The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has released the nominee list for their prestigious video games awards show, to be held on March 19th. Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 2 leads the nomination count with ten total, followed closely by Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 with nine. Interested gamers can find the full list of nominees and categories after the jump:
Action
Assassin’s Creed II – (Ubisoft Entertainment Ltd/Ubisoft Montreal)
Batman: Arkham Asylum – (Eidos/Rocksteady Studios)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – (Activision/Infinity Ward)
inFamous – (Sony Computer Entertainment/Sucker Punch Productions & SCE Foster City Studio)
Left 4 Dead 2 – (Valve/EA)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – (Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio)
Artistic Achievement
Assassin’s Creed II – (Ubisoft Entertainment Ltd/Ubisoft Montreal)
Batman: Arkham Asylum – (Eidos/Rocksteady Studios)
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – (Activision/Infinity Ward)
Flower – (Sony Computer Entertainment/ThatGameCompany and SCE Santa Monica Studio)
Street Fighter IV – (Capcom)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – (Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio)
Best Game
Assassin’s Creed II – (Ubisoft Entertainment Ltd/Ubisoft Montreal)
Batman: Arkham Asylum – (Eidos/Rocksteady Studios)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – (Activision/Infinity Ward)
FIFA 10 – (Electronic Arts/EA Canada)
Left 4 Dead 2 – (Valve/EA)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – (Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio)
Family & Social
The Beatles: Rock Band – (Electronic Arts/MTV Games/Apple Corp/Harmonix Music Systems)
Buzz! Quiz World – Sony Computer Entertainment/Relentless Software & XDEV Studio Europe
EyePet – (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE London Studio)
Guitar Hero 5 – (Activision/Neversoft Entertainment/Vicarios Visions/Budcat)
New Super Mario Bros Wii – (Nintendo)
Wii Sports Resort – (Nintendo)
Gameplay
Assassin’s Creed II – (Ubisoft Entertainment Ltd/Ubisoft Montreal)
Batman: Arkham Asylum – (Eidos/Rocksteady Studios)
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – (Activision/Infinity Ward)
New Super Mario Bros Wii– (Nintendo)
PixelJunk Shooter – (Sony Computer Entertainment/Q-Games & SCE Santa Monica Studio)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – (Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio)
Handheld
Gran Turismo PSP – (Sony Computer Entertainment/Polphony Digital Inc)
LittleBigPlanet PSP – (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Cambridge Studio & XDEV Studio Europe)
LocoRoco Midnight Carnival – (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Japan Studio)
Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story – (Nintendo)
Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box – (Nintendo)
Scribblenauts – (Warner Bros Interactive Entertainmnent/5th Cell)
Multiplayer
Battlefield 1943 – (Electronic Arts/Dice)
The Beatles: Rock Band – (Electronic Arts/MTV Games/Apple Corp/Harmonix Music Systems)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – (Activision/Infinity Ward)
Halo 3 ODST – (Bungie/Microsoft)
Left 4 Dead 2 – (Valve/EA)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – (Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio)
Original Score
Assassin’s Creed II – (Jesper Kyd, Ubisoft Entertainment Ltd/Ubisoft Montreal)
Batman: Arkham Asylum – (Eidos/Rocksteady Studios)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – (Activision/Infinity Ward)
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince – (Electronic Arts/EA Bright Light)
PixelJunk Shooter – (Sony Computer Entertainment/Q-Games & SCE Santa Monica Studio)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – (Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio)
Sports
Colin McRae: DiRT 2 – (Codemasters/Codemasters Studios)
FIFA 10 – (Electronic Arts/EA Canada)
Football Manager 2010 – (Sega/Sports Interactive)
Forza 3 – (Microsoft/Turn 10)
Wii Fit Plus – (Nintendo)
Wii Sports Resort – (Nintendo)
Story
Assassin’s Creed II – (Ubisoft Entertainment Ltd/Ubisoft Montreal)
Batman: Arkham Asylum – (Eidos/Rocksteady Studios)
Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: The Director’s Cut – (Ubisoft Entertainment/Revolution Software)
Brutal Legend – (Electronic Arts/Double Fine Productions)
Dragon Age: Origins – (Electronic Arts/BioWare)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – (Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio)
Strategy
Command and Conquer 3: Uprising – (Electronic Arts/EA Los Angeles)
Empire: Total War – (Sega/Creative Assembly)
FIFA Manager 10 – (EA Sports/Bright Future)
Football Manager 2010 – (Sega/Sports Interactive)
Halo Wars – (Microsoft/Ensemble Studios)
Plants vs Zombies – (Popcap Games)
Use of Audio
Batman: Arkham Asylum – (Eidos/Rocksteady Studios)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – (Activision/Infinity Ward)
DJ Hero – (Activision/Freestyle Games)
Flower – (Sony Computer Entertainment/ThatGameCompany and SCE Santa Monica Studio)
Left 4 Dead 2 – (Valve/EA)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – (Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio)
Use of Online
Battlefield 1943 – (Electronic Arts/Dice)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – (Activision/Infinity Ward)
FIFA 10 – (Electronic Arts/EA Canada)
LittleBigPlanet PSP – (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Cambridge Studio & XDEV Studio Europe)
Singstar TakeThat – (Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE London Studio)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – (Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio)
BAFTA Ones To Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital
Colour Coded – (PixelPirates)
Quick as Thieves – (Gentleman of Fortune)
Shrunk! – (The Butterflyers)
GAME Award of 2009
Assassin’s Creed II – (Ubisoft Entertainment Ltd/Ubisoft Montreal)
Batman: Arkham Asylum – (Eidos/Rocksteady Studios)
The Beatles: Rock Band – (Electronic Arts/MTV Games/Apple Corp/Harmonix Music Systems)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – (Activision/Infinity Ward)
FIFA 10 – (Electronic Arts/EA Canada)
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars – (Rockstar Games/Rockstar Leeds/Rockstar North)
Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks – (Nintendo/Nintendo)
Street Fighter IV – (Capcom)
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – (Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio)
Wii Sports Resort – (Nintendo)
Not much love for Dragon Age. I guess we at Elder-Geek are suckers for Bioware because I’ve noticed that we were in a minority when we named DA:O our GOTY.
No Demons Souls for Europe… which is sad. It was definitely my RPG of the year.