god of war ragnarok received 14 nominations at the 2023 BAFTA Games Awards, breaking the record for the most BAFTA nominations for a game. As for other PlayStation exclusives, Stray received eight nominations, while Horizon Forbidden West picked up five. Elden Ring, one of Ragnarok’s biggest contenders for Best Game, received a total of seven nominations. Last year, the game with the most BAFTA nominations was Returnal with eight.
List of God of War Ragnarok BAFTA nominations
Most of the BAFTA nominations God of War Ragnarok has received are for acting roles, with Christopher Judge (Kratos) and Sunny Suljic (Atreus) leading the nominations for Actor in a Leading Role. Here’s a quick list of all the categories the game was nominated for:
- animation
- artistic achievement
- audio production
- The best game
- game design
- Music
- Narrative
- Performer in a lead role
- Christopher Judge as Kratos
- Sunny Suljic as Atreus
- Performer in a supporting role
- Adam J. Harrington as Sindri
- Danielle Bisutti as Freya
- Laya Deleon Hayes as Angrboda
- Ryan Hurst as Thor
- technical achievement
God of War Ragnarok is also one of six contenders for EE’s Game of the Year, which is voted on by the public. You can show your support for the game by voting here.
The 2023 BAFTA Game Awards are scheduled to take place on Thursday, March 30 and will be streamed live exclusively on the BAFTA Twitch channel at 9:50 a.m. PT / 12:50 p.m. ET / 6:50 a.m. BST. The full list of nominees is available on the official BAFTA website.
Gaming and esports host Frankie Ward will host the ceremony. More than 1,000 members of the BAFTA Games and specialist juries voted for the nominations and the winners.