Mass Effect and Assassin's Creed Lead Nominations for Canadian Videogame Awards

Mass Effect 2, the mix between action and role playing created by BioWare, and Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, the standalone expansion that mixes fighting and free running from Ubisoft, have received the most nomination for the Canadian Videogame Awards.

Canada is rapidly becoming one of the most important nations when it comes to development of video games, with a lot of publishers expanding their studios in the country.

Canada is home to the development teams for BioWare, EA Sports and Ubisoft.

Here are all the nominees listed with their categories:

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

Lil’ Pirates
Osmos for iPad
Scrabble for iPad
A Space Shooter for 2 Bucks
Trainyard

Best Downloadable Game

Dead Rising 2: Case Zero
Deathspank
HOARD
Shank
A Space Shooter for 2 Bucks

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: Alien Entomologist
GardenMind
Mercenaries 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 for XBOX 360
Mass Effect 2
Scrabble for 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 for iPad
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
Your Shape Fitness Evolved