• BAFTA Games Nominees Announced

    By Luke Plunkett, 4:30 AM on Thu Sep 27 2007, 2,801 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

    Nominations are in for the BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Video Games Awards. I like these: the BAFTAs are proper awards, kind of like the Oscars, but more credible. So imagine if...well, not the Oscars, the Golden Globes gave out videogame awards, and that's what these are. Except in Britain. Anyway. Enough stage-setting, and on with the nominees. Might wanna grab a cup of joe, though, this is going to take a while.

    Action and Adventure

    Crackdown (Xbox 360)
    Gears of War (Xbox 360)
    God of War 2 (PS2)
    Orange Box (PC)
    Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction (PS3)
    The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)

    Artistic Achievement

    Bioshock (Xbox 360)
    Heavenly Sword (PS3)
    Okami (PS2)
    Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction (PS3)
    Skate (PS3)
    Viva Piñata (Xbox 360)

    Best Game

    Bioshock (Xbox 360)
    Crysis (PC)
    Gears of War (Xbox 360)
    Guitar Hero II (PS2)
    Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Xbox 360)
    Wii Sports (Wii)

    Casual

    Big Brain Academy for Wii (Wii)
    Cake Mania (DS)
    Guitar Hero II (PS2)
    More Brain Training (DS)
    SingStar (PS3)
    Wii Sports (Wii)

    Gameplay

    Crackdown (Xbox 360)
    Gears of War (Xbox 360)
    Sega Rally (PS3)
    The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
    Warhawk (PS3)
    Wii Sports (Wii)

    Innovation

    fl0w (PSN)
    Okami (PS2)
    Super Paper Mario (Wii)
    The Eye of Judgement (PS3)
    Trauma Center: Second Opinion (Wii)
    Wii Sports (Wii)

    Multiplayer

    Battlefield 2142 (PC)
    Crackdown (Xbox 360)
    Guitar Hero II (PS2)
    Wii Sports (Wii)
    World in Conflict (PC)
    World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (PC)

    Original Score

    Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
    God of War 2 (PS2)
    Lair (PS3)
    Okami (PS2)
    The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
    Viva Piñata (Xbox 360)

    Sports

    Football Manager 2008 (PC)
    Colin McRae: DiRT (Xbox 360)
    FIFA 08 (PS3)
    MotorStorm (PS3)
    Virtua Tennis 3 (Xbox 360)
    Wii Sports (Wii)

    Strategy and Simulation

    Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars (Xbox 360)
    Forza Motorsport 2 (Xbox 360)
    Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms (PC)
    Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas (Xbox 360)
    Wii Sports (Wii)
    World in Conflict (PC)

    Story and Character

    Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
    God of War 2 (PS2)
    Heavenly Sword (PS3)
    Okami (PS2)
    The Darkness (Xbox 360)
    The Simpsons Game (Xbox 360)


    Technical Achievement

    Crackdown (Xbox 360)
    Gears of War (Xbox 360)
    God of War 2 (PS2)
    MotorStorm (PS3)
    Okami (PS2)
    Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)

    Use of Audio

    Crackdown (Xbox 360)
    Elite Beat Agents (DS)
    Gears of War (Xbox 360)
    God of War 2 (PS2)
    Guitar Hero II (PS2)
    Skate (PS3)

    BAFTA One's To Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital

    Ragnarawk
    Voodoo Boogy (Malcom Brown, Robert Clarke, Peter Carr, Lynne Robertson,
    Finlay Sutton)
    ClimbActic
    Carebox (Jack Potter, Alan Campbell, Benjamin Rollinson, Zarek Cohen, Duncan Harrison)
    Bear Go Home
    Phoenix Seed (Fengming Bao, Xi Deng, Yi Li, Guangyao Wang, Christopher Isaacs)

    The PC World Gamers Award

    Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (DS)
    FIFA 07 (PS2)
    Football Manager 2007 (PC)
    Gears of War (Xbox 360)
    Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (PSP)
    Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3)
    Wii Play (Wii)

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