Journey, The Walking Dead and Far Cry 3 lead the way in the list of nominees for this year’s BAFTA video game awards.
Thatgamecompany’s Journey has nabbed eight nominations following a Grammy nomination for its score. With seven nominations is The Walking Dead, which we named our top game of 2012.
Far Cry 3 is nominated for six BAFTAs, whilst Dear Esther holds five nominations. Assassin’s Creed III, Borderlands 2, The Room and Halo 4 each feature in four categories.
The video game BAFTAs are held on March 5.
Full list of video game BAFTA nominees
Action
Far Cry 3
Hitman: Absolution
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Halo 4
Mass Effect 3
Borderlands 2
Artistic Achievement
Journey
Far Cry 3
The Room
Halo 4
Dear Esther
Borderlands 2
Audio Achievement
Journey
Far Cry 3
Beat Sneak Bandit
Halo 4
Assassin’s Creed III
Dear Esther
BAFTA Ones to Watch
Starcrossed
Pixel Story
Project Thanatos
Best Game
Far Cry 3
FIFA 13
Journey
Mass Effect 3
Dishonored
The Walking Dead
British Game
Need for Speed Most Wanted
The Room
LEGO: The Lord of the Rings
Forza Horizon
Dear Esther
Super Hexagon
Debut Game
Deadlight
The Unfinished Swan
Forza Horizon
Dear Esther
The Room
Proteus
Family
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
Minecraft: XBOX 360 Edition
LEGO the Lord of the Rings
Just Dance 4
Skylanders Giants
Clay Jam
Game Design
Dishonored
Far Cry 3
Journey
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Borderlands 2
The Walking Dead
Game Innovation
Fez
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Wonderbook: Books of Spells
Journey
Kinect Sesame Street TV
The Unfinished Swan
Mobile and Handheld
LittleBigPlanet (Vita)
Super Monsters Ate My Condo
The Room
New Star Soccer
Incoboto
The Walking Dead
Online – Browser
The Settlers Online
SongPop
Merlin: The Game
Runescape
Dick and Dom’s HOOPLA!
Amateur Surgeon Hospital
Online – Multiplayer
Assassin’s Creed III
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Journey
Need For Speed Most Wanted
Halo 4
Borderlands 2
Original Music
The Unfinished Swan
Journey
Diablo III
Assassin’s Creed III
The Walking Dead
Thomas Was Alone
Performer
Nolan North (Nathan Drake) in Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Danny Wallace (The Narrator) in Thomas Was Alone
Melissa Hutchinson (Clementine) in The Walking Dead
Dave Fennoy (Lee Everett) in The Walking Dead
Adrian Hough (Haytham) in Assassin’s Creed III
Nigel Carrington (The Narrator) in Dear Esther
Sports/Fitness
Forza Horizon
F1 2012
FIFA 13
Nike+ Kinect Training
New Star Soccer
Trials Evolution
Story
Journey
Far Cry 3
The Walking Dead
Thomas Was Alone
Mass Effect 3
Dishonored
Strategy
Dark Souls: Prepare To Die
Diablo III
Great Big War Game
Total War Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai
Football Manager 2013
XCOM: Enemy Unknown