BAFTA Games 2013 Nominations - Prepare to Argue Like Drunk Miners

Video games are getting more love from the The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) this year with the nominees made public for the 2013 awards.

There are many awards. Many, many, many of them. And we'll be voting on them. Sure, we won't be voting as part of BAFTA, nope, we'll be voting as part of the SPOnG/Joypod alliance. So, before we start, check out the noms.

The BAFTA 2013 Video Game nominations in full:

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

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

Best Game
• Dishonored
• Far Cry 3
• FIFA 13
• Journey
• Mass Effect 3
• The Walking Dead

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 Hutchison (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
• Development Team

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

Source: BAFTA