BAFTA ha annunciato le sue nomination per i British Academy Video Games Awards di quest'anno e i favoriti sembrano essere Batman: Arkham City e L.A. Noire con ben otto nomination ciascuno nelle varie e numerose categorie presenti mentre Portal 2 e Skyrim si candidano per cinque posizioni ciascuno. Tra i Live Arcade sono da segnalare Bastion, come miglior titolo di debutto e miglior titolo innovativo, e From Dust sempre per l'innovazione e per la categoria degli strategici. Vi lasciamo all'elenco completo.

Action

• Assassin's Creed Revelations
• Batman: Arkham City
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• Portal 2
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Artistic Achievement

• Batman: Arkham City
• L.A. Noire
• LitteBigPlanet 2
• Rayman: Origins
• The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Audio Achievement

• Batman: Arkham City
• Battlefield 3
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
• Dead Space 2
• The Nightjar
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Best Game

• Batman: Arkham City
• FIFA 2012
• L.A. Noire
• Portal 2
• The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Debut Game

• Bastion
• Eufloria
• Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
• L.A. Noire
• Monstermind
• RIFT

Design

• Batman: Arkham City
• L.A. Noire
• LittleBigPlanet 2
• Portal 2
• Super Mario 3D Land
• The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim

Family

• Dance Central 2
• Kinect Sports 2
• LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean
• LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
• LittleBigPlanet 2
• Mario Kart 7

Game Innovation

• Bastion
• Child of Eden
• From Dust
• L.A. Noire
• LittleBigPlanet 2
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Mobile & Handheld

• Dead Space iOS
• Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint
• Peggle
• Quarrel
• Super Mario 3D Land
• The Nightjar

Online - Browser

• Gardens of Time
• I Am Playr
• Monstermind
• Resistance 3
• Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
• The Sims Social

Online - Multiplayer

• Assassin's Creed: Revelations
• Battlefield 3
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
• Dark Souls
• Gears of War 3
• LittleBigPlanet 2

Original Music

• Assassin's Creed: Revelations
• Batman: Arkham City
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• L.A. Noire
• The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Performer

• Aaron Stanton (Cole Phelps) - L.A. Noire
• Mark Hamill (The Joker) - Batman: Arkham City
• Nolan North (Nathan Drake) - Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
• Stephen Fry (Narrator) - LittleBigPlanet 2
• Stephen Merchant (Wheatley) - Portal 2
• Togo Igawa (Dipolomat, Advisor and Military General) - Total War: SHOGUN 2

Sports/Fitness

• Dance Central 2
• DiRT 3
• Fl 2011
• FIFA 2012
• Kinect Sports 2
• Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012

Story

• Batman: Arkham City
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• L.A. Noire
• Portal 2
• The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Strategy

• Dark Souls
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution
• Football Manager 2012
• From Dust
• Ghost Recon Shadow Wars
• Total War: SHOGUN 2

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

• Dreamweaver
• Joust!
• Tick Tock Toys

GAME Award of 2011 (voted for by the public)

• Batman: Arkham City
• Battlefield 3
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
• FIFA 2012
• L.A Noire
• Minecraft
• Portal 2
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
• Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception