39 games up for BAFTAs
Awards recognise the very best in artistic, creative and technical innovation in video games.
The Academy today announced the nominations for the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards, which this year feature 39 different games.
This year's awards show will be held at the London Hilton on Park Lane on March 10 and will be hosted by comedian and video game enthusiast Dara O'Briain.
The 2009 awards will also include one-publicly-voted award - the GAME Award of 2008. Its shortlist was compiled by a panel of games journalists and gaming enthusiasts, and includes Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Fallout 3, Gears of War 2, GTA IV, Guitar Hero: World Tour, Left 4 Dead, LittleBigPlanet, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Wii Fit and World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. Gamers can vote for their choice at baftagameaward.com.
For those wondering, any game released between October 26, 2007 and December 31, 2008 was eligible.
THE NOMINATIONS
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
User Comments
Double Helix
ACTION & ADVENTURE - GRAND THEFT AUTO IV
GTA-IV takes it from Call Of Duty because of it having more variety in it's game play. I still dont understand how you can compare any of the nominations.
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT - METAL GEAR SOLID 4: GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS
MGS4 easily beats all. The key words here are "Artistic Achievement" and no other game comes close in artistry.
BEST GAME - CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE
This is purely down to personal preference and COD4 out of all these nominations delivered the most non-stop fun.
GAMEPLAY - GRAND THEFT AUTO IV
Easiest category to decide. Nuff said. How the hell did Mario Fart and Mario Galaxy make it.
SPORTS - FIFA 09
If you've played it then you know this is easily the best football game ever made.
STORY AND CHARACTER - GRAND THEFT AUTO IV
Loses the story part to Mass Effect or Fallout III but in terms of character Niko kicks all their collective asses and proceeds to run them over with a cop car.
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT - GRAND THEFT AUTO IV/LITTLE BIG PLANET
Cant decide between GTA's huge sandbox environment or LBP's level design brilliance. This goes down to which was the critically acclaimed and I think GTA-IV may just take it.
USE OF AUDIO - CALL OF DUTY 4: MODERN WARFARE
I've played all these on my Sony Surround Sound Home Theatre, except for Mario obviously, and COD4's explosions sound so good everytime I heard one I had a tear come from my eye because I thought I was gonna die.
thpcplayer
ACTION - GTA IV
ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENT-COD 4
BEST GAME- GTA IV
CASUAL-LITTLEBIGPLANET
HANDHELD-PROFESSOR LAYTON
MULTIPLAYER-COD 4(CLEARLY)
ORIGINAL SCORE- DEAD SPACE
SPORTS- RACE DRIVER GRID
STRATEGY- COMMAND AND CONQUER RED ALERT 3
STORY-GTA IV
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT-GTA IV
AUDIO-COD4
GAMEPLAY-COD 4
thpcplayer
I agree cod4 is better than gta in terms of replayability but gta is more tense, artistic and a one with a serious story. Sorry cod. I will pray for both of these and if any one of these wins then my choice has won
South_East_Jedi
FantasyMeister