BAFTA 2012 Nominees Announced

The BAFTAs are just around the corner and everyone is eager as to who will take home the "Games of the Year" awards and there is no shortage of contenders this year, with Batman: Arkham City, LA Noire and others leading the pack. Read on for the full nominee list for this years award ceremony.

Sometimes considered to the most coveted award for the gaming industry the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (and also video games) is one of the biggest ceremonies that comes every year. 2011 was not deprived of great games with the likes of Batman, Arkham City, Skyrim, LA Noire, Uncharted 3 and many MANY more. Below is the full list of nominees for the ceremony that takes place soon so get your votes in for your choice.

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

• Batman: Arkham City
• L.A. Noire
• LitteBigPlanet 2
• Raymans Origins
• The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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

• Dance Central 2
• DiRT 3
• F1 2011
• FIFA 2012
• Kinect Sports 2
• Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012

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

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

• Dreamweaver
• Joust!
• Tick Tock Toys

(The only award to be 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

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