BAFTA has published the list of video games that are in the running for its 2025 event, and has revealed that DLC will not be eligible for Best Game gong.
In case you missed it, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, which an expansion for the FromSoftware title, is in the running for Game of the Year at this year’s event on Thursday. This has caused some controversy among people, as it has been argued that DLC shouldn’t be a contender for the top prize.
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However, while BAFTA has confirmed that DLC is eligible to be in for a shot at winning its Evolving Game awards, it is not in the running for Best Game. Furthermore, remasters of titles that were originally launched outside of the eligibility period are not in consideration, and full remakes are only eligible in craft categories.
You can see the full list below of games that are in consideration for at least one BAFTA nomination across 17 categories — there’s 58 in total.
- Animal Well
- Astro Bot
- Balatro
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Batman: Arkham Shadow
- Black Myth: Wukong
- Botany Manor
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
- Cat Quest III
- Crow Country
- Diablo IV
- Dragon Age: The Veilguard
- EA Sports F1 24
- EA Sports FC 25
- Factorio
- Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
- Final Fantasy XIV Online
- Frostpunk 2
- Harold Halibut
- Helldivers 2
- A Highland Song
- Hitman World of Assassination
- Indika
- Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop)
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
- Lego Horizon Adventures
- Life is Strange: Double Exposure
- Little Kitty, Big City
- Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
- Minecraft
- Neva
- No Man’s Sky
- Pacific Drive
- Paper Trail
- Planet Coaster 2
- The Plucky Squire
- Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
- Sea of Thieves
- Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
- Silent Hill 2
- Star Wars Outlaws
- Star Wars: Hunters
- Stellar Blade
- Still Wakes the Deep
- Super Mario Party Jamboree
- Tactical Breach Wizards
- Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
- Tekken 8
- Tetris Forever
- Thank Goodness You’re Here!
- Tiny Glade
- UFO 50
- V Rising
- Vampire Survivors
- Vampire Therapist
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
- World of Warcraft