And the 2008 BAFTA Game of the Year nominees are…
Voting for the 2008 BAFTA awards is underway! And which of the games released last year made it to their shortlist of candidates for the awards? LittleBigPlanet? Professor Layton? WoW Wrath? GoW2? GoW Chains? GoWdanggit! There’s a lot! Check out the full article for a list of the nominees!
Voting for the 2008 BAFTA awards is underway! And which of the games released in 2008 made it to their shortlist of candidates for the awards? Well, quite a lot of them! The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has recognized a whole slew of games, with various categories for its many nominees.
There’s a category for each genre of game (ex. Best Action-Adventure, Best Casual Game, etc.), as well as others to recognize artistry (ex. Best Story, Best Artistic Achievement, etc.) and technology (ex. Best Use of Audio, Best Technical Achievement, etc.). The newest category this year is the Best Handheld Game Award.
They’ll be judging for themselves which games are to be awarded for these various sub-categories, but the one major category which they’re turning to the audience for is the coveted Game of the Year award. The candidates have now been revealed, and you can vote for the following through the Via link below.
- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
- Fallout 3
- Gears of War 2
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- Guitar Hero: World Tour
- Left 4 Dead
- LittleBigPlanet
- Professor Layton
- Wii Fit
- World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
The awards ceremony is to be held in London Hilton, Park Lane, on March 10, 2009. While the list above only shows the GotY nominees, other games that were shortlisted for other categories include:
- Dark Conflict
- Buzz! Quiz TV
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
- FIFA 09
- Football Manager 2009
- Geometry Wars: Galaxies
- God of War: Chains of the Olympus
- Guitar Hero: World Tour
- Left 4 Dead
- The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
- Mario Kart Wii
- Mass Effect
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
- Motorstorm Pacific Rift
- Ninjatown
- Patapon
- Prince of Persia
- Professor Layton and the Curious Village
- Pure
- Race Driver: GRID
- Sid MeierÂ’s Civilization Revolution
- SingStar Vol. 2
- SOCOM: US Navy Seals Tactical Strike
- Soul Bubbles
- Spore
- Tomb Raider: Underworld
- Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise
- Wii Fit
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