BAFTA has just announced the final two categories of this year’s 2022 BAFTA Games awards. The nominations are for the Performer in a Leading Role and Performer in a Supporting Role.
The nominees in both the two categories are:
PERFORMER IN A LEADING ROLE
- OZIOMA AKAGHA as Julianna Blake in DEATHLOOP
- JASON E KELLEY as Colt Vahn “the Captain” in DEATHLOOP
- JENNIFER HALE as Rivet in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- JON MCLAREN as Star-Lord/Peter Quill in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
- ERIKA MORI as Alex Chen in Life is Strange: True Colors
- JANE PERRY as Selene Vassos in Returnal
PERFORMER IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
- LAURA BAILEY as Polina Petrova in Call of Duty: Vanguard
- KIMBERLY BROOKS as Hollis Forsythe in Psychonauts 2
- JASON CAVALIER as Drax in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
- MAGGIE ROBERTSON as Lady Dimitrescu in Resident Evil Village
- HAN SOTO as Gabe Chen in Life is Strange: True Colors
- ALEX WEINER as Rocket in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
The BAFTA Games Awards will take place next month on 7th April 2022 at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London, with presenter and journalist Elle Osili-Wood returning as host. The event will be live-streamed on the BAFTA social channels, while The ceremony will see winners in 18 categories announced, recognizing a range of crafts, performances and games.
The category brings the total nominated number of games for this year’s BAFTA Games Awards to 39. The full list of nominations includes the following games:
- Nine nominations for Returnal
- Eight nominations each for It Takes Two and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
- Seven nominations each for DEATHLOOP and Psychonauts 2
- Six nominations for Forza Horizon 5
- Five nominations for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy
- Nominations in the Game Beyond Entertainment category: Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, Before Your Eyes, Chicory: A Colourful Tale, Game Builder Garage, It Takes Two and Psychonauts 2
- Other games receiving nominations: Among Us, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Apex Legends, Back 4 Blood, Call of Duty: Vanguard, Death’s Door, Disco Elysium – The Final Cut, Eastward, Far Cry 6, Fights in Tight Spaces, Fortnite, Genesis Noir, Halo Infinite, Hell Let Loose, Hitman 3, Inscryption, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Life is Strange: True Colors, Maquette, Mario Party Superstars, No Man’s Sky, Overboard, Resident Evil Village, Sable, The Artful Escape, The Forgotten Citt, TOEM and Unpacking.
Lastly, BAFTA has also announced its collaboration with Black Twitch UK for the inaugural BAFTA Games Challenge next week on 31st March 2022. Six nominated games from the upcoming 2022 BAFTA Games Awards are to be played by 12 women from Black Twitch UK, who will compete in a series of head-to-head challenges live on Twitch one week ahead of the ceremony.
Black Twitch UK is a platform that is dedicated to highlighting and promoting the voices and content of Black streamers and content creators in the UK. The challenge will be led by team captains Ebonix, Twitch’s first Black female ambassador in the UK, and GeekyCassie. The 12 streamers will compete against each other for the title of this year’s champion.
BAFTA also announced the list of nominees and presenters confirmed to date:
Nominees confirmed to date include (in alphabetical order):
Alex Weiner, Daniel Mullins, David Fenn, Dinga Bakaba, Eduardo Vaisman, Erika Mori, Graham Parkes, Greig Newby, Han Soto, Harry Krueger, Henri Mustonen, Hunter Schmidt, Ilari Kuittinen, James Parker, Jane Perry, Jason Kelley, Jennifer Hale, Joe Thwaites, Jon Ingold, Jon McLaren, Jonathan Zimmerman, Josef Fares, Joshua Grier, Kimberly Brookes, Loic Couthier, Lucas Gullbo, Maggie Robertson, Mark Foster, Martha Murrie, Maurizio de Pascale, Maximilian Rea, Michael Grier, Neil Johnson, Niklas Mikkelsen, Oliver Lewin, Oskar Wolontis, Ozioma Akagha, Pedro Sousa, Peter McConnell, Sebastien Mitton, Scott Hanau, Simon Landry, Tim Dawson, Tim Schafer, Tom Kail, Ville Kinnunen, Wren Brier and Zach Baharov.
Presenters confirmed to date include (in alphabetical order):
Andrew Ah-Weng, Anjali Bhimani, ChocolateKieran, Djarii, Ebonix, GeekyCassie, Ian Livingstone, Jay-Ann Lopez, Jim Ryan, Jordan Erica Webber, Jo Twist, Louise Blane, Melina Juergens, Phil Spencer, Rhianna Pratchett, SariaSlays, Shaun Dooley, Siobhan Reddy, Stephanie Ijoma, Tim Schafer and Ty Logan.
Luke Hebblethwaite, Head of Games, BAFTA had this to say,
We continually look for new ways to broaden our support of the wider games industry as we celebrate the very best in games at the BAFTA Games Awards next month. So I’m delighted that we’re collaborating on the inaugural BAFTA Games Challenge with Black Twitch UK, who not only do an outstanding job of raising the profile of Black streamers in the UK but also share our passion for games. I can’t wait to see how the teams fare in the challenges we’ve set them around some of the best games of 2021.
On the other hand, both GeekyCassie and Ebonix also added,
We’re proud to collaborate with BAFTA ahead of the awards ceremony to celebrate some of the 2022 BAFTA-nominated games in an engaging and interactive format. With 39 games nominated, we get to experience six of those games in unique challenges, and we are looking forward to sharing the excitement around the upcoming BAFTA Games Awards with the Twitch audience.
The games industry continues to produce amazing games and we’re delighted to celebrate some of the titles nominated for BAFTA Games Awards. Since establishing Black Twitch UK with GeekyCassie, our aim has been to highlight and uplift Black streamers and content creators in the UK. Collaborating with BAFTA gives us another platform to further empower some of the talented women and Black streamers in a unique and fun way. Let the games commence!
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