The International Animated Film Society has revealed the finalists for its latest Best Animated Video Game Award, with nominees including Capcom's
Ghost Trick, Epic's
Gears of War 3, Ubisoft's
Rayman: Origins, and more.
The award will be featured at the 39th annual Annie Awards, which honors achievements in animation across a growing range of media, from Hollywood, to television, to video games.
The Best Animated Video Game Award was first given to Treyarch's
Ultimate Spider-Man in 2005, and has since been awarded to titles such as D3 Publisher's
Flushed Away, THQ's
Ratatouille, Activision's
Kung-Fu Panda, and Playdead's
Limbo.
The following are the finalists for this year's Best Animated Video Game award:
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Bumpy Road - Simogo
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Catherine - Atlus
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Gears of War 3 - Epic Games
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Gesundheit - Konami Digital Entertainment
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Ghost Trick: “Phantom Detective” - Capcom
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Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet - Shadow Planet Productions, Gagne/Fuelcell
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Ratchet and Clank: All 4 One - Insomniac Games
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Rayman Origins - Ubisoft Montpellier
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Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception - Naughty Dog
These finalists were chosen by a committee of animation professionals appointed by the board of directors of the International Animated Film Society (also known as ASIFA-Hollywood), the organizing body behind the Annie Awards.
Animation professionals belonging to ASIFA-Hollywood will choose the winner via collective vote, and the award recipient will be revealed at the 39th annual Annie Awards, to be held February 4, 2012 in Los Angeles.
