Fight Night Round 3, Assassin’s Creed earn VES nominations

As the CES 2007 warms up in Las Vegas, the Visual Effects Society has announced their nominees for their Fifth Annual Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards. Among the nominees are the Ubisoft Montreal-developed game for the Xbox 360 and PS3, Assassin’s Creed. The game, specifically its X06 trailer, was able to rack up two nominations – Outstanding Real Time Visuals in a Video Game and Outstanding Pre-rendered Visuals in a Video Game. Jade Raymond, Nicolas Cantin, Raphael Lacoste, Christophe Martin, Thomas Giroux, and Anne Mai Le Bouyonnec were named as potential recipients of the award.

Assassin’s Creed isn’t the only game blessed with nominations. Its sole competition in the Outstanding Real Time Visuals award is the PS3 title from Electronic Arts,Fight Night Round 3. In the Pre-rendered Visuals category, Assassin’s will go head-to-head with the E3 2006 trailers of Hellgate: London and Warhammer: Mark of Chaos.

To the nominees, congratulations and good luck! The VES Awards will be handed out on February 11 at the Kodak Grand Ballroom in Hollywood. To check out the full list of awards and nominees, and if you feel like attending the awards night, you could click on the read link that we have for you below.

As the CES 2007 warms up in Las Vegas, the Visual Effects Society has announced their nominees for their Fifth Annual Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards. Among the nominees are the Ubisoft Montreal-developed game for the Xbox 360 and PS3, Assassin’s Creed. The game, specifically its X06 trailer, was able to rack up two nominations – Outstanding Real Time Visuals in a Video Game and Outstanding Pre-rendered Visuals in a Video Game. Jade Raymond, Nicolas Cantin, Raphael Lacoste, Christophe Martin, Thomas Giroux, and Anne Mai Le Bouyonnec were named as potential recipients of the award.

Assassin’s Creed isn’t the only game blessed with nominations. Its sole competition in the Outstanding Real Time Visuals award is the PS3 title from Electronic Arts,Fight Night Round 3. In the Pre-rendered Visuals category, Assassin’s will go head-to-head with the E3 2006 trailers of Hellgate: London and Warhammer: Mark of Chaos.

To the nominees, congratulations and good luck! The VES Awards will be handed out on February 11 at the Kodak Grand Ballroom in Hollywood. To check out the full list of awards and nominees, and if you feel like attending the awards night, you could click on the read link that we have for you below.