Everybody's Gone To The BAFTAs: British Game Award Nominees Announced

'Everybody's Gone To The Rapture' leads pack with 10 nominations.

The Game Awards' classier cousin across the Atlantic, the BAFTA Game Awards, have announced their nominees for the best in gaming in 2015. The usual suspects are out there once again, with 'Witcher 3' nominated for the big awards of Best Game, Best Story, and Game Design, but--unsurprisingly, considering how inextricably British it is--so-called "walking simulator" 'Everybody's Gone To The Rapture' is the current frontrunner, with an insane 10 nominations, including Best Game, Story, Innovation, and Artistic Achievement. 

The usual suspects show up among the noms, of course, though 'Her Story' and 'Life Is Strange are up for quite a bit more gold than normal, which is a pleasant surprise. The winners will be announced on April 7th, so keep an eye out around then to see if Chinese Room managed to actually call a few of those awards to glory.

Here's the full list of nominees:

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

ASSASSIN’S CREED SYNDICATE Development Team – Ubisoft/Ubisoft

BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT Development Team – Rocksteady Studios/WB Games

EVERYBODY’S GONE TO THE RAPTURE Development Team – The Chinese Room/Sony Computer

Entertainment Europe

METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN Development Team – Kojima Productions/Konami

ORI AND THE BLIND FOREST Development Team – Moon Studios/Microsoft Studios

THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT Development Team – CD Projekt Red/Bandai Namco Entertainment

AUDIO ACHIEVEMENT

ASSASSIN’S CREED SYNDICATE Development Team – Ubisoft/Ubisoft

BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT Development Team – Rocksteady Studios/WB Games

EVERYBODY’S GONE TO THE RAPTURE Development Team – The Chinese Room/Sony Computer

Entertainment Europe

METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN Development Team – Kojima Productions/Konami

STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT Development Team – EA Dice/Electronic Arts

THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT Development Team – CD Projekt Red/Bandai Namco Entertainment

BEST GAME

EVERYBODY’S GONE TO THE RAPTURE Development Team – The Chinese Room/Sony Computer

Entertainment Europe

FALLOUT 4 Development Team- Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Game Studios

LIFE IS STRANGE Development Team – Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix

METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN Development Team – Kojima Productions/Konami

ROCKET LEAGUE Development Team – Psyonix/Psyonix

THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT Development Team – CD Projeckt Red/Bandai Namco

Entertainment

BRITISH GAME

BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT Development Team – Rocksteady Studios/WB Games

EVERYBODY’S GONE TO THE RAPTURE Development Team – The Chinese Room/Sony Computer

Entertainment Europe

HER STORY Sam Barlow - Sam Barlow/ Sam Barlow

PRISON ARCHITECT Development Team - Introversion Software/Introversion Software

TEARAWAY UNFOLDED Development Team - Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment

Europe

UNTIL DAWN Development Team - Supermassive Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

DEBUT GAME

HER STORY Sam Barlow - Sam Barlow/ Sam Barlow

KEEP TALKING AND NOBODY EXPLODES Ben Kane, Brian Fetter, Allen Pestaluky – Steel Crate

Games/Steel Crate Games

LOVERS IN A DANGEROUS SPACETIME Matt Hammill, Jamie Tucker, Adam Winkels – Asteroid

Base/Asteroid Base

MINI METRO Development Team – Dinosaur Polo Club/AGM Playism

ORI AND THE BLIND FOREST Development Team – Moon Studios/Microsoft Studios

PRUNE Joel McDonald – Joel McDonald, Kyle Preston/Joel McDonald

FAMILY

DISNEY INFINITY 3.0: PLAY WITHOUT LIMITS John Blackburn, John Vignocchi, Bob Lowe -

Avalanche Studios, Disney Interactive Studios/Disney Interactive Studios

FIFA 16 Development Team – EA Canada/EA Sports

GUITAR HERO: LIVE Development Team - Freestyle Games/Activision

LEGO DIMENSIONS John Burton, James McLoughlin, Nick Ricks – TT Games/WB Games

SUPER MARIO MAKER Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo

ROCKET LEAGUE Development Team – Psyonix/Psyonix

GAME DESIGN

BLOODBORNE Development Team – FromSoftware/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

GROW HOME Development Team – Ubisoft/Ubisoft

HER STORY Sam Barlow - Sam Barlow/ Sam Barlow

LOVERS IN A DANGEROUS SPACETIME Matt Hammill, Jamie Tucker, Adam Winkels – Asteroid

Base/Asteroid Base

ROCKET LEAGUE Development Team – Psyonix/Psyonix

THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT Development Team - CD Projeckt Red/Bandai Namco

Entertainment

GAME INNOVATION

EVERYBODY’S GONE TO THE RAPTURE Development Team – The Chinese Room/Sony Computer

Entertainment Europe

HER STORY Sam Barlow - Sam Barlow/Sam Barlow

LIFE IS STRANGE Development Team – Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix

METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN Development Team – Kojima Productions/Konami

SPLATOON Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo

UNTIL DAWN Development Team - Supermassive Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

MOBILE & HANDHELD

ALPHABEAR Development Team - Spry Fox/ Spry Fox

FALLOUT SHELTER Development Team – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks

HER STORY Sam Barlow - Sam Barlow/Sam Barlow

LARA CROFT GO Development Team – Square Enix Montreal/Square Enix

PRUNE Joel McDonald - Joel McDonald, Kyle Preston/Joel McDonald

THE ROOM THREE Development Team – Fireproof Games/Fireproof Games

MULTIPLAYER

DESTINY: THE TAKEN KING Development Team – Bungie/Activision

LOVERS IN A DANGEROUS SPACETIME Matt Hammill, Jamie Tucker, Adam Winkels – Asteroid

Base/Asteroid Base

ROCKET LEAGUE Development Team – Psyonix/Psyonix

SPLATOON Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo

TOM CLANCY’S RAINBOW SIX SIEGE Development Team – Ubisoft/Ubisoft

WORLD OF WARSHIPS Development Team - Wargaming.net/Wargaming.net

MUSIC

ASSASSIN’S CREED SYNDICATE Development Team– Ubisoft/Ubisoft

BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT Development Team – Rocksteady Studios/WB Games

EVERYBODY’S GONE TO THE RAPTURE Jessica Curry - The Chinese Room/Sony Computer

Entertainment Europe

FALLOUT 4 Development Team - Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softoworks

HALO 5: GUARDIANS Kazuma Jinnouchi, Nobuko Toda, Peter Cobbin – 343 Industries/Microsoft

Studios

ORI AND THE BLIND FOREST Gareth Coker – Moon Studios/ Microsoft Studios

ORIGINAL PROPERTY

EVERYBODY’S GONE TO THE RAPTURE Development Team – The Chinese Room/Sony Computer

Entertainment Europe

HER STORY Sam Barlow - Sam Barlow/Sam Barlow

LIFE IS STRANGE Development Team – Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix

ORI AND THE BLIND FOREST Development Team – Moon Studios/Microsoft Studios

SPLATOON Development Team – Nintendo/Nintendo

UNTIL DAWN Development Team - Supermassive Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

PERFORMER

ASHLY BURCH as Chloe Price in Life is Strange

DOUG COCKLE as Geralt of Rivia, Witcher in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

MERLE DANDRIDGE as Kate Collins in Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture

OLIVER DIMSDALE as Stephen Appleton in Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture

MARK HAMILL as The Joker in Batman: Arkham Knight

MASASA MOYO as Vella in Broken Age: Act 2

PERSISTENT GAME

DESTINY: THE TAKEN KING Development Team – Bungie/Activision

FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE Development Team – Square Enix/Square Enix

GUITAR HERO: LIVE Development Team - Freestyle Games/Activision

LEGO DIMENSIONS John Burton, James McLoughlin, Dave Dootson – TT Games/WB Games

PRISON ARCHITECT Development Team - Introversion Software/Introversion Software

THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT Development Team - CD Projekt Red/Bandai Namco Entertainment

SPORT

DiRT RALLY Development Team – Codemasters/Codemasters

FIFA 16 Development Team – EA Canada/EA Sports

FOOTBALL MANAGER Development Team - Sports Interactive/SEGA

FORZA MOTORSPORT 6 Ryan Cooper, Bill Giese, Dave Gierok – Turn10/Microsoft

PES 2016 Development Team - Konami Digital Entertainment/Konami Digital Entertainment B.V.

ROCKET LEAGUE Development Team – Psyonix/Psyonix

STORY

EVERYBODY’S GONE TO THE RAPTURE Development Team – The Chinese Room/Sony Computer

Entertainment Europe

HER STORY Sam Barlow - Sam Barlow/ Sam Barlow

LIFE IS STRANGE Development Team – Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix

UNDERTALE Development Team – Tobyfox/Tobyfox

UNTIL DAWN Development Team - Supermassive Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT Development Team - CD Projekt Red/Bandai Namco Entertainment

BAFTA ONES TO WATCH AWARD IN ASSOCIATION WITH DARE TO BE DIGITAL

SELFIENATION Cheri Skivington, Daniel Prihodko, Ricardo Barros, Zoltán Tompa, Reka Lux,

Hajnalka Szanto Irina Kovalova - Pictrail

SUNDOWN Steven Li, Aaron Hong, McLean Goldwhite, Theodore Park, Kenny Regan, Cynthia

Cantrell, Gracie May, Jade Kim – Mild Beast Games

THE WALL SHALL STAND Edward Burton, Edward Grimes, Cameron Richards, Steven Sparkes -

Pixel Tailors

AMD eSPORTS AUDIENCE AWARD

CALL OF DUTY:BLACK OPS 3 Treyarch/ Activision

COUNTER-STRIKE: GLOBAL OFFENSIVE Hidden Path Entertainment/Valve

DOTA 2 Valve/Valve

HEARTHSTONE: HEROES OF WARCRAFT Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment

LEAGUE OF LEGENDS Riot Games/Riot Games

SMITE Hi-Rez Studios/Hi-Rez Studios

Source: BAFTA