Finalists Announced For Canadian Videogame Awards 2011

The finalists for the May 18th, 2011 Canadian Videogame Awards were released today. The event will be held in Vancouver, at the Centre of Performing Arts for all those in Vancouver. Seventy nominations were received this year, and out of those 31 titles stood above the rest. The winners will be decided by a panel of experts, hailing from across Canada, and the event itself will lead into the Canadian Game Conference which will take place the following day.

The nominations are as follows:

Game of the Year

·       Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood

·       Dead Rising 2

·       FIFA 11

·       Mass Effect 2

·       Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction

Best Console Game

·       Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood

·       Dead Rising 2

·       FIFA 11

·       Mass Effect 2

·       Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction

Best Game on the Go

·       Lil’ Pirates

·       Osmos for iPad

·       Scrabble for iPad

·       A Space Shooter for 2 Bucks

·       Trainyard

Best Downloadable Game

·       Dead Rising 2: Case Zero

·       Deathspank

·       HOARD

·       Shank

·       A Space Shooter for 2 Bucks

Best Audio

·       Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood

·       Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising

·       Mass Effect 2

·       Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

·       Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction

Best Social/Casual Game

·       Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist

·       GardenMind

·       Mercenaries of War

·       Pocket God on Facebook

·       Pot Farm

Best Game Design

·       Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood

·       Deathspank

·       Mass Effect 2

·       Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction

·       Trainyard

Best Technology

·       Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood

·       Kinect for XBOX 360

·       Mass Effect 2

·       Scrabble for iPad

·       Your Shape Fitness Evolved

Best Visual Arts

·       Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood

·       Mass Effect 2

·       Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

·       Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction

·       Tron: Evolution

Best Writing

·       Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood

·       Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising

·       Mass Effect 2

·       Prince of Persia – The Forgotten Sands

·       Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction

Best Student Game

·       Codex

·       Ginkgo

·       Hootlin

·       WOMP!

Innovation Award

·       Kinect Joy Ride

·       ModNation Racers

·       Scrabble for iPad

·       Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

·       Your Shape Fitness Evolved

Event tickets will start at $30, and are on sale right now. If you want to contribute, you can also vote on your favourite game for the Canadian Game of the Year Award at www.canadianvideogameawards.com.

Results, and news from the CGC will be delivered to you as soon as possible.

 

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