BAFTA has announced the nominees for this year's British Academy Games Awards, and both Control and Death Stranding are leading the charge with a record-breaking 11 nominations each.
ZA/UM's debut title Disco Elysium has been nominated for seven awards including the coveted Best Game prize, while Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Life is Strange 2, and Outer Wilds have netted five nods apiece.
Indie darlings Knights and Bikes and Untitled Goose Game have also done well, securing nominations in four categories, while preposterously peculiar puzzler Wattam has picked up three nominations.
Other nominees include Luigi's Mansion 2 Sayonara Wild Hearts, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Metro Exodus, and A Plague Tale: Innocence, which are in the running the take home the inaugural awards in new categories like Animation and Technical Achievement.
The British Academy is also preparing to recognize the work of voice performances for the first time at its 2020 ceremony, which will see the introduction of the Performer in a Leading Role and Performer in a Supporting Role categories.
You can find a select list of nominees below, or head on over to the official BAFTA website for the full rundown.
Best Game
Control -- Remedy Entertainment/505 Games
Disco Elysium -- ZA/UM/ZA/UM
Luigi's Mansion 3 -- Next Level Games/Nintendo
Outer Wilds -- Mobius Digital/Annapurna Interactive
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice -- FromSoftware/Activision
Untitled Goose Game -- House House/Panic
Debut Game
Ape Out -- Gabe Cuzzillo, Matt Boch, Bennett Foddy/Devolver Digital
Death Stranding -- Kojima Productions/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe
Disco Elysium -- ZA/UM/ZA/UM
Katana Zero -- Askiisoft/Devolver Digital
Knights and Bikes -- Foam Sword/Double Fine Presents
Manifold Garden -- William Chyr Studio/William Chyr Studio
Evolving Game
Apex Legends -- Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
Destiny 2 -- Bungie/Bungie
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers -- Square Enix/Square Enix
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