Just some snippets from the glamorous world of awards. First, BAFTA has introduced a new category for this year's Video Game Awards taking place on October 23. The PC World Gamers Award can be voted for here. Eligible voters are entered into a draw to win a variety of prizes including games consoles and a day at EA's development studios. The nominations are:
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)
It'll be interesting to see which way the public vote goes - the rest of the BAFTAs are judged by industry insiders, who would probably gravitate towards Wii Play or Gears of War.
Elsewhere, the Writers Guild of America has announced the creation of the inaugural Videogame Writing Award, which will be presented at the Los Angeles ceremony of the 2008 Writers Guild Awards on February 9, 2008. (More here.)
WGAW president Patric M. Verrone commented, "By recognizing the skill and craft of video game writing, the Writers Guilds intend to raise the profile of these writers so that they can get WGA contracts and benefits for this work. We aim, we shoot, we score." I think he deserves a special award for that last sentence.
Submission forms are available now - so which games do you reckon deserve a nomination?
