strange 2 (episodes 2-5)
• BARRY SLOANE as Captain Price in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
• NORMAN REEDUS as Sam in Death Stranding

ATTORE NON PROTAGONISTA

• ROLE JOLENE ANDERSEN as Karen Reynolds in Life is Strange 2 (episodes 2-5)
• TROY BAKER as Higgs in Death Stranding
• SARAH BARTHOLOMEW as Cassidy (Lucy Rose Jones) in Life is Strange 2 (episodes 2-5)
• AYISHA ISSA as Fliss in The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan
• LÉA SEYDOUX as Fragile in Death Stranding
• MARTTI SUOSALO as Ahti the Janitor in Control

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

• A PLAGUE TALE: INNOCENCE Development Team - Asobo Studio/ Focus Home Interactive
• CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE Development Team - Infinity Ward/Activision
• CONTROL Development Team - Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
• DEATH STRANDING Development Team – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe METRO
• EXODUS Development Team - 4A Games/Deep Silver
• SEKIRO: SHADOWS DIE TWICE Development Team – FromSoftware/Activision EE

MOBILE GAME OF THE YEAR (votato dal pubblico)

• ASSEMBLE WITH CARE Ustwo/Ustwo
• CALL OF DUTY: MOBILE Timi Studios/Activision
• DEAD MAN’S PHONE Electric Noir Studios
• POKEMON GO The Pokémon Company, Niantic/Nintendo
• TANGLE TOWER SFB Games/SFB Games
• WHAT THE GOLF? Triband/Triband

Cosa ne pensate quali sono i vostri favoriti? Tra i giochi con più candidature, possiamo segnalare Control, Disco Elysium e l'opera prima di Kojima Prouctions. In merito a quest'ultima, ricordiamo che è stata recentemente annunciata la data di uscita di Death Stranding su PC. Tra i più presenti segnaliamo anche Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Gioco dell'Anno ai The Game Awards 2019. FromSoftware ha recentemente ampliato l'universo del titolo con un manga spin-off dedicato ad Hanbei: maggiori dettagli nella nostra recensione di Sekiro Side Story: Hanbei L'Immortale.