Clair Obscure: Expedition 33, the game which took the title of Game of the Year in 2025, is still on an award-winning streak. After receiving a number of year-end awards, the game has gone ahead and has already bagged 12 nominations at the distinguished BAFTA Games Awards. The number of nominations the game has bagged is more than what any other title scored this year. Best Game, Game Design, and Artistic Achievement are a few of the categories that the game got nominated for.
BAFTA, which is short for British Academy of Film and Television Arts, laid down the nominations on Wednesday for the BAFTA Game Awards 2026. 42 games made their way to the nominations under 17 categories. Clair Obscure, as discussed, took the most number of nominations, which stood at 12 nominations; second to it was Dispatched with nine nominations. Ghost of Yotei, the famous second part of Ghost of Tsushima, bagged 8 nominations, while what's surprising is the fact that Kojima's Death Stranding 2: On The Beach bagged 7 nominations, which is lower than what the other popular titles discussed above got. As far as multiplayer titles are concerned, ARC Raiders bagged five nominations, which include the Best Game, Technical Achievement, and Multiplayer categories.
Clair Obscure has been on a roll and has received a number of game of the year awards and year-end awards across the globe. Having personally played the game, I understand why that is; it is the seamless intermix of ideas that gamers have been looking for and its execution. The title won admiration across the globe for its achievements in gameplay mechanics and even the artistic component. The Game Awards 2025, the Golden Joystick Awards 2025, and the D.I.C.E. Awards are some of the major awards it bagged, just to name a few. This will be the 22nd BAFTA Games Awards and will take place in Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London, on April 17, 2026. The awards will be live-streamed on BAFTA's YouTube channel. Below is a list of nominations for the BAFTA Games Awards 2026.
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Nominations
| Category | Nomination |
|---|---|
| Animation | Battlefield 6 – Battlefield Studios / Electronic Arts |
| Animation | Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| Animation | Dispatch – AdHoc Studio |
| Animation | Ghost of Yotei – Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| Animation | Hades II – Supergiant Games |
| Animation | Hollow Knight: Silksong – Team Cherry |
| Artistic Achievement | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive |
| Artistic Achievement | Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| Artistic Achievement | Dispatch – AdHoc Studio |
| Artistic Achievement | Ghost of Yotei – Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| Artistic Achievement | Hollow Knight: Silksong – Team Cherry |
| Artistic Achievement | South of Midnight – Compulsion Games / Xbox Game Studios |
| Audio Achievement | Arc Raiders – Embark Studios |
| Audio Achievement | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive |
| Audio Achievement | Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – Kojima Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| Audio Achievement | Dispatch – AdHoc Studio |
| Audio Achievement | Ghost of Yotei – Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| Audio Achievement | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – MachineGames / Bethesda |
| Best Game | Arc Raiders – Embark Studios |
| Best Game | Blue Prince – Dogubomb / Raw Fury |
| Best Game | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive |
| Best Game | Dispatch – AdHoc Studio |
| Best Game | Ghost of Yotei – Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| Best Game | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – MachineGames / Bethesda |
| British Game | Atomfall – Rebellion |
| British Game | Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector – Jump Over the Age / Fellow Traveller |
| British Game | Mafia: The Old Country – Hangar 13 / 2K |
| British Game | Monument Valley 3 – ustwo games |
| British Game | PowerWash Simulator 2 – FuturLab |
| British Game | Two Point Museum – Two Point Studios / SEGA |
| Debut Game | Blue Prince – Dogubomb / Raw Fury |
| Debut Game | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive / Kepler Interactive |
| Debut Game | Consume Me – Hexecutable LLC |
| Debut Game | Despelote – Panic |
| Debut Game | Dispatch – AdHoc Studio |
| Debut Game | The Midnight Walk – MoonHood / Fast Travel Games |
| Evolving Game | Fallout 76 – Bethesda Game Studios |
| Evolving Game | Helldivers 2 – Arrowhead Game Studios / Sony Interactive Entertainment |
| Evolving Game | Hitman World of Assassination – IO Interactive |
| Evolving Game | No Man's Sky – Hello Games |
| Evolving Game | Vampire Survivors – poncle |
| Evolving Game | Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 – Saber Interactive / Focus Entertainment |
| Family | Donkey Kong Bananza – Nintendo |
| Family | Is This Seat Taken? – Poti Poti / Wholesome Games Presents |
| Family | Lego Party! – SMG Studio / Fictions |
| Family | Mario Kart World – Nintendo |
| Family | PowerWash Simulator 2 – FuturLab |
| Family | Two Point Museum – Two Point Studios / SEGA |
| Game Beyond Entertainment | The Alters – 11 bit studios |
| Game Beyond Entertainment | And Roger – TearyHand Studio / Kodansha |
| Game Beyond Entertainment | Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector – Jump Over the Age |
| Game Beyond Entertainment | Consume Me – Hexecutable LLC |
| Game Beyond Entertainment | Despelote – Panic |
| Game Beyond Entertainment | S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl – GSC Game World |
| Game Design | Ball x Pit – Kenny Sun & Friends / Devolver Digital |
| Game Design | Blue Prince – Dogubomb / Raw Fury |
| Game Design | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive |
| Game Design | Ghost of Yotei – Sucker Punch Productions |
| Game Design | Hades II – Supergiant Games |
| Game Design | Split Fiction – Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts |
| Multiplayer | Arc Raiders – Embark Studios |
| Multiplayer | Dune: Awakening – Funcom |
| Multiplayer | Elden Ring Nightreign – FromSoftware / Bandai Namco |
| Multiplayer | Lego Party! – SMG Studio |
| Multiplayer | Peak – Aggro Crab & Landfall |
| Multiplayer | Split Fiction – Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts |
| Music | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive |
| Music | Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – Kojima Productions |
| Music | Dispatch – AdHoc Studio |
| Music | Ghost of Yotei – Sucker Punch Productions |
| Music | Hollow Knight: Silksong – Team Cherry |
| Music | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – MachineGames / Bethesda |
| Narrative | The Alters – 11 bit studios |
| Narrative | Blue Prince – Dogubomb |
| Narrative | Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 – Sandfall Interactive |
| Narrative | Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – Kojima Productions |
| Narrative | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – MachineGames |
| Narrative | Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 – Warhorse Studios |
| Technical Achievement | Arc Raiders – Embark Studios |
| Technical Achievement | Death Stranding 2: On the Beach – Kojima Productions |
| Technical Achievement | Doom: The Dark Ages – id Software / Bethesda |
| Technical Achievement | Ghost of Yotei – Sucker Punch Productions |
| Technical Achievement | Indiana Jones and the Great Circle – MachineGames |
| Technical Achievement | Split Fiction – Hazelight Studios / Electronic Arts |