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BAFTA anounces British Academy Video Game Awards nominees

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Ashes

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British Academy Video Game Awards nominees have been announced.

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
Development Team
(Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio)


Artistic Achievement

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

Flower
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/ThatGameCompany and SCE Santa Monica Studio

Streetfighter IV
Yoshinori Ono
Capcom/Capcom

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio


Best Game

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

FIFA 10
Andrew Wilson, David Rutter, Gary Paterson
Electronic Arts/EA Canada

Left 4 Dead 2
Gabe Newell, Chet Faliszek, Tom Leonard
Valve/EA

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio


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
Development Team
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
Nintendo/Nintendo


Gameplay

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

New Super Mario Bros Wii
Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Hiroyuki Kimura
Nintendo/Nintendo

PixelJunk Shooter
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Q-Games & SCE Santa Monica Studio

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City 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
Nintendo/Nintendo

Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box
Akira Tago, Akihiro Hino, Tatsuya Shinkai
Nintendo/Nintendo

Scribblenauts
Jeremiah Slaczka, Marius Fahlbusch
Warner Bros Interactive Entertainmnent/5th Cell


Multiplayer

Battlefield 1943
Patrick Liu, Gordon Van Dyke
Electronic Arts/Dice

The Beatles: Rock Band
Alex Rigopulos, Paul DeGooyer, Josh Randall
Electronic Arts/MTV Games/Apple Corp/Harmonix Music Systems

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development team
Activision/Infinity Ward

Halo 3 ODST
Development Team
Microsoft Game Studios/Microsoft

Left 4 Dead 2
Gabe Newell, Chet Faliszek, Tom Leonard
Valve/EA

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio


Original Score

Assassin’s Creed II
Jesper Kyd
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

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
James Hannigan, Zsolt Marx, Campbell Askew
Electronic Arts/EA Bright Light

PixelJunk Shooter
Dom Beken, Alex Paterson
Sony Computer Entertainment/Q-Games and SCE Santa Monica Studio

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio


Sports

Colin McRae: DiRT 2
Matt Horsman, Clive Moody, Guy Pearce
Codemasters/Codemasters Studios

FIFA 10
Andrew Wilson, David Rutter, Gary Paterson
Electronic Arts/EA Canada

Football Manager 2010
Development Team
Sega/Sports Interactive

Forza 3
Development Team
Microsoft/Turn 10

Wii Fit Plus
Shigeru Miyamoto, Tadashi Sugiyama, Hiroshi Matsunaga
Nintendo/Nintendo

Wii Sports Resort
Katsuya Eguchi, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshikazu Yamashita
Nintendo/Nintendo


Story

Assassin’s Creed II
Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets
Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Sefton Hill, David Hego, Nick Arundel
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios

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

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio


Strategy

Command and Conquer 3: Uprising
Development team
Electronic Arts/EA Los Angeles

Empire: Total War
Development Team
Sega/Creative Assembly

FIFA Manager 10
Gerald Köhler, Cord Westhoff, Bernhard Maiberg
EA Sports/Bright Future

Football Manager 2010
Development Team
Sega/Sports Interactive

Halo Wars
Development Team
Microsoft/Ensemble Studios

Plants vs Zombies
George Fan, Tod Semple, Rich Werner
Popcap Games/Popcap Games


Use of Audio

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Sefton Hill, David Hego, Nick Arundel
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development team
Activision/Infinity Ward

DJ Hero
Jamie Jackson, Dan Neil, Tim Riley
Activision/Freestyle Games

Flower
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/ThatGameCompany and SCE Santa Monica Studios

Left 4 Dead 2
Gabe Newell, Chet Faliszek, Tom Leonard
Valve/EA

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio


Use of Online

Battlefield 1943
Patrick Liu, Gordon Van Dyke
Electronic Arts/EA DICE

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development Team
Activision/Infinity Ward

FIFA 10
Andrew Wilson, David Rutter, Gary Paterson
Electronic Arts/ EA Canada

LittleBigPlanet (PSP)
James Shepherd, Piers Jackson, Matt Porter
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Cambridge & XEV Studio Europe

Singstar TakeThat
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE London Studio

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio


BAFTA Ones To Watch Award

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

Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal)

Batman Arkham Asylum (Eidos/Rocksteady Studios)

The Beatles: Rockband (Electronic Arts/MTV Games/Apple Corp/Harmonix Music Systems)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision/Infinity Ward)

FIFA 10 (Electronic Arts/EA Canada)

GTA China Town Wars (Rockstar Games/Rockstar Leeds/Rockstar North)

Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks (Nintendo/Nintendo)

Street Fighter IV (Capcom/Capcom)

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio)

Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo/Nintendo)

source:
http://www.nowgamer.com/news/2522/bafta-announces-gamesnominations
http://www.bafta.org/awards/video-games/nominations-in-2010,1017,BA.html#jump1
 
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Hot Coldman

Banned
Kinda hoping they'd dropped the genre categories this year. Oh well, the only serious mistakes I see are no GTA for Handheld award and the prescence of FIFA 10 in the Best Game category. Not that it matters, seeing as Uncharted is gonna SWEEP
 
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mescalineeyes

Banned
ODST got robbed in best soundtrack.

also, no Street Fighter IV in best gameplay is a travesty.

other than that I hope Uncharted 2 beats Assassins Creed 2 to a pulp in every category.
 
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batbeg

Member
LocoRoco Midnight Carnival
Kenji Sakai, Saeka Horikoshi, Hiroya Matsugami
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Japan Studio
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Won't win, but finally some damned recognition for it. Especially nice as it's a downloadable title.
 
ULTROS!

ULTROS!

People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
Cool to see Uncharted 2 nominated for almost everything!
 
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Tain

Member
Action
Artistic Achievement
Best Game
Family & Social
Gameplay
Handheld
Multiplayer
Original Score
Sports
Story
Strategy
Use of Audio
Use of Online
BAFTA Ones To Watch Award
GAME Award of 2009
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Man, just look at these incredibly important categories. go go classy video game media~
 
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Raide

Member
Aaron said:
I stopped as soon as I saw there was more than one category. Pointless tripe.
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Would people prefer the "Best Game that is Uncharted 2" award and throw away the rest? :lol
 
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FromTheFuture

Member
Five of these games do not belong...

Artistic Achievement

Assassin’s Creed II
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Flower
Streetfighter IV
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
 
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Datrio

Member
Ashes1396 said:
Story

Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: The Director’s Cut
Charles Cecil, Neil Richards, Tony Warringer
Ubisoft Entertainment/Revolution Software
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Well, colour me surprised. It probably won't win, but I think it's good that a 14 year old game got a nomination.
 
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RPG_Fanatic

Member
I'm Surprised that after the other categories that NSMBW was nominated for, that it would be left out of the game of 2009 category.
 
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gofreak

GAF's Bob Woodward
Haha @ Sony getting more nominations in handheld category than Nintendo.

Poor PSP :(

Sony's dev teams seem to do really well with awards the last couple of years. 22 nods here :eek:
 
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Darklord

Banned
C&C3: Uprising? That's a Red Alert expansion, nice of them to get the name of the games correct.

Baki said:
Uncharted 2 is in practically every category. :lol :lol
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I bet it'll win shit all as well(That's not a trolling comment, I just think it'll be snubbed).
 
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Prophet Steve

Member
Very much nominees for Batman, Uncharted 2, Modern Warfare 2 and Assassins Creed 2, but I hope the first two get the most awards. And was the soundtrack in Batman that good? Remembered when I played the game, I thought there was an absence of a great soundtrack. With Use of Audio they are referring to the voice actors? Because those were indeed great.

Too bad Brutal Legend got only one nominee in a category it probably doesn't win, I prefer the artistic style anytime over that of Assassins Creed 2.

And why does Halo:ODST is with best multiplayer games? There is only coop and firefight, and they aren't both that fun, unless they also take the Halo 3 multiplayer into account.

Well, hope they don't screw up the winners.
 
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Gowans

Member
http://www.bafta.org/awards/video-games/

BAFTA's are the British Oscars and for me this is probably the most important and prestious games awards out there.

How they are judged:

The next British Academy Video Games Awards will take place on Friday 19 March 2010.

ELIGIBILITY

Entries are invited for the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards in 2010 from both developers and publishers.
Any game is eligible so long as it has been, or will be released in the UK between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2009. This means both completed/published games and currently uncompleted games are eligible to be entered.
No game that has previously been entered can be re-entered into the Video Games Awards (this includes Late Releases only entered into two categories the previous year). However, games which have been entered for the Children’s Awards in 2009 can also be entered for these Awards.
All games released in 2009, including Late Releases (see below), will be eligible only for these Awards (Friday 19 March 2010). Even if they are not entered this year, they will not be eligible for the Awards in 2011.
When entering a game, there is no need to be platform-specific unless a game has been produced by separate developers/publishers for different platforms. In this case, each developer or publisher may enter their own version.


JUDGING PROCESS

FIRST STAGE

All entries received by 16 November will be grouped into categories and voted on by selected industry professionals and Games-voting BAFTA members. The top six games which have received the most votes in each category will then qualify for the next stage, which is to go to a carefully selected jury, specialising in that category.
If you would like to become a first stage voter and have made a significant contribution to the Video Games industry, please complete the online voting application form . If you are selected, you will be notified by BAFTA and be given a username and password. If you have any questions please email the Games Awards Officer Kelly Smith at kellys@bafta.org .


SECOND STAGE

Any games which have not been released by 6 December will still have a chance to enter, but due to their proximity to the first stage of voting and consequent inaccessibility, they will have to be judged by the jury only.
These games must be available for each jury member to play for c.30 days between mid-December 2009 and mid-January 2010.
THE JURY

Each jury will comprise between seven and nine industry practitioners across a range of developers and publishers and will be chaired by a member of the BAFTA Video Games committee.
It is our aim for each jury to be balanced in age and experience, and with a track record of achievement in the field. No juror will be permitted to sit on the jury if he/she has had any direct association with a short-listed game. Chairs are also mindful of the diversity of the jury, and jurors will not be exclusively from one discipline.
After discussion, the jury will then select the nominations and winner by secret ballot.
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Hope they do a proper live stream this year.
 
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ghst

thanks for the laugh
Gowans007 said:
BAFTA's are the British Oscars and for me this is probably the most important and prestious games awards out there.
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you've read the nominations, right?

i think strategy is my favourite, kinda surprised not to see mw2 there though.
 
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Gowans

Member
Yeah I guess they may need to clear things up a little and maybe explain their thinking/process.

It was the same last year, if not worse and I don't agree with some of the categories either.

Still think they are the best out that have broader appeal but there isn't much competition and atleast they take the awards seriously in the ceremony as a art(hated the VGAs).
 
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astroturfing

Member
no Killzone 2 for multiplayer? ok..

and no Demon's Souls for "use of online"..........? ohh yea, it wasnt released in Europe. great.
 
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Gomu Gomu

Member
Shigeru Miyamoto To Receive BAFTA Fellowship
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The British Academy of Film and Television Arts said this week it will present a BAFTA Fellowship to game design luminary Shigeru Miyamoto, the Nintendo mainstay who created games including Super Mario Bros. and Zelda.

The BAFTA Fellowship is not video game-specific; film and television icons are also considered, reflecting Miyamoto's impact on the overall entertainment industry. But even though Miyamoto is the Nintendo creator most often in the limelight, he says he will accept the award on behalf of the people who supported him over the years.

"I am very grateful to be able to receive such an honorable award from the British Academy," Miyamoto said in a statement. "Our video games cannot be created by one person; since Donkey Kong until the most recent New Super Mario Bros. Wii, I have been working closely with a number of friends for three decades in order to develop fun and enjoyable games. I would like to receive this honorable award on behalf of all of these dependable colleagues."

The BAFTA awards are set to take place on Friday, March 19 at the London Hilton on Park Lane. For the second time, comedian and gamer Dara O'Briain will host the BAFTA Video Game Awards, sponsored by UK-based retailer GAME.

In a statement, film producer, actor and BAFTA chair David Parfitt said, "The Fellowship is the highest accolade the Academy can bestow on an individual for their creative work and we are honored to have Miyamoto with us to accept his award."

"With previous honorees including Hitchcock, Kubrick and Pinter, it is only fitting that Miyamoto be recognized alongside these other pioneers for his groundbreaking work," Parfitt added. "He helped to develop an entire creative industry and is still a major force in its continuing success."

Last year, gaming pioneer Nolan Bushnell became a BAFTA Fellow for his contributions to the game industry. SimCity and The Sims creator Will Wright received a BAFTA Fellowship in 2007.
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http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/27361/Shigeru_Miyamoto_To_Receive_BAFTA_Fellowship.php

Congrats.
 
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BowieZ

Banned
Ashes1396 said:
Action

Assassin’s Creed II
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
inFAMOUS
Left 4 Dead 2
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Best Game

Assassin’s Creed II
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
FIFA 10
Left 4 Dead 2
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
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In other news, the prestigious Best Genre award was given to "Action".
 
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