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2009 BAFTA Video Games Awards Nominees Revealed

by Rainier on Feb. 17, 2010 @ 12:00 a.m. PST

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the the nominees for its Video Games Awards, with the winners to be revealed on Friday, March 19, 2010.

Action

  • Assassin’s Creed II - Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets (Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal)
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum - Development Team: (Eidos/Rocksteady Studios)
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Development Team: (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 - Development Team: (Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio)

Artistic Achievement

  • Assassin’s Creed II - Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets: Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum - Development Team: Eidos/Rocksteady Studios
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Development team: Activision/Infinity Ward
  • Flower - Development Team: Sony Computer Entertainment/ThatGameCompany and SCE Santa Monica Studio
  • Streetfighter IV - Yoshinori Ono: Capcom/Capcom
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - Development Team: Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio

Best Game

  • Assassin’s Creed II - Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets: Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum - Development Team: Eidos/Rocksteady Studios
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - Development Team: 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 - Development Team: 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
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE London Studio

Guitar Hero 5
Brian Bright, Paul Robinson, Allen Freese
Activision/Neversoft Entertainment/Vicarious 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/Ubisoft Montreal

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Development Team
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development Team
Activision/Infinity Ward

New Super Mario Bros Wii
Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Hiroyuki Kimura
Nintendo/Nintendo

PixelJunk Shooter
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Q-Games & SCE Santa Monica Studio

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
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)
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Cambridge Studio & XDEV 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

Multiplayer

Battlefield 1943
Patrick Liu, Gordon Van Dyke
Electronic Arts/EA 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
Development team
Activision/Infinity Ward

Halo 3 ODST
Development Team
Microsoft Game Studios/Microsoft

Left 4 Dead 2
Gabe Newell, Chet Faliszek, Tom Leonard
Valve/EA

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
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
Development Team
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Hans Zimmer
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
Development Team
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
Development Team
Sega/Sports Interactive

Forza 3
Development Team
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
Development Team
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios

Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: The Director’s Cut
Charles Cecil, Neil Richards, Tony Warriner
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
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio

Strategy

Command and Conquer 3: Uprising
Development team
Electronic Arts/EA Los Angeles

Empire: Total War
Development Team
Sega/Creative Assembly

FIFA Manager 10
Gerald Köhler, Cord Westhoff, Bernhard Maiberg
EA Sports/Bright Future

Football Manager 2010
Development Team
Sega/Sports Interactive

Halo Wars
Development Team
Microsoft/Ensemble Studios

Plants vs Zombies
George Fan, Tod Semple, Rich Werner
Popcap Games/PopCap Games

Use of Audio

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Development Team
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development team
Activision/Infinity Ward

DJ Hero
Jamie Jackson, Dan Neil, Tim Riley
Activision/Freestyle Games

Flower
Development Team
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
Development Team
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 - Development Team: Activision/Infinity Ward
  • FIFA 10 - Andrew Wilson, David Rutter, Gary Paterson: Electronic Arts/ EA Canada
  • LittleBigPlanet (PSP) - Development Team: Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Cambridge Studio & XDEV Studio Europe
  • Singstar TakeThat - Development Team: Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE London Studio
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - Development Team: 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)

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 Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio)
  • Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo/Nintendo)
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