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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Keza MacDonald

Stray and God of War Ragnarök lead nominations at Bafta games awards

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Big hitter … Sony’s God of War Ragnarök is nominated in 11 categories. Photograph: AP

The nominees for this year’s Bafta Games Awards have been announced, with God of War Ragnarök and Stray leading the field. This will be the 19th year that Bafta has honoured the work of the games industry with an awards ceremony, which will be held on 30 March.

Sony’s PlayStation 5 big-hitters God of War Ragnarök and Horizon Forbidden West are prominent, nominated in 11 and 6 categories respectively. Stray, a French game about a cat stuck in an underground robot settlement, is up for nine awards, and FromSoftware’s 20m-selling open-world masterpiece Elden Ring is up for eight. Tunic, a homage to classic adventure games, is in with a chance at five awards.

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