The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has released a list of the nominations for its inaugural Games Awards, which will be given to the winning titles in no fewer than 17 different categories. A number of games have received multiple nominations awards. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City received the most nominations with a total of six, while EyeToy: Play and TimeSplitters 2 each received five nominations.

　　The nominations for the 2003 BAFTA Games Awards are as follows:

　　Strategy

　　Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising - Nintendo, Intelligent Systems

　　Call of Duty - Activision

　　Command & Conquer Generals - Electronic Arts

　　Rise of Nations - Microsoft

　　URU: Ages Beyond Myst - Ubisoft

　　Worms 3D - Sega, Team 17

　　Racing

　　Burnout 2 - Acclaim, Criterion Games

　　Formula One 2003 - SCEE

　　Moto GP2 - THQ, Climax

　　Need for Speed Underground - Electronic Arts

　　Project Gotham Racing 2 - Microsoft

　　WRC II Extreme - SCEE, Evolution Studios

　　Adventure

　　James Bond 007: NightFire - Electronic Arts, Eurocom

　　Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon - THQ, Revolution Software

　　Dark Chronicle - SCEE, Level 5

　　Dog's Life - SCEE, Frontier Developments

　　Jak II: Renegade - SCEE, Naughty Dog

　　The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - Nintendo

　　Action

　　Amplitude - SCEE, Harmonix

　　EyeToy: Play - SCEE, London Studios

　　Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Rockstar Games

　　Metroid Prime - Nintendo, Retro Studios

　　Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance - Midway Games

　　Ratchet & Clank - SCEE, Insomniac Games

　　Sport

　　F1 Career Challenge - Electronic Arts

　　FIFA 2004 - Electronic Arts

　　Formula One 2003 - SCEE

　　Tony Hawk's Underground - Activision, Neversoft

　　WWE SmackDown! Here Comes The Pain - THQ, Yukes

　　WWE Wrestlemania XIX - THQ, Yukes

　　Children's

　　Disney Sports: Football - Konami, Disney Interactive

　　Dog's Life - SCEE, Frontier Developments

　　EyeToy: Play - SCEE, London Studio

　　Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire - Nintendo, Game Freak

　　Sly Raccoon - SCEE, Sucker Punch

　　Wallace and Gromit in Project Zoo - Acclaim, Bam, Aardman

　　Multiplayer

　　Battlefield 1942 - Electronic Arts

　　EyeToy: Play - SCEE, London Studio

　　Moto GP2 - THQ, Climax

　　Neverwinter Nights - Atari, Bioware

　　Project Gotham Racing 2 - Microsoft

　　Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - Activision, id, Splash Damage

　　Sound

　　Amplitude - SCEE, Harmonix

　　Command & Conquer: Generals - Electronic Arts

　　Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Rockstar Games

　　Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Electronic Arts

　　Metroid Prime - Nintendo, Retro Studios

　　Timesplitters 2 - Eidos, Free Radical

　　Music

　　Command & Conquer: Generals - Electronic Arts

　　Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - Electronic Arts

　　Primal - SCEE

　　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

　　Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Rockstar Games

　　Primal - SCEE

　　Soul Calibur II - Namco, Electronic Arts

　　Tekken 4 - SCEE, Namco

　　Viewtiful Joe - Capcom

　　Design

　　Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon - THQ, Revolution Software

　　EyeToy: Play - SCEE, London Studio

　　Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Rockstar Games

　　Jak II: Renegade - SCEE, Naughty Dog

　　Soul Calibur II - Namco, Electronic Arts

　　Viewtiful Joe - Capcom

　　Xbox

　　The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Electronic Arts

　　Project Gotham Racing 2 - Microsoft

　　Soul Calibur II - Namco, Electronic Arts

　　Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - Activision, Bioware

　　Timesplitters 2 - Eidos, Free Radical

　　Top Spin - Microsoft

　　Mobile

　　FIFA 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 - SCEE, Harmonix

　　EyeToy: Play - SCEE, London Studio

　　Ghosthunter - SCEE, Studio Cambridge

　　Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Rockstar Games

　　Jak II: Renegade - SCEE, 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, Vicarious Visions

　　Golden Sun 2: The Lost Age - Nintendo, Camelot

　　Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire - Nintendo, Game Freak

　　Super Mario Advance 4 - Nintendo

　　WarioWare Inc: Mega MicroGame$ - Nintendo

　　PC

　　Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon - THQ, Revolution Software

　　Call of Duty - Activision

　　Grand Theft Auto: Vice City - Rockstar Games

　　Halo - Microsoft, Bungie

　　Medal of Honor Allied Assult - Electronic Arts

　　Rise of Nations - Microsoft

　　The winners of the BAFTA Games Awards will be announced at a ceremony in February 2004. For more information on any of the games nominated, check out our previous coverage using the links above.