Gears of War bags 8 at 10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
The highly successful action shooter grabbed the most awards at the 10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards held in Hard Rock Cafe, Las Vegas last February 8. The ceremony is hosted by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS).
It is a peer-driven and peer-based awards honoring outstanding products, talented individuals and development teams that have made a contribution to the advancement of the game industry.
Trailing just behind the Epic Game’s Gears of War is Nintendo’s Wii Sports, which managed to grab three awards. Minoru Arakawa, former president of Nintendo of America, was also honored for the first time with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Honored with him were Howard Lincoln, chairman emeritus of Nintendo of America, and Danielle Bunten Berry, game pioneer. The former received a Lifetime Achievement Award and the latter was inducted to the AIAS Hall of Fame.
Joseph Olin, president of AIAS, said, “Last night, we recognized the brightest and most innovative in video games in what can be considered as one of the best years the video game industry has seen.”
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The highly successful action shooter grabbed the most awards at the 10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards held in Hard Rock Cafe, Las Vegas last February 8. The ceremony is hosted by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS).
It is a peer-driven and peer-based awards honoring outstanding products, talented individuals and development teams that have made a contribution to the advancement of the game industry.
Trailing just behind the Epic Game’s Gears of War is Nintendo’s Wii Sports, which managed to grab three awards. Minoru Arakawa, former president of Nintendo of America, was also honored for the first time with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
Honored with him were Howard Lincoln, chairman emeritus of Nintendo of America, and Danielle Bunten Berry, game pioneer. The former received a Lifetime Achievement Award and the latter was inducted to the AIAS Hall of Fame.
Joseph Olin, president of AIAS, said, “Last night, we recognized the brightest and most innovative in video games in what can be considered as one of the best years the video game industry has seen.”
The winners and their respective winning categories are:
I. Game of the Year:
a. Overall
* Gears of War
b. Computer
* Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
c. Console
* Gears of War
d. Handheld Game of the Year
* Nintendo Brain Age
II. Outstanding Innovation in Gaming
* Wii Sports
III. Outstanding Achievement:
a. Animation
* Gears of War
b. Art Direction
* Gears of War
c. Soundtrack
* Guitar Hero 2
d. Original Music Composition
* LocoRoco
e. Sound Design
* Call of Duty 3
f. Story and Character Development
* The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
g. Game Play Engineering
* Wii Sports
h. Online Game Play
* Gears of War
i. Visual Engineering
* Gears of War
j. Game Design
* Wii Sports
IV. Outstanding Character Performance:
a. Male
* Gears of War
b. Female
* Viva Pinata
V. Genre Awards:
a. Sports Game of the Year
* Tony Hawk Project 8
b. First-Person Action Game of the Year
* Rainbow Six: Vegas
c. Role-Playing Game of the Year
* Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
d. Fighting Game of the Year
* Fight Night Round 3
e. Action/ Adventure Game of the Year
* Gears of War
f. Racing Game of the Year
* Burnout Revenge
g. Children’s Game of the Year
* LocoRoco
h. Downloadable Game of the Year
* Bookworm Adventures
i. Family Game of the Year
* Guitar Hero 2
j. Simulation Game of the Year
* Microsoft Flight Simulator X
k. Strategy Game of the Year
* Company of Heroes
l. Massively Multiplayer/Persistent World Game of the Year
* Guild Wars Nightfall
m. Mobile Game of the Year
* Orcs and Elves
Each nominated title was reviewed and played by a panel of 12 AIAS members for verification. Qualified Academy members voted for the nominees. The voting was accomplished online in secret and was supervised and certified by eBallot.
The 10th Interactive Achievement Awards will be the first time the IAA will give out the Lifetime Achievement Award. Hall of Fame Inductee Dan Bunten is the tenth member to be inducted into the AIAS Hall of Fame and will be joining Trip Hawkins, Peter Molyneux, Yu Suzuki, Will Wright, John Carmack, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Sid Meier, Shigeru Miyamoto and Richard Garriott.
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