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GAME Award 2008

10 March 09

Over 60,000 people voted for their favourite video game in the BAFTA Game Award 2008.

The GAME Award is for the best game of 2008 and it was up to you to choose which game you wanted to win.

Voting was free of charge and open to everyone - wherever they were in the world. Over 60,000 people cast their vote for their favourite game and the winner was announced at the GAME British Academy Video Games Awards on Tuesday 10 March.

Winner

Shortlist

GAME Award nominee - Fallout 3

Winners: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

GAME Award nominee - Gears of War 2

GAME Award nominee - Grand Theft Auto IV

GAME Award nominee - Guitar Hero World Tour

Fallout 3

Call of Duty 4
Modern Warfare

Gears of
War 2

Grand Theft
Auto IV

Guitar Hero
World Tour

GAME Award nominee - Left 4 Dead

GAME Award nominee - LittleBigPlanet

GAME Award nominee - Professor Layton

GAME Award nominee - Wii Fit

GAME Award nominee - World of Warcraft Lich King

Left 4 Dead

LittleBigPlanet

Professor
Layton

Wii Fit

World of Warcraft
Lich King

Find out more at www.baftagameaward.com

GAMEThe ten shortlisted titles were chosen by a hand-picked expert panel of games journalists and passionate gamers. They began by looking at the top selling games of the year sold in GAME stores and arrived at the final shortlist through furious game-playing and fierce debate.

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