BAFTA has released its industry-voted longlist for the 2024 BAFTA Games Awards, with 60 games in the running for at least one nomination each.
This is the first time that BAFTA has released a longlist in the award show’s long-standing history.
Games released between December 10th 2022 and November 24th 2023 were eligible to compete for an award, and BAFTA members whittled down a catalogue of 257 games to finalised the longlist.
BAFTA is of course short for the British Academy Film Awards, and has been running its own games-specific awards for 20 years now, since 2004.
The new longlist was selected by over 1,200 members across 17 categories. Games on the list are not guaranteed an award, as BAFTA members and juries will decide the potential winners of each category in shortlists announced March 7th 2024. Winners will then be announced at the 2024 BAFTA Games Awards on April 11th 2024.
BAFTA CEO Jane Millichip said: “For 20 years, BAFTA has celebrated great talent in the games industry with the annual BAFTA Games Awards. This year, we hope to amplify that celebration by publishing our Best Games of 2023 list – the longlist for next year’s Awards, as voted for by games industry professionals – just in time to inspire some festive gameplay.”
Baldur’s Gate 3 longlisted for the most 2024 BAFTA Games Awards
Having already won a bunch of different games awards this year, Baldur’s Gate 3 unsurprisingly leads the charge at the 2024 BAFTA Games Awards, being longlisted for 11 different awards.
They include Best Animation, Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, Best Game, Game Design, Multiplayer, Music, Narrative, Technical Achievement, Performer in a Leading Role and Performer in a Supporting Role.
Baldur’s Gate 3 voice actor Neil Newbon has also received more recognition for his performance as the sassy rogue character Astarion, with the 45-year-old in the running for Best Performer in a Leading Role.
Neil Newbon also won Best Performance at the Game Awards 2023, and Newbon winning the Best Supporting Performer prize at Golden Joysticks 2023.
He is joined by two other Baldur’s Gate 3 voice actors in the Best Performer in a Leading Role category: Amelia Tyler as Narrator and Samantha Béart as Karlach.
Amelia Tyler also recently narrated the PC Gaming Show alongside host Frankie Ward.
Other British actors like Idris Elba (as Solomon Reed in Cyberpunk 2077) were also longlisted in the separate ‘Performer in a Supporting Role’ category, plus other Baldur’s Gate 3 voice actors including Andrew Wincott as Raphael, Tracy Wiles as Jaheira and Dave Jones as Halsin.
In terms of other games, Alan Wake 2 sits just behind the fantasy RPG and has been listed in 10 categories – all of Baldur’s Gate 3’s except Multiplayer.
In a surprising addition, Hogwarts Legacy – despite not being nominated in any category at the Game Awards 2023 – has been longlisted for nine potential trophies.
Spider-Man 2 is in the running for nine categories too, with Final Fantasy XVI looking to get its hands on eight awards.
There is also a top British-made games longlist (see below).
The full 2024 BAFTA Games Awards longlist
Video games (in alphabetical order)
- Alan Wake 2 (Animation, Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, Best Game,
Game Design, Music, Narrative, Technical Achievement, Performer in a Leading Role,
Performer in a Supporting Role) - Assassin’s Creed Mirage (Animation, Audio Achievement, Music)
- Atomic Heart (Debut Game)
- Baldur’s Gate 3 (Animation, Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, Best Game,
Game Design, Multiplayer, Music, Narrative, Technical Achievement, Performer in a
Leading Role, Performer in a Supporting Role) - Battlefield 2042 (Evolving Game)
- Bluey: The Videogame (Family)
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (Audio Achievement, Multiplayer, Technical
Achievement) - Cassette Beasts (British Game)
- Chants of Sennaar (Game Beyond Entertainment, New Intellectual Property)
- COCOON (Artistic Achievement, Best Game, Debut Game, Family, Game Design,
New Intellectual Property) - Cyberpunk 2077 (Evolving Game, Performer in a Supporting Role)
- DAVE THE DIVER (Best Game, Debut Game, Family, Game Design, Narrative, New
Intellectual Property) - Dead Island 2 (British Game)
- Deliver Us Mars (Game Beyond Entertainment)
- Diablo IV (Artistic Achievement, Multiplayer, Music, Narrative)
- Disney Illusion Island (British Game, Family, Multiplayer)
- DREDGE (Best Game, Debut Game, Game Design, Narrative, New Intellectual
Property) - EA SPORTS FC 24 (Family, Multiplayer)
- EA SPORTS WRC (British Game)
- En Garde! (Debut Game)
- F1 23 (British Game)
- Final Fantasy XIV: Online (Evolving Game)
- FINAL FANTASY XVI (Animation, Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, Music,
Narrative, Technical Achievement, Performer in a Leading Role, Performer in a
Supporting Role) - Football Manager 2024 (British Game)
- Fortnite (Evolving Game)
- Forza Horizon 5 (Evolving Game)
- Forza Motorsport (Multiplayer)
- Genshin Impact (Evolving Game)
- Goodbye Volcano High (Game Beyond Entertainment)
- Hi-Fi RUSH (Animation, Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, Family, Music, New
Intellectual Property) - Hogwarts Legacy (Animation, Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, Best Game,
Family, Game Design, Music, Narrative, Technical Achievement) - Horizon Call of the Mountain (Technical Achievement)
- Jusant (Game Beyond Entertainment, New Intellectual Property)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Animation, Artistic Achievement, Audio
Achievement, Best Game, Game Design, Music, Narrative, Technical Achievement) - LEGO 2K Drive (Family, Multiplayer)
- Lies of P (New Intellectual Property)
- Lords of the Fallen (Debut Game)
- The Making of Karateka (Game Beyond Entertainment)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Evolving Game)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (Animation, Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, Best
Game, Game Design, Music, Technical Achievement, Performer in a Leading Role,
Performer in a Supporting Role) - Mortal Kombat 1 (Multiplayer)
- No Man’s Sky (Evolving Game)
- Party Animals (Multiplayer)
- Planet of Lana (Debut Game)
- POWERWASH SIMULATOR (Evolving Game)
- Sea of Stars (New Intellectual Property)
- Sea of Thieves (Evolving Game)
- Sonic Superstars (Family)
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Animation, Audio Achievement, Best Game, Music, Narrative,
Performer in a Leading Role, Performer in a Supporting Role) - Starfield (Narrative, New Intellectual Property, Technical Achievement)
- Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical (Debut Game)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Animation, Artistic Achievement, Best Game, Family,
Game Design, Multiplayer) - Tchia (Game Beyond Entertainment)
- Terra Nil (Game Beyond Entertainment)
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (British Game)
- Thirsty Suitors (Game Beyond Entertainment)
- Tron: Identity (British Game)
- Venba (Debut Game, Game Beyond Entertainment)
- Viewfinder (British Game, Debut Game, Game Beyond Entertainment, Game Design, New Intellectual Property, Technical Achievement)
- Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin (British Game)
Top 10 in ‘British Game’ category
- Cassette Beasts
- Dead Island 2
- Disney Illusion Island
- EA Sports WRC
- F1 23
- Football Manager 2024
- The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
- Tron: Identity
- Viewfinder
- Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin
Top 10 in ‘Performer in a Leading Role’ category
- Amelia Tyler as Narrator in Baldur’s Gate 3
- Ben Starr as Clive Rosfield in FINAL FANTASY XVI
- Cameron Monaghan as Cal Kestis in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- Ilkka Villi as Alan Wake (Live Action + Mocap) in Alan Wake 2
- Matthew Porretta as Alan Wake (Voice) in Alan Wake 2
- Melanie Liburd as Saga Anderson in Alan Wake 2
- Nadji Jeter as Miles Morales in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Neil Newbon as Astarion in Baldur’s Gate 3
- Samantha Béart as Karlach in Baldur’s Gate 3
- Yuri Lowenthal as Peter Parker in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Top 10 in ‘Performer in a Supporting Role’ category
- Andrew Wincott as Raphael in Baldur’s Gate 3
- Dave Jones as Halsin in Baldur’s Gate 3
- Debra Wilson as Cere Junda in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- Idris Elba as Solomon Reed in Cyberpunk 2077
- James McCaffrey as Alex Casey (Voice) in Alan Wake 2
- Martti Suosalo as Ahti in Alan Wake 2
- Ralph Ineson as Cidolfus “Cid” Telamon in FINAL FANTAXY XVI
- Sam Lake as Alex Casey (Live Action + Mocap) in Alan Wake 2
- Tony Todd as Venom in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Tracy Wiles as Jaheira in Baldur’s Gate 3
The final nominees will be announced on March 7th 2024.
You can read about the previous 2023 BAFTA Games Awards and its winners here.
Reece is a sports journalist who has previously worked with the likes of BBC Radio Solent, Southern Daily Echo, Salisbury Radio, VAVEL and many more. He is currently studying a degree in Sports Journalism at Solent University.
