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The Last of Us Part II breaks record for most BAFTA Games Award nominations The Last of Us Part II has become the most nominated video game in BAFTA history.  Naughty Dog's acclaimed sequel is up for 13 awards at the 2021 British Academy Games Awards, beating the previous record of 11 nods set by Control and Death Stranding in 2020. The British Academy Games Awards are BAFTA's annual celebration of the best releases from the past year, and according to the organization "highlight an outstanding level of creative excellence from a broad range of UK and international development teams." O...

The Last of Us 2 is up for 13 awards Naughty Dog's The Last of Us Part II has set a new record at the Bafta Games Awards after it was nominated for 13 awards. A "scalding treatise on the cycle of violence", the post-apocalyptic blockbuster is in the running for a number of disciplines including overall Best Game and received five nominations in the performer categories alone. The number of nominations beats the previous record of 11 set last year by Remedy's sci-fi thriller Control and Hideo Kojima's Death Stranding. Although in a note of caution for Naughty Dog's game, those games were vi...

Up to 75% off hundreds of Switch favourites, indies and more. Updated on 18 February 2021 Hot off last night's Nintendo Direct where we were thrilled/disappointed (delete as appropriate) to hear that The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD is coming to Switch later this year, the Nintendo eShop has just kicked off a new round of Digital Deals. In it, there are savings of up to 75 per cent to be had on hundreds of games. Put under the spotlight by the folks at Nintendo include Among Us for £2.72, Diablo 3 Eternal Collection for £24.99 and Sonic Mania for �...

Kentucky Route Zero. Kentucky Route Zero is haunted in the same way America is haunted. In this five-act play of a video game, the characters Conway and Shannon and their bizarre companions amble back and forth, around and through the real and unreal roads and rivers of rural Kentucky. Everyone has a goal of some sort—delivering one last antique, finding a new workshop, reaching another gig—but all of it folds into the layers of this dreamscape underworld. Just as so many Latin American writers took inspiration from Faulkner, the Southern Gothic of Kentucky Route Zero takes inspiration r...

Image: Supplied To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Kotaku Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. The annual D.I.C.E. Awards is one of the biggest gongs a game studio can win. Voted on by the 22,000 or so members of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles, a DICE award is effectively the video game equivalent of an Oscar. And this morning, 57 games were nominated for the 24th annual D.I.C.E. Awards, including ...