Tue, Feb 16, 2010 | 09:54 GMT

Uncharted 2 leads BAFTA nods

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The nominations for the gaming BAFTAs have been announced, with Uncharted 2 leading the way with nine nods.

It’s up for Best Game, Best Original Score, Best Action Game and more, just to name a few.

Modern Warfare 2, Assassin’s Creed II, Batman: Arkham Asylum and Left 4 Dead 2 are also up for the Best Game as well.

Find the nominations count and full catagories below. Mock the Week’s Dara O’Briain is hosting it, don’t ya know?

  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – 9
  • Modern Warfare 2 – 8
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum – 7
  • Assassin’s Creed II – 6
  • Left 4 Dead 2 – 4
  • Battlefield 1943 – 2
  • FIFA 10 – 2
  • Flower – 2
  • Football Manager 2010 – 2
  • LittleBigPlanet (PSP) – 2
  • New Super Mario Bros. Wii – 2
  • PixelJunk Shooter – 2
  • The Beatles: Rock Band – 2
  • Wii Sports Resort – 2

Action
Assassin’s Creed II
Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets
Ubisoft Entertainment Ltd/Ubisoft Montreal

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Sefton Hill, David Hego, Nick Arundel
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development Team
Activision/Infinity Ward

inFAMOUS
Brian Fleming, Bruce Oberg, Chris Zimmerman
Sony Computer Entertainment/Sucker Punch Productions & SCE Foster City Studio

Left 4 Dead 2
Gabe Newell, Chet Faliszek, Tom Leonard
Valve/EA

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio

Artistic Achievement

Assassin’s Creed II
Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets
Ubisoft Entertainment Ltd/Ubisoft Montreal

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Sefton Hill, David Hego, Nick Arundel
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development team
Activision/Infinity Ward

Flower
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/ThatGameCompany and SCE Santa Monica Studio

Streetfighter IV
Yoshinori Ono
Capcom/Capcom

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio

Best Game

Assassin’s Creed II
Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets
Ubisoft Entertainment Ltd/Ubisoft Montreal

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Sefton Hill, David Hego, Nick Arundel
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development Team
Activision/Infinity Ward

FIFA 10
Andrew Wilson, David Rutter, Gary Paterson
Electronic Arts/EA Canada

Left 4 Dead 2
Gabe Newell, Chet Faliszek, Tom Leonard
Valve/EA

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio

Family & Social

The Beatles: Rock Band
Alex Rigopulos, Paul DeGooyer, Josh Randall
Electronic Arts/MTV Games/Apple Corp/Harmonix Music Systems

Buzz! Quiz World
David Amor, Andrew Eades, Lee Clare
Sony Computer Entertainment/Relentless Software & XDEV Studio Europe

EyePet
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE London Studio

Guitar Hero 5
Brian Bright, Paul Robinson, Allen Freese
Activision/Neversoft Entertainment/Vicarios Visions/Budcat

New Super Mario Bros Wii
Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Hiroyuki Kimura
Nintendo/Nintendo

Wii Sports Resort
Katsuya Eguchi, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshikazu Yamashita
Nintendo/Nintendo

Gameplay

Assassin’s Creed II
Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets
Ubisoft Entertainment Ltd/Ubisoft Montreal

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Sefton Hill, David Hego, Nick Arundel
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development Team
Activision/Infinity Ward

New Super Mario Bros Wii
Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Hiroyuki Kimura
Nintendo/Nintendo

PixelJunk Shooter
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Q-Games & SCE Santa Monica Studio

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio

Handheld

Gran Turismo
Kazunori Yamauchi, Yuji Yasuhara, Hiroki Imanish
Sony Computer Entertainment/Polphony Digital Inc

LittleBigPlanet (PSP)
James Shepherd, Piers Jackson, Mark Green
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Cambridge & xev Studio Europe

LocoRoco Midnight Carnival
Kenji Sakai, Saeka Horikoshi, Hiroya Matsugami
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Japan Studio

Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story
Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, Hiroyuki Kubota
Nintendo/Nintendo

Professor Layton and Pandora’s Box
Akira Tago, Akihiro Hino, Tatsuya Shinkai
Nintendo/Nintendo

Scribblenauts
Jeremiah Slaczka, Marius Fahlbusch
Warner Bros Interactive Entertainmnent/5th Cell

Multiplayer

Battlefield 1943
Patrick Liu, Gordon Van Dyke
Electronic Arts/Dice

The Beatles: Rock Band
Alex Rigopulos, Paul DeGooyer, Josh Randall
Electronic Arts/MTV Games/Apple Corp/Harmonix Music Systems

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development team
Activision/Infinity Ward

Halo 3 ODST
Development Team
Microsoft Game Studios/Microsoft

Left 4 Dead 2
Gabe Newell, Chet Faliszek, Tom Leonard
Valve/EA

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio

Original Score

Assassin’s Creed II
Jesper Kyd
Ubisoft Entertainment Ltd/Ubisoft Montreal

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Sefton Hill, David Hego, Nick Arundel
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development team
Activision/Infinity Ward

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
James Hannigan, Zsolt Marx, Campbell Askew
Electronic Arts/EA Bright Light

PixelJunk Shooter
Dom Beken, Alex Paterson
Sony Computer Entertainment/Q-Games and SCE Santa Monica Studio

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio

Sports

Colin McRae: DiRT 2
Matt Horsman, Clive Moody, Guy Pearce
Codemasters/Codemasters Studios

FIFA 10
Andrew Wilson, David Rutter, Gary Paterson
Electronic Arts/EA Canada

Football Manager 2010
Development Team
Sega/Sports Interactive

Forza 3
Development Team
Microsoft/Turn 10

Wii Fit Plus
Shigeru Miyamoto, Tadashi Sugiyama, Hiroshi Matsunaga
Nintendo/Nintendo

Wii Sports Resort
Katsuya Eguchi, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshikazu Yamashita
Nintendo/Nintendo

Story

Assassin’s Creed II
Sebastien Puel, Patrice Desilets
Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Sefton Hill, David Hego, Nick Arundel
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios

Broken Sword – Shadow of the Templars: The Director’s Cut
Charles Cecil, Neil Richards, Tony Warringer
Ubisoft Entertainment/Revolution Software

Brutal Legend
Tim Schafer
Electronic Arts/Double Fine Productions

Dragon Age: Origins
Ray Muzyka, Greg Zeschuk, Mike Laidlaw
Electronic Arts/BioWare

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio

Strategy

Command and Conquer 3: Uprising
Development team
Electronic Arts/EA Los Angeles

Empire: Total War
Development Team
Sega/Creative Assembly

FIFA Manager 10
Gerald Köhler, Cord Westhoff, Bernhard Maiberg
EA Sports/Bright Future

Football Manager 2010
Development Team
Sega/Sports Interactive

Halo Wars
Development Team
Microsoft/Ensemble Studios

Plants vs Zombies
George Fan, Tod Semple, Rich Werner
Popcap Games/Popcap Games

Use of Audio

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Sefton Hill, David Hego, Nick Arundel
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development team
Activision/Infinity Ward

DJ Hero
Jamie Jackson, Dan Neil, Tim Riley
Activision/Freestyle Games

Flower
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/ThatGameCompany and SCE Santa Monica Studios

Left 4 Dead 2
Gabe Newell, Chet Faliszek, Tom Leonard
Valve/EA

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio

Use of Online

Battlefield 1943
Patrick Liu, Gordon Van Dyke
Electronic Arts/EA DICE

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Development Team
Activision/Infinity Ward

FIFA 10
Andrew Wilson, David Rutter, Gary Paterson
Electronic Arts/ EA Canada

LIttleBigPlanet (PSP)
James Shepherd, Piers Jackson, Matt Porter
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE Cambridge & XEV Studio Europe

Singstar TakeThat
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/SCE London Studio

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Development Team
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog and SCE Foster City Studio

BAFTA Ones To Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital

Colour Coded
Murray Sinclair, Faye Wright, Liam Wong, Sean Donnelly, Nnanna Kama
(PixelPirates)

Quick as Thieves
William Wright, Michael Doig, Andrew Knight, Jamie MacKinnon, Lee Cresswell
(Gentleman of Fortune)

Shrunk!
Vykintas Kazdailis, Andrew Macdonald, Michael Cummings, Jacek Wernikowski, Stuart Kemp
(The Butterflyers)

GAME Award of 2009
(The only award to be voted for by the public)

Assassin’s Creed II
Ubisoft Entertainment/Ubisoft Montreal

Batman Arkham Asylum
Eidos/Rocksteady Studios

The Beatles: Rockband
Electronic Arts/MTV Games/Apple Corp/ Harmonix Music Systems

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Activision/Infinity Ward

FIFA 10
Electronic Arts/EA Canada

GTA China Town Wars
Rockstar Games/Rockstar Leeds/Rockstar North

Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks
Nintendo/Nintendo

Street Fighter IV
Capcom/Capcom

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Sony Computer Entertainment/Naughty Dog & SCE Foster City Studio

Wii Sports Resort
Nintendo/Nintendo

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17 comments

#1

Blerk
16/02/10, 9:58 am

I’ll be surprised if Uncharted doesn’t win a whole bunch of those, too.

#2

Bulk Slash
16/02/10, 10:16 am

I don’t know, Modern Warfare 2 is in there, I could see that pulling in a lot of votes (even though I don’t think it’s anywhere near as good as Uncharted 2).

#3

Eregol
16/02/10, 10:22 am

It’s going to be an odd situation.
The sort of people who vote for these games in the Baftas might not be the Modern Warfare sheep that are plaguing the game.
MW2 is getting quite a backlash from the gaming faithful and as such people are coming away from it, a lot are saying the MP doesn’t live up to CoD4.

So, it’ll be interesting to see if MW2 manages to pick anything up.

I voted for Uncharted 2 by the way.

#4

Gheritt White
16/02/10, 10:29 am

I;m rooting for ‘Screed 2, personally.

#5

mington
16/02/10, 10:35 am

Best story: Brutal Legend?….although the intro was kick ass

i guess mass effect 2 missed the cut, or it would be a strong contender for most of these, i love the hard house club music on omega :)

#6

Razor
16/02/10, 10:40 am

I just picked up Flower in the PSN sale…wow, totally awesome. Deserves to win both its categories.

#7

Eregol
16/02/10, 10:40 am

Of course Mass Effect 2 missed the cut. It was launched in 2010.
The baftas covers 2009.

#8

mington
16/02/10, 10:41 am

VOTE FOR YOUR GAME OF THE YEAR innit

http://www.baftagameaward.com/awards/index.html

btw its street fighter 4

#9

Captain Fruitloop
16/02/10, 10:44 am

I remember voting for Arkham Asylum and Uncharted with monotonous regularity, so good to see them make so many lists.

Also good to see no surprises being very dodgily parachuted in onto the lists, as happened a couple of years ago when Kane & Lynch – which hadn’t even been released yet – appeared from nowhere in several nomination categories.

#10

onlineatron
16/02/10, 10:50 am

Yey! I got ‘FREE Uncharted 2 Wallpapers’…

-.-

#11

pha1r
16/02/10, 11:38 am

MW2 for artistic direction?.
More like autistic.

#12

Eregol
16/02/10, 12:03 pm

@11
I never noticed that. Lols

#13

reask
16/02/10, 1:13 pm

I got flower the other day and still haven’t played it.
I am deffo going to give it a spin later.

#14

reask
16/02/10, 1:20 pm

I see a lot of criticism of MW2 on the board.
Funny thing is it is the first game ever that I have stuck it out online for so long and I am really enjoying it.
Yet all I hear is mw2 online sucks or its for noobs etc.

So I have come to the conclusion that it is me that is wrong about this game as I certainly do not find it easy in any way.
I also think the whole set up is done very well from the kick off different guns to the sound of knees cracking or people dying (mainly me) ;) .

Any way just my thoughts on the whole thing even though I am totally wrong about it.
/goes off and sulks.

#15

Dannybuoy
16/02/10, 1:30 pm

U2 deserves to win healthily. MW2 will probably steamroller all games with integrity and panache. MW2 does not deserve to win big, but it probably bloody will!

#16

The Hindle
16/02/10, 1:34 pm

Im wondering if Lucasarts and Eidios are kicking themselves at the reception Uc 2 has got. MW 2 is still the definative mp experience in my opinion.

Reask

What do you think of Free for all? i always get me arse kicked by some guy who appears from nowhere :(

#17

reask
16/02/10, 1:52 pm

@ the hindle
I am a sucker for ffa and yes I normally get whopped. :)
Starting to play a bit more team deathmatch now and quite enjoying it.
Only 2 more points for my first prestige. waaay.

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