News: Uncharted 2 nabs eight nominations.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the nominees for their 2009 Video Game Awards. The BAFTAs are considered the "British Oscars" and the organization has been rewarding "innovation and talent" in the game industry since 2005.
Assassin's Creed II, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, FIFA 10, Left 4 Dead 2 and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves were all nominated for "Best Game".
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves led the pack with eight nominations. Batman: Arkham Asylum and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 were close behind with seven nominations each. The winners will be announced during the 2009 BAFTA Video Game Awards ceremony on March 19.
The full list of nominations for all of the awards can be found below:
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
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
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
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
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
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
Sony Computer Entertainment/ThatGameCompany and SCE Santa Monica Studio
Street Fighter IV
Yoshinori Ono
Capcom/Capcom
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
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
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
Activision/Infinity Ward
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Hiroyuki Kimura
Nintendo/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
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
Activision/Infinity Ward
Halo 3: ODST
Microsoft Game Studios/Microsoft
Left 4 Dead 2
Gabe Newell, Chet Faliszek, Tom Leonard
Valve/EA
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
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
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
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
Sega/Sports Interactive
Forza Motorsport 3
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 Ц 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
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio
Strategy
Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising
Electronic Arts/EA Los Angeles
Empire: Total War
Sega/Creative Assembly
FIFA Manager 10
Gerald KЎhler, Cord Westhoff, Bernhard Maiberg
EA Sports/Bright Future
Football Manager 2010
Sega/Sports Interactive
Halo Wars
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
Activision/Infinity Ward
DJ Hero
Jamie Jackson, Dan Neil, Tim Riley
Activision/Freestyle Games
Flower
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
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
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
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE London Studio
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio
BAFTA Ones To Watch Award
In association with Dare to Be Digital
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)
The nominations for the 2009 BAFTA GAME Award, their people's choice award, were announced last week. Gamers can vote for their 2009 favorite at BAFTAGameAward.com from now until March 16.
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