BAFTA Video Game Awards 2012 nominees announced

Posted February 16, 2012 by James Pickard in Industry News, News.

The nominees for the BAFTA Video Game Awards have been revealed, with L.A. Noire and Batman: Arkham City leading the way with eight nods each.

Dara O’Briain returns once again to host this year’s BAFTA Video Game Awards, where L.A. Noire, Batman: Arkham City, FIFA 2012, Portal 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword will compete for title of Best Game.

Both L.A. Noire and Arkham City have received nominations in seven other categories, including Artistic Achievement and Design. Aaron Stanton and Mark Hamill have also been nominated for their performances as troubled cop, Cole Phelps and The Joker, respectively.

Elsewhere, Uncharted 3 and LittleBigPlanet 2 have garnered six nominations, followed by Portal 2 and Skyrim with five, and Deus Ex: Human Revolution with four, which somehow fits into both the Action and Strategy categories. Dark Souls is in there too, which is bound to make a few people extremely happy.

You can read the full list of nominations below and discuss who are your favourites until the winners are revealed at the London Hilton on Friday March 16th.

Action

• Assassin’s Creed Revelations
• Batman: Arkham City
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• Portal 2
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Artistic Achievement

• Batman: Arkham City
• L.A. Noire
• LitteBigPlanet 2
• Rayman: Origins
• The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Audio Achievement

• Batman: Arkham City
• Battlefield 3
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
• Dead Space 2
• The Nightjar
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Best Game

• Batman: Arkham City
• FIFA 2012
• L.A. Noire
• Portal 2
• The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Debut Game

• Bastion
• Eufloria
• Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
• L.A. Noire
• Monstermind
• RIFT

Design

• Batman: Arkham City
• L.A. Noire
• LittleBigPlanet 2
• Portal 2
• Super Mario 3D Land
• The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim

Family

• Dance Central 2
• Kinect Sports 2
• LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean
• LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
• LittleBigPlanet 2
• Mario Kart 7

Game Innovation

• Bastion
• Child of Eden
• From Dust
• L.A. Noire
• LittleBigPlanet 2
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Mobile & Handheld

• Dead Space iOS
• Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint
• Peggle
• Quarrel
• Super Mario 3D Land
• The Nightjar

Online – Browser

• Gardens of Time
• I Am Playr
• Monstermind
• Resistance 3
• Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure
• The Sims Social

Online – Multiplayer

• Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
• Battlefield 3
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
• Dark Souls
• Gears of War 3
• LittleBigPlanet 2

Original Music

• Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
• Batman: Arkham City
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• L.A. Noire
• The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

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
• DiRT 3
• Fl 2011
• FIFA 2012
• Kinect Sports 2
• Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012

Story

• Batman: Arkham City
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• L.A. Noire
• Portal 2
• The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Strategy

• Dark Souls
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• Football Manager 2012
• From Dust
• Ghost Recon Shadow Wars
• Total War: SHOGUN 2

BAFTA Ones to Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital

• Dreamweaver
• Joust!
• Tick Tock Toys

GAME Award of 2011 (The only award to be voted for by the public)

• Batman: Arkham City
• Battlefield 3
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
• FIFA 2012
• L.A Noire
• Minecraft
• Portal 2
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

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