MTV is sorta honoring video games music during their annual video music awards show. For the first time, the network will be awards for Best Video Game Soundtrack and Best Video Game Score. Unfortunately, it looks like these two particular awards will be presented on MTV's Overdrive service, not the actually televised program. That's sort of a mixed message. Brian Crecente

Hit the jump for the nominees:

The nominees for 'Best Video Game Score' are: Hitman: Blood Money - Jesper Kyd Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter - Tom Salta Dreamfall: The Longest Journey - Leon Willett and Even 'Magnet' Johansen Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion - Jeremy Soule and Julian Soule Electroplankton - User Generated Soundtrack The nominees for 'Best Video Game Soundtrack' are:

Fight Night Round 3
Burnout Revenge
NBA 2K6
Driver: Parallel Lines
Marc Ecko's Getting Up

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