Journey Dominates BAFTA Games Nominations List

BAFTA has announced the nominees for BAFTA Games, and Journey has yet again wiped the floor with its contemporaries. Across eighteen categories, Journey has received nominations for eight awards: Game Innovation, Artistic Achievement, Audio Achievement, Online – Multiplayer, Best Game, Original Music, Story, and Game Design.

In fact, Journey has been nominated for every single category for which it qualifies, as the others – Action, Mobile & Handheld, Online – Browser, BAFTA Ones to Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital, British Game, Performer, Debut Game, Sports/Fitness, Family, and Strategy – aren't relevant to the game.

These BAFTA nominations (which will presumably lead to at least some wins) join the long list of awards for which Journey has been nominated and those which the game has won. Journey has so far gained the following nominations as well as those for BAFTA Games:

Video Game Awards (Spike)

Game of the Year

Best PS3 Game (winner)

Best Song in a Game

Best Original Score (winner)

Best Graphics

Best Independent Game (winner)

Best Downloadable Game

Game Developers Choice Awards

Best Audio

Best Game Design

Best Downloadable Game

Best Visual Arts

Innovation

Game of the Year

(Winners to be announced on March 27^th.)

DICE

Game of the Year (winner)

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction (winner)

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming (winner)

Downloadable Game of the Year

Casual Game of the Year (winner)

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction (winner)

Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering

Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay (winner)

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition (winner)

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design (winner)

Outstanding Achievement in Story

It's a pretty long list, and there are probably some I've forgotten too. Hats off to thatgamecompany; they've earned this impressive collection of awards.