Los BAFTA Game Awards, los premios que reconocen a las experiencias digitales interactivas como parte de la industria cultural hace 18 años, ha definido en 16 categorías a los títulos más influyentes del 2021. Entre las experiencias más destacadas se encontraron Returnal (Housemarque), It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios) y Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games) como los principales ganadores.
ANIMACIÓN
Ganador: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Nominados:
Call of Duty: Vanguard (Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard)
It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts)
Kena: Bridge of Spirits (Ember Lab Llc/ Ember Lab Llc)
Life Is Strange: True Colors (Square Enix, Deck Nine Games/Square Enix)
Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios)
LOGRO ARTÍSTICO
Ganador: The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive)
Nominados:
It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts)
Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios)
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Resident Evil Village (Capcom/Capcom)
Returnal (Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
LOGRO EN DISEÑO DE AUDIO
Ganador: Returnal (Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Nominados:
The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive)
Call of Duty: Vanguard (Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard)
Deathloop (Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks)
Halo Infinite (343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios)
Marvel’s Guardian’s Of The Galaxy (Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix)
MEJOR JUEGO
Ganador: Returnal (Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Nominados:
Deathloop (Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks)
Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)
Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital)
It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts)
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
MEJOR JUEGO BRITÁNICO
Ganador: Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)
Nominados:
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure (Ustwo Games/Ustwo Games, Plug In Digital)
Death’s Door (Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital)
Fights in Tight Spaces (Ground Shatter/Mode7)
Overboard! (Inkle/ InkleSable – Shedworks/Raw Fury)
MEJOR DEBUT DEL AÑO
Ganador: Toem (Something We Made/ Something We Made)
Nominados:
The Artful Escape (Beethoven & Dinosaur/Annapurna Interactive)
Eastward (Pixpil/Chucklefish)
The Forgotten City (Modern Storyteller/Dear Villagers)
Genesis Noir (Feral Cat Den/Fellow Traveller)
Maquette (Graceful Decay/Annapurna Interactive)
MEJOR EVOLUCIÓN DE JUEGO
Ganador: No Man’s Sky (Hello Games/Hello Games)
Nominados:
Among Us (Innersloth/Innersloth)
Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo Epd/Nintendo)
Apex Legends (Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts)
Disco Elysium – The Final Cut (Za/Um/Za/Um)
Fortnite (Epic Games/Epic Games, People Can Fly)
MEJOR JUEGO FAMILIAR
Ganador: Chicory: A Colorful Tale (Greg Lobanov, A Shell In The Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/Finji)
Nominados:
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure (Ustwo Games/Ustwo Games, Plug In Digital)
Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)
Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo Epd/Nintendo)
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Unpacking (Witch Beam/Humble Games)
GAME BEYOND ENTERTAINMENT
Ganador: Before Your Eyes (Goodbyeworld Games/Skybound Games)
Nominados:
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure (Ustwo Games/Ustwo Games, Plug In Digital)
Chicory: A Colorful Tale (Greg Lobanov, A Shell In The Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/Finji)
Game Builder Garage (Nintendo Epd/Nintendo)
It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts)
Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios)
GAME DESIGN
Ganador: Inscryption (Daniel Mullins Games/Devolver Digital)
Nominados:
Deathloop (Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks)
Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)
It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts)
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Returnal (Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
MULTIPLAYER
Ganador: It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts)
Nominados:
Back 4 Blood (Turtle Rock Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
Call Of Duty: Vanguard (Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard)
Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)
Halo Infinite (343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios)
Hell Let Loose (Black Matter/Team17)
MEJOR BANDA SONORA
Ganador: Returnal (Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Nominados:
Deathloop (Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks)
Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft Toronto/Ubisoft)
Halo Infinite (343 Industries/Xbox Game Studios)
Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios)
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
MEJOR NARRATIVA
Ganador: Unpacking (Witch Beam/Humble Games)
Nominados:
It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts)
Life Is Strange: True Colors (Square Enix, Deck Nine Games/Square Enix)
Marvel’s Guardians Of The Galaxy (Eidos-Montréal/Square Enix)
Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios)
Returnal (Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
MEJOR ACTOR/ACTRIZ DE SOPORTE
Ganadora: Kimberly Brooks como Hollis Forsythe en Psychonauts 2
Nominados:
Laura Bailey como Polina Petrova en Call of Duty: Vanguard
Jason Cavalier como Drax en Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
Maggie Robertson como Lady Dimitrescu en Resident Evil Village
Han Soto como Gabe Chen en Life is Strange: True Colors
Alex Winner como Rocket en Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
MEJOR ACTRIZ/ACTOR EN PAPEL PROTAGÓNICO
Ganadora: Jane Perry como Selene Vassos en Returnal
Nominados:
Ozioma Akagha como Julianna Blake en DEATHLOOP
Jason E Kelley como Colt Vahn “the Captain” en DEATHLOOP
Jennifer Hale como Rivet in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Jon McLaren como Star-Lord/Peter Quill en Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
Erika Mori como Alex Chen en Life is Strange: True Colors
PROPIEDAD ORIGINAL
Ganador: It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts)
Nominados:
Deathloop (Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks)
Death’s Door (Acid Nerve/Devolver Digital)
Inscrypton (Danel Mullins Games/ Devolver Digital)
Returnal (Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Unpacking (Witch Beam/Humble Games)
LOGRO EN TÉCNICA
Ganador: Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Nominados:
Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games/Xbox Game Studios)
Hitman 3 (IO Interactive/ IO Interactive)
Psychonauts 2 (Double Fine Productions/Xbox Game Studios)
Returnal (Housemarque/Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Resident Evil Village (Capcom/Capcom)
EE GAME OF THE YEAR
Ganador: Unpacking (Witch Beam/Humble Games)
Nominados:
Chicory: A Colorful Tale (Greg Lobanov, A Shell In The Pit, Madeline Berger, Alexis Dean-Jones, Lena Raine/Finji)
Deathloop (Arkane Lyon/Bethesda Softworks)
The Forgotten City (Modern Storyteller/ Dear Villagers)
It Takes Two (Hazelight Studios/Electronic Arts)
Metroid Dread (Nintendo & MercurySteam, Nintendo)
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