Thatgamecompany's PlayStation 3 exclusive leads the pack of 53 games nominated for 17 awards.
Journey might have bankrupted developer Thatgamecompany, but its award nominations keep on coming: the PlayStation 3 exclusive has been nominated in eight categories in the British Academy Video Games Awards 2013.
Far Cry 3 and The Walking Dead also received multiple nominations across the 17 categories. UK developers have been recognised among the 53 games nominated, including 4J Studios for its work on Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition, and Forza Horizon developer Playground Games.
Some of the year's biggest AAA blockbusters, such as Mass Effect 3, Borderlands 2, and Black Ops 2, are nominated elsewhere in the awards. They sit alongside indie darlings like Thomas Was Alone, Dear Esther, and Beat Sneak Bandit.
The British Academy Video Games Awards 2013 will take place on March 5 and will be hosted by Irish comedian Dara O'Briain. The evening will be live-streamed on Twitch.
The full list of nominations:
Best Game
Dishonoured
Far Cry 3
FIFA 13
Journey
Mass Effect 3
The Walking Dead
Action
Borderlands 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Far Cry 3
Halo 4
Hitman: Absolution
Mass Effect 3
Artistic Achievement
Borderlands 2
Dear Esther
Far Cry 3
Halo 4
Journey
The Room
Audio Achievement
Assassin
s Creed III
Beat Sneak Bandit
Dear Esther
Far Cry 3
Halo 4
Journey
British Game
Dear Esther
Forza Horizon
LEGO: The Lord of the Rings
Need for Speed Most Wanted
The Room
Super Hexagon
Debut Game
Deadlight
Dear Esther
Forza Horizon
Proteus
The Room
The Unfinished Swan
Game Design
Borderlands 2
Dishonored
Far Cry 3
Journey
The Walking Dead
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Family
Clay Jam
Just Dance 4
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
LEGO the Lord of the Rings
Minecraft: XBOX 360 Edition
Skylanders Giants
Game Innovation
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Fez
Journey
Kinect Sesame Street TV
The Unfinished Swan
Wonderbook: Books of Spells
Mobile & Handheld
Incoboto
LittleBigPlanet Vita
New Star Soccer
The Room
Super Monsters Ate My Condo
The Walking Dead
Online - Browser
Amateur Surgeon Hospital
Dick and Dom
s HOOPLA!
Merlin: The Game
Runescape
The Settlers Online
SongPop
Online - Multiplayer
Assassin
s Creed III
Borderlands 2
Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Halo 4
Journey
Need For Speed Most Wanted
Original Music
Assassin
s Creed III
Diablo III
Journey
Thomas Was Alone
The Unfinished Swan
The Walking Dead
Performer
Adrian Hough (Haytham) - Assassin
s Creed III
Danny Wallace (The Narrator) - Thomas Was Alone
Dave Fennoy (Lee Everett) - The Walking Dead
Melissa Hutchinson (Clementine) - The Walking Dead
Nigel Carrington (The Narrator) - Dear Esther
Nolan North (Nathan Drake) - Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Sports/Fitness
FIFA 13
F1 2012
Forza Horizon
New Star Soccer
Nike+ Kinect Training
Trials Evolution
Story
Dishonored
Far Cry 3
Journey
Mass Effect 3
Thomas was Alone
The Walking Dead
Strategy
Dark Souls: Prepare To Die
Diablo III
Football Manager 2013
Great Big War Game
Total War Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
BAFTA Ones to Watch Award (in association with Dare to Be Digital)
Pixel Story
Project Thanatos
Starcrossed
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