BAFTA Game Award Nominees Revealed

BAFTA Game Award Nominees Revealed BAFTA Game Award Nominees Revealed

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) have announced their nominations for the 2007 British Academy Video Games Awards.

Wii Sports has been nominated for 7 awards including Best Game, Innovation and Sports. Gears of War followed close behind with six nominations, then Crackdown, God of War II and Okami taking 5 each.

The Academy Awards are all voted for by industry professionals, with the exception of the PC World Gamers Award, which is voted for by the public. The winners will be announced at a ceremony taking place at the Battersea Evolution in London on October 23, as part of the London Games Festival.

The full list of nominations are as follows:
Action and Adventure
Crackdown (Xbox 360)
Gears of War (Xbox 360)
God of War 2 (PS2)
Orange Box (PS3)
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)
Sumo Digital/SEGA
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
ClimbActic
Bear Go Home

The PC World Gamers Award
(The only award to be voted for by the public)
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)