wraggster
February 10th, 2009, 16:19
The nominations for this year's BAFTA Videogames Awards have been released with Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare topping the list.
The hugely popular shooter is up for seven separate awards, and is just eligible for nomination by being released after the last BAFTA event in late 2007.
Grand Theft Auto IV will have raised no eyebrows in picking up six nominations, while LittleBigPlanet and Fable II take five apiece.
There are thirteen traditional award categories in total, each decided by a separate panel of expert judges, while an additional GAME award is voted for by the public, the One to Watch prize is awarded to the best Dare to be Digital competition entrant, and the BAFTA Fellowship will be awarded to industry legend Nolan Bushnell.
Call of Duty 4 was nominated in the Action & Adventure, Artistic Achievement, Best Game, Gameplay, Story & Character and Use of Audio categories.
Grand Theft Auto IV will contest it in five of those, while also being up for the Technical Achievement award.
Meanwhile Steven Spielberg is a potential winner with Boom Blox in the Casual category, while other notable nominations went to Gears of War 2, Fallout 3, Assassin's Creed and Dead Space.
The full list of nominations by category is as follows:
ACTION & ADVENTURE
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Dead Space
Fable II
Grand Theft Auto IV
Prince of Persia
Tomb Raider: Underworld
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
Assassin’s Creed
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Dead Space
Gears of War 2
LittleBigPlanet
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
BEST GAME
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Fable II
Fallout 3
Grand Theft Auto IV
Rock Band
Super Mario Galaxy
CASUAL
Boom Blox
Buzz! Quiz TV
Guitar Hero: World Tour
LittleBigPlanet
SingStar Vol. 2
Wii Fit
GAMEPLAY
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Grand Theft Auto IV
Left 4 Dead
Mario Kart Wii
Rock Band
Super Mario Galaxy
HANDHELD
Geometry Wars: Galaxies
God of War: Chains of the Olympus
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Patapon
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Soul Bubbles
MULTIPLAYER
Buzz! Quiz TV
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Gears of War 2
Left 4 Dead
Mario Kart Wii
Rock Band
ORIGINAL SCORE
Assassin’s Creed
Dead Space
Fable II
Fallout 3
LittleBigPlanet
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
SPORTS
FIFA 09
Football Manager 2009
Motorstorm Pacific Rift
Pure
Race Driver: GRID
Wii Fit
STRATEGY
Advance Wars: Dark Conflict
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3
Ninjatown
Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution
SOCOM: US Navy Seals Tactical Strike
Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise
STORY AND CHARACTER
Assassin’s Creed
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Fable II
Fallout 3
Grand Theft Auto IV
Mass Effect
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Assassin’s Creed
Fable II
Fallout 3
Grand Theft Auto IV
LittleBigPlanet
Spore
USE OF AUDIO
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Dead Space
Gears of War 2
Grand Theft Auto IV
LittleBigPlanet
Super Mario Galaxy
BAFTA ONE’S TO WATCH AWARD in association with Dare to Be Digital
Boro-Toro
Origamee
VegeMe
GAME Award of 2008
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Fallout 3
Gears of War 2
Grand Theft Auto IV
Left 4 Dead
LittleBigPlanet
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Wii Fit
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/cod-4-leads-bafta-09-nominations-list
The hugely popular shooter is up for seven separate awards, and is just eligible for nomination by being released after the last BAFTA event in late 2007.
Grand Theft Auto IV will have raised no eyebrows in picking up six nominations, while LittleBigPlanet and Fable II take five apiece.
There are thirteen traditional award categories in total, each decided by a separate panel of expert judges, while an additional GAME award is voted for by the public, the One to Watch prize is awarded to the best Dare to be Digital competition entrant, and the BAFTA Fellowship will be awarded to industry legend Nolan Bushnell.
Call of Duty 4 was nominated in the Action & Adventure, Artistic Achievement, Best Game, Gameplay, Story & Character and Use of Audio categories.
Grand Theft Auto IV will contest it in five of those, while also being up for the Technical Achievement award.
Meanwhile Steven Spielberg is a potential winner with Boom Blox in the Casual category, while other notable nominations went to Gears of War 2, Fallout 3, Assassin's Creed and Dead Space.
The full list of nominations by category is as follows:
ACTION & ADVENTURE
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Dead Space
Fable II
Grand Theft Auto IV
Prince of Persia
Tomb Raider: Underworld
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT
Assassin’s Creed
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Dead Space
Gears of War 2
LittleBigPlanet
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
BEST GAME
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Fable II
Fallout 3
Grand Theft Auto IV
Rock Band
Super Mario Galaxy
CASUAL
Boom Blox
Buzz! Quiz TV
Guitar Hero: World Tour
LittleBigPlanet
SingStar Vol. 2
Wii Fit
GAMEPLAY
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Grand Theft Auto IV
Left 4 Dead
Mario Kart Wii
Rock Band
Super Mario Galaxy
HANDHELD
Geometry Wars: Galaxies
God of War: Chains of the Olympus
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Patapon
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Soul Bubbles
MULTIPLAYER
Buzz! Quiz TV
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Gears of War 2
Left 4 Dead
Mario Kart Wii
Rock Band
ORIGINAL SCORE
Assassin’s Creed
Dead Space
Fable II
Fallout 3
LittleBigPlanet
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
SPORTS
FIFA 09
Football Manager 2009
Motorstorm Pacific Rift
Pure
Race Driver: GRID
Wii Fit
STRATEGY
Advance Wars: Dark Conflict
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3
Ninjatown
Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution
SOCOM: US Navy Seals Tactical Strike
Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise
STORY AND CHARACTER
Assassin’s Creed
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Fable II
Fallout 3
Grand Theft Auto IV
Mass Effect
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
Assassin’s Creed
Fable II
Fallout 3
Grand Theft Auto IV
LittleBigPlanet
Spore
USE OF AUDIO
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Dead Space
Gears of War 2
Grand Theft Auto IV
LittleBigPlanet
Super Mario Galaxy
BAFTA ONE’S TO WATCH AWARD in association with Dare to Be Digital
Boro-Toro
Origamee
VegeMe
GAME Award of 2008
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Fallout 3
Gears of War 2
Grand Theft Auto IV
Left 4 Dead
LittleBigPlanet
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Wii Fit
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/cod-4-leads-bafta-09-nominations-list