[News] The BAFTA Game Awards

Apparently, The BAFTA Game Awards are in a couple of weeks time and the list of nominations is out.

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BEST GAME

Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Fable II
Fallout 3
Grand Theft Auto IV
Rock Band
Super Mario Galaxy

ACTION & ADVENTURE

Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Dead Space
Fable II
Grand Theft Auto IV
Prince of Persia
Tomb Raider: Underworld

ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT

Assassin’s Creed
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Dead Space
Gears of War 2
LittleBigPlanet
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

CASUAL

Boom Blox
Buzz! Quiz TV
Guitar Hero: World Tour
LittleBigPlanet
SingStar Vol. 2
Wii Fit

GAMEPLAY

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Grand Theft Auto IV
Left 4 Dead
Mario Kart Wii
Rock Band
Super Mario Galaxy

HANDHELD

Geometry Wars: Galaxies
God of War: Chains of the Olympus
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Patapon
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Soul Bubbles

MULTIPLAYER

Buzz! Quiz TV
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Gears of War 2
Left 4 Dead
Mario Kart Wii
Rock Band

ORIGINAL SCORE

Assassin’s Creed
Dead Space
Fable II
Fallout 3
LittleBigPlanet
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

SPORTS

FIFA 09
Football Manager 2009
Motorstorm Pacific Rift
Pure
Race Driver: GRID
Wii Fit

STRATEGY

Advance Wars: Dark Conflict
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3
Ninjatown
Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution
SOCOM: US Navy Seals Tactical Strike
Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise

STORY AND CHARACTER

Assassin’s Creed
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Fable II
Fallout 3
Grand Theft Auto IV
Mass Effect

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT

Assassin’s Creed
Fable II
Fallout 3
Grand Theft Auto IV
LittleBigPlanet
Spore

USE OF AUDIO

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Dead Space
Gears of War 2
Grand Theft Auto IV
LittleBigPlanet
Super Mario Galaxy

BAFTA ONES TO WATCH AWARD
in association with Dare to Be Digital

Boro-Toro
Origamee
VegeMe

GAME Award of 2008

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Fallout 3
Gears of War 2
Grand Theft Auto IV
Guitar Hero World Tour
Left 4 Dead
LittleBigPlanet
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Wii Fit
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP

Nolan Bushnell

You can vote for the GAME award here.

It's a fairly unpredictable list, although I'm surprised to see Assasins Creed up there quite so much. Interesting too that LBP isn't up for best game, given that every other Top 10 list on the internet recently has been sucking it's cock so hard. Perhaps the fact that it's dropped to £15 in the shops already is an indication that after the initial novelty value wore off, nobody was that bothered about it? This being BAFTA, I imagine the majority of awards will go to Brits so expect a GTA clean sweep. Nice to see Nolan Bushnell getting some recognition too, a fellowship of BAFTA is a pretty prestigious thing.

Any thoughts, comments or alternative nominations, post 'em here.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Terminus

Man. Isn't Modern Warfare like old, old already? Also surprised to see LBP going below Assassin's Creed for Artistic Achievement.

Well I guess they looked at the whole year, rather than just the last two months like the Oscars do. Also, I'm pretty sure the lists are in alphabetical order...

Fable 2 has got a chance, true, but Peter Molyneaux (However you spell that) isn't a hugely popular figure in the industry over here so depending on the politics of the thing might get snubbed. I mean, I might be completely wrong but historically, BAFTA always favour Brits in all their awards.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Salient Worm

Incredible lol at "Best Game" not being the same as the "Gameplay" award.

Why so? Sure gameplay is a very big part of what makes a great game but that's not the only factor in determining what's the best game of the year. Let's say that you thought that GTAIV had the best gameplay of all games out last year but instead of the lavish visuals and sound it actually had, it was a wire-frame, blocky vector graphics and monotone beeps for sound effects game. Would it then be the best game of the year? Better than any games with not quite so fun gameplay but presenting a more complete package of visuals, sound and gameplay?

No, of course not.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.