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The ten nominees include multi-platform releases Call Of Duty: Black Ops and Red Dead Redemption, Xbox Live Arcade release Limbo and Wii platformer Super Mario Galaxy 2.
The winner, as voted for by the public on the BAFTA website, will be announced at the Video Game BAFTA ceremony on March 16.
The nominees for the other Video Game BAFTA categories will be announced on February 16.
The shortlist in full:
Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision / Treyarch)
Dance Central (Microsoft / Harmonix)
FIFA 11 (Electronic Arts / EA Canada)
Halo Reach (Microsoft / Bungie)
Heavy Rain (Sony, Quantic Dream)
Limbo (Playdead Games)
Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts, BioWare)
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (Electronic Arts, Criterion Games)
Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games/Rockstar San Diego)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo)
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