GAME British Academy Video Games Awards Nominations Announced

Nominations for the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards have been announced and many of the heavy hitters are some of last year’s best titles to enter the fray with the likes of Uncharted 2, Street Fighter IV, New Super Mario Brothers and Assassin’s Creed II among others totalling 40 entries in all.

This year also includes a category voted for by the public and includes various expected candidates that make the cut.

The GAME British Academy Video Games Awards take place on March 19th at the London Hilton on Park Lane. Check the full list of candidates after the Jump below.

(Thanks Patrick)

Action

• Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal)
• Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos/Rocksteady Studios)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision/Infinity Ward)
• inFAMOUS (Sony/Sucker Punch Productions & SCE Foster City Studio)
• Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve/EA)
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio)

Artistic Achievement

• Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal)
• Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos/Rocksteady Studios)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision/Infinity Ward)
• Flower (Sony/ThatGameCompany and SCE Santa Monica Studio)
• Streetfighter IV (Capcom/Capcom)
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio)

Best Game

• Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal)
• Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos/Rocksteady Studios)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision/Infinity Ward)
• FIFA 10 (Electronic Arts/EA Canada)
• Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve/EA)
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio)

Family & Social

• The Beatles: Rock Band (Electronic Arts/MTV Games/Apple Corp/Harmonix Music Systems)
• Buzz! Quiz World (Sony Relentless Software & XDEV Studio Europe)
• EyePet (Sony/SCE London Studio)
• Guitar Hero 5 (Activision/Neversoft Entertainment/Vicarios Visions/Budcat)
• New Super Mario Bros Wii (Nintendo/Nintendo)
• Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo/Nintendo)

Gameplay

• Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal)
• Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos/Rocksteady Studios)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision/Infinity Ward)
• New Super Mario Bros Wii (Nintendo/Nintendo)
• PixelJunk Shooter (Sony/Q-Games & SCE Santa Monica Studio)
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio)

Handheld

• Gran Turismo (Sony/Polphony Digital Inc)
• LittleBigPlanet (Sony/SCE Cambridge & xev Studio Europe)
• LocoRoco Midnight Carnival (Sony/SCE Japan Studio)
• Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (Nintendo/Nintendo)
• Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box (Nintendo/Nintendo)
• Scribblenauts (Warner Bros/5th Cell)

Multiplayer

• Battlefield 1943 (Electronic Arts/Dice)
• The Beatles: Rock Band (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 (Valve/EA)
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio)

Original Score

• Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal)
• Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos/Rocksteady Studios)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision/Infinity Ward)
• Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Electronic Arts/EA Bright Light)
• PixelJunk Shooter (Sony/Q-Games and SCE Santa Monica Studio)
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio)

Sports

• Colin McRae: DiRT 2 (Codemasters/Codemasters Studios)
• FIFA 10 (Electronic Arts/EA Canada)
• Football Manager 2010 (Sega/Sports Interactive)
• Forza 3 (Microsoft/Turn 10)
• Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo/Nintendo)
• Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo/Nintendo)

Story

• Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal)
• Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos/Rocksteady Studios)
• Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: The Director’s Cut (Ubisoft Entertainment/Revolution Software)
• Brutal Legend (Electronic Arts/Double Fine Productions)
• Dragon Age: Origins (Electronic Arts/BioWare)
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio)

Strategy

• Command and Conquer 3: Uprising (Electronic Arts/EA Los Angeles)
• Empire: Total War (Sega/Creative Assembly)
• FIFA Manager 10 (EA Sports/Bright Future)
• Football Manager 2010 (Sega/Sports Interactive)
• Halo Wars (Microsoft/Ensemble Studios)
• Plants vs Zombies (Popcap Games/Popcap Games)

Use of Audio

• Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos/Rocksteady Studios)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision/Infinity Ward)
• DJ Hero (Activision/Freestyle Games)
• Flower (Sony/ThatGameCompany and SCE Santa Monica Studios)
• Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve/EA)
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio)

Use of Online

• Battlefield 1943 (Electronic Arts/EA DICE)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Activision/Infinity Ward)
• FIFA 10 (Electronic Arts/ EA Canada)
• LIttleBigPlanet (PSP) (Sony/SCE Cambridge & XEV Studio Europe)
• Singstar TakeThat (Sony/SCE London Studio)
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio)

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

• Colour Coded (PixelPirates)
• Quick as Thieves (Gentleman of Fortune)
• Shrunk! (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/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio)
• Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo/Nintendo)