Voting is now open for the Fans’ Choice Award for the 5th Annual Canadian Videogame Awards. The awards celebrates Canadian-made videogames.

Nominees for game created in 2013 are Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Batman: Arkham Origins, Contrast, Dead Rising 3, Don’t Starve, Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon, Guacamelee!, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, Outlast and Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist.

Also announced today were the nominations for the other awards, which will be presented in Toronto on November 21st. Strangely nominees for Game of the Year are exactly the same as the Fans’ Choice award so I guess the games get two kicks at the can for an award.

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Reboot Communications and EP Media have announced that the 5th Annual Canadian Videogame Awards (CVAs) will move to November 21, 2014 in Toronto, Ontario. The national award show celebrates excellence in Canadian-made videogames and has been held in Vancouver for the past four years.  

This date change will facilitate the proper amount of production and promotional attention for the CVAs and provide our country’s game-making community an annual end of the year celebration.

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It was announced today that nominations are now open for the 5th Annual Canadian Videogame Awards, which will take place in Toronto, Ontario later this year. The broadcast will also be televised nationally on City Tv unlike last year in which the awards ceremony was not broadcast.

“Recognizing the diverse videogame talent that stretches across Canada, the CVAs are pleased to host the event for the first time this year at the Carlu in the heart of downtown Toronto,” said Greg Spievak, CEO of Reboot Communications and a co-producer of the CVAs.

Tickets for the event will go on sale to the general public in March.

Nominations will be accepted for work developed in Canada and released in 2013. Nominations will be accepted until January 24th, 2014 and include categories such as Best Animation, Best Console Game, Best Downloadable Game, Best Game on the Go, Best Indie Game and Best Social/Casual Game. Final nominees for all categories will be announced on March 10th, 2014. Public voting for the Fans’ Choice Award will also open at that time.

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The 4th Annual Canadian Videogame Awards will be taking place on Saturday in Vancouver, British Columbia, presented as part of Vancouver Fan Expo. The CVAs were created to honour and celebrate the “best and brightest” in Canadian videogame and feature games from big mainstream titles to smaller indie projects.

If you haven’t heard of the awards don’t worry, you’re not alone. While the annual VGAs which air on Spike every year are fairly well known (if mostly panned by video game fans) the Canadian awards aren’t as well known for one main reason – they aren’t televised. To get a taste of what you can expect from the show you can watch last year’s awards ceremony here.Read More