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Graphically? It’s just BOTW again, but the scale is unquestionably more impressive when you view the map from the skies. Visually it is one of this generations most visually competent games. EE has received extensive independent recognition, including being named the UK’s no.1 5G network by RootMetrics® in 2020 and 2021, and the UK's best network every year since 2014 for the following awards: The Mobile Choice Awards, The Mobile Industry Awards and by RootMetrics®. Producer and Presenter Aoife Wilson, Head of Video at Eurogamer and member of the EE Game of The Year 2021 jury panel, said: “It's a great honour to have been a jury member for the first ever BAFTA EE Game of the Year Award. It's a particularly important award because in the last year, games have done more to bring people together than ever before. Games have the power to connect, to heal, to teach and to empower, and that's never been clearer or more needed than right now. In a year where we've been separated physically, it's very special that players now have the power to celebrate the games that have meant so much to us. It's an incredible shortlist, and I can't wait to see which of the amazing games featured will be voted the winner.”

Both the original freeware version of Spelunky, and its 2008 HD remake are two of the most influential games of all time due to their monumental impact that shaped the entire roguelike genre. The HD remake was largely viewed as being a near perfect game, in particular. That is, until Spelunky 2 came along 12 years later and somehow managed to improve upon every single facet of its mechanics without ever sacrificing the procedurally generated magic that made Spelunky so special. Spelunky 2 is a game all about storytelling, only the stories told aren’t the ones the game scripts for you, they’re the ones you craft for yourself by exploring its constantly changing worlds, fighting against nearly impossible odds, with both the successes and the failures being equally memorable. - Mitchell Saltzman (Read Our Review) 74. Return of the Obra Dinn SalvorHardin Salty, eh? I actually agree that BG 3’s inventory is too overwhelming. The prospect of opening the menu and organizing everything does fill me with a bit of dread. But that’s a common issue with RPGs, it just feels slightly worse in this one since the items are so small and they all have novel effects which means lots of reading. It certainly affects pacing. But ToTK has inventory issues as well. It'll never be my favorite game, or even in my top ten for the generation, but if someone really loves the game, I understand why they probably do, and I do think it's an opinion deserving respect. Dishonored 2’s wildly fun skillset is perfectly paired with its chaotic playground; tinkering with both means no two playthroughs will ever be the same. Bend Dishonored 2, try and break it, and you’ll be amazed and how deeply it caters to your most deranged experimentation. Like its predecessor, it’s also incredibly stylish, the Southern-European city of Karnaca bursting with ideas and history. Play it low-key, and Dishonored 2 is one of the best stealth games ever made. Play it high-chaos, and you’ll never settle for a mere gun in a first person video game again. - Lucy O’Brien (Read Our Review) 59. The Witness In addition, two additional category winners will be selected by a panel of journalists from brands including GamesRadar, PC Gamer, Edge magazine, Retro Gamer, and Play, plus Future’s trusted network of freelance writers: 'Breakthrough Award' and 'Critics Choice Award'. These winners will be revealed on the night.Titanfall 2 is one of the best FPS games that many haven’t played. In a sea of indistinguishable shooters, Titanfall and its sequel dared to do something different. Other shooters have included mechs in the past, but Respawn Entertainments' dedication to creating robust relationships between Pilots and Titans stands out. T2's level design also sets it apart from others in the genre with its combination of Pilot and Titan gameplay. Stand-out examples include the time-shifting fifth mission Effect and Cause, and The Gauntlet featured in its tutorial that still has the speedrunning community setting new records to this day. - Jada Griffin (Read Our Review) 86. Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 All Ghillied Up was my first glimpse of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare in action, and as two camouflaged snipers worked their way through an irradiated Pripyat in Ukraine, I was instantly hooked. The highlight – not just of the demo but arguably of the entire game – was watching, breath held, as an entire armored patrol trundled past, inches from our hiding spot, and it’s a moment of tension that’s never been matched in a shooter since. Electric set-pieces and superb pacing make Modern Warfare’s single-player campaign one of the most memorable first-person shooters ever, but it’s the perfectly balanced multiplayer that made it the de rigueur online game for years to follow. Multiplayer shooters were never the same again. - Alex Simmons (Read Our Review) 62. Rise of the Tomb Raider The jury has now handed over control, with the final decision in the hands of the public. Voting for the EE Game of the Year opens from today and closes at 18:00 GMT Sunday 26th March. Start the game: Choose from one of the available games below. Invite your friends to join your game by sharing the link and the game code. Civilization IV is a great turn-based strategy game on its own, but it wasn’t until the Beyond the Sword expansion that it became truly legendary, and the highlight of the 28-year-old Civilization series. The changes it makes are sweeping: it adds corporations, which add another religion-like layer, fleshes out the espionage system and victory conditions, and enhances the AI to put up a great fight. Meanwhile, random events ranging from tornadoes to baby booms make every playthrough even more unique and eventful than ever before. And that’s on top of a game that’s so addictive to begin with that it’s cost us countless nights of sleep whilst chanting its “Just one more turn” mantra or humming its Grammy award-winning theme song. - Dan Stapleton (Read Our Review) 34. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

IMMORTALITY is an interactive film video game developed and published by Half Mermaid. The haunting new game from Sam Barlow focuses on actress, Marissa Marcel, who disappeared. Marissa made three movies but none were ever released. Use the game’s cinematic ability to teleport from scene to scene via match-cut and explore a treasure trove of newly unearthed footage from the lost films of Marissa Marcel. Traverse decades of movie history across Ambrosio (1968), Minsky (1970) and Two of Everything (1999). The player can cut their own path through the footage and solve the mystery of: What happened to Marissa Marcel?. The game is available on iOS, Android, macOS, Xbox Series X and Series S, Mac and PC.For all its inter-dimensional threats, monster hunts and magic powers, I’ve always thought The Witcher 3’s key achievement is in how it nails the mundane. Geralt’s fantasy world is one of mud, thatch and metal, his main quests are freelance work, and he loves a game of cards down the pub. That sense of reality is what helps you empathise with Geralt, understand the world, and really understand how bad things have gotten when the crazy shit starts popping off. An RPG with enough complexity to satisfy the urge to tinker, but enough character never to feel impersonal, Wild Hunt is a staggering achievement no matter how you look at it. Its story deftly balances cosmic threat and family drama, its choices feel truly meaningful and world-changingly effective, and it looks gorgeous in its own grubby way. Even its two DLC expansions are among the best ever released. Geralt’s final journey might be built on the mundane, but that makes it nothing short of magical. - Joe Skrebels (Read Our Review) 15. Halo 2 Raifteiri It’s super long from what I’ve heard and it seems people burn out of it, at least in my gaming circles. Most people I know made it through Act 1 and said it wasn’t quite as good in the second act. I’ve heard people say that they wondered if the game was reviewed based on the first act alone because reviewers literally didn’t have enough time to finish the campaign in the short window of time they had to review it. For me, I don’t necessarily have much experience with the title. I bought it and had a bunch of technical issues while playing co-op with my wife on PS5, so we dropped it to return after it got patched. What little we did play, we liked (though my wife hated the combat). I tried to start it up with friends a few weeks later to try playing without couch co-op, but all my friends had moved on to something else, whether it was Starfield, Assassin’s Creed, etc, though a lot of people dropped Starfield and AC too. It feels like more people are actively playing Spider-Man, Mario Wonder, and Alan Wake with the intention of actually finishing them. I’d really like to give BG3 another honest shot though, so hopefully I can convince my wife and friends to party up after we all wrap up that triforce of titles. Lol. Judges were asked to consider a number of key factors when assessing their list of the top 20 games of all time:

The community of games fans can now vote for the EE Game of the Year Award at: https://ee.co.uk/baftagames Today, the six nominees for the EE Game of the Year Award have been announced ahead of the BAFTA Games Awards on Thursday 30th March 2023.

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Where Mass Effect set the stage for a futuristic Milky Way, Mass Effect 2 let you explore and experience so much more of it. As Commander Shepard, I traveled the galaxy on the best recruitment trip I could have wished for, and experienced possibly one of the most heart-wrenching stories – but whether or not the game ends in tears is entirely up to you. As you head out for a suicide mission, you’ll meet some of the best-written characters that feel original and have the power to evoke true emotions. Perhaps one of the best parts about earning the loyalty of each of the companions was discovering more about their respective species and seeing how they’re surviving in a violent galaxy. Maximum loyalty for my companions in Mass Effect 2 was not an option; for my heart’s own good, it was a requirement. - Miranda Sanchez (Read Our Review) 5. Super Metroid As well as delivering mobile services to consumers, small and medium businesses, corporate customers and Government programmes, EE also provides home and business broadband using both 4G and fixed line connections. Brought to fans by EE, the UK’s number one network for gaming, the award – which was first announced in 2021 – is the only category to be voted for by the community of gaming fans. For the third year running, the shortlist was decided by a jury of games experts earlier this month who were tasked with nominating six games that had resonated most with players around the world – capturing imaginations and keeping us entertained and connected over the past year. With the mechanical abandon of a Mario game and the worldview of Werner Herzog, Inside spends its three brilliant hours of life holding the player in a loop of intrigue, delight, and disgust. Playdead's bleak, gorgeous puzzle-platformer builds on its predecessor Limbo in all the right places – hello, color palettes; goodbye, boring gravity puzzles. It leaves us with a game that sleekly pivots from brain-teaser to body horror until hitting an ending that ranks among gaming’s best. Inside’s quiet genius lies in how the puzzles creep beyond its ever-changing challenges, and into its story. I’ve spent as much time or more wondering what it all means as I did playing through. If you’ve played, you understand. If you haven’t, you need to. - Joe Skrebels (Read Our Review) 87. Titanfall 2 There's a reason first-person puzzle games far and wide are constantly compared to Portal — though a brief adventure, its gameplay, tone, writing, and structure so cohesively work together to create one of the most memorable, challenging, and fascinating puzzle games around. Arming players with the now-iconic Portal gun and the devastating - and lethal - wit of Glad0s, Valve guided players through a fantastically orchestrated and escalating set of physics-based puzzles that ended with one of the most memorable end-credits songs of all time. But for as great as its puzzles are, and the way they take the simplicity of two portals you can shoot almost anywhere into such fascinating territory, it's also Portal's world-building that equally makes the game such a memorable touchstone. - Jonathon Dornbush (Read Our Review) 22. Street Fighter II