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BAFTA has announced its nominations for the British Academy Games Awards in 2015, with a total of 51 games recognised across 17 categories.
SEGA’s Alien Isolation leads the nominations race with six nods in Audio Achievement, Best Game, British Game, Game Design, Game Innovation and Music.
Ubisoft’s Far Cry 4 earns five noms in Artistic Achievement, Game Design, Music, Story and Performer. Monument Valley is also up for five awards in Artistic Achievement, Best Game, British Game, Mobile & Handheld and Original Property.
Elsewhere there are four nominations for 80 Days, Mario Kart 8 and Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. Three nominations a piece go to The Banner Saga, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, Lumino City, Titanfall and The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.
Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved, Forza Horizon 2, Hitman GO, The Last of Us: Left Behind, Minecraft: Console Editions, Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna), The Sailor’s Dream, Threes, Valiant Hearts, The Walking Dead: Season 2 and The Wolf Among Us all have two nominations.
Other games up for an award include Assassin’s Creed Unity, Broken Age, Counterspy, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Eve Online – Phoebe, FIFA 15, Football Manager 2015, Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions, Hohokum, Kalimba, The LEGO Movie Videogame, League of Legends, LittleBigPlanet 3, Madden NFL 15, OlliOlli, Runescape, Shovel Knight, Skylanders Trap Team, Sunset Overdrive, Trials Fusion, Twelve a Dozen, World of Tanks and World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor.Â
Rufus Hound will host the evening taking place on Thursday March 12 at Tobacco Dock, London. Those not in attendance will be able to follow the action live on Twitch.tv.
Source: BAFTA
