Batman: Arkham City And L.A. Noire Lead 2012 BAFTA Nominations

BAFTA has revealed the shortlist for this year’s gaming awards.

This year’s biggest nominees are Batman: Arkham City and L.A. Noire with eight nominations followed by Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception and LittleBigPlanet 2 with six. Portal 2 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim each have five nominations while Deus Ex: Human Revolution is up for four gongs.

The big award will obviously be ‘GAME Award of 2011’ but is there anything stopping the voting public from choosing Bethesda’s Skyrim? Will Modern Warfare 3 or Arkham City be able to stop the RPG?

Others awards to look out for would be the ‘Performer’ category with voice actors Aaron Stanton, Mark Hamill, Nolan North and Stephen Merchant with their roles in L.A. Noire, Batman: Arkham City, Uncharted 3 and Portal 2, respectively, putting in some of the best performances we’ve seen this year.

For those itching to see the list, here it is:

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
  • LittleBigPlanet 2
  • Rayman Origins
  • The Elder Scrolls V – 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: Drakes Deception

The award ceremony will take place on March 16.