The Walking Dead and Far Cry 3 score big at BAFTA Video Game Award nominations g21

BAFTA have released the nomination shortlist for the upcoming 2013 round of their Video Game awards. PS3 exclusive Journey tops the nomination leaderboard – it's up for eight categories. But Telltale's The Walking Dead and Ubisoft's Far Cry 3 aren't far behind, receiving nods in seven and six categories respectively. There's also strong indie recognition. Dear Esther is nominated for five awards, Thomas Was Alone for three, and both Proteus and Super Hexagon both receive a mention. The ceremony takes place on March 5th, and will streamed live on Twitch.tv. Tune in to find out if we live in a world where CoDBlOps2 can be given an award for "Game Innovation". Full list below: Action Borderlands 2 Development Team Gearbox/2K Games Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Development Team Treyarch/Activision Far Cry 3 Dan Hay, Patrick Plourde, Patrik Methe Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Halo 4 Development Team 343 Industries/Microsoft Studios Hitman: Absolution Development Team Io – Interactive/Square-Enix Mass Effect 3 Development Team BioWare/EA Artistic Achievement Borderlands 2 Development Team Gearbox/2K Games Dear Esther Robert Briscoe Thechineseroom/thechineseroom Far Cry 3 Jean Alexis Doyan, Genseki Tanaka, Vincent Jean Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Halo 4 Development Team 343 Industries/Microsoft Studios Journey Development Team That Game Company/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe The Room Mark Hamilton, Rob Dodd, Barry Meade Fireproof Games/Fireproof Games Audio Achievement Assassin's Creed III Mathieu Jeanson Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Beat Sneak Bandit Simon Flesser, Magnus "Gordon" Gardebäck, Simogo/Simogo Dear Esther Jessica Curry Thechineseroom/thechineseroom Far Cry 3 Dan Hay, Tony Gronick, Brian Tyler Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Halo 4 Development Team 343 Industries/Microsoft Studios Journey Development Team That Game Company/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Best Game Dishonoured Development Team Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks Far Cry 3 Dan Hay, Patrick Plourde, Patrik Methè Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft FIFA 13 David Rutter, Nick Channon, Aaron McHardy EA Canada/EA Journey Development Team That Game Company/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Mass Effect 3 Casey Hudson BioWare/EA The Walking Dead Development Team Telltale Games/Telltale British Game Dear Esther Daniel Pinchbeck, Robert Briscoe, Jessica Curry Thechineseroom/thechineseroom Forza Horizon Development Team Playground Games/Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft Studios LEGO: The Lord of the Rings Development Team TT Games/Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment Need for Speed Most Wanted Development Team Criterion Games/EA The Room Mark Hamilton, Rob Dodd, Barry Meade Fireproof Games/Fireproof Games Super Hexagon Terry Cavanagh, Niamh Houston, Jenn Frank Terry Cavanagh/Terry Cavanagh Debut Game Deadlight Raul Rubio, Luz Sancho, Oscar Cuesta Tequila Works/Microsoft Studios Dear Esther DanielPinchbeck, Robert Briscoe, Jessica Curry Thechineseroom/thechineseroom Forza Horizon Development Team Playground Games/Turn 10 Studios/Microsoft Studios Proteus Ed Key, David Kanaga Twisted Tree Games/Twisted Tree Games The Room Mark Hamilton, Rob Dodd, Barry Meade Fireproof Games/Fireproof Games The Unfinished Swan Ian Dallas, Nathan Gary Giant Sparrow/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Game Design Borderlands 2 Development Team Gearbox/2K Games Dishonored Development Team Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks Far Cry 3 Patrick Methè, Jamie Keen Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Journey Development Team That Game Company/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe The Walking Dead Development Team Telltale Games/Telltale XCOM: Enemy Unknown Development Team Firaxis/2K Games Familye Clay Jam Chris Roem Iain Gilfeather, Michael Movel Fat Pebble/Zynga Just Dance 4 Alkis Argyriadis, Matthew Tomkinson, Veronique Halbrey Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes Jon Burton, Jonathan Smith, John Hodskinson TT Games/Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment LEGO the Lord of the Rings Development Team TT Games/Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment Minecraft: XBOX 360 Edition Development Team Mojang/4J Studios/Microsoft Studios Xbox LIVE Arcade Skylanders Giants Paul Reiche, Fred Ford, Scott Krager Toys For Bob/Activision Game Innovation Call of Duty: Black Ops II Development Team Treyarch/Activision Fez Development Team Polytron Corporation/Microsoft Studios Xbox LIVE Arcade Journey Development Team That Game Company/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Kinect Sesame Street TV Development Team Soho Productions/Microsoft Studios The Unfinished Swan Ian Dallas, Nathan Gary Development Team Giant Sparrow/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Wonderbook: Books of Spells Development Team London Studio/ Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Mobile & Hendheld Incoboto Dene Carter Fluttermind/Fluttermind LittleBigPlanet (Vita) Tom O'Connor, Mattias Nygren, Lee Hutchinson Tarsier Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe New Star Soccer Simon Read New Star Games/New Star Games The Room Mark Hamilton, Rob Dodd, Barry Meade Fireproof Games/Fireproof Games Super Monsters Ate My Condo Development Team Adult Swim Games/Adult Swim Games The Walking Dead Development Team Telltale Games/Telltale Online – Browser Amateur Surgeon Hospital Development Team Mediatonic/Adult Swim Games Dick and Dom's HOOPLA! Adam Clay Team Cooper/CBBC Merlin: The Game Development Team Bossa Studios/Bossa Studios Runescape Development Team Jagex/Jagex The Settlers Online Christopher Schmitz, Guido Schmidt, Rainer Reber Blue Byte Software/Ubisoft SongPop Olivier Michon, Thibaut Crenn, Daouna Jeong FreshPlanet/FreshPlanet Online – Multiplayer Assassin's Creed III Damien Kieken, Mathieu Granjon, Yann Le Guyader Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Borderlands 2 DevelopmentTeam Gearbox/2K Games Call of Duty: Black Ops II Development Team Treyarch/Activision Halo 4 Development Team 343 Industries/Microsoft Studios Journey Development Team That Game Company/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Need For Speed Most Wanted Development Team Criterion Games/EA Original Music Assassin's Creed III Lorne Balfe Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Diablo III Development Team Blizzard Entertainment/ Blizzard Entertainment Journey Austin Wintory That Game Company/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Thomas Was Alone David Housden Mike Bithell/Mike Bithell The Unfinished Swan Joel Corlitz, Ian Dallas, Peter Scaturro Giant Sparrow/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe The Walking Dead Development Team Telltale Games/Telltale Performer Adrian Hough (Haytham) – Assassin's Creed III Danny Wallace (The Narrator) – Thomas Was Alone Dave Fennoy (Lee Everett) – The Walking Dead Melissa Hutchinson (Clementine) – The Walking Dead Nigel Carrington (The Narrator) – Dear Esther Nolan North (Nathan Drake) – Uncharted: Golden Abyss Sports/Fitness FIFA 13 David Rutter, Nick Channon, Aaron McHardy EA Canada/EA F1 2012 Development Team Codemasters Birmingham/Codemasters Racing Forza Horizon Development Team Playground Games/Turn10 Studios/Microsoft Studios New Star Soccer Simon Read New Star Games/New Star Games Nike+ Kinect Training Development Team Sumo Digital Ltd/Microsoft Studios Trials Evolution Development Team Antti llvessup, Kim Lahti RedLynx/Microsoft Studios Story Dishonoured Development Team Arkane Studios/Bethesda Softworks Far Cry 3 Jeffrey Yohalem, Lucien Soulban, Jeffrey Yohalem Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Journey Development Team That Game Company/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Mass Effect 3 Mac Walters BioWare/EA Thomas was Alone Mike Bithell Mike Bithell/Mike Bithell The Walking Dead Development Team Telltale Games/Telltale Strategy Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Development Team From Software/Namco Bandai Games Diablo III Development Team Blizzard Entertainment/Blizzard Entertainment Football Manager 2013 Development Team Sports Interactive/SEGA Great Big War Game David Moss, Steve Venezia, Paul Johnson Rubicon Development/Rubican Development Total War Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai Development Team The Creative Assembly/SEGA XCOM: Enemy Unknown Development Team Firaxis/2K Games BAFTA Ones to Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital Pixel Story Martin Cosens, Thomas McParland, Ashley Hayes, Benhamin Rushton, Luke Harrison (Loan Wolf Games) Project Thanatos Hugh Laird, Andrew Coles, Thomas Laird, Alexandra Shapland, Thomas Kemp (Raptor Games) Starcrossed Kimi Sulopuisto, Vili Viitaniemi, Minttu Meriläinen, Petri Liuska, Andrew MacLean (Kind of a Big Deal) Given that they've been recognising games for a few years now, shouldn't BAFTA update their acronym to reflect the fact? BAFTGA, maybe? BAGFTA? Perhaps not.

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