Najnowsze przygody Drake'a mają szanse zdobyć nagrody Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences w aż 12 kategoriach. Nie jest to co prawda 15 nominacji, które swego czasu zgarnęło Uncharted 2, ale gra Naught Dog i tak jest faworytem do zdominowania konkursu. Kto może jej przeszkodzić?
Najpoważniejszym kandydatem jest Portal 2 z dziesięcioma nominacjami oraz... L.A. Noire z dziewięcioma. Nie zabrakło też polskiego akcentu, jakim jest nominacja Wiedźmina 2 w kategorii RPG.
Oto pełna lista nominacji:
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition L.A. Noire LittleBigPlanet 2 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception InFamous 2 Portal 2
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design Battlefield 3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 L.A. Noire Need For Speed: The Run Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Outstanding Achievement in Story Bastion L.A. Noire Portal 2 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Outstanding Character Performance Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Adam Jensen) L.A. Noire (Cole Phelps) Portal 2 (Wheatley) Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Nathan Drake) Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Victor Sullivan)
Downloadable Game of the Year Bastion Drawn: Trail of Shadows Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet Ms. Splosion Man Orcs Must Die!
Casual Game of the Year Fruit Ninja Kinect Tiny Wings Jetpack Joyride Monsters Ate My Condo Where's My Water?
Social Networking Game of the Year Army Attack CastleVille Gardens of Time The Sims Social Triple Town
Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year Dark Souls Deus Ex: Human Revolution Star Wars: The Old Republic The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming Bastion L.A. Noire Portal 2 Skylanders Spyro's Adventure The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Sports Game of the Year FIFA 12 Madden NFL 12 MLB 11 The Show NBA 2K12 NBA Jam: On Fire Edition
Racing Game of the Year Forza Motorsport 4 Mario Kart 7 Real Racing 2 HD
Fighting Game of the Year Fight Night Champion King of Fighters XIII Mortal Kombat Super Street Fighter 4: 3D Edition Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year Iron Brigade Orcs Must Die! Total War: Shogun IIStudios Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
Family Game of the Year Dance Central 2 Just Dance 3 Kinect Disneyland Adventure LittleBigPlanet 2 Skylanders Spyro's Adventure
Mobile Game of the Year Contre Jour Dead Space Infinity Blade II Tentacles The Dark Meadow
Handheld Game of the Year Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective Kirby Mass Attack Mario Kart 7 Professor Layton and the Last Specter Super Mario 3D Land
Adventure Game of the Year Batman: Arkham City L.A. Noire Portal 2 The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play Battlefield 3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Gears of War 3 LittleBigPlanet 2 Star Wars: The Old Republic
Outstanding Achievement in Connectivity Battlefield 3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Dragon Age II Portal 2 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Action Game of the Year Battlefield 3 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Dead Space 2 Gears of War 3 Saints Row: The Third
Outstanding Achievement in Animation Assassin's Creed: Revelations Batman: Arkham City L.A. Noire Rayman Origins Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction Batman: Arkham City Battlefield 3 Portal 2 Rayman Origins Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering Battlefield 3 Crysis 2 L.A. Noire RAGE Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering Batman: Arkham City Portal 2 Skylanders Spyro's Adventure The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction Batman: Arkham City L.A. Noire Portal 2 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Game of the Year Batman: Arkham City Portal 2 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Wyniki poznamy za niecały miesiąc, 9 lutego. W 2010 roku najwięcej statuetek zgarnął Red Dead Redemption. Rok wcześniej zarządził Uncharted 2. Czy teraz historia znów się powtórzy i najbardziej obładowani wyjdą z gali przedstawiciele Naughty Dog?
Maciej Kowalik
