Call of Duty‭ ‬4:‭ ‬Modern Warfare and Grand Theft Auto‭ ‬4‭ ‬have become two dominant names in this year’s BAFTA Videogames Awards nominations lists,‭ ‬with both going head-to-head in six separate categories.‭

Infinity Ward’s acclaimed Call of Duty title‭ ‬– which has already won accolades at the Spike Video Game Awards and the‭ ‬AIAS‭ ‬Interactive Achievement Awards‭ – ‬has received eight BAFTA nominations across fifteen categories.

The game,‭ ‬released back in November‭ ‬2007,‭ ‬has picked up nominations for Action‭ & ‬Adventure,‭ ‬Artistic Achievement,‭ ‬Gameplay,‭ ‬Multiplayer,‭ ‬Use of Audio,‭ ‬Story and Character,‭ ‬Best Game,‭ ‬as well as the publicly-voted GAME Award.‭

Yet Grand Theft Auto‭ ‬4,‭ ‬released six months after COD4,‭ ‬has‭ ‬been nominated in six of the same categories.‭

Rockstar North’s title has been nominated for seven awards in total‭; ‬Best Game and the GAME Award,‭ ‬as well as in the category of‭ ‬Action‭ & ‬Adventure,‭ ‬Gameplay,‭ ‬Use of Audio,‭ ‬Story & Character,‭ ‬and Technical Achievement.

Meanwhile,‭ ‬LittleBigPlanet,‭ ‬Fable II‭, Fallout 3 ‬and EA’s Dead Space each enjoy high presence across the categories.‭

Media Molecule’s PS3‭ ‬exclusive is up for awards in‭ ‬Artistic Achievement,‭ ‬Casual,‭ ‬Original Score,‭ ‬Technical Achievement,‭ ‬and Use of Audio.‭ ‬Despite being nominated for the publicly-voted GAME Award,‭ ‬the title is not up for BAFTA’s own Best Game.

Conversely,‭ ‬Lionhead’s Fable‭ ‬2‭ ‬has been nominated for Best Game,‭ ‬but not for the GAME Award.‭ ‬The Xbox‭ ‬360‭ ‬exclusive finds itself nominated in the‭ ‬Action‭ & ‬Adventure,‭ ‬Original Score,‭ ‬Story and Character,‭ ‬and Technical Achievement brackets.‭

Fallout‭ ‬3‭ ‬takes five nominations,‭ ‬from Best Game to Original Score,‭ ‬Story‭ & ‬Character,‭ ‬Technical Achievement and the GAME Award.‭ ‬Dead Space too enjoyed high presence,‭ ‬taking nominations for four separate awards‭; ‬Artistic Achievement,‭ ‬Action and Adventure,‭ ‬Original Score and Use of Audio.‭

There are‭ ‬a total of fifteen‭ ‬award categories,‭ ‬where all but the GAME Award and the‭ ‬One to Watch prize will be decided by an individual panel of judges.‭ The event will also see‭ ‬Nolan Bushnell pick up a‭ ‬BAFTA Fellowship.‭

The British Academy Video Games Awards will take place on‭ ‬Tuesday‭ ‬10‭ ‬March at the London Hilton,‭ ‬Park Lane.
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The full list of nominations are found on the next page.