CoD 4 leads BAFTA 09 nominations list

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