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Call of Duty 4 tops BAFTA nominees

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Feb 11, 2009 1:06 am GMT

Modern Warfare nets seven nods in extended Brit game awards; GTAIV, Fable II, Little Big Planet.

Some 15 months after the debut of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, one might think it was done competing for Game of the Year awards. One would be wrong, however, as the British Academy of Film and Television Arts today announced the gaming nominees for its (mostly) annual BAFTA awards, and Modern Warfare led all comers with nominations in seven categories, including Best Game.

More proof that Modern Warfare isn't ancient history.

The latest BAFTA game awards were doled out in October of 2007, with publishers needing to submit eligible games in completed form by early September. Last year, the British Academy opted to delay the awards (and the submission cutoff), ensuring that games competing on shelves in the same holiday season would also be competing in the same awards season. But along with that delay comes a one-time extra-large pool of candidates, with a 2007 release like Modern Warfare competing against games like Ubisoft's Prince of Persia, which launched in December 2008.

Modern Warfare was by no means the only 2007 game to nab honors, nor the only one to pick up multiple nominations. Assassin's Creed was named in four categories, while Rock Band and Super Mario Galaxy each received three nods. As for the representatives of 2008, Grand Theft Auto IV garnered six nominations, Fable II and Little Big Planet scored five each, and Dead Space and Fallout 3 could soon need shelf space for an extra four awards each.

The winners will be announced March 10 in a cermony at the London Hilton on Park Lane. One guaranteed honoree that night is Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, who has been confirmed as the recipient of this year's Fellowship accolade.

The full list of categories and nominees follows.

Action & Adventure

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Development Team
Infinity Ward/Activision

Dead Space
Glen Schofield, Chuck Beaver, Bret Robbins
Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts

Fable II
Development Team
Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studios

Grand Theft Auto IV
Development Team
Rockstar North/Rockstar Games

Prince of Persia
Ben Mattes, Jean-Christophe Guyot
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Entertainment

Tomb Raider: Underworld
Noah Hughes, Pat Sirk, Toby Gard
Crystal Dynamics/Eidos

Artistic Achievement

Assassin's Creed
Jade Raymond, Patrice Desilets, Claude Langlais
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Entertainment

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Development Team
Infinity Ward/Activision

Dead Space
Ian Milham
Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts

Gears of War 2
Development Team
Epic Games/Microsoft Games Studios

Little Big Planet
Kareem Ettouney, Mark Healey, Leo Cubbin
Media Molecule & XDev Studio Europe/Sony Computer Entertainment

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Yoji Shinkawa
Kojima Productions/Konami Digital Entertainment

Best Game

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Development Team
Infinity Ward/Activision

Fable II
Development Team
Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studio

Fallout 3
Todd Howard, Emil Pagliarulo, Istvan Pely
Bethesda Game Studio/Bethesda Softworks Europe

Grand Theft Auto IV
Development Team
Rockstar North/Rockstar Games

Rock Band
Alex Rigopulos, Eran Egozy, Mike Dornbrook
Harmonix Music Systems/MTV Games

Super Mario Galaxy
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

Casual

Boom Blox
Development Team
Electronic Arts LA/Electronic Arts

Buzz! Quiz TV
David Amor, Andrew Eades, Lee Clare
Relentless Software & XDev Studio Europe/Sony Computer Entertainment

Guitar Hero: World Tour
Development Team
Neversoft/Activision

Little Big Planet
Mark Healey, Dave Smith, Pete Smith
Media Molecule & XDev Studio Europe/Sony Computer Entertainment

SingStar Vol. 2
Vera So, Gillian Connole, Kevin Mason
SCE London Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment

Wii Fit
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

Gameplay

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Development Team
Infinity Ward/Activision

Grand Theft Auto IV
Development Team
Rockstar North/Rockstar Games

Left 4 Dead
Gabe Newell, Mike Booth, Chet Faliszek
Valve/Valve

Mario Kart Wii
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

Rock Band
Alex Rigopulos, Dan Teasdale, Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom
Harmonix Music System/MTV Games

Super Mario Galaxy
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

Handheld

Geometry Wars: Galaxies
James Brooksby, Jim Mummery
Doublesix/Sierra

God of War: Chains of the Olympus
Development Team
Ready at Dawn & SCE Santa Monica Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

Patapon
Development Team
Pyramid & SCE Japan Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment

Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

Soul Bubbles
Olivier Lejade, Omar Cornut, Frederick Raynal
McKensleep/Eidos

Multiplayer

Buzz! Quiz TV
David Amor, Andrew Eades
Relentless Software & SCE XDev Studio Europe/Sony Computer Entertainment

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Development Team
Infinity Ward/Activision

Gears of War 2
Development Team
Epic Games/Microsoft Games Studios

Left 4 Dead
Gabe Newell, Mike Booth, Chet Faliszek
Valve/Valve

Mario Kart Wii
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

Rock Band
Alex Rigopulos, Kasson Crooker
Harmonix Music System/MTV Games

Original Score

Assassin's Creed
Jade Raymond, Patrice Desilets, Claude Langlais
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Entertainment

Dead Space
Development Team
Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts

Fable II
Development Team
Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studios

Fallout 3
Todd Howard, Emil Pagliarulo, Istvan Pely
Bethesda Game Studio/Bethesda Softworks Europe

Little Big Planet
Kenneth Young, Mark Healey, Leo Cubbin
Media Molecule & XDev Studio Europe/Sony Computer Entertainment

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Harry Gregson-Williams
Kojima Productions/Konami Digital Entertainment

Sports

FIFA 09
Andrew Wilson, David Rutter, Gary Paterson
EA Canada/Electronic Arts

Football Manager 2009
Development Team
Sports Interactive/SEGA

Motorstorm Pacific Rift
Development Team
Evolution Studios/Sony Computer Entertainment

Pure
Jason Avent, Jim Callin, Craig Gabell
Black Rock Studios/Disney Interactive Studios

Race Driver: GRID
Development Team
Codemasters Studios/Codemasters

Wii Fit
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

Strategy

Advance Wars: Dark Conflict (Advance Wars: Days of Ruin in the US)
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3
Development Team
EA Los Angeles/Electronic Arts

Ninjatown
Shawn Smith, Brandon Curiel, Jeremy Pope
Venan in conjunction with Casmere Productions & Shalinamals/Southpeak Games

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution
Development Team
Firaxis Games/2K Games

SOCOM: US Navy Seals Tactical Strike
Development Team
Slant Six Games & SCE Foster City Studio/Sony Computer Entertainment

Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise
Gary Richards, Paul Machacek, Joe Humfrey
Rare/THQ

Story and Character

Assassin's Creed
Jade Raymond, Patrice Desilets, Claude Langlais
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Entertainment

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Development Team
Infinity Ward/Activision

Fable II
Development Team
Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studios

Fallout 3
Todd Howard, Emil Pagliarulo
Bethesda Game Studio/Bethesda Softworks Europe

Grand Theft Auto IV
Development Team
Rockstar North/Rockstar Games

Mass Effect
Casey Hudson, Drew Karpyshyn, Derek Watts
Bioware/Electronic Arts

Technical Achievement

Assassin's Creed
Jade Raymond, Patrice Desilets, Claude Langlais
Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft Entertainment

Fable II
Development Team
Lionhead Studios/Microsoft Game Studios

Fallout 3
Todd Howard, Guy Carver
Bethesda Game Studios/Bethesda Softworks Europe

Grand Theft Auto IV
Development Team
Rockstar North/Rockstar Games

Little Big Planet
Alex Evans, Dave Smith, Leo Cubbin
Media Molecule & XDev Studio Europe/Sony Computer Europe

Spore
Development Team
Electronic Arts Montreal/Electronic Arts

Use of Audio

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Development Team
Infinity Ward/Activision

Dead Space
Don Veca
Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts

Gears of War 2
Development Team
Epic Games/Microsoft Games Studios

Grand Theft Auto IV
Development Team
Rockstar North/Rockstar Games

Little Big Planet
Kenneth Young, Mark Healey, Leo Cubbin
Media Molecule & XDev Studio Europe/Sony Computer Entertainment

Super Mario Galaxy
Development Team
Nintendo/Nintendo

BAFTA Ones to Watch Award in association with Dare to Be Digital

Boro-Toro
Adam Westwood, Graham Ranson, Yves Wheeler, Matthew Booton, Owen Schwehr
DarkMatter Designs

Origamee
Richard Barlow, Alberto Fustinoni, Jonathon Holmes, Kevin Dunlop, Jade Law
Blue Skies

VegeMe
Guo Lin, Gao Ting, Zhang Jun, Laing Wei, Alexander Syminton
Ctrl_D

GAME Award of 2008 (Voted for by the public)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Infinity Ward/Activision

Fallout 3
Bethesda Game Studio/Bethesda Software Europe

Gears of War 2
Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios

Grand Theft Auto IV
Rockstar North/Take Two Interactive

Guitar Hero World Tour
Neversoft/Activision

Left 4 Dead
Valve/Valve

LittleBigPlanet
Media Molecule & XDEV Studio Europe/SCEE

Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Nintendo/Nintendo

Wii Fit
Nintendo/Nintendo

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
Blizzard Entertainment/Activision

99 Comments

  • masry95

    Posted May 9, 2009 10:14 am GMT

    call of duty doesnt deserve to be on the 2008 game award but the other games are chossen right

  • djedi_master

    Posted Mar 24, 2009 12:58 pm GMT

    yeeeehaaawww... COD 4 the best!=)

  • joesh89

    Posted Mar 10, 2009 2:02 pm GMT

    little big planet, GTA IV and MGS4 are my hopefuls.

  • brendanhunt1

    Posted Feb 23, 2009 2:51 pm GMT

    resistance 2, gta iv, mgs4 and lbp would be my top winners

  • marcopolo4212

    Posted Feb 20, 2009 2:31 pm GMT

    where's Resistance 2 under multiplayer?!?!?!?!? and Little Big Planet is amazing same with MGS4...Resistance 2 = best shooter other than cod4 or course, little big planet = best platformer and inovative game and MGS4 best action/adventure game...those would be my awards

  • muzik_mafia

    Posted Feb 17, 2009 2:46 pm GMT

    This is a joke. Call of Duty should not be here at all, it's in almost every category possible. Metal Gear should be for GOTY, and Assassin's Creed...

  • gameking5000

    Posted Feb 12, 2009 9:35 pm GMT

    @TheUnf0rgiven
    If I see a list that is full of FPS, then I'd say thats biased. MGS 4 is a good game but it's not the best.

  • ninjapenguin1

    Posted Feb 12, 2009 3:54 pm GMT

    What the CRAP!!!
    Is no one reconizing Brawl as THE best Wii gamne out there!!!!????
    I mean c'mon im sure More people play Smash Bros. than Buzz! Quiz TV!

  • hassy94

    Posted Feb 12, 2009 1:47 am GMT

    Rizer, these are nominations, they are in alphabetical order, not in order of greatness, so fable 2 didn't beat Mass Effect in storyline (unless it wins, lol), so calm down.

  • TheUnf0rgiven

    Posted Feb 11, 2009 9:52 pm GMT

    games like Tomb Raider are even in there... which was the shi**iest tomb raider ever and the buggiest! what is the world coming to?

  • VGA_assassin

    Posted Feb 11, 2009 9:46 pm GMT

    Cod4 best character development? I dont know about that one...

  • TheUnf0rgiven

    Posted Feb 11, 2009 9:45 pm GMT

    What The...!? MGS 4 HAD ONLY 2 NOMINATIONS? EVERY OTHER GAME HAD MORE NOMINATIONS THAN IT... What a biased... biased award! Disappointing... no appreciates real games anymore...

  • gameking5000

    Posted Feb 11, 2009 8:44 pm GMT

    Woah, very long list but all those games are good and I don't have a problem with them being nominees

  • Chirodip_08

    Posted Feb 11, 2009 8:36 pm GMT

    I agree with most of these decisions.

  • GhostfaceL94

    Posted Feb 11, 2009 6:54 pm GMT

    This doesn't matter. GameSpot called MGS4 GOTY.

  • simonsworld

    Posted Feb 11, 2009 6:11 pm GMT

    I agree with noah phoenix, on the noob issue, and that other guy, the army soldier looking dude, i been playing online with counter strike since like sept 2000 "i still have a social life yes" , and i still get called a noob, how dare they am a online vetran god dammit! and yes it was the americans who invented the word noob, some people should go out and get laid more.

    Simon says:make love, and explosions (see what i did there?)

  • Rizer

    Posted Feb 11, 2009 6:00 pm GMT

    Fable II outdid Mass Effect in "Best Storyline"? Are you freakin' kidding me? Who rigged that one?

  • murano28

    Posted Feb 11, 2009 4:59 pm GMT

    Best shooter of all time cod 4. period...

  • WasntAvailable

    Posted Feb 11, 2009 3:13 pm GMT

    CoD 4 artistic achivement? I'm not normally one to cry "Conspiracy!", but really, that game has been nominated in far too many catagories for what it's worth. How about Valkyria Chornicles or Prince of Persia? How can CoD 4 deserve it more than either of thosse? It's a modern warfare game running on a basic FPS engine. I bet it wins GotY, and I bet it's been paid off.

  • Amz1217

    Posted Feb 11, 2009 1:38 pm GMT

    i agree with both of you, it's the worst in pc games if your the last one alive and you get killed they just randomly call you a n00b even if thier rubbish themselves

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