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Creative Assembly's Alien: Isolation narrowly beat out competition from Far Cry 4 and Monument Valley to claim the greatest number of nominations for the 2015 BAFTA awards.
Today the British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced the nominees for its 2015 video game awards, and Creative Assembly's Alien: Isolation narrowly beat out competition to claim the greatest number of nominations.
The awards are notable because they aim to honor the most well-realized and innovative games developed across all realms of the industry, from small-scale mobile games to traditional big-budget projects.
Alien: Isolation is up for a total of 6 awards, including awards for Best Game of 2015, Audio Achievement and Game Innovation.
It's followed closely by both Monument Valley and Fary Cry 4, which each netted 5 nominations across award categories like Artistic Achievement, Audio, Best Game and Best British Game.
The winners will be announced at a ceremony that's being held in London on March 12th. Here's the full list of this year's BAFTA nominees:
Artistic Achievement
Assassin’s Creed Unity
Far Cry 4
Hohokum
Lumino City
Monument Valley
Valiant Hearts
Audio Achievement
Alien: Isolation
The Banner Saga
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved
Mario Kart 8
The Sailor’s Dream
Best Game
Alien: Isolation
Destiny
Dragon Age: Inquisition
Mario Kart 8
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor
Monument Valley
British Game
80 Days
Alien: Isolation
Forza Horizon 2
Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions
Lumino City
Monument Valley
Debut Game
The Banner Saga
Counterspy
Hitman Go
Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna)
Shovel Knight
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Family
The LEGO Movie Videogame
LittleBigPlanet 3
Minecraft: Console Editions
Mario Kart 8
Skylanders Trap Team
Twelve a Dozen
Game Design
Alien: Isolation
Destiny
Far Cry 4
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
Middle Earth: Shadows of Mordor
Threes
Game Innovation
80 Days
Alien: Isolation
Lumino City
Middle Earth: Shadows of Mordor
Titanfall
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Mobile & Handheld
80 Days
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
Hitman Go
Monument Valley
Threes
The Walking Dead: Season 2
Multiplayer
Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
Destiny
Mario Kart 8
Minecraft: Console Editions
Titanfall
Music
Alien: Isolation
The Banner Saga
Disney Fantasia: Music Evolved
Far Cry 4
Middle Earth: Shadows of Mordor
The Sailor’s Dream
Original Property
Kalimba
Monument Valley
Sunset Overdrive
Titanfall
Valiant Hearts
The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Performer
Adam Harrington (Bigby Wolf in The Wolf Among Us)
Ashley Johnson (Ellie in The Last of Us: Left Behind)
Kevin Spacey (Jonathan Irons in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare)
Logan Cunningham (Transistor in Transistor)
Melissa Hutchison (Clementine in The Walking Dead: Season 2)
Troy Baker (Pagan Min in Far Cry 4)
Persistent Game
Destiny
EVE Online
League of Legends
Runescape
World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
World of Tanks
Sport
FIFA 15
Football Manager 2015
Forza Horizon 2
OlliOlli
Madden NFL 2015
Trials Fusion
Story
80 Days
Broken Age
Far Cry 4
The Last of Us: Left Behind
Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna)
The Wolf Among Us
BAFTA Ones to Watch Award
Chambara – Overly Kinetic
Sagittarius – Too Mainstream
Dont Walk: Run – Torque
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