MTV recently announced the nominees for their annual Video Music Awards (VMAs). This includes two new categories: Best Video Game Soundtrack and Best Video Game Score. Those interested can vote online at gametrailers.com/vma and xfire.com/cms/xf_mtv_vma.

In the category of Best Video Game Soundtrack, the games nominated are Hitman: Blood Money, Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter, Dreamfall: The Longest Journey, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, and Electroplankton. The games nominated for Best Video Game Score are Fight Night Round 3, Burnout Revenge, NBA 2K6, Driver: Parallel Lines, Marc Ecko's Getting Up. The winners of the MTV VMAs will be revealed during the show on August 31 starting at 8 PM.