While The Game Awards have come and gone, that doesn’t end the award season as far as games are concerned. There’s still the DICE Awards to come and of course, the BAFTA’s, which revealed its “longlist” of games for the BAFTA Game Awards 2024.
To be clear, the games listed and the categories for which they may be nominated are just the first draft, so to speak with the final nominations being revealed on March 7, 2024.
Looking at the longlist however, it’s Baldur’s Gate III and Alan Wake 2 dominating with 15 and 14 nominations respectively, while Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 brings up third place with 10.
While it might’ve seemed like a shoe-in for Baldur’s Gate III to take home the top prize at The Game Awards, the BAFTA’s often vary greatly to the December award show.
It’ll be interesting to see if Alan Wake 2, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, or even an unsung indie title can pull off an upset from the clear favourite that is Baldur’s Gate III.
Source – [BAFTA]