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    Interactive Achievement Awards 2009

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    The 2009 Interactive Achievement Awards celebrated the best games of 2008.

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    Game of the Year
    Game of the Year
    The 12th annual Interactive Achievement Awards were held February 19 in the Red Rock Casino & Resort in Las Vegas during the D.I.C.E. Summit.  It was streamed live on IGN and televised on the Independent Film Channel.  The show was hosted again by Jay Mohr.  During the event, Bruce Shelley was inducted into the Hall of Fame and John Carmack received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

    Game of the Year

    LittleBigPlanet - Media Molecule / Sony Computer Entertainment America

    Computer Game of the Year

    Left 4 Dead - Valve Software / Valve Software

    Computer GOTY
    Computer GOTY

    Console Game of the Year

    LittleBigPlanet - Media Molecule / Sony Computer Entertainment America

    Action Game of the Year

    Dead Space - EA Redwood Shore / Electronic Arts

    Action GOTY
    Action GOTY

    Adventure Game of the Year

    Mirror's Edge - Digital Illusions / Electronic Arts

    Casual Game of the Year

    Braid - Number None / Microsoft Game Studios

    Casual GOTY
    Casual GOTY

    Cellular Game of the Year

    Spore Origins - Tricky Software / Electronic Arts
    Reset Generation - RedLynx / Nokia
    Trism - Demiforce / Demiforce

    Fighting Game of the Year

    Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Sora Ltd. / Nintendo

    Handheld Game of the Year

    God of War: Chains of Olympus - Ready at Dawn / Sony Computer Entertainment America

    Racing GOTY
    Racing GOTY

    Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year

    World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard Entertainment / Blizzard Entertainment

    Racing Game of the Year

    Burnout Paradise - Criterion Games / Electronic Arts

    Role-Playing GOTY
    Role-Playing GOTY

    Role-Playing Game of the Year

    Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks / Bethesda Softworks

    Sports Game of the Year

    NHL 09 - EA Canada / Electronic Arts

    Strategy/Sim GOTY
    Strategy/Sim GOTY

    Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

    Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - EA Los Angeles / Electronic Arts

    Family Game of the Year

    LittleBigPlanet - Media Molecule / Sony Computer Entertainment America

    Adaptive Story
    Adaptive Story

    Outstanding Achievement in Adaptive Story

    Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - LucasArts / LucasArts

    Outstanding Achievement in Animation

    Prince of Persia - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft

    Animation
    Animation

    Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

    LittleBigPlanet - Media Molecule / Sony Computer Entertainment America

    Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance

    LittleBigPlanet - Media Molecule / Sony Computer Entertainment America

    Game Design
    Game Design

    Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

    World of Goo - 2D Boy / Nintendo

    Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

    LittleBigPlanet - Media Molecule / Sony Computer Entertainment America

    Game Play Engineering
    Game Play Engineering

    Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering

    Spore - Maxis / Electronic Arts

    Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play

    Left 4 Dead - Valve Software / Valve Software

    Original Music Composition
    Original Music Composition

    Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

    Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Kojima Productions / Konami Digital Entertainment

    Oustanding Achievement in Original Story

    Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks / Bethesda Softworks

    Soundtrack
    Soundtrack

    Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

    Dead Space - EA Redwood Shores / Electronic Arts

    Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack

    Rock Band 2 - Harmonix Music Systems / MTV Games

    Adventure GOTY
    Adventure GOTY

    Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering

    LittleBigPlanet - Media Molecule / Sony Computer Entertainment America

    Outstanding Innovation in Gaming

    LittleBigPlanet - Media Molecule / Sony Computer Entertainment America
     
    *** Games listed below and attached to this page are only the winners of Awards ***    
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