The respected Game Critics Association--of which the Level Up staff is a part--has just announced its nominations for the best games for the 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit which recently took place in Los Angeles. Last year's front-runner was Rock Band (from the three-headed hydra of Harmonix Music Systems, MTV Games and Electronic Arts) with a five nominations. This year? It's Media Molecule and Sony Computer Entertainment's roll-your-own Playstation 3 platformer, with a similar industry-leading total of five nominations. Our obsession with the game has been well-documented here on Level Up; after today's announcement, it would appear that our fellow scribes share our enthusiasm.

Just behind LittleBigPlanet with four nominations each were Gears of War 2 and Left 4 Dead, both console-exclusive to Xbox 360. They were in turn followed by four games that each received three nominations: Fallout 3, Mirror's Edge, Resistance 2 and Spore. The winners will be announced next week; you can see the entire list after the jump. While the Level Up staff has yet to convene to determine which games will make its final ballot--theough we will confess to having a soft spot for Best Original Game nominee Flower--we encourage you to drop us a note in the comments section and let us know which games you think we should vote for, and why.

To see the entire list of nominees, click on the link below.

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