Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) to organizacja zrzeszająca twórców muzyki i dźwięku w grach, a jej doroczne GANG Awards to jedno z niewielu wyróżnień poświęconych w całości growej oprawie audio. Tegoroczna gala odbędzie się w San Francisco podczas Game Developers Conference (28 lutego - 4 marca 2011).

Dla Mafii II to podwójna nominacja: gra powalczy o statuetki za najlepsze dialogi (Best Dialogue) oraz najlepszą ścieżkę licencjonowanej muzyki (Best Use of Licensed Music) - a akurat ta druga kategoria świetnie pasuje do bogatej, epokowej playlisty sączącej się z radia w Empire Bay. Konkurencja jest jednak mocna: prym wśród tegorocznych nominacji wiodą Red Dead Redemption oraz Dante's Inferno. Oto pełna lista nominowanych:

Audio of the Year: Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Dante's Inferno, God of War III, Heavy Rain, Red Dead Redemption.

Music of the Year: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, BioShock 2, Dante's Inferno, Heavy Rain, James Bond 007: Blood Stone, Red Dead Redemption.

Sound Design of the Year: Battlefield: Bad Company 2, BioShock 2, Dante's Inferno, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, God of War III, Red Dead Redemption.

Best Soundtrack Album: BioShock 2, Dante's Inferno, Halo: Reach, Mass Effect 2, Red Dead Redemption, Video Games Live: Level 2.

Best Interactive Score: Dante's Inferno, God of War III, Halo: Reach, Heavy Rain, James Bond 007: Blood Stone, Red Dead Redemption.

Best Handheld Audio: God of War: Ghost of Sparta, Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge, Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, Ni no Kuni: Shikkoku no Madoshi, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands.

Best Cinematic/Cut-Scene Audio: Battlefield: Bad Company 2, God of War III, Medal of Honor, Red Dead Redemption, StarCraft II, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm.

Best Dialogue: BioShock 2, Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, God of War III, Mafia II, Medal of Honor, Red Dead Redemption.

Best Original Instrumental: "Athens Harbour Chase" (James Bond 007: Blood Stone), "Ethan Mars Theme" (Heavy Rain), "Main Theme" (Red Dead Redemption), "Northern Grasslands" (Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer), "The Palace Gates" (Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands).

Best Original Vocal - Choral: "Alice's Theme" (Alice in Wonderland), "Dante's Theme" (Dante's Inferno), "Hymn" (Halo: Reach), "Invincible" (World of Warcraft: Cataclysm), "Overture" (God of War III), "Redemption" (Dante's Inferno).

Best Original Vocal - Pop: "Dagomba" (Just Dance 2), "Dead Man's Gun" (Red Dead Redemption), "Far Away" (Red Dead Redemption), "I'll Take It All" (James Bond 007: Blood Stone), "No Death In Love" (Enslaved: Odyssey to the West), "The Peri" / Zahara's Theme (Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands).

Best Use of Multi-Channel Surround: Battlefield: Bad Company 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Crackdown 2, Fable III, Halo: Reach, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, Transformers: War for Cybertron.

Best Use of Licensed Music: BioShock 2, Civilization V, DJ Hero 2, Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, Mafia II, Rock Band 3.

Best Game Audio Article, Publication or Broadcast: APM Film & Television Music Podcast, "Composing the Music of Star Wars: The Old Republic", "From the Shadows of Film Sound", "Recording Firearms Explosions", "The Weight of Silence".