Call of Duty 4 tops BAFTA nominees 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 last 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 http://www.gamespot.com/news/6204501.html?tag=latestheadlines;title;4
