[STEAM] Surprising snubs & rising indie stars: BAFTA chair unpacks the 2025 Games Awards shortlist

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BAFTA’s Games committee has discussed the big winners and losers in this year’s nominations shortlist, including the surprising absence of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Metaphor: ReFantazio in its biggest categories.

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were announced on Tuesday, with Xbox’s Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 leading with 11 nominations, followed by PlayStation’s Astro Bot, and The ******** Room’s Still Wakes the Deep with eight each.

The big surprise is British indie comedy Thank Goodness You’re Here, which has a total of seven nominations. But there are also surprise absentees in the big categories, namely last year’s pair of big RPGs – two of the leading nominees at

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– which receive just two BAFTA nominations each.

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