Mass Effect 2 named GOTY at Canadian Videogame Awards

By Stephany Nunneley

Mass Effect 2 was named Game of the Year at this year’s Canadian Videogame Awards, beating out AC: Brotherhood, Dead Rising 2 and more.

The BioWare title also won three other awards for: Best Game Design, Best Writing, and Console Game of the Year,.

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood won for Best Audio and Best Visual Arts, ModNation Racers won the Innovation Award, and DeatSpank won for Best Downloadable Game.

The full list of nominees and winners can be found below, courtesy of GamePolitics.

Game of the Year – Mass Effect 2 (Bioware/Electronic Arts)

• Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
• Dead Rising 2
• FIFA 11
• Mass Effect 2
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction

Best Console Game – Mass Effect 2 (Bioware/Electronic Arts)

• Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
• Dead Rising 2
• FIFA 11
• Mass Effect 2
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction

Best Game on the Go – Osmos for iPad (Hemisphere Games)

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

Best Downloadable Game – Deathspank (Hothead Games/Electronic Arts)

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

Best Audio – Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood (Ubisoft Montreal)

• Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
• Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising
• Mass Effect 2
• SpiderMan: Shattered Dimensions
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction

Best Social/Casual Game – Pocket God on Facebook (Frima Studio/Bolt Creative)

• Dex Hamilton: Bug Quest
• GardenMind
• Mercenaries of War
• Pocket God on Facebook
• Pot Farm

Best Game Design – Mass Effect 2 (Bioware/Electronic Arts)

• Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
• Deathspank
• Mass Effect 2
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction
• Trainyard

Best Technology – Kinect for XBOX 360 (Big Park Game Studio/Microsoft)

• 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 (Ubisoft Montreal)

• Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
• Mass Effect 2
• SpiderMan: Shattered Dimensions
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction
• Tron: Evolution

Best Writing – Mass Effect 2 (Bioware/Electronic Arts)

• 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 – WOMP! (XnEh?/Centre for Digital Media)

• Codex
• Ginkgo
• Hootlin
• WOMP!

Innovation Award ModNation Racers (United Front Games/SCE)

• Kinect Joy Ride
• ModNation Racers
• Scrabble for iPad
• SpiderMan: Shattered Dimensions
• Your Shape Fitness Evolved