NOMIN ATIONS ANNOUNCED Batman: Arkham City and L.A. Noire lead with eight BAFTA nominations Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception and LittleBigPlanet 2 each garner six nominations Portal 2 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim follow with five and Deus Ex: Human Revolution with four London, 16 February 2012: The Academy today announced the nominations for the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards . 48 different games have been recognised and together they represent some of the most popular, innovative and cutting-edge creativity in today’s gaming industry. Batman: Arkham City and L.A. Noire are both nominated for Artistic Achievement, Best Game, Design, Original Music, Performer and Story. In addition, Batman: Arkham City is nominated for Action and Audio Achievement. L.A. Noire also got the nod for Debut Game and Game Innovation. Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception and LittleBigPlanet2 both received nominations for Artistic Achievement and Performer. Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception was also nominated for Action, Audio Achievement, Original Music, and Story. LittleBigPlanet 2 received additional nods for Design, Family, Game Innovation, and Online-Multiplayer. Portal 2 is nominated for Action and Performer. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim received nominations for Artistic Achievement and Original Music, and both games are also nominated for Best Game, Design, and Story. Deus Ex: Human Revolution received nods for Action, Original Music, Story and Strategy. Assassin’s Creed Revelations and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 both have three nominations. Bastion, Battlefield 3, Dance Central 2, Dark Souls, FIFA 12, From Dust, Kinect Sports 2, Monstermind, The Nightjar, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Super Mario 3D Land, and Total War: SHOGUN 2 all received two. This year’s new categories garnered nominations for the following games: Debut Game: Bastion, Eufloria, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, L.A. Noire, Monstermind, and Rift. Online-Browser: Gardens of Time, I Am Playr, Monstermind, Resistance 3, Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure, and The Sims Social. Online-Multiplayer: Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, Battlefield 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, Dark Souls, Gears of War 3, and LittleBigPlanet 2. Performer: Aaron Stanton (Cole Phelps) – L.A. Noire, Mark Hamill (The Joker) – Batman: Arkham City, Nolan North (Nathan Drake) – Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, Stephen Fry (Narrator) – LittleBigPlanet 2, Stephen Merchant (Wheatley) – Portal 2, and Togo Igawa (Diplomat, Advisor and Military General) – Total War: SHOGUN 2. Other nominated games include: Child of Eden, Dead Space iOS, Dead Space 2, DiRT 3,F1 2011, Football Manager 2012, Ghost Recon Shadow Wars, LEGO Pirates of The Caribbean, LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars, Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint, Mario Kart 7, Peggle, Quarrel, Raymans Origins, and Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012. This year’s Awards will also include the publicly-voted category – the GAME Award of 2011. The shortlist was compiled by a panel of gaming journalists and enthusiasts, and comprises of Batman: Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, FIFA 2012, L.A. Noire, Minecraft, Portal 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception. Voting is now live at www.baftagameaward.com. While the Academy recognises those individuals at the top of their field, it also nurtures the developers of tomorrow by recognising up-and-coming talent. This year’s nominations for the BAFTA Ones To Watch Award in association with Dare to be Digital are Dreamweaver, Joust! and Tick Tock Toys. The GAME British Academy Video Games Awards will take place on Friday 16 March at the London Hilton on Park Lane and, for the fourth year running, will be hosted by comedian and gamer Dara O’Briain. For information on either buying tickets or about the Awards in general, visit BAFTA’s website at www.bafta.org/awards/video-games Full list of nominations: Action Assassin’s Creed Revelations Martin Schelling, Darby McDevitt, Raphael Lacoste Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Batman: Arkham City Jamie Walker, Sefton Hill, Adam Doherty Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Development Team Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard Deus Ex: Human Revolution Jean-Francois Dugas, Antoine Thisdale Eidos Montreal/Ubisoft Portal 2 Development Team Valve/Valve Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Evan Wells, Christophe Balestra, Amy Hennig Naughty Dog/Sony Computers Entertainment Europe Artistic Achievement Batman: Arkham City Jamie Walker, Sefton Hill, David Hego Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment L.A. Noire Simon Wood, Cheekin Chan, Ben Brudenell Team Bondi/Rockstar Games LitteBigPlanet 2 Development Team Media Molecule/Sony Computers Entertainment Europe Raymans Origins Michel Ancel, Celine Tellier, Christophe Villez UBlart Montpellier/Ubisoft The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim Todd Howard Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Game Studios Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Evan Wells, Christophe Balestra, Amy Hennig Naughty Dog/Sony Computers Entertainment Europe Audio Achievement Batman: Arkham City Jamie Walker, Sefton Hill, Nick Arundel Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Battlefield 3 Stefan Strandberg, Bence Pajor, Carl Vikman Dice/Electronic Arts Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Development Team Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard Dead Space 2 Andrew Boyd, J White, Steve Papoutsis Visceral Games/Electronic Arts The Nightjar Nick Ryan, Paul Bennun, Daniel Jones Somethin’ Else/Somethin’ Else Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Evan Wells, Christophe Balestra, Amy Hennig Naughty Dog/Sony Computers Entertainment Europe Best Game Batman: Arkham City Jamie Walker, Sefton Hill, Nathan Burlow Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment FIFA 2012 Kaz Makita, David Rutter, Aaron McHardy Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts L.A. Noire Brendan McNamara, Naresh Hirani, Alex Carlyle Team Bondi/Rockstar Games Portal 2 Development Team Valve/Valve The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim Todd Howard Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Game Studios The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Development Team Nintendo/Nintendo Debut Game Bastion Amir Rao, Greg Kasauin, Darren Korb Supergiant Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Eufloria Rudolf Kremers, Alex May Omni Systems Limited/Omni Systems Limited Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet Michael Gagne, Joe Olson Shadow Planet Productions/Microsoft Studios L.A. Noire Brendan McNamara, Naresh Hirani, Alex Carlyle Team Bondi/Rockstar Games Monstermind Henrique Olifiers, Mike Bithell, Ric Moore Bossa Studios/Bossa Studios RIFT Scott Hartsman, Russ Brown Trion Worlds/Trion Worlds Design Batman: Arkham City Jamie Walker, Sefton Hill, Ian Ball Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment L.A. Noire Brendan McNamara, Alex Carlyle, Andrew Hamilton Team Bondi/Rockstar Games LittleBigPlanet 2 Development Team Media Molecule/Sony Computers Entertainment Europe Portal 2 Development Team Valve/Valve Super Mario 3D Land Development Team Nintendo/Nintendo The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim Todd Howard Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Game Studios Family Dance Central 2 Development Team Harmonix/Microsoft Studios Kinect Sports 2 Development Team Rare and Big Park Studios/Microsoft Studios LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean Development Team TT Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Jon Burton, Kellam Eanes TT Games/Activision Blizzard and LucasArts LittleBigPlanet 2 Development Team Media Molecule/Sony Computers Entertainment Europe Mario Kart 7 Development Team Nintendo/Nintendo Game Innovation Bastion Amir Rao, Darren Korb, Gavin Simon Supergiant Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Child of Eden Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Takashi Ishihara, Yuki Ichiki Q Entertainment/Ubisoft From Dust Eric Chahi, Guillaume Brunier, Bruno Gentile Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft L.A. Noire Brendan McNamara, Oliver Bao, Franta Fulin Team Bondi/Rockstar Games LittleBigPlanet 2 Development Team Media Molecule/Sony Computers Entertainment Europe The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Development Team Nintendo/Nintendo Mobile & Handheld Dead Space iOS Development Team Iron Monkey Studios/Electronic Arts Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint John Pickford, Ste Pickford Pickford Bros/Zee-3 Limited Peggle JP Vaughan, Paul O’Donnell, Sukhbir Sidhu Popcap Games/Electronic Arts Quarrel Gary Penn, Aaron Puzey, Sean Taylor Denki Games/UTV Ignition Games Super Mario 3D Land Development Team Nintendo/Nintendo The Nightjar Development Team Somethin’ Else/Somethin’ Else Online – Browser Gardens of Time Development Team Playdom/Disney Interactive Media Group I Am Playr Oli Madgett, Steve Didd, Dan Mayers We R Interactive/We R Interactive Monstermind Henrique Olifiers, Mike Bithell, Ric Moore Bossa Studios/Bossa Studios Resistance 3 Development Team Insomniac Game/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure Development Team Toys for Bob/Activision Blizzard The Sims Social Development Team Playfish/Electronic Arts Online-Multiplayer Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Martin Schelling, Darby McDevitt, Raphael Lacoste Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Battlefield 3 Fredrik Loving, Joakim Bodin, Oskar Gabrielson Dice/Electronic Arts Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Development Team Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard Dark Souls Development Team From Software/Namco Bandai Games Gears of War 3 Development Team Epic Games/Microsoft Studios LittleBigPlanet 2 Development Team Media Molecule/Sony Computers Entertainment Europe Original Music Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Jesper Kyd, Lorne Balfe Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Batman: Arkham City Nick Arundel, Jamie Walker, Sefton Hill Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Deus Ex: Human Revolution Steve Szczepkowski, Michael McCann Eidos Montreal/Ubisoft L.A. Noire Andrew Hale, Simon Hale Team Bondi/Rockstar Games The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim Jeremy Soule Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Game Studios Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Greg Edmondson Naughty Dog/Sony Computers Entertainment Europe Performer Aaron Stanton (Cole Phelps) – L.A. Noire Mark Hamill (The Joker) – Batman: Arkham City Nolan North (Nathan Drake) – Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Stephen Fry (Narrator) – LittleBigPlanet 2 Stephen Merchant (Wheatley) – Portal 2 Togo Igawa (Dipolomat, Advisor and Military General) – Total War: SHOGUN 2 Sports/Fitness Dance Central 2 Development Team Harmonix/Microsoft Studios DiRT 3 Development Team Codemasters Racing Studio/Codemasters Fl 2011 Development Team Codemasters Birmingham/Codemasters FIFA 2012 Kaz Makita, David Rutter, Aaron McHardy Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts Kinect Sports 2 Development Team Rare and Big Park Studios/Microsoft Studios Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012 Stephane Decroix, Igar Manceau, Philippe Baude Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Story Batman: Arkham City Jamie Walker, Sefton Hill, Paul Crocker Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Deus Ex: Human Revolution Mary DeMarle, Jean-Francois Dugas, James Swallow Eidos Montreal/Square Enix L.A. Noire Brendan McNamara Team Bondi/Rockstar Games Portal 2 Development Team Valve/Valve The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim Todd Howard Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks Europe Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Evan Wells, Christophe Balestra, Amy Hennig Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Strategy Dark Souls Development Team From Software/Namco Bandai Games Deus Ex: Human Revolution Jean-Francois Dugas, Frank Lapikas Eidos Montreal/Square Enix Football Manager 2012 Development Team Sports Interactive/SEGA From Dust Eric Chahi, Guillaume Brunier, Bruno Gentile Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft Ghost Recon Shadow Wars Julian Gollop, Stefan Dyulgerov, Borislav Bogdanov Ubisoft/Ubisoft Total War: SHOGUN 2 Development Team Creative Assembly/SEGA BAFTA Ones to Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital Dreamweaver Malath Abbas, Joseph Hurst, Daniel Scholes, Stuart Brown, Mat Stevenson (Evolved Ape) Joust! Jose B Martinex Hernandez, Roman Graebsch, Agne Gediminskaite, Petr Papex, Amr Din (Digital Knights) Tick Tock Toys Sophie George, Kristian Francis, Rosemary Ball, Mark Bamford, Calum Goold (Swallowtail) GAME Award of 2011 (The only award to be voted for by the public) Batman: Arkham City Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Battlefield 3 Dice/Electronic Arts Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard FIFA 2012 Sports Interactive L.A Noire Team Bondi/Rockstar Games Minecraft Mojang/Mojang Portal 2 Valve/Valve The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks Europe The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Nintendo/Nintendo Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe PC Game Reviews and News You can also follow CaptainD on Google+ to stay up to date with the latest news and reviews.
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