BAFTA Games Awards 2024 longlist: Baldur's Gate 3 and Alan Wake II lead the pack

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BAFTA Games have released their longlist for the 2024 awards, offering up a pretty good idea of who the biggest contenders will be.The longlist, which is the first ever released by BAFTA, includes sixty of the year’s best games that are in the running for nominations. 257 games were entered in total, and voting for the winners will begin in January 2024; the nominations themselves will be revealed on March 7.

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00:00 As the end of 2023 approaches, we're already looking forward to next year, because BAFTA

00:04 Games have released their long list for the 2024 awards and they're giving us a pretty

00:09 good idea of who the biggest contenders are going to be.

00:11 Starting it off is the epic role-playing D&D game Baldur's Gate 3, which is up for nominations

00:16 in 15 categories.

00:17 So this was our game of the year and it won top prize at the 2023 Games Awards for good

00:22 reason.

00:23 It's a fantastically detailed and complex achievement that really has to be played to

00:26 be believed.

00:27 It's also been a great year for RPGs.

00:30 Marvel's Spider-Man 2, Hogwarts Legacy, Final Fantasy and The Legend of Zelda are also sweeping

00:35 the board, as is the horror survival game Alan Wake 2 with 14 potential nods.

00:39 So these are the big guns.

00:41 Expect to see them duke it out for the major awards come April.

00:43 Have there been any snubs?

00:45 Well, yes.

00:47 Bethesda's space epic Starfield fell short with only three potential awards up for grabs.

00:52 And with the flop of their vampire shooter Redfall, that's been quite a bad year for

00:55 them.

00:56 Forza Motorsport, Xbox's sim racing game, only clocked in one nomination.

01:00 But on the flip side, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 is up for three nominations, which

01:05 is not bad considering how badly it was reviewed.

01:08 And spare a thought for Hi-Fi Rush, despite being one of the smallest Xbox titles to be

01:12 released this year, with literally no fanfare or warning, it's managed to net six.

01:16 As for surprises, it's been a good year for indie games, especially the watery ones.

01:20 The buzzy fishing/eldritch horror game Dredge is up for five categories, while Cocoon, which

01:26 was made by the same people behind last year's smash hit Stray, and also Dave the Diver,

01:30 scooped six each.

01:31 And of course, the awards darling No Man's Sky still gets a nomination for evolving game.

01:35 There are some strong games this year, but who's going to win?

01:38 Well, I guess we'll find out closer to the time.

01:41 So let's check back in on April 11th.

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