Ninja Theory's self-published gamble, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, leads the nominations for the BAFTA video game awards 2018, with nine nods including Best Game. It's been a tremendous success for the British studio, with Hellblade winning both critical acclaim and bringing in more than half-a-million sales.

Sony's PlayStation 4 smash hit Horizon: Zero Dawn follows with eight nominations ahead of Eurogamer's number-two game of the year 2018, What Remains of Edith Finch. Our game of the year, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, has five nods, as does wonderful and inspired puzzle game Gorogoa.

On the four-nod tier are old Disney-inspired platformer Cuphead, Night in the Woods and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy. On the three-nod tier: Assassin's Creed Oranges, Monument Valley 2, PUBG and Super Mario Odyssey. On the two-nod tier: Snipperclips, Fortnite, NieR: Automata, The Sexy Brutale and Bury Me, My Love.

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This year's new Game Beyond Entertainment category, designed to recognise games exploring something more than just entertainment, will be contended by Life is Strange: Beyond the Storm; Night in the Woods; Bury Me, My Love; Last Day of June; Hellblade; and Sea Hero Quest VR. Between them they shine a light on a range of mental health afflictions and social issues as well as grief and war. They, and many other games, are doing great work.

Performers in the spotlight for their role in a game this year are: Bayek (Assassin's Creed Origins) actor Abubakar Salim; Aloy (Horizon) actor Ashly Burch; Senua (Hellblade) actor Melina Juergens (this was her first acting role incidentally); Edith Finch actor Valerie Rose Lohman; and Uncharted: The Lost Legacy duo Claudia Black (Chloe) and Laura Bailey (Nadine Ross).

The BAFTA video game awards take place 12th April in London, and will be hosted by comedian Dara O'Briain for the eight time.

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Artistic Achievement

Cuphead

Gorogoa

Hellblade

Horizon

Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Audio Achievement

COD: World War 2

Destiny 2

Hellblade

Horizon

Star Wars Battlefront 2

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

Best Game

Assassin's Creed Origins

Hellblade

Horizon

Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Super Mario Odyssey

What Remains of Edith Finch

British Game

Hellblade

Monument Valley 2

Reigns: Her Majesty

The Sexy Brutale

Sniper Elite 4

Total War: Warhammer 2

Debut Game

Cuphead

Gorogoa

Hollow Knight

Night in the Woods

The Sexy Brutale

Slime Rancher

Evolving Game

Clash Royale

Final Fantasy 15

Fortnite

Overwatch

PUBG

Rainbow Six Siege

Family

Just Dance 2018

Lego Worlds

Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle

Monument Valley 2

Snipperclips

Super Mario Odyssey

Game Beyond Entertainment

Bury Me, My Love

Hellblade

Last Day of June

Life is Strange: Before the Storm

Night in the Woods

Sea Hero Quest VR

Game Design

Assassin's Creed Origins

Horizon Zero Dawn

Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Nier Automata

Super Mario Odyssey

What Remains of Edith Finch

Game Innovation

Gorogoa

Hellblade

Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Nier Automata

Snipperclips

What Remains of Edith Finch

Mobile Game

Bury Me, My Love

Golf Clash

Gorogoa

Kami 2

Monument Valley 2

Stranger Things: The Game

Multiplayer

Divinity: Original Sin 2 (yay!)

Fortnite

Gang Beasts

PUBG

Splatoon 2

Star Trek Bridge Crew

Music

Cuphead

Get Even

Hellblade

Horizon

Zelda: Breath of the Wild

What Remains of Edith Finch

Narrative

Hellblade

Horizon

Night in the Woods

Tacoma

What Remains of Edith Finch

Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus

Original Property

Cuphead

Gorogoa

Horizon

Night in the Woods

PUBG

What Remains of Edity Finch

Performer