Wii Sports taking the lead in BAFTA 2007 polls

Wondering how our contenders are doing as they face off for this year’s British Academy Video Game Awards (BAFTA)? While the final tallies have yet to be cast, we have received that five games appear to be pulling ahead at the polls. Leading this group is Wii Sports by Nintendo, with seven nominations already under its belt. The other five titles following closely behind all have five individual nominations each:

• Crackdown (Xbox 360; Realtime Worlds, Microsoft Game Studios)
• Gears of War (Xbox 360; Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios)
• God of War 2 (PS2; SCE Santa Monica Studio, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
• Okami (PS2; Clover, Capcom)

These titles are currently the top of the 52 contenders we’re looking at for the BAFTA’s 13 categories. Check back again as we near end of this UK event, and see who will truly come out on top.

Wondering how our contenders are doing as they face off for this year’s British Academy Video Game Awards (BAFTA)? While the final tallies have yet to be cast, we have received that five games appear to be pulling ahead at the polls. Leading this group is Wii Sports by Nintendo, with seven nominations already under its belt. The other five titles following closely behind all have five individual nominations each:

• Crackdown (Xbox 360; Realtime Worlds, Microsoft Game Studios)
• Gears of War (Xbox 360; Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios)
• God of War 2 (PS2; SCE Santa Monica Studio, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
• Okami (PS2; Clover, Capcom)

These titles are currently the top of the 52 contenders we’re looking at for the BAFTA’s 13 categories. Check back again as we near end of this UK event, and see who will truly come out on top.