Canadian Videogame Award Finalists Announced
The Canadian Videogame Awards [http://www.canadianvideogameawards.com/] finalists have been announced and as you might expect, it pretty much comes down to a three-way brawl between Edmonton, Montreal and Vancouver.
I don't have much use for awards shows, to be honest, mostly because nothing I like ever wins anything, but I do enjoy the way they encourage venomous, hate-filled arguments on the internet. In that spirit, I present you with the list of finalists for the Canadian Videogame Awards, honoring the best in Canadian-made videogames in a ceremony being held on May 18th in Vancouver. Your nominees are:
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
Unsurprisingly, BioWare's Mass Effect 2 features prominently in this list, as do Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and Splinter Cell: Conviction, both from Ubisoft Montreal. The Vancouver connection is a little less obvious and includes titles like Dead Rising 2, developed in part by Capcom-owned Blue Castle Games, FIFA Soccer 11 from EA Canada and Shank, created by Klei Entertainment. Public voting is open now and runs until May 15.
I'm a bit mystified about why there's a "Best Console Game" category but not a "Best PC Game," but whatever credibility dents are inflicted by that bit of oddness are at least partially offset by the fact that something called Pot Farm is up for an award. Welcome to Canada, eh.
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The Canadian Videogame Awards [http://www.canadianvideogameawards.com/] finalists have been announced and as you might expect, it pretty much comes down to a three-way brawl between Edmonton, Montreal and Vancouver.
I don't have much use for awards shows, to be honest, mostly because nothing I like ever wins anything, but I do enjoy the way they encourage venomous, hate-filled arguments on the internet. In that spirit, I present you with the list of finalists for the Canadian Videogame Awards, honoring the best in Canadian-made videogames in a ceremony being held on May 18th in Vancouver. Your nominees are:
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
Unsurprisingly, BioWare's Mass Effect 2 features prominently in this list, as do Assassin's Creed Brotherhood and Splinter Cell: Conviction, both from Ubisoft Montreal. The Vancouver connection is a little less obvious and includes titles like Dead Rising 2, developed in part by Capcom-owned Blue Castle Games, FIFA Soccer 11 from EA Canada and Shank, created by Klei Entertainment. Public voting is open now and runs until May 15.
I'm a bit mystified about why there's a "Best Console Game" category but not a "Best PC Game," but whatever credibility dents are inflicted by that bit of oddness are at least partially offset by the fact that something called Pot Farm is up for an award. Welcome to Canada, eh.
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