BAFTA Games Awards 2026 -ehdokkuudet on julkistettu

BAFTA Games Awards 2026 -ehdokkuudet on julkistettu. Tänä vuonna eniten ehdokkuuksia keräsi Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, joka on mukana peräti 12 kategoriassa 17:stä, mukaan lukien pääpalkinnossa Vuoden paras peli.

Seuraavaksi eniten ehdokkuuksia saivat Dispatch (9), Ghost of Yōtei (8), Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (7) sekä Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (6).

Huomionarvoista on, että vaikka Death Stranding 2: On the Beach sai seitsemän ehdokkuutta, se ei ole mukana Vuoden parhaan pelin kategoriassa.

Vuoden paras peli -ehdokkaat

Pääkategoriassa kilpailevat seuraavat kuusi peliä:

• Arc Raiders
• Blue Prince
• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Dispatch
• Ghost of Yōtei
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 on vahvasti esillä useissa keskeisissä kategorioissa, kuten taiteellisessa toteutuksessa, pelisuunnittelussa, musiikissa ja tarinankerronnassa. Myös Ghost of Yōtei, Dispatch ja Indiana Jones and the Great Circle esiintyvät laajasti eri palkintokategorioissa.

Teknisiä saavutuksia koskevassa kategoriassa ehdolla ovat muun muassa Doom: The Dark Ages, Ghost of Yōtei sekä Death Stranding 2: On the Beach. Moninpelikategoriassa puolestaan kilpailevat esimerkiksi Arc Raiders, Dune: Awakening ja Elden Ring Nightreign.

Näyttelijäpalkintojen ehdokkaiden joukossa nähdään tunnettuja nimiä, kuten Aaron Paul, Ben Starr, Erika Ishii ja Troy Baker, joka on ehdolla sekä pää- että sivuroolisuorituksista eri peleissä.

2026 BAFTA Games Awards -ehdokkaat

ANIMATION

• BATTLEFIELD 6 – Development Team – Battlefield Studios/Electronic Arts
• DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH – Hideo Kojima, Masaaki Kawata, Laurie Jezequel – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• DISPATCH – Development Team – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
• GHOST OF YŌTEI – Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• HADES II – Craig Harris, Nikita Taranduke, Jen Zee – Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games
• HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG – Development Team – Team Cherry/Team Cherry

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

• CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 – Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
• DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH – Hideo Kojima, Yoji Shinkawa, Megan Tuckwell – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• DISPATCH – Derek Stratton – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
• GHOST OF YŌTEI – Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG – Development Team – Team Cherry/Team Cherry
• SOUTH OF MIDNIGHT – Development Team – Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios

AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT

• ARC RAIDERS – Bence Pajor, Olof Strömqvist, Simon Svanbäck – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
• CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 – Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
• DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH – Hideo Kojima, Hiroyuki Nakayama – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• DISPATCH – Development Team – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
• GHOST OF YŌTEI – Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE – Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda

BEST GAME

• ARC RAIDERS – Aleksander Grøndal, Stefan Strandberg, Virgil Watkins – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
• BLUE PRINCE – Development Team – Dogubomb/Raw Fury
• CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 – Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
• DISPATCH – Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Pierre Shorette – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
• GHOST OF YŌTEI – Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE – Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda

BRITISH GAME

• ATOMFALL – Development Team – Rebellion/Rebellion
• CITIZEN SLEEPER 2: STARWARD VECTOR – Gareth Damian Martin, Guillaume Singelin, Amos Roddy – Jump Over the Age/Fellow Traveller
• MAFIA: THE OLD COUNTRY – Development Team – Hangar 13/2K
• MONUMENT VALLEY 3 – Development Team – ustwo games/ustwo games
• POWERWASH SIMULATOR 2 – Development Team – FuturLab/FuturLab
• TWO POINT MUSEUM – Development Team – Two Point Studios/SEGA

DEBUT GAME

• BLUE PRINCE – Development Team – Dogubomb/Raw Fury
• CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 – Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
• CONSUME ME – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken ‘Coda’ Snyder/ Hexecutable LLC
• DESPELOTE – Development Team – Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena/Panic
• DISPATCH – Nick Herman, Dennis Lenart, Pierre Shorette – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
• THE MIDNIGHT WALK – Development Team – MoonHood/Fast Travel Games

EVOLVING GAME

• FALLOUT 76 – Development Team – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda
• HELLDIVERS 2 – Development Team – Arrowhead Game Studios/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• HITMAN WORLD OF ASSASSINATION – Development Team – IO Interactive/IO Interactive
• NO MAN’S SKY – Development Team – Hello Games/Hello Games
• VAMPIRE SURVIVORS – Development Team – poncle/poncle
• WARHAMMER 40,000: SPACE MARINE 2 – Dmitry Grigorenko, Oliver Hollis-Leick, Anatolii Koruka – Saber Interactive/Focus Entertainment Publishing

FAMILY

• DONKEY KONG BANANZA – Development Team – Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
• IS THIS SEAT TAKEN? – Ausiàs Dalmau, Sergi Pérez – Poti Poti/Wholesome Games Presents
• LEGO PARTY! – Development Team – SMG Studio/Fictions
• MARIO KART WORLD – Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo
• POWERWASH SIMULATOR 2 – Development Team – FuturLab/FuturLab
• TWO POINT MUSEUM – Development Team – Two Point Studios/SEGA

GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT

• THE ALTERS – Development Team – 11 bit studios/11 bit studios
• AND ROGER – Yona, Yasuhiro Nakashima – TearyHand Studio/Kodansha
• CITIZEN SLEEPER 2: STARWARD VECTOR – Gareth Damian Martin, Guillaume Singelin, Amos Roddy – Jump Over the Age/Fellow Traveller
• CONSUME ME – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson – Jenny Jiao Hsia, AP Thomson, Jie En Lee, Violet W-P, Ken ‘Coda’ Snyder/ Hexecutable LLC
• DESPELOTE – Julian Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena, Gabe Cuzzillo – Julián Cordero, Sebastian Valbuena/Panic
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: HEART OF CHORNOBYL – Development Team – GSC Game World/GSC Game World

GAME DESIGN

• BALL X PIT – Kenny Sun – Kenny Sun & Friends/Devolver Digital
• BLUE PRINCE – Tonda Ros – Dogubomb/Raw Fury
• CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 – Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
• GHOST OF YŌTEI – Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• HADES II – Amir Rao, Gavin Simon, Greg Kasavin – Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games
• SPLIT FICTION – Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts

MULTIPLAYER

• ARC RAIDERS – Aleksander Grøndal, Virgil Watkins – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
• DUNE: AWAKENING – Marcos Pereira, Paul Vallet, Hugo Gonçalves – Funcom/Funcom
• ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN – Development Team – FROMSOFTWARE INC./BANDAI NAMCO
• LEGO PARTY! – Development Team – SMG Studio/Fictions
• PEAK – Development Team – Aggro Crab & Landfall/Aggro Crab & Landfall
• SPLIT FICTION – Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts

MUSIC

• CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 – Lorien Testard, Alice Duport-Percier – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
• DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH – Hideo Kojima, Woodkid, Ludvig Forssell – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• DISPATCH – Andrew Arcadi, Skyler Barto – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
• GHOST OF YŌTEI – Toma Otowa, Peter Scaturro, Keith Leary – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• HOLLOW KNIGHT: SILKSONG – Christopher Larkin – Team Cherry/Team Cherry
• INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE – Gordy Haab, Pete Ward, Christoffer Larsson – MachineGames/Bethesda

NARRATIVE

• THE ALTERS – Tomasz Kisilewicz, Katarzyna Tybinka – 11 bit studios/11 bit studios
• BLUE PRINCE – Tonda Ros – Dogubomb/Raw Fury
• CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 – Guillaume Broche, Jennifer Svedberg-Yen – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
• DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH – Hideo Kojima, Kenji Yano, Ray Khalastchi – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE – Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda
• KINGDOM COME: DELIVERANCE II – Development Team – Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver

NEW INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

• THE ALTERS – Development Team – 11 bit studios/11 bit studios
• ARC RAIDERS – Aleksander Grøndal, Stefan Strandberg, Robert Sammelin – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
• CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 – Development Team – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
• DISPATCH – Pierre Shorette, Dennis Lenart, Nick Herman – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
• SOUTH OF MIDNIGHT – Development Team – Compulsion Games/Xbox Game Studios
• SPLIT FICTION – Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts

PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE

• AARON PAUL as Robert Robertson in Dispatch – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
• BEN STARR as Verso in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
• ERIKA ISHII as Atsu in Ghost Of Yōtei – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• JENNIFER ENGLISH as Maelle in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
• TOM MCKAY as Henry Of Skalitz in Kingdom Come: Deliverance II – Warhorse Studios/Deep Silver
• TROY BAKER as Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle -MachineGames/Bethesda

PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

• ALIX WILTON REGAN as Lea Florence Monad in Lies Of P: Overture – NEOWIZ/NEOWIZ
• CHARLIE COX as Gustave in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
• JANE PERRY as Lia Cain in Dead Take – Surgent Studios/Pocketpair Publishing
• JEFFREY WRIGHT as Chase in Dispatch – AdHoc Studio/AdHoc Studio
• KIRSTY RIDER as Lune in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive/Kepler Interactive
• TROY BAKER as Higgs in Death Stranding 2: On The Beach – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

• ARC RAIDERS – Robert Träffe, Martin Singh-Blom – Embark Studios/Embark Studios
• DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH – Hideo Kojima, Akio Sakamoto, Neil Johnson – Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• DOOM: THE DARK AGES – Development Team – id Software/Bethesda
• GHOST OF YŌTEI – Development Team – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment
• INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE – Development Team – MachineGames/Bethesda
• SPLIT FICTION – Development Team – Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts

BAFTA Games Awards on yksi pelialan arvostetuimmista palkintogaaloista, joka palkitsee vuosittain videopelejä muun muassa teknisestä toteutuksesta, taiteellisesta ilmeestä, pelisuunnittelusta ja näyttelijäsuorituksista.