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23rd January 2013

Reminder: Nominations For The Canadian Videogame Awards Closes on February 1

Canadian Video Game AwardsIt’s great to see all of the nominations already listed on the Canadian Videogame Awards site, but I know there are more of you out there, and you have only ten days remaining to get your nominations in for the 4th Annual Canadian Videogame Awards, to be held at the Vancouver Convention Centre on April 20th, 2013. This year’s show, sponsored by Future Shop, will once again celebrate the best and brightest of the Canadian videogame industry. Developers, publishers and industry leaders from across Canada will gather in beautiful Vancouver to recognize the outstanding achievements of 2012.   

 

Nominations are for work developed in Canada and released in 2012, and are welcome from all parts of Canada’s game industry. The Call for Nominations will close on February 1, 2013.  The award categories, as determined by a committee of industry leaders from across Canada, are:

  • Best Audio
  • Best Console Game
  • Best Downloadable Game
  • Best Game Design
  • Best Game on the Go
  • Best Game Innovation
  • Best Indie Game
  • Best New Character
  • Best Original Music
  • Best Social/Casual Game
  • Best Technology
  • Best Visual Arts
  • Best Writing
  • Game of the Year

The two new categories for this year’s awards show are:

  • Best Animation
  • Future Shop Fan Choice Award

Finalists in all categories will be announced March 11, 2013, when public voting for the Future Shop Fan Choice Award will open.

The Canadian Videogame Awards will be held during Fan Expo in Vancouver, and are produced by Reboot Communications and Greedy Productions. The Awards are officially endorsed by the Entertainment Software Association of Canada and DigiBC. The producers are joined by a national industry committee of developers and leaders of the Canadian digital entertainment industry.

 

This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013 at 10:20 am and is filed under Awards, Events, National News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
  1. Tami Quiring (@VillageGamer)
    2:21 am on January 23rd, 2013

    Reminder: Nominations For The @CVAwards Closes on February 1 http://t.co/Hv4y7GUP

  2. Jeff Murray (@psychicparrot)
    2:53 am on January 23rd, 2013

    RT @VillageGamer: Reminder: Nominations For The @CVAwards Closes on February 1 http://t.co/Hv4y7GUP

  3. Cdn Videogame Awards (@CVAwards)
    2:54 am on January 23rd, 2013

    RT @VillageGamer: Reminder: Nominations For The @CVAwards Closes on February 1 http://t.co/Hv4y7GUP

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