Catch the BAFTA Awards Live Stream Tonight

Will Zelda or Mario win?

by James Newton Fri 16th Mar 2012

Tonight you can watch the 2012 GAME British Academy Video Game Awards live online through the magic of streaming.

Zelda and Mario are up for multiple BAFTA awards and you can see how they get on over at the BAFTA website. The event starts at 9pm UK time — that's 10pm CET, 4pm Eastern and 1pm Pacific.

Here's the full list of nominees with Nintendo games highlighted for your ease of viewing:

Action
Assassin’s Creed Revelations
Batman: Arkham City
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Portal 2
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Artistic Achievement
Batman: Arkham City
L.A. Noire
LitteBigPlanet 2
Rayman Origins
The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Audio Achievement
Batman: Arkham City
Battlefield 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Dead Space 2
The Nightjar
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Best Game
Batman: Arkham City
FIFA 2012
L.A. Noire
Portal 2
The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Debut Game
Bastion
Eufloria
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
L.A. Noire
Monstermind
RIFT
Design
Batman: Arkham City
L.A. Noire
LittleBigPlanet 2
Portal 2
Super Mario 3D Land
The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim
Family
Dance Central 2
Kinect Sports 2
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean
LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
LittleBigPlanet 2
Mario Kart 7

Game Innovation
Bastion
Child of Eden
From Dust
L.A. Noire
LittleBigPlanet 2
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Mobile & Handheld
Dead Space iOS
Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint
Peggle
Quarrel
Super Mario 3D Land
The Nightjar
Online – Browser
Gardens of Time
I Am Playr
Monstermind
Resistance 3
Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure
The Sims Social
Online-Multiplayer
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
Battlefield 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Dark Souls
Gears of War 3
LittleBigPlanet 2
Original Music
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations
Batman: Arkham City
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
L.A. Noire
The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Performer
Aaron Stanton (Cole Phelps) – L.A. Noire
Mark Hamill (The Joker) – Batman: Arkham City
Nolan North (Nathan Drake) – Uncharted 3:
Drake’s Deception
Stephen Fry (Narrator) – LittleBigPlanet 2
Stephen Merchant (Wheatley) – Portal 2
Togo Igawa (Dipolomat, Advisor and Military General) – Total War: SHOGUN 2
Sports/Fitness
Dance Central 2
DiRT 3
Fl 2011
FIFA 2012
Kinect Sports 2
Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2012
Story
Batman: Arkham City
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
L.A. Noire
Portal 2
The Elder Scrolls V – Skyrim
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Strategy
Dark Souls
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Football Manager 2012
From Dust
Ghost Recon Shadow Wars
Total War: SHOGUN 2
BAFTA Ones to Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital
Dreamweaver
Joust!
Tick Tock Toys

GAME Award of 2011
(The only award to be voted for by the public)
Batman: Arkham City
Battlefield 3
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
FIFA 2012
L.A Noire
Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Minecraft
Portal 2
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception

[source bafta.org]

James started his career in video games as News Editor on Nintendo Life. Since leaving in 2012 to join Nintendo of Europe, James has risen through the ranks to become NoE's Senior Product PR & Corporate Communications Manager.

1
New_3DaSh_XL
Fri 16th Mar 2012

THEY SHOULD BOTH WIN!!!!!

2
Undead_terror
Fri 16th Mar 2012

both hands down

3
Whopper744
Fri 16th Mar 2012

Where is Zelda for story? Or Audio? (for the music) Or really even artstyle. Oh well.

4
StarDust4Ever
Fri 16th Mar 2012

Considering that there are no category in which both Mario AND Zelda are directly competing, I'd say both!

It's also equally likely than none will win, but I'm sticking to the "both" camp to support my fanboyism.

5
thedanman64
Fri 16th Mar 2012

No doubt Mario Kart 7 will win the Family award. Hope Super Mario 3D Land wins the Handheld award.

6
misswliu81
Fri 16th Mar 2012

as long as nintendo wins something, i don't care if it is zelda or mario. i'm supporting both of them.

7
Highwinter
Fri 16th Mar 2012

@Joshers744 It probably deserves a spot for story over Skyrim (which is a game with great lore and side stories, but a disappointing main story). Portal 2 pretty much has it in the bag though.

8
LordJumpMad
Fri 16th Mar 2012

inb4 Batman: Arkham City wins
and the fanboys start wining~

9
FonistofCruxis
Fri 16th Mar 2012

I really don't care about the gaming baftas with the terrible job they do at choosing the nominees.

10
RevolverLink
Fri 16th Mar 2012

I was under the impression that the BAFTA awards had already happened, but I guess they just gave them out for film.

11
Malkeor
Fri 16th Mar 2012

Uncharted 3 is sure to win some stuff.

I can only loath the eventual Best Game award going to Skyrim
We'll see
I am hoping it is in fact Zelda.

12
Highwinter
Fri 16th Mar 2012

@FonistofCruxis Other than FIFA, which is obviously only there because of how big the series/football is in the UK, I don't see anything wrong with the picks.

13
Malkeor
Fri 16th Mar 2012

Loved that guy who won the Kinect Sports 2 (sports/fitness) BAFTA
"Rare is back baby!!!"

I laughed so hard....guy seemed like a insert PG-13 word here

14
Cipher
Fri 16th Mar 2012

Well, Nintendo seems to be doing well... >_<

15
Malkeor
Fri 16th Mar 2012

The overrated Portal 2
In my opinion....sigh

16
warioswoods
Fri 16th Mar 2012

Winner of Mobile / Handheld: Peggle HD.

Oh, my. I was under the assumption that they wanted these awards to be taken seriously... ?

17
C-Olimar
Sat 17th Mar 2012

Why do Nintendo even bother paying the £500 each to send their games to BAFTA? So biased. At the very least, Skyward Sword should have been nominated for best audio.