Last week was all about the movie awards but now BAFTA keep up the momentum by announcing the nominations for the 2012 Video Game Awards. Batman: Arkham City and L.A. Noire come in strong but we’ve got the full list for you below.
Let us know in the comments section below which you want to win and what’s missing from the list.
Action
- Assassin’s Creed Revelations – Martin Schelling, Darby McDevitt, Raphael Lacoste / Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
- Batman: Arkham City – Jamie Walker, Sefton Hill, Adam Doherty / Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Development Team / Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Jean-Francois Dugas, Antoine Thisdale / Eidos Montreal/Ubisoft
- Portal 2 – Development Team / Valve/Valve
- Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – Evan Wells, Christophe Balestra, Amy Henni g/Naughty Dog/Sony Computers Entertainment Europe
Artistic Achievement
- Batman: Arkham City – Jamie Walker, Sefton Hill, David Hego / Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- L.A. Noire – Simon Wood, Cheekin Chan, Ben Brudenell / Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
- LitteBigPlanet 2 – Development Team / Media Molecule/Sony Computers Entertainment Europe
- Raymans Origins – Michel Ancel, Celine Tellier, Christophe Villez / UBlart Montpellier/Ubisoft
- The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim – Todd Howard / Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Game Studios
- Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – Evan Wells, Christophe Balestra, Amy Hennig / Naughty Dog/Sony Computers Entertainment Europe
Audio Achievement
- Batman: Arkham City – Jamie Walker, Sefton Hill, Nick Arundel / Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Battlefield 3 – Stefan Strandberg, Bence Pajor, Carl Vikman / Dice/Electronic Arts
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Development Team / Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
- Dead Space 2 – Andrew Boyd, J White, Steve Papoutsis / Visceral Games/Electronic Arts
- The Nightjar – Nick Ryan, Paul Bennun, Daniel Jones / Somethin’ Else/Somethin’ Else
- Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – Evan Wells, Christophe Balestra, Amy Hennig / Naughty Dog/Sony Computers Entertainment Europe
Best Game
- Batman: Arkham City – Jamie Walker, Sefton Hill, Nathan Burlow / Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- FIFA 2012 – Kaz Makita, David Rutter, Aaron McHardy / Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts
- L.A. Noire – Brendan McNamara, Naresh Hirani, Alex Carlyle / Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
- Portal 2 – Development Team / Valve/Valve
- The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim – Todd Howard / Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Game Studios
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – Development Team / Nintendo/Nintendo
Debut Game
- Bastion – Amir Rao, Greg Kasauin, Darren Korb / Supergiant Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Eufloria – Rudolf Kremers, Alex May / Omni Systems Limited/Omni Systems Limited
- Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet – Michael Gagne, Joe Olson / Shadow Planet Productions/Microsoft Studios
- L.A. Noire – Brendan McNamara, Naresh Hirani, Alex Carlyle / Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
- Monstermind – Henrique Olifiers, Mike Bithell, Ric Moore / Bossa Studios/Bossa Studios
- RIFT – Scott Hartsman, Russ Brown / Trion Worlds/Trion Worlds
Design
- Batman: Arkham City – Jamie Walker, Sefton Hill, Ian Ball / Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- L.A. Noire – Brendan McNamara, Alex Carlyle, Andrew Hamilton / Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
- LittleBigPlanet 2 – Development Team / Media Molecule/Sony Computers Entertainment Europe
- Portal 2 – Development Team / Valve/Valve
- Super Mario 3D Land – Development Team / Nintendo/Nintendo
- The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim – Todd Howard / Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Game Studios
Family
- Dance Central 2 – Development Team / Harmonix/Microsoft Studios
- Kinect Sports 2 – Development Team / Rare and Big Park Studios/Microsoft Studios
- LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean – Development Team / TT Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars – Jon Burton, Kellam Eanes / TT Games/Activision Blizzard and LucasArts
- LittleBigPlanet 2 – Development Team / Media Molecule/Sony Computers Entertainment Europe
- Mario Kart 7 – Development Team / Nintendo/Nintendo
Game Innovation
- Bastion – Amir Rao, Darren Korb, Gavin Simon / Supergiant Games/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Child of Eden – Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Takashi Ishihara, Yuki Ichiki / Q Entertainment/Ubisoft
- From Dust – Eric Chahi, Guillaume Brunier, Bruno Gentile / Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft
- L.A. Noire – Brendan McNamara, Oliver Bao, Franta Fulin / Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
- LittleBigPlanet 2 – Development Team / Media Molecule/Sony Computers Entertainment Europe
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – Development Team / Nintendo/Nintendo
Mobile & Handheld
- Dead Space iOS – Development Team / Iron Monkey Studios/Electronic Arts
- Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint – John Pickford, Ste Pickford / Pickford Bros/Zee-3 Limited
- Peggle – JP Vaughan, Paul O’Donnell, Sukhbir Sidhu / Popcap Games/Electronic Arts
- Quarrel – Gary Penn, Aaron Puzey, Sean Taylor / Denki Games/UTV Ignition Games /
- Super Mario 3D Land – Development Team / Nintendo/Nintendo
- The Nightjar – Development Team / Somethin’ Else/Somethin’ Else
Online – Browser
- Gardens of Time – Development Team / Playdom/Disney Interactive Media Group
- I Am Playr – Oli Madgett, Steve Didd, Dan Mayers / We R Interactive/We R Interactive
- Monstermind – Henrique Olifiers, Mike Bithell, Ric Moore / Bossa Studios/Bossa Studios
- Resistance 3 – Development Team / Insomniac Game/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
- Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure – Development Team / Toys for Bob/Activision Blizzard
- The Sims Social – Development Team / Playfish/Electronic Arts
Online-Multiplayer
- Assassin’s Creed: Revelations – Martin Schelling, Darby McDevitt, Raphael Lacoste / Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
- Battlefield 3 – Fredrik Loving, Joakim Bodin, Oskar Gabrielson / Dice/Electronic Arts
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Development Team / Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
- Dark Souls – Development Team / From Software/Namco Bandai Games
- Gears of War 3 – Development Team / Epic Games/Microsoft Studios
- LittleBigPlanet 2 – Development Team / Media Molecule/Sony Computers Entertainment Europe
Original Music
- Assassin’s Creed: Revelations – Jesper Kyd, Lorne Balfe / Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
- Batman: Arkham City – Nick Arundel, Jamie Walker, Sefton Hill / Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Steve Szczepkowski, Michael McCann / Eidos Montreal/Ubisoft
- L.A. Noire – Andrew Hale, Simon Hale / Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
- The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim – Jeremy Soule / Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Game Studios
- Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – Greg Edmondson / Naughty Dog/Sony Computers Entertainment Europe
Performer
- Aaron Stanton (Cole Phelps) – L.A. Noire
- Mark Hamill (The Joker) – Batman: Arkham City
- Nolan North (Nathan Drake) – Uncharted 3:Drake’s Deception
- Stephen Fry (Narrator) – LittleBigPlanet 2
- Stephen Merchant (Wheatley) – Portal 2
- Togo Igawa (Dipolomat, Advisor and Military General) – Total War: SHOGUN 2
Sports/Fitness
- Dance Central 2 – Development Team / Harmonix/Microsoft Studios
- DiRT 3 – Development Team / Codemasters Racing Studio/Codemasters
- Fl 2011 – Development Team / Codemasters Birmingham/Codemasters
- FIFA 2012 – Kaz Makita, David Rutter, Aaron McHardy / Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts
- Kinect Sports 2 – Development Team / Rare and Big Park Studios/Microsoft Studios
- Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012 – Stephane Decroix, Igar Manceau, Philippe Baude / Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft
Story
- Batman: Arkham City Jamie Walker, Sefton Hill, Paul Crocker / Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution0 – Mary DeMarle, Jean-Francois Dugas, James Swallow / Eidos Montreal/Square Enix
- L.A. Noire – Brendan McNamara / Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
- Portal 2 – Development Team / Valve/Valve
- The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim – Todd Howard / Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks Europe
- Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception – Evan Wells, Christophe Balestra, Amy Hennig / Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Strategy
- Dark Souls – Development Team / From Software/Namco Bandai Games
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Jean-Francois Dugas, Frank Lapikas / Eidos Montreal/Square Enix
- Football Manager 2012 – Development Team / Sports Interactive/SEGA
- From Dust – Eric Chahi, Guillaume Brunier, Bruno Gentile / Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft
- Ghost Recon Shadow Wars – Julian Gollop, Stefan Dyulgerov, Borislav Bogdanov / Ubisoft/Ubisoft
- Total War: SHOGUN 2 – Development Team / Creative Assembly/SEGA
BAFTA Ones to Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital
- Dreamweaver – Malath Abbas, Joseph Hurst, Daniel Scholes, Stuart Brown, Mat Stevenson / (Evolved Ape)
- Joust! – Jose B Martinex Hernandez, Roman Graebsch, Agne Gediminskaite, Petr Papex, Amr Din / (Digital Knights)
- Tick Tock Toys – Sophie George, Kristian Francis, Rosemary Ball, Mark Bamford, Calum Goold / (Swallowtail)
GAME Award of 2011 – The only award to be voted for by the public)
- Batman: Arkham City – Rocksteady Studios/Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Battlefield 3 – Dice/Electronic Arts
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games/Activision Blizzard
- FIFA 2012 – Sports Interactive
- L.A Noire – Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
- Minecraft – Mojang/Mojang
- Portal 2 – Valve/Valve
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks Europe
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword – Nintendo/Nintendo
- Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception – Naughty Dog/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
