14 DAY TRIAL // The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is revealing the nominations for its annual video game related awards, with titles like Far Cry 3, The Walking Dead, Mass Effect 3, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Borderlands 2 and Dishonored competing for the big categories.
The full list of nominees includes:
Best Game
Dishonoured - Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks Far Cry 3 FIFA 13 - EA Canada/EA Journey Mass Effect 3 The Walking Dead - Telltale Games/Telltale
Action
Borderlands 2 - Gearbox/2K Games Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 - Treyarch/Activision Far Cry 3 - Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Halo 4 - 343 Industries/Microsoft Studios Hitman: Absolution - IO Interactive/Square-Enix Mass Effect 3 - BioWare/EA
Artistic Achievement
Borderlands 2 Dear Esther - Thechineseroom/thechineseroom Far Cry 3 Halo 4 Journey - thatgamecompany/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe The Room - Fireproof Games/Fireproof Games
Audio Achievement
Assassin’s Creed III - Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Beat Sneak Bandit - Simogo/Simogo Dear Esther Far Cry 3 Halo 4 Journey
British Game
Dear Esther Forza Horizon - Playground Games/Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft Studios LEGO: The Lord of the Rings - TT Games/Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment Need for Speed Most Wanted - Criterion Games/EA The Room - Fireproof Games/Fireproof Games Super Hexagon - Terry Cavanagh
Debut Game
Deadlight - Tequila Works/Microsoft Studios Dear Esther Forza Horizon Proteus - Twisted Tree Games The Room The Unfinished Swan - Giant Sparrow/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Game Design
Borderlands 2 Dishonored Far Cry 3 Journey The Walking Dead XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Firaxis/2K Games
Family
Clay Jam - Fat Pebble/Zynga Just Dance 4 - Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes - TT Games/Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment LEGO the Lord of the Rings Minecraft: XBOX 360 Edition - Mojang/4J Studios Skylanders Giants - Toys For Bob/Activision
Game Innovation
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Fez - Polytron Corporation/Microsoft Studios Xbox LIVE Arcade Journey Kinect Sesame Street TV - Soho Productions/Microsoft Studios The Unfinished Swan Wonderbook: Books of Spells
Mobile & Handheld
Incoboto - Fluttermind LittleBigPlanet (Vita) - Tarsier Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe New Star Soccer - New Star Games The Room Super Monsters Ate My Condo - Adult Swim Games The Walking Dead
Online – Browser
Amateur Surgeon Hospital - Mediatonic/Adult Swim Games Dick and Dom’s HOOPLA! - Team Cooper/CBBC Merlin: The Game - Bossa Studios/Bossa Studios Runescape - Jagex The Settlers Online - Blue Byte Software/Ubisoft SongPop - FreshPlanet/FreshPlanet
Online – Multiplayer
Assassin’s Creed III Borderlands 2 Call of Duty: Black Ops II Halo 4 Journey Need For Speed Most Wanted
Original Music
Assassin’s Creed III Diablo III - Blizzard Entertainment Journey Thomas Was Alone The Unfinished Swan The Walking Dead
Performer
Adrian Hough (Haytham) - Assassin’s Creed III Danny Wallace (The Narrator) - Thomas Was Alone Dave Fennoy (Lee Everett) - The Walking Dead Melissa Hutchinson (Clementine) - The Walking Dead Nigel Carrington (The Narrator) - Dear Esther Nolan North (Nathan Drake) - Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Sports/Fitness
FIFA 13 F1 2012 - Codemasters Birmingham/Codemasters Racing Forza Horizon New Star Soccer Nike+ Kinect Training - Sumo Digital Ltd/Microsoft Studios Trials Evolution - RedLynx/Microsoft Studios
Story
Dishonoured Far Cry 3 Journey Mass Effect 3 Thomas was Alone The Walking Dead
Strategy
Dark Souls: Prepare To Die - From Software/Namco Bandai Games Diablo III Football Manager 2013 - Sports Interactive/SEGA Great Big War Game - Rubicon Development/Rubican Development Total War Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai - The Creative Assembly/SEGA XCOM: Enemy Unknown
BAFTA Ones to Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital
Pixel Story - Martin Cosens, Thomas McParland, Ashley Hayes, Benhamin Rushton, Luke Harrison Project Thanatos - Hugh Laird, Andrew Coles, Thomas Laird, Alexandra Shapland, Thomas Kemp Starcrossed - Kimi Sulopuisto, Vili Viitaniemi, Minttu Meriläinen, Petri Liuska, Andrew MacLean