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2003 BAFTA Games Awards Nominees

13th November 2003, 6:01pm
The 2003 British Academy of Film and Television Arts Nominations are in!

Here is a list of all the nominations for this years BAFTA awards. You can find more information about the show by heading over to the official website. Here are the categories:

Strategy
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising (Nintendo, Intelligent Systems)
Call of Duty (Activision)
Command and Conquer Generals (Electronic Arts)
Rise of Nations (Microsoft, Microsoft Game Studios )
URU: Ages Beyond Myst (Ubisoft )
Worms 3D (Sega, Team 17)

Racing
Burnout 2 (Acclaim, Criterion Games)
Formula One 2003 (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
Moto GP2 (THQ, Climax)
Need for Speed Underground (Electronic Arts)
Project Gotham Racing 2 (Microsoft, Microsoft Game Studios)
WRC II Extreme (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Evolution Studios)

Adventure
007: Nightfire (Electronic Arts, Eurocom)
Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon (THQ, Revolution Software Ltd)
Dark Chronicle (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Level 5)
Dog’s Life (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Frontier Developments)
Jak II: Renegade (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Naughty Dog)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Nintendo)

Action
Amplitude (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Harmonix)
Eyetoy: Play (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, London Studios)
GTA: Vice City (Rockstar Games, Rockstar North)
Metroid Prime (Nintendo, Retro Studios)
Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (Midway Games Ltd)
Ratchet and Clank (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Insomniac Games Inc.)

Sports
F1 Career Challenge (Electronic Arts, EA Sports)
FIFA 2004 (Electronic Arts, EA Sports)
Formula One 2003 (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
Tony Hawk’s Underground (Activision, Neversoft)
WWE Smackdown! Here Comes The Pain! (THQ, Yukes)
WWE Wrestlemania X9 (THQ, Yukes)

Children's
Disney Sports: Football (Konami, Disney Interactive)
Dog’s Life (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Frontier Developments)
Eyetoy: Play (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, London Studio)
Pokemon Ruby / Pokemon Sapphire (Nintendo)
Sly Raccoon (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Sucker Punch)
Wallace and Gromit in Project (Acclaim, Bam, Aardman)

Multiplayer
Battlefield 1942 (Electronic Arts, EA Games)
Eyetoy: Play (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, London Studio)
Moto GP2 (THQ, Climax)
Neverwinter Nights (Atari, Bioware)
Project Gotham Racing 2 (Microsoft, Microsoft Game Studios )
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (Activision, id (executive producers) , Splash Damage)

Sound
Amplitude (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Harmonix )
Command and Conquer: Generals (Electronic Arts, EA Games)
GTA: Vice City (Rockstar Games, Rockstar North)
Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets (Electronic Arts, EA Games)
Metroid Prime (Nintendo, Retro Studios)
Timesplitters 2 (Eidos, Free Radical)

Music
Command and Conquer: Generals (Electronic Arts, EA Games)
Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets (Electronic Arts, EA Games)
Primal (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
Republic: The Revolution (Eidos, Elixir Studios)
Timesplitters 2 (Eidos, Free Radical)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War (Activision, id)

Animation or Intro
Big Mutha Truckers (Empire Interactive, Eutechnyx Ltd)
GTA: Vice City (Rockstar Games, Rockstar North)
Primal (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
Soul Calibur II (Namco, Electronic Arts)
Tekken 4 (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Namco)
Viewtiful Joe (Capcom)

Design
Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon (THQ, Revolution Software Ltd)
Eyetoy: Play (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, London Studio)
GTA: Vice City (Rockstar Games, Rockstar North)
Jak II: Renegade (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Naughty Dog)
Soul Calibur II (Namco, Electronic Arts)
Viewtiful Joe (Capcom)

Xbox
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Electronic Arts, EA Games )
Project Gotham Racing 2 (Microsoft, Microsoft Game Studios)
Soul Calibur II (Namco, Electronic Arts)
Star Wars; Knights of the Old Republic (Activision, Bioware)
Timesplitters 2 (Eidos, Free Radical)
Top Spin (Microsoft, Microsoft Game Studios)

Mobile
EA Sports FIFA Football 2004 Mobile International Edition (Digital Bridges, Distinctive Developments )
Yum Yum (Under Offer, Masters, Ackroyd, Jackson & Wright)
Hello Kitty (THQ Wireless, Cybiko)
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater (Nokia, Neversoft Entertainment, Ideaworks3D Ltd)
Ministry of Sound Dance Nation (THQ Wireless, Cybiko)
Weakest Link (Digital Bridges)

Playstation 2
Amplitude (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Harmonix)
Eyetoy: Play (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, London Studio)
Ghosthunter (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Studio Cambridge)
GTA: Vice City (Rockstar Games, Rockstar North)
Jak II: Renegade (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Naughty Dog)
Timesplitters 2 (Eidos, Free Radical)

GameCube
Billy Hatcher and the Giant Egg (Sega Europe, Sonic Team)
Metroid Prime (Nintendo, Retro Studios)
Soul Calibur II (Namco, Nintendo)
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (Nintendo)
Timesplitters 2 (Eidos, Free Radical)
Viewtiful Joe (Capcom)

Game Boy Advance
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising (Nintendo, Intelligent Systems)
Finding Nemo (THQ, Various Visions)
Golden Sun 2: The Lost Age (Nintendo, Camelot)
Pokemon Ruby/ Pokemon Sapphire (Nintendo, Game Freak)
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario 3 (Nintendo, Nintendo Co. Ltd )
Wario Ware Inc: Minigame Mania (Nintendo, Nintendo Co. Ltd)

PC
Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon (THQ, Revolution Software Ltd)
Call of Duty (Activision)
GTA: Vice City (Rockstar Games, Rockstar North )
HALO (Microsoft, Bungie )
Medal of Honor: Allied Assult ( Electronic Arts, EA Games)
Rise of Nations (Microsoft, Microsoft Game Studios)
by Damien