If the BAFTA Recreation Awards nominations for 2022 are something to go by, Sony’s PS5 has had the higher of the opening skirmishes within the new-gen battle with Microsoft’s Xbox Collection X console.
Within the nominations for Finest Recreation, three of the six titles – Ratchet & Clank: Rift Aside, Returnal and Deathloop – are solely obtainable on PlayStation consoles.
Forza Horizon 5 – is the one first-party Xbox-exclusive sport to be nominated by BAFTA for one of the best sport of the 12 months. The listing is rounded out by the multi-platform It Takes Two, and PC-exclusive Inscryption.
Given the Xbox One vs PS4 battle was largely determined by the sheer high quality of the PlayStation-exclusive video games obtainable all through the era, the BAFTA nominations bode properly for Sony’s plans for continued dominance.
In fact, this is just one awards ceremony. Microsoft will argue that it’s nonetheless early within the battle, and the likes of Halo Infinite and Pyschonauts 2 most likely deserved extra consideration from the Academy.
Arcade racer Forza Horizon 5 did obtain 5 extra nominations alongside the Finest Recreation nod. These embrace noms within the British Recreation, Household, Recreation Design, Multiplayer, and Technical Achievement classes.
Psychonauts 2, the cute 3D platform, bought nominations for Narrative, Music, Recreation Past Leisure, Animation and Creative Achievement too.
Nevertheless, Housemarque’s Returnal, the PS5 unique sport, has seven photographs at awards total. They’re for Finest Recreation, Creative Achievement, Audio Achievement, Recreation Design, Music, Narrative, Authentic Property and Technical Achievement.
39 video games in complete have been nominated forward of the in-person ceremony on Thursday 7 April on the Queen Elizabeth Corridor, Southbank, London. You’ll be capable of watch on BAFTA’s social channels. There’s additionally a public vote for Recreation of the 12 months, for those who want to vote on your favorite.
