Sony Santa Monica’s God of War has received 10 nominations for this year’s Bafta game awards, leading a diverse pack of nominees.

Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption 2 also picked up six nominations, as did Florence – a game about a relationship played from the perspective of a young woman – and Return of the Obra Dinn, a lo-fi monochrome mystery set on an abandoned ship.

The contenders for best game are Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, PlayStation VR game Astro Bot: Rescue Mission, Celeste, God of War, Red Dead Redemption 2 and Return of the Obra Dinn. Last year’s winner was What Became of Edith Finch, an emotionally charged magical-realist game about the fate of an ill-fortuned family.

The games beyond entertainment category, introduced to recognise games whose impact extends into the real world, comprises Celeste, Aardman Studios’ first world war game 11-11 Memories Retold, Life is Strange 2, My Child Lebensborn, and Nintendo Labo.

The 15th Bafta games awards ceremony, hosted by comedian Dara O’Briain, will take place on 4 April at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. It will be livestreamed via Twitch, YouTube, social media and other platforms. The full list of nominations is below.

Artistic achievement

Detroit: Become Human – Quantic Dream/Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe (SIEE)
Gris – Nomada Studio/Devolver Digital
God of War – Santa Monica Studio/SIEE
Marvel’s Spider-Man – Insomniac Games/SIEE
Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games/Rockstar Games
Return of the Obra Dinn – Lucas Pope/3909

Audio achievement

Battlefield V – EA Dice/Electronic Arts
Detroit: Become Human – Quantic Dream/SIEE
God of War – Santa Monica Studio/SIEE
Marvel’s Spider-Man – Insomniac Games/SIEE
Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games/Rockstar Games
Tetris Effect – Monstars Inc and Resonair/Enhance, Inc

Best game

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – Ubisoft Quebec/Ubisoft
Astro Bot: Rescue Mission – Sie Japan Studio/SIEE
Celeste – Matt Makes Games Inc./Matt Makes Games Inc
God of War – Santa Monica Studio/SIEE
Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games/Rockstar Games
Return of the Obra Dinn – Lucas Pope/3909

British game

11-11: Memories Retold - Digixart, Aardman & Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe/Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe
Forza Horizon 4 – Playground Games/Microsoft Studios
Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games/Rockstar Games
The Room: Old Sins – Fireproof Games/ Fireproof Games
Overcooked! 2 – Ghost Town Games and Team 17/ Team 17
Two Point Hospital – Two Point Studios/Sega

Debut game

Beat Saber – Beat Games/Beat Games
Cultist Simulator – Weather Factory/Humble Bundle
Donut County – Ben Espositio/Annapurna Interactive
Florence – Mountains/Annapurna Interactive
Gris – Nomada Studio/Devolver Digital
Yoku’s Island Express – Villa Gorilla/Team 17

Evolving game

Destiny 2: Forsaken – Bungie/Activision
Elite Dangerous: Beyond – Frontier/Frontier
Fortnite – Epic Games/Epic Games
Overwatch – Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment
Sea of Thieves – Rare Ltd/Microsoft Studios
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft

Family

Lego Disney Pixar’s The Incredibles – Tt Games/Wb Games
Nintendo Labo – Nintendo Epd/Nintendo
Overcooked! 2 – Ghost Town Games & Team17/Team17
Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! – Game Freak/The Pokémon Company and Nintendo
Super Mario Party – Ndcube/Nintendo
Yoku’s Island Express – Villa Gorilla/Team 17

Game beyond entertainment

11-11: Memories Retold – Digixart, Aardman and Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe/Bandai Namco Entertainment
Celeste – Matt Makes Games Inc/Matt Makes Games Inc
Florence – Mountains/Annapurna Interactive
Life Is Strange 2 - Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix
My Child Lebensborn – Sarepta Studio As/Teknopilot As, Sarepta Studio As
Nintendo Labo – Nintendo Epd/Nintendo

Game design

Astro Bot: Rescue Mission – Sie Japan Studio/SIEE
Celeste – Matt Makes Games Inc/Matt Makes Games Inc
God of War - Santa Monica Studio/SIEE
Into the Breach – Subset Games/Subset Games
Minit – Jw, Kitty, Jukio, And Dom/Devolver Digital
Return of the Obra Dinn – Lucas Pope/3909

Game innovation

Astro Bot: Rescue Mission – Sie Japan Studio/SIEE
Celeste – Matt Makes Games Inc/Matt Makes Games Inc
Cultist Simulator – Weather Factory/Humble Bundle
Moss – Polyarc/Polyarc
Nintendo Labo – Nintendo Epd/Nintendo
Return of the Obra Dinn – Lucas Pope/3909

Mobile game

Alto’s Odyssey – Team Alto/Snowman
Brawl Stars – Supercell/Supercell
Donut County – Ben Esposito/Annapurna Interactive
Florence – Mountains/Annapurna Interactive
Reigns: Game of Thrones – Nerial/Devolver Digital
The Room: Old Sins – Fireproof Games/Fireproof Games

Multiplayer

A Way Out – Hazelight/Ea Originals
Battlefield V – Ea Dice/Electronic Arts
Overcooked! 2 – Ghost Town Games and Team 17/Team 17
Sea of Thieves – Rare Ltd/Microsoft Studios
Super Mario Party – Ndcube/Nintendo
Super Smash Bros Ultimate – Nintendo, Bandai Namco Studios and Sora Ltd/Nintendo

Music

Celeste – Matt Makes Games Inc/Matt Makes Games Inc
Far Cry 5 – Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
Florence – Mountains/Annapurna Interactive
God of War – Santa Monica Studio/SIEE
Gris – Nomada Studios/Devolver Digital
Tetris Effect – Monstars Inc And Resonair/Enhance, Inc

Narrative

Florence – Mountains/Annapurna Interactive
Frostpunk – 11 Bit Studios/11 Bit Studios
God of War – Santa Monica Studio/SIEE
Marvel’s Spider-Man – Insomniac Games/SIEE
Red Dead Redemption 2 – Rockstar Games/Rockstar Games
Return of the Obra Dinn – Lucas Pope/3909

Original property

Dead Cells – Motion Twin/Motion Twin
Florence – Mountains/Annapurna Interactive
Into the Breach – Subset Games/Subset Games
Moss – Polyarc/Polyarc
Return of the Obra Dinn – Lucas Pope/3909
Subnautica – Unknown Worlds Entertainment/Unknown Worlds Entertainment

Performer

Christopher Judge as Kratos in God of War
Danielle Bisutti as Freya in God of War
Jeremy Davies as The Stranger in God of War
Melissanthi Mahut as Kassandra of Sparta in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
Roger Clark as Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2
Sunny Suljic as Atreus in God of War

EE mobile game of the year (voted for by the public)

Brawl Stars – Supercell/Supercell
Clash Royale – Supercell/Supercell
Fortnite – Epic Games/Epic Games
Old School Runescape – Jagex/Jagex
Pokémon Go – The Pokémon Company, Niantic/Nintendo
Roblox – Roblox Corporation/Roblox Corporation