Bioware/Electronics Arts walked away from the second annual Canadian Videogame Awards in Vancouver last night with four awards for Mass Effect 2 including the shows highest honor, Game of the Year. Ubisoft Montreal’s Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood was the only other multi-award winner taking the top spots in the categories of Best Audio and Best Visual Arts.
The following is a list of nominees with the category winners in bold and underlined:
Game of the Year
- Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
- Dead Rising 2
- FIFA 11
- Mass Effect 2
- Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction
Best Console Game
- Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
- Dead Rising 2
- FIFA 11
- Mass Effect 2
- Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction
Best Game on the Go
- A Space Shooter For 2 Bucks
- Lil’ Pirates
- Osmos for iPad
- Scrabble iPad
- Trainyard
Best Downloadable Game
- A Space Shooter For 2 Bucks
- Dead Rising 2: Case Zero
- DeathSpank
- HOARD
- Shank
Best Audio
- Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
- Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising
- Mass Effect 2
- Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
- Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction
Best Social/Casual Game
- Dex Hamilton’s Bug Quest
- GardenMind
- Mercanaries of War
- Pocket God on Facebook
- Pot Farm
Best Game Design
- Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
- DeathSpank
- Mass Effect 2
- Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction
- Trainyard
Best Technology
- Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
- Kinect
- Mass Effect 2
- Scrabble iPad
- Your Shape Fitness Evolved
Best Visual Arts
- Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
- Mass Effect 2
- Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
- Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction
- Tron: Evolution
Best Writing
- Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
- Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising
- Mass Effect 2
- Prince of Persia – The Forgotten Sands
- Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction
Best Student Game
- Codex
- Ginkgo
- Hootlin
- Womp!
Innovation Award
- Kinect Joy Ride
- ModNation Racers
- Scrabble iPad
- Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
- Your Shape Fitness Evolved
Canada is the third largest developer of video games in the world and the Canadian Videogame Awards honor Developers and Publishers making games in the country. This year the ceremony also kicks off the Canadian Games Conference (formerly GDC-Canada) which will run May 19th and 20th, 2011. While nominees are open to public submission the finalists and eventual winners are selected by the CVA Advisory Committee and a representation of industry experts from within the country. The exception to this rule comes in the selection of Game of the Year, which is chosen purely by fan voting.
