Canadian Awards for the Electronic and Animated Arts

Wow, it's like the week of award nomination announcements.

The Elan Awards - the Canadian Awards for the Electronic and Animated Arts - announced the various shortlists this morning in Vancouver.

The event, which will be hosted by Seth MacFarlane (creator, writer, and star of Family Guy), is on February 15 in Vancouver. Tickets are available to the public.

These awards actually recognize animation and video games, which means the list is loooong. You can get the entire list over here, but here's the list of video game nominees:

Game of the Year
Assassin’s Creed
Company of Heroes: Opposing Forces
Mass Effect
Skate

Best Console Game
Assassin’s Creed
Mass Effect
Scarface
Skate

Best PC Game
Company of Heroes
War Hammer 40,000 Dawn of War: Dark Crusade
Power Rangers: Super Legends

Best Sound Design
Crash of the Titans
Need for Speed ProStreet
Skate
Mass Effect

Best Original Music Score
Assasins Creed
Mass Effect
Company of Heroes
War Hammer 40,000 Dawn of War: Dark Crusade

Best Character
Commander Shepard (Mass Effect)
Crash Bandicoot (Crash of the Titans)
Death Jr. (Science Fair of Doom)
Tony Montana (Scarface)

Best Art Direction
Assassin’s Creed
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Mass Effect
Skate

Best Handheld Game of the Year
Chicken Little: Ace in Action
High School Musical Sing It
Socom U.S. Navy Seals: Tactical Strike
Sonic Rivals

Best Game Design of the Year
Assassins Creed
Mario Strikers Charged
Mass Effect
Skate

Best Mobile/Casual/Arcade Game of the Year
Skate
Candace Kane's Candy Factory

Best Writing for a Game Production
Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes: Opposing Forces
Mass Effect
Scarface

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Mass Effect
Skate
War Hammer 40,000 Dawn of War: Dark Crusade

International Video Game of the Year
The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Crysis