BAFTA Game Awards longlist released as DLC deemed ineligible for top prize

BAFTA has released the longlist of games it will consider for its 2025 award ceremony, and it has deemed that DLC won’t be eligible for the top prize, Best Game.

Last month, Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree was revealed to be one of the nominees for Game of the Year at Thursday’s Game Awards. Now, British industry body BAFTA has released a list of games it will consider for all awards (which can be read below) and clarified its rules on DLC.

DLC is eligible for consideration for the Evolving Game award, and in certain craft categories only, and will not be eligible for the top prize. Remasters of games originally released outside the eligibility period are not eligible for consideration, and full remakes are only eligible in craft categories.

BAFTA members will begin voting for the nominations in Best Game and British Game categories in January 2025, with specialist BAFTA juries voting for the other categories. The nominations will be announced on March 4, 2025. Following the nominations, BAFTA members will vote for the winners in Best Game and British Game and BAFTA juries will vote for the winners in all other categories.

The longlist for the Best Game award at the 2025 ceremony are:

• Animal Well
• Astro Bot
• Balatro
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Helldivers 2
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Thank Goodness You’re Here!
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2

The 58 longlisted games now in the running for at least one BAFTA nomination across 17 competitive categories are:

• Animal Well
• Astro Bot
• Balatro
• Baldur’s Gate 3
• Batman: Arkham Shadow
• Black Myth: Wukong
• Botany Manor
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Cat Quest III
• Crow Country
• Diablo IV
• Dragon Age: The Veilguard
• EA Sports F1 24
• EA Sports FC 25
• Factorio
• Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
• Final Fantasy XIV Online
• Frostpunk 2
• Harold Halibut
• Helldivers 2
• A Highland Song
• Hitman World of Assassination
• Indika
• Kind Words 2 (lofi city pop)
• The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
• Lego Horizon Adventures
• Life is Strange: Double Exposure
• Little Kitty, Big City
• Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story
• Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Minecraft
• Neva
• No Man’s Sky
• Pacific Drive
• Paper Trail
• Planet Coaster 2
• The Plucky Squire
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
• Sea of Thieves
• Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II
• Silent Hill 2
• Star Wars Outlaws
• Star Wars: Hunters
• Stellar Blade
• Still Wakes the Deep
• Super Mario Party Jamboree
• Tactical Breach Wizards
• Tales of Kenzera: ZAU
• Tekken 8
• Tetris Forever
• Thank Goodness You’re Here!
• Tiny Glade
• UFO 50
• V Rising
• Vampire Survivors
• Vampire Therapist
• Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
• World of Warcraft