The Academy has announced the nominations for the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards, with over 40 different games recognised.
Among those up for awards are Uncharted 2, Modern Warfare 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Assassin’s Creed II, Left 4 Dead 2, FIFA 10, New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Football Manager 2010.
This year’s Awards will also include the publicly-voted GAME Award of 2009. The shortlist, compiled by a panel of gaming journalists and enthusiasts, comprises of Assassin’s Creed II, Batman: Arkham Asylum, The Beatles: Rockband, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, FIFA 10, GTA China Town Wars, Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks, Street Fighter IV, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Wii Sports Resort. Voting is now live at baftagameaward.com.
The GAME British Academy Video Games Awards will take place on Friday, March 19 at the London Hilton on Park Lane. The Awards will be streamed live for the first time at www.bafta.org and www.baftagameaward.com.
This year’s categories include:
Action
Assassin’s Creed II
Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets
Ubisoft Entertainment Ltd/Ubisoft Montreal
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Sefton Hill, David Hego, Nick Arundel
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development Team
Activision/Infinity Ward
inFAMOUS
Brian Fleming, Bruce Oberg, Chris Zimmerman
Sony Computer Entertainment/Sucker Punch Productions & SCE Foster City Studio
Left 4 Dead 2
Gabe Newell, Chet Faliszek, Tom Leonard
Valve/EA
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio
Artistic Achievement
Development team
Flower
Sony Computer Entertainment/ThatGameCompany and SCE Santa Monica Studio
Streetfighter IV
Yoshinori Ono
Capcom/Capcom
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio
Best Game
FIFA 10
Andrew Wilson, David Rutter, Gary Paterson
Electronic Arts/EA Canada
Family & Social
The Beatles: Rock Band
Alex Rigopulos, Paul DeGooyer, Josh Randall
Electronic Arts/MTV Games/Apple Corp/Harmonix Music Systems
Buzz! Quiz World
David Amor, Andrew Eades, Lee Clare
Sony Computer Entertainment/Relentless Software & XDEV Studio Europe
EyePet
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE London Studio
Guitar Hero 5
Brian Bright, Paul Robinson, Allen Freese
Activision/Neversoft Entertainment/Vicarios Visions/Budcat
New Super Mario Bros Wii
Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Hiroyuki Kimura
Nintendo/Nintendo
Wii Sports Resort
Katsuya Eguchi, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshikazu Yamashita
Gameplay
PixelJunk Shooter
Sony Computer Entertainment/Q-Games & SCE Santa Monica Studio
Handheld
Gran Turismo
Kazunori Yamauchi, Yuji Yasuhara, Hiroki Imanish
Sony Computer Entertainment/Polphony Digital Inc
LittleBigPlanet (PSP)
James Shepherd, Piers Jackson, Mark Green
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Cambridge & xev Studio Europe
LocoRoco Midnight Carnival
Kenji Sakai, Saeka Horikoshi, Hiroya Matsugami
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Japan Studio
Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story
Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Hiroyuki Kubota
Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box
Akira Tago, Akihiro Hino, Tatsuya Shinkai
Scribblenauts
Jeremiah Slaczka, Marius Fahlbusch
Warner Bros Interactive Entertainmnent/5th Cell
Multiplayer
Battlefield 1943
Patrick Liu, Gordon Van Dyke
Electronic Arts/Dice
Halo 3 ODST
Microsoft Game Studios/Microsoft
Original Score
Jesper Kyd
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
James Hannigan, Zsolt Marx, Campbell Askew
Electronic Arts/EA Bright Light
Dom Beken, Alex Paterson
Sony Computer Entertainment/Q-Games and SCE Santa Monica Studio
Sports
Colin McRae: DiRT 2
Matt Horsman, Clive Moody, Guy Pearce
Codemasters/Codemasters Studios
Football Manager 2010
Sega/Sports Interactive
Forza 3
Microsoft/Turn 10
Wii Fit Plus
Shigeru Miyamoto, Tadashi Sugiyama, Hiroshi Matsunaga
Story
Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal
Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: The Director’s Cut
Charles Cecil, Neil Richards, Tony Warringer
Ubisoft Entertainment/Revolution Software
Brutal Legend
Tim Schafer
Electronic Arts/Double Fine Productions
Dragon Age: Origins
Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, Mike Laidlaw
Electronic Arts/BioWare
Strategy
Command and Conquer 3: Uprising
Electronic Arts/EA Los Angeles
Empire: Total War
Sega/Creative Assembly
FIFA Manager 10
Gerald Köhler, Cord Westhoff, Bernhard Maiberg
EA Sports/Bright Future
Halo Wars
Microsoft/Ensemble Studios
Plants vs Zombies
George Fan, Tod Semple, Rich Werner
Popcap Games/Popcap Games
Use of Audio
DJ Hero
Jamie Jackson, Dan Neil, Tim Riley
Activision/Freestyle Games
Sony Computer Entertainment/ThatGameCompany and SCE Santa Monica Studios
Use of Online
Electronic Arts/EA DICE
Electronic Arts/ EA Canada
LIttleBigPlanet (PSP)
James Shepherd, Piers Jackson, Matt Porter
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Cambridge & XEV Studio Europe
Singstar TakeThat
BAFTA Ones To Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital
Colour Coded
Murray Sinclair, Faye Wright, Liam Wong, Sean Donnelly, Nnanna Kama
(PixelPirates)
Quick as Thieves
William Wright, Michael Doig, Andrew Knight, Jamie MacKinnon, Lee Cresswell
(Gentleman of Fortune)
Shrunk!
Vykintas Kazdailis, Andrew Macdonald, Michael Cummings, Jacek Wernikowski, Stuart Kemp
(The Butterflyers)
GAME Award of 2009 (The only award to be voted for by the public)
Batman Arkham Asylum
The Beatles: Rockband
Electronic Arts/MTV Games/Apple Corp/ Harmonix Music Systems
GTA China Town Wars
Rockstar Games/Rockstar Leeds/Rockstar North
Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks
Street Fighter IV
