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Bafta Game Awards nominees announced
- Posted by By Andy Staples, Editor – Universal Copy Desk
- Published 17:44 February 13, 2013
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta, aka the British Academy) announced the nominees for its video games awards on February 12.
For the first time, the awards include a prize for best British game.
Winners will be announced on March 5.
The Bafta Game Awards 2013 nominees:
Best Game
Far Cry 3
FIFA 13
Journey
Mass Effect 3
Dishonored
The Walking Dead
Game Design
Dishonored
Far Cry 3
Journey
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Borderlands 2
The Walking Dead
Strategy
Dark Souls: Prepare To Die
Diablo III
Great Big War Game
Total War Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai
Football Manager 2013
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Action
Far Cry 3
Hitman: Absolution
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Halo 4
Mass Effect 3
Borderlands 2
Family
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
Minecraft: XBOX 360 Edition
LEGO Lord of the Rings
Just Dance 4
Skylanders Giants
Clay Jam
Sports/Fitness
Forza Horizon
F1 2012
FIFA 13
Nike+ Kinect Training
New Star Soccer
Trials Evolution
Online – Multiplayer
Assassin’s Creed III
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Journey
Need for Speed Most Wanted
Halo 4
Borderlands 2
Online – Browser
The Settlers Online
SongPop
Merlin: The Game
Runescape
Dick and Dom’s HOOPLA
Amateur Surgeon Hospital
Mobile & Handheld
Little Big Planet (Vita)
Super Monsters Ate My Condo
The Room
New Star Soccer
Incoboto
The Walking Dead
Debut Game
Deadlight
The Unfinished Swan
Forza Horizon
Dear Esther
The Room
Proteus
Bafta Ones to Watch
Starcrossed
Pixel Story
Project Thanatos
Audio Achievement
Journey
Far Cry 3
Beat Sneak Bandit
Halo 4
Assassin’s Creed III
Dear Esther
Game Innovation
Fez
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Wonderbook: Book of Spells
Journey
Kinect Sesame Street TV
The Unfinished Swan
Artistic Achievement
Journey
Far Cry 3
The Room
Halo 4
Dear Esther
Borderlands 2
Original Music
The Unfinished Swan
Journey
Diablo III
Assassin’s Creed III
The Walking Dead
Thomas Was Alone
British Game
Need for Speed Most Wanted
The Room
LEGO Lord of the Rings
Forza Horizon
Dear Esther
Super Hexagon
Performer
Nolan North (Nathan Drake, Uncharted: Golden Abyss)
Danny Wallace (The Narrator, Thomas Was Alone)
Melissa Hutchinson (Clementine, The Walking Dead)
Dave Fennoy (Lee Everett, The Walking Dead)
Adrian Hough (Haytham, Assassin’s Creed III)
Nigel Carrington (The Narrator, Dear Esther)
Story
Journey
Far Cry 3
The Walking Dead
Thomas Was Alone
Mass Effect 3
Dishonored
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