'Everybody's Gone To The Rapture' is up for 10 prizes at the BAFTA British Academy Games Awards next month.
Everybody's Gone To The Rapture
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced the nominees on Thursday (10.03.16) and the first-person adventure video game for PlayStation 4, received an impressive haul being up for accolades in the Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, Best Game, British Game, Game Innovation, Music, Original Property, Story and Performer categories, with Merle Dandridge and Oliver Dimsdale both up for their roles as Kate Collins and Stephen Appleton respectively in the title.
Developed by The Chinese Room and SCE Santa Monica Studio, the story-based game is centered on a small English village whose inhabitants have mysteriously disappeared.
Players can interact with floating lights throughout the world, most of which can reveal parts of the story and the player can also interact with man-made objects, such as doors, radios, phones, fences and power switches.
Elsewhere, 'Her Story' and 'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt' both received an impressive seven nominations and 'Batman: Arkham Knight', 'Life Is Strange' and 'Rocket League' all received five nominations each.
'Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain', 'Ori and the Blind Forest' and 'Until Dawn' got four nods, while 'Assassin's Creed: Syndicate', 'Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime' and 'Splatoon' have three nominations each.
'Destiny: The Taken King', 'Fallout 4', 'FIFA 16', 'Guitar Hero: Live', 'LEGO Dimensions', 'Prison Architect' and 'Prune' all have the chance to win two accolades.
A total of 44 games have been recognised across 17 categories, showcasing the very best games of the past 12 months.
The most prestigious prize for Best Game will be contested by 'Everybody's Gone To The Rapture', 'Fallout 4', 'Life Is Strange',
'Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain', 'Rocket League' and 'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt'.
Comedian and committed gamer Dara O'Briain will return as host of the British Academy Games Awards, which will be held on April 7 at Tobacco Dock in London.
The British Academy Games Awards, select noinations:
Artistic Achievement:
Assassin's Creed Syndicate - Ubisoft/Ubisoft
Batman: Arkham Knight - Rocksteady Studios/Wb Games
Everybody's Gone To The Rapture - The Chinese Room/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - Kojima Productions/Konami
Ori And The Blind Forest - Moon Studios/Microsoft Studios
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Lucjan Wiecek, Pawel Mielniczuk - Cd Projekt Red/Bandai Namco Entertainment
Best Game:
Everybody's Gone To The Rapture - The Chinese Room/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Fallout 4 - Bethesda Game Studios
Life Is Strange - Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - Kojima Productions/Konami
Rocket League - Psyonix/Psyonix
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Adam Badowski, Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, Piotr Krzyonosiuk - Cd Projeckt Red/Bandai Namco Entertainment
British Game:
Batman: Arkham Knight - Rocksteady Studios/Wb Games
Everybody's Gone To The Rapture - The Chinese Room/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Her Story - Sam Barlow - Sam Barlow/ Sam Barlow
Prison Architect - Introversion Software/Introversion Software
Tearaway Unfolded - Media Molecule/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Until Dawn - Supermassive Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Family:
Disney Infinity 3.0: Play Without Limits - John Blackburn, John Vignocchi, Bob Lowe - Avalanche Studios, Disney Interactive Studios/Disney Interactive Studios
Fifa 16 - Ea Canada/Ea Sports
Guitar Hero: Live - Freestyle Games/Activision
Lego Dimensions - John Burton, James Mcloughlin, Nick Ricks - Tt Games/Wb Games
Super Mario Maker - Nintendo/Nintendo
Rocket League - Psyonix/Psyonix
Game Design:
Bloodborne - Fromsoftware/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Grow Home - 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 - Psyonix/Psyonix
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Grzegorz Mocarski, Marcin Blacha, Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz - Cd Projeckt Red/Bandai Namco Entertainment
Game Innovation:
Everybody's Gone To The Rapture - The Chinese Room/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Her Story - Sam Barlow - Sam Barlow/Sam Barlow
Life Is Strange - Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - Kojima Productions/Konami
Splatoon - Nintendo/Nintendo
Until Dawn - Supermassive Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Mobile & Handheld:
Alphabear - Spry Fox/ Spry Fox
Fallout Shelter - Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks
Her Story - Sam Barlow - Sam Barlow/Sam Barlow
Lara Croft Go - Square Enix Montreal/Square Enix
Prune - Joel Mcdonald - Joel Mcdonald, Kyle Preston/Joel Mcdonald
The Room Three - Fireproof Games/Fireproof Games
Multiplayer:
Destiny: The Taken King - Bungie/Activision
Lovers In A Dangerous Spacetime - Matt Hammill, Jamie Tucker, Adam Winkels - Asteroid Base/Asteroid Base
Rocket League - Psyonix/Psyonix
Splatoon - Nintendo/Nintendo
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege - Ubisoft/Ubisoft
World Of Warships - Wargaming.Net/Wargaming.Net
Music:
Assassin's Creed Syndicate - Ubisoft/Ubisoft
Batman: Arkham Knight - Rocksteady Studios/Wb Games
Everybody's Gone To The Rapture - Jessica Curry - The Chinese Room/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Fallout 4 - Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks
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 - The Chinese Room/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Her Story - Sam Barlow - Sam Barlow/Sam Barlow
Life Is Strange - Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix
Ori And The Blind Forest - Moon Studios/Microsoft Studios
Splatoon - Nintendo/Nintendo
Until Dawn - 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 - Bungie/Activision
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn - Square Enix/Square Enix
Guitar Hero: Live - Freestyle Games/Activision
Lego Dimensions - John Burton, James Mcloughlin, Dave Dootson - Tt Games/Wb Games
Prison Architect - Introversion Software/Introversion Software
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Adam Badowski, Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, Piotr Krzywonosiuk - Cd Projekt Red/Bandai Namco Entertainment
Sport:
Dirt Rally - Codemasters/Codemasters
Fifa 16 - Ea Canada/Ea Sports
Football Manager - Sports Interactive/Sega
Forza Motorsport 6 - Ryan Cooper, Bill Giese, Dave Gierok
Pes 2016 - Konami Digital Entertainment/Konami Digital Entertainment B.V.
Rocket League - Psyonix/Psyonix
Story:
Everybody's Gone To The Rapture - The Chinese Room/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Her Story - Sam Barlow - Sam Barlow/ Sam Barlow
Life Is Strange - Dontnod Entertainment/Square Enix
Undertale - Tobyfox/Tobyfox
Until Dawn - Supermassive Games/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Marcin Blacha, Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz - Cd Projekt Red/Bandai Namco Entertainment
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