Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead Top ELAN Noms

Valve Software’s Left 4 Dead, Bethesda’s Fallout 3 Gears of War 2 and Fable II have been nominated in the lion’s share of categories for this year’s ELAN Awards. These four titles have been nominated in nine different categories including Videogame of the Year, Best Console Game and Outstanding Technical Innovation - to name a few.

The awards will take place in April and be hosted by Tom Kenny, comedian and voice of the SpongeBob SquarePants.

The full list of categories and nominations after the break:

Videogame of the Year
Gears of War 2
Fallout 3
Fable II
Left 4 Dead

Best Console Game
Gears of War 2
Fallout 3
Fable II
Left 4 Dead

Best PC Game
Fallout 3
Crysis: Warhead
Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria
Left 4 Dead

Best Casual/Arcade Game
Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst
Defend Your Castle
4 Elements

Best Mobile/Handheld Game
Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force Handheld
Planet Rescue: Ocean Patrol Handheld
Hooked On: Creatures of the Deep Mobile
Party Island Bowling Mobile

Best Sound in a Videogame Production
Gears of War 2
Call of Duty: World At War
Fallout 3
Fable II

Best Art Direction
Gears of War 2
Fallout 3
Too Human
Fable II

Best Game Design
Gears of War 2
Fallout 3
Fable II
Left 4 Dead

Outstanding Technical Innovation
Gears of War 2
Fallout 3
Fable II
Left 4 Dead

Congratulations to all of this year’s nominees. Thanks, GI.biz