After winning The Game Awards 2020 now The Last of US part II is set to rack up awards also at the British Academy Video Game Awards with 13 nominations.
Rain of nominations for The Last of Us II. The game made by Naughty Dog has accumulated 13 nominations at the BAFTA Games Awards 2021, beating the record set last year by Control, developed by Remedy Entertainment, and Death Stranding by Hideo Kojima at the British awards dedicated to video games, stopped at "only" 11 nominations.
Now in its seventeenth edition, the British Academy Video Game Awards will be held next March 25 and will be completely dedicated to the best titles published during 2020. Also this year the organizer, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, opted for a streaming version of the event due to the coronavirus pandemic. Presenting the ceremony will be Elle Osili-Wood. With the announcement of the nominations, which took place only a few hours ago, it is clear that to dominate the titles in the race is the game of the U.S. Naughty Dog, appreciated by critics and gamers around the world.
Bafta Games Awards 2021, The Last of Us II records
In addition to thirteen nominations at the upcoming BAFTA Games Awards, The Last of Us II has already brought home other impressive records. In fact, the video game has grabbed the title of the best-selling PlayStation 4 exclusive with over 4 million units sold in the release weekend alone.
In addition, it is the game with the most Best of the Year awards, a whopping 261 so far, surpassing the record of 260 set by 2015's The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Definitely a great result for the sequel to The Last of Us, released in 2013 and set five years before its sequel with which it shares the post-apocalyptic atmosphere and settings.
Bafta Games Awards 2021, gli altri titoli in corsa
Sono ovviamente molti altri i titoli che daranno filo da torcere a The Last of Us II. Infatti, con 10 nomination nelle 18 categorie troviamo Ghost of Tsushima, subito seguito da Hades a 8. Non mancano neanche gli apprezzatissimi Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (7 candidature, sempre in esclusiva per PlayStation), Animal Crossing: New Horizons (5 nomination), Half-Life: Alyx e Cyberpunk 2077, entrambi con 4 candidature. Grande delusione proprio per quest’ultimo che, nonostante le aspettative alle stelle, non è riuscito a conquistare un posto nella lista dei contendenti al titolo di Miglior Gioco dell’anno.
Bafta Games Awards 2021, tutte le nomination
La premiazione, come anticipato, si terrà il prossimo 25 marzo e sarà trasmessa sui profili social dei Bafta Games Awards presenti su Twitter, Twitch, Facebook, YouTube e Steam. Ecco l’elenco completo dei videogame in gara nelle diciotto categorie.
Miglior Animazione
- Doom Eternal (id Software/ Bethesda Softworks)
- Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Moon Studios/Xbox Game Studios)
- SpiritFarer (Thunder Lotus/Kowloon Nights)
- The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Miglior Direzione Artistica
- Cyberpunk 2077 (CD PROJEKT RED/CD PROJEKT x BANDAI NAMCO UK)
- Dreams (Media Molecule/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- Ghost of Tsushima (Jason Connell, Joanna Wang, Ian Jun Wei Chiew – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- Hades (Jen Zee – Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games)
- Half-Life: Alyx (Valve)
- The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Miglior Sonoro
- Astro’s Playroom (SIE Japan Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- Ghost of Tsushima (Rev. Dr. Bradley D. Meyer -Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- Hades (Darren Korb – Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games)
- Half-Life: Alyx (Valve)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Miglior Gioco
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- Ghost of Tsushima (Brian Fleming, Chris Zimmerman – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- Hades (Supergiant Games/Supergiant Games)
- Half-Life: Alyx (Valve)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Miglior Gioco Britannico
- Dreams (Media Molecule/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- F1 2020 (Codemasters)
- Fall Guys (Mediatonic/Devolver Digital)
- Röki (Polygon Treehouse/United Label)
- Sackboy: A Big Adventure (Ned Waterhouse, Jess Gaskell, Pete Smith – Sumo Digital Sheffield/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- The Last Campfire (Hello Games)
Miglior Gioco di Debutto
- Airborne Kingdom (The Wandering Band)
- Call of the Sea (Tatiana Delgado, Manuel Fernandez – Out of the Blue/Raw Fury)
- Carrion (Phobia Game Studio/Devolver Digital)
- Factorio (Wube Software)
- Röki (Polygon Treehouse/United Label)
- The Falconeer (Tomas Sala/Wired Productions)
Miglior Gioco Migliorato
- Destiny 2: Beyond Light (Bungie)
- Dreams (Media Molecule/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- Fall Guys (Mediatonic/Devolver Digital)
- Fortnite (Epic Games)
- No Man’s Sky (Hello Games)
- Sea of Thieves (Rare Ltd/Xbox Game Studios)
Miglior Gioco per la Famiglia
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- Astro’s Playroom (SIE Japan Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- Dreams (Media Molecule/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- Fall Guys (Mediatonic/Devolver Digital)
- Minecraft Dungeons (Mojang Studios/Double Eleven Limited)
- Sackboy: A Big Adventure (Joel Smith,Cesar Bittar, Pete Smith – Sumo Digital Sheffield/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Miglior Gioco Oltre l’Intrattenimento
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- Before I Forget (3-Fold Games)
- Dreams (Media Molecule/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- SpiritFarer (Thunder Lotus/Kowloon Nights)
- Tell Me Why (DONTNOD Entertainment/Xbox Game Studios)
- The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Miglior Game Design
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- Astro’s Playroom (SIE Japan Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- Hades (Supergiant Games)
- Half-Life: Alyx (Valve)
- The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Miglior Multiplayer
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- Deep Rock Galactic (Ghost Ship Games/Coffee Stain Publishing)
- Fall Guys (Mediatonic/Devolver Digital)
- Ghost of Tsushima (Darren Bridges, Matt Goldhaber – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- Sackboy: A Big Adventure (Jack Houghton, Tom Sampson, Jason Stewart – Sumo Digital Sheffield/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- Valorant (Riot Games)
Miglior Colonna Sonora
- Ghost of Tsushima (Ilan Eshkeri, Shigeru Umebayashi, Peter Scaturro – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- Hades (Darren Korb – Supergiant Games)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (John Paesano, Scott Hanau, Alex Hackford – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- Ori and the Will of the Wisps (Gareth Coker – Moon Studios/Xbox Game Studios)
- Sackboy: A Big Adventure (Jay Waters, Joe Thwaites, Joanna Skorupa – Sumo Digital Sheffield/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- The Last of Us Part II (Gustavo Santaolalla, Mac Quayle, Scott Hanau – Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Miglior Storia
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla (Writing Team – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
- Cyberpunk 2077 (Writing Team – CD PROJEKT RED/CD PROJEKT x BANDAI NAMCO UK)
- Ghost of Tsushima (Nate Fox, Ian Ryan – Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- Hades (Greg Kasavin- Supergiant Games)
- Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition (Writing Team – Cardboard Computer/Annapurna Interactive)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Writing Team – Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Miglior Proprietà Originale
- Carrion (Phobia Game Studio/Devolver Digital)
- Fall Guys (Mediatonic/Devolver Digital)
- Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- Hades (Supergiant Games)
- Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition (Cardboard Computer/Annapurna Interactive)
- SpiritFarer (Thunder Lotus/Kowloon Nights)
Migliore Performance (Protagonista)
- Ashley Johnson as Ellie in The Last of Us Part II
- Cherami Leigh as Female V in Cyberpunk 2077
- Cody Christian as Cloud Strife in Final Fantasy VII Remake
- Daisuke Tsuji as Jin Sakai in Ghost of Tsushima
- Laura Bailey as Abby in The Last of Us Part II
- Nadji Jeter as Miles Morales in Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Migliore Performance (Non protagonista)
- Carla Tassara as Judy Alvarez in CYBERPUNK 2077
- Jeffrey Pierce as Tommy in The Last of Us Part II
- Logan Cunningham as Hades, Achilles, Poseidon, Asterius, Charon and the Storyteller in Hades
- Patrick Gallagher as Khotun Khan in Ghost of Tsushima
- Shannon Woodward as Dina inThe Last of Us Part II
- Troy Baker as Joel inThe Last of Us Part II
Migliore Realizzazione Tecnica
- Demon’s Souls (SIE Japan Studio/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- Doom Eternal (id Software/Bethesda Softworks)
- Dreams (Media Molecule/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- Flight Simulator (Sebastian Wloch, Duncan Lawler, Pavel Kuksa – Asobo Studio/Xbox Game Studios)
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
Miglior Gioco dell’Anno EE (Assegnato da EE, votato dal pubblico)
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo EPD/Nintendo)
- Call of Duty: Warzone (Raven Software, Infinity Ward/Activision)
- Ghost of Tsushima (Sucker Punch Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- Hades (Supergiant Games)
- The Last of Us Part II (Naughty Dog/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe)
- Valorant (Riot Games)