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Those of you wondering where 10-out-of-10 blockbuster Halo 3 is from BAFTA’s 2007 awards nominations fear not; Microsoft is entering the sci-fi FPS in next year’s instead.
Although it might appear strange to some, BAFTA (The British Academy of Film and Television Arts) allows publishers to enter games on an 18 month basis, from Q4 to December the following year.
That means that games like Gears of War on Xbox 360, which has five nominations, and Wii Sports, which leads the way with seven BAFTA nominations, are in the hunt this year despite being released in late 2006.
It also means that games that haven’t actually been released yet are included in the list, like hotly anticipated PC FPS Crysis and Football Manager 2008. According to BAFTA’s press release, the pre-release titles were played on test units in a secure room at BAFTA by every juror over a period of some five weeks.
A spokesperson for BAFTA told Pro-G that Microsoft declined to enter Halo 3 this year because they didn’t want the judges to play a half finished version of the game and, as it would have been a pre-release game, didn’t want to limit the game to two categories (a BAFTA rule on games submitted late in the year).
The move will disappoint some gamers who had hoped to see Halo 3, graphics monster Crysis, gruesome action adventure Gears of War and critically acclaimed FPS BioShock go head to head at the BAFTAs this year. Instead Microsoft’s big hope will have to contend with Metal Gear Solid 4 and GTA 4 in 2008.
This year’s Awards will include the publicly-voted PC World Gamers Award and a new BAFTA Ones To Watch Award in association with Dare to be Digital. To have your say visit www.obsessedwithgames.co.uk from October 3. The Awards ceremony will be held at Battersea Evolution in London on October 21.
Here are the nominations for best game and the PC World Gamers Award. For the rest visit the official BAFTA website.
Best Game Nominations
Bioshock (Xbox 360) Development Team 2K Boston/2K Australia/2K Games
Crysis (PC) Development Team Crytek/Electronic Arts
Gears of War (Xbox 360) Rod Fergusson, Michael Capps, Cliff Bleszinski Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios
Guitar Hero II (PS2) Development Team Harmonix/Activision/Red Octane
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Xbox 360) Development Team Eidos/Eidos
Wii Sports (Wii) Development Team Nintendo/Nintendo
The PC World Gamers Award Nominations (The only award to be voted for by the public)
Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training (DS) Nintendo/Nintendo
FIFA 07 (PS2) EA Canada/Electronic Arts
Football Manager 2007 (PC) Sports Interactive/SEGA
Gears of War (Xbox 360) Epic Games/Microsoft
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories (PSP) Rockstar Leeds/Take Two
Resistance: Fall of Man (PS3) Insomniac/Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
Wii Play (Wii) Nintendo/Nintendo
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