The competition is fierce and one can never truly tell what the experts who judge these things are thinking (or if they are at all).
Weigh in on the nominations and tell us if you think BAFTA has made good selections, who you think should win what, and because the voting for the GAME award is open to the public, vote for your favourite game on the list (link below)! The BAFTA Video Game Awards will be held Wednesday, March 16.
Action
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood (Ubisoft) Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (EA/DICE) BioShock 2 (2K Games/2K Marin) Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision/Treyarch) God of War III (Sony) Halo: Reach (Microsoft/Bungie)
Artistic Achievement
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood (Ubisoft) Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision/Treyarch) God of War III (Sony) Heavy Rain (Sony/Quantic Dream) LIMBO (XBLA/Playdead Games) Mass Effect 2 (EA/BioWare)
Best Game
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood (Ubisoft) FIFA 11 (EA Sports) Heavy Rain (Sony/Quantic Dream) LIMBO (XBLA/Playdead) Mass Effect 2 (EA/BioWare) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
Family
Dance Central (Microsoft/MTV/Harmonix) Kinect Adventures (Microsft/Good Science Studio) Kinect Sports (Microsoft/Rare) Kinectimals (Microsoft/Frontier) LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Warner Bros/TT Games) Toy Story 3 (Disney/Avalanche Software)
Gameplay
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood (Ubisoft) God of War III (Sony) Heavy Rain (Sony/Quantic Dream) LIMBO (XBLA/Playdead Games) Mass Effect 2 (EA/BioWare) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
Handheld
Cut the Rope (Chillingo/Zeptolab) God of War: Ghost of Sparta (Sony/Ready at Dawn) LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 (Warner Bros/TT Games) Professor Layton and the Lost Future (Nintendo/Level 5 Games) Sonic Colours (SEGA/Sonic Team) Super Scribblenauts (Warner Bros/5th Cell)
Multiplayer
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood (Ubisoft) Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (EA/DICE) Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard/Treyarch) Halo: Reach (Microsoft/Bungie) Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (EA/Criterion Games) Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (Blizzard)
Original Music
Alan Wake (Microsoft/Remedy) Fable III (Microsoft/Lionhead) Heavy Rain (Sony/Quantic Dream) James Bond 007: Bloodstone (Activision Blizzard/Bizarre Creations) Mass Effect 2 (EA/BioWare) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
Social Network Game
Bejeweled Blitz (Popcap) Farmerama (Bigpoint) FIFA Superstars (EA Sports/Playfish) My Empire (Playfish) Zoo Mumba (Bigpoint) Zuma Blitz (PopCap)
Sports
F1 2010 (Codemasters) FIFA 11 (EA) Football Manager 2011 (SEGA/Sports Interactive) Gran Turismo 5 (Sony/Polyphony) International Cricket 2010 (Codemasters/Trickstar Games) Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 (Konami/Winning Eleven Productions)
Story
Alan Wake (Microsoft/Remedy) BioShock 2 (2K Games/2K Marin) Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision/Treyarch) Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda/Obsidian) Heavy Rain (Sony/Quantic Dream) Mass Effect 2 (EA/BioWare)
Strategy
Civilization V (2K Games/Firaxis) Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda/Obsidian) FIFA Manager 11 (EA Sports) Napoleon Total War (SEGA/Creative Assembly) Plants vs. Zombies XBLA (PopCap) Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (Blizzard)
Technical Innovation
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood (Ubisoft) Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision Blizzard/Treyarch) Halo: Reach (Microsoft/Bungie) Heavy Rain (Sony/Quantic Dream) Kinectimals (Microsoft/Frontier) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
Use of Audio
Alan Wake (Microsoft/Remedy) Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood (Ubisoft) Battlefield: Bad Company: 2 (EA/DICE) Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision/Treyarch) DJ Hero 2 (Activision/Freestylegames) LIMBO (XBLA/Playdead)
BAFTA Ones to Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital
Mush (Angry Mango) Sculpty (Team Tickle) Twang (That Game Studio)
2010 GAME Award
(Public Vote)
Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision/Treyarch) Dance Central (Microsoft/MTV/Harmonix) FIFA 11 (EA Sports) Halo: Reach (Microsoft/Bungie) Heavy Rain (Sony/Quantic Dream) Limbo (XBLA/Playdead Games) Mass Effect 2 (EA/BioWare) Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (EA/Criterion) Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
Some interesting notes: Kinect is dominating in the Family friendly genre with 3 nods; Red Dead Redemption didn’t get much love in the categories: Minecraft is nowhere to be found.
Check out Game Rant’s 2010 Video Game Awards to see our picks and compare!
Source: BAFTA
