Interactive Achievement Awards 2008

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The 2008 Interactive Achievement Awards celebrated the best games of 2007.

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Game of the Year   

The 11th annual Interactive Achievement Awards were held February 7 in the Red Rock Casino & Resort in Las Vegas (Location) during the D.I.C.E. Summit.  It was streamed live on Gamespot.com and hosted by Jay Mohr (Person).  During the event, Michael Morhaime (Person) was inducted into the Hall of Fame and Ken Kutaragi (Person) was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Game of the Year

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company)

Bioshock - 2K Boston & 2K Australia (Company) / 2K Games (Company)

The Orange Box (Game) - Valve Software / Electronic Arts (Company) Rock Band (Game) - Harmonix / MTV Games (Company)

Super Mario Galaxy (Game) - Nintendo (Company) / Nintendo of America

Computer Game of the Year

The Orange Box (Game) - Valve Software / Electronic Arts (Company)

Bioshock - 2K Boston & 2K Australia (Company) / 2K Games (Company)

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company) Crysis (Game) - Crytek (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade - Blizzard Entertainment (Company) / Vivendi Games (Company)

Computer GOTY  

Console Game of the Year

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company)

Bioshock - 2K Boston & 2K Australia (Company) / 2K Games (Company)

Mass Effect (Game) - BioWare (Company) / Microsoft Game Studios Rock Band (Game) - Harmonix / MTV Games (Company)

Super Mario Galaxy (Game) - Nintendo (Company) / Nintendo of America

Action Game of the Year

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company)

Bioshock - 2K Boston & 2K Australia (Company) / 2K Games (Company)

Crysis (Game) - Crytek (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Halo 3 (Game) - Bungie Studios / Microsoft Game Studios

The Orange Box (Game) - Valve Software / Electronic Arts (Company)

Adventure GOTY

Adventure Game of the Year

Super Mario Galaxy (Game) - Nintendo (Company) / Nintendo of America

Assassin's Creed - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft

God of War II (Game) - SCE Santa Monica / Sony Computer Entertainment America Ratchet andamp;amp; Clank Future: Tools of Destruction - Insomniac Games (Company) / SCEA

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - Naughty Dog / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Cellular Game of the Year

skate. Mobile - EA Mobile (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

Diner Dash 2 Mobile - Glu Mobile / Glu Mobile

Prey Mobile - MachineWorks Northwest / Skyzone

SimCity Societies - EA Mobile (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

Downloadable GOTY

Downloadable Game of the Year

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords - Infinite Interactive / D3 Publisher of America

Azada (Game) - Big Fish Games (Company) / Big Fish Games (Company)

Build-A-Lot - Hipsoft / Hipsoft flOw (Game) - thatgamecompany (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Peggle (Game) - PopCap / PopCap

Family Game of the Year

Rock Band (Game) - Harmonix / MTV Games (Company)

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock - Neversoft / Activision (Company)

Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 (Game) - Ubisoft Paris / Ubisoft Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action - Screenlife / Microsoft Game Studios

WarioWare: Smooth Moves - Nintendo (Company) / Nintendo of America

Family GOTY

Handheld Game of the Year

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - Nintendo (Company) / Nintendo of America

Drawn to Life (Game) - 5th Cell / THQ (Company)

Jeanne d'Arc - Level-5 (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords - Infinite Interactive / D3 Publisher of America

Ratchet andamp;amp; Clank: Size Matters - High Impact Games (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Massively Mutliplayer Game of the Year

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade - Blizzard Entertainment (Company) / Vivendi Games (Company)

EVE Online: Trinity - CCP / CCP

Guild Wars: Eye of the North - ArenaNet / NCsoft The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar - Turbine Games / Midway

Richard Garriott's Tabula Rasa - Destination Games / NCsoft

Handheld GOTY

Racing Game of the Year

Motorstorm - Evolution Studios / Sony Computer Entertainment America

DiRT (Game) - Codemasters (Company) / Codemasters (Company)

Forza Motorsport 2 (Game) - Turn 10 Studios (Company) / Microsoft Game Studios Need for Speed: ProStreet (Game) - EA Black Box (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

Project Gotham Racing 4 (Game) - Bizarre Creations (Company) / Microsoft Game Studios

Role-Playing Game of the Year

Mass Effect (Game) - BioWare (Company) / Microsoft Game Studios

Eternal Sonata (Game) - Tri-Crescendo / Namco Bandai Games

Jeanne d'Arc - Level-5 (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America Rogue Galaxy (Game) - Level-5 (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America

The Witcher (Game) - CDProjekt Red / Atari (Company)

Racing GOTY

Sports Game of the Year

skate. - EA Black Box (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

FIFA 08 - EA Canada (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

MLB 07: The Show - SCE San Diego / Sony Computer Entertainment America NBA 2K8 (Game) - Visual Concepts (Company) / 2K Sports (Company)

NHL 08 (Game) - EA Canada (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

Command andamp;amp; Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars - EA Los Angeles (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation - Namco Bandai Games / Namco Bandai Games

Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts - Relic / THQ (Company) Supreme Commander (Game) - Gas Powered Games (Company) / THQ (Company)

World in Conflict (Game) - Massive Entertainment (Company) / Vivendi Games (Company)

Role-Playing GOTY

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

Assassin's Creed - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company)

Ratchet andamp;amp; Clank Future: Tools of Destruction - Insomniac Games (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America Team Fortress 2 (Game) - Valve Software / Electronic Arts (Company)

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - Naughty Dog / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

Bioshock - 2K Boston & 2K Australia (Company) / 2K Games (Company)

Assassin's Creed - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company) Heavenly Sword (Game) - Ninja Theory (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Team Fortress 2 (Game) - Valve Software / Electronic Arts (Company)

Sports GOTY

Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance

Portal - Valve Software / Electronic Arts (Company)

Bioshock - 2K Boston & 2K Australia / 2K Games (Company)

Heavenly Sword (Game) - Ninja Theory (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America Mass Effect (Game) - BioWare (Company) / Microsoft Game Studios

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - Naughty Dog / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

Portal - Valve Software / Electronic Arts (Company)

Bioshock - 2K Boston & 2K Australia (Company) / 2K Games (Company)

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company) Rock Band (Game) - Harmonix / MTV Games (Company)

Super Mario Galaxy (Game) - Nintendo (Company) / Nintendo of America

Strategy GOTY

Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering

Portal - Valve Software / Electronic Arts (Company)

Assassin's Creed - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - Nintendo (Company) / Nintendo of America Rock Band (Game) - Harmonix / MTV Games (Company)

Super Mario Galaxy (Game) - Nintendo (Company) / Nintendo of America

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

Bioshock - 2K Boston & 2K Australia (Company) / 2K Games (Company)

God of War II (Game) - SCE Santa Monica / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Heavenly Sword (Game) - Ninja Theory (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America Lair (Game) - Factor 5 / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - Naughty Dog / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Animation

Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company)

Forza Motorsport 2 (Game) - Turn 10 Studios (Company) / Microsoft Game Studios

Halo 3 (Game) - Bungie Studios / Microsoft Game Studios Rock Band (Game) - Harmonix / MTV Games (Company)

World in Conflict (Game) - Massive Entertainment (Company) / Vivendi Games (Company)

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

Bioshock - 2K Boston & 2K Australia (Company) / 2K Games (Company)

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company)

Need for Speed: ProStreet (Game) - EA Black Box (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) skate. - EA Black Box (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 - Ubisoft Paris / Ubisoft

Story Development

Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack

Rock Band (Game) - Harmonix / MTV Games (Company)

Bioshock - 2K Boston & 2K Australia (Company) / 2K Games (Company)

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock - Neversoft / Activision (Company) Singstar Pop - SCEE London Studios / Sony Computer Entertainment America

skate. - EA Black Box (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

Outstanding Achievement in Story Development

Bioshock - 2K Boston & 2K Australia (Company) / 2K Games (Company)

The Darkness (Game) - Starbreeze Studios / 2K Games (Company)

Drawn to Life (Game) - 5th Cell / THQ (Company) Mass Effect (Game) - BioWare (Company) / Microsoft Game Studios

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - Naughty Dog / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Visual Engineering

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering

Crysis (Game) - Crytek (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

Assassin's Creed - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company) Ratchet andamp;amp; Clank Future: Tools of Destruction - Insomniac Games (Company) / SCEA

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune - Naughty Dog / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming

Rock Band (Game) - Harmonix / MTV Games (Company)

Assassin's Creed - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft

Bioshock - 2K Boston & 2K Australia (Company) / 2K Games (Company) The Orange Box (Game) - Valve Software / Electronic Arts (Company)

Super Mario Galaxy (Game) - Nintendo (Company) / Nintendo of America

    

*** Games listed below and attached to this page are only the winners of Awards *** '   

Games view all →]

• BioShock (Game)
• Build-a-Lot (Game)
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Game)
• Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Game)
• Crysis (Game)
• MotorStorm (Game)
• Portal (Game)
• Rock Band (Game)
• The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Game)
• The Orange Box (Game)
• World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (Game)
• skate. (Game)

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Interactive Achievement Awards 2008

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IAA 2008,IAA '08,AIAS Awards 2008,AIAS Awards '08

Games

• BioShock (Game)
• Build-a-Lot (Game)
• Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Game)
• Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Game)
• Crysis (Game)
• MotorStorm (Game)
• Portal (Game)
• Rock Band (Game)
• The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Game)
• The Orange Box (Game)
• World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (Game)
• skate. (Game)
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• Has franchises: The Legend of Zelda (Franchise), Half-Life (Franchise), Portal (Franchise), Call of Duty (Franchise), Modern Warfare (Franchise), Mario (Franchise), Super Mario (Franchise), Assassin's Creed (Franchise), Command & Conquer (Franchise), Super Mario Galaxy (Franchise), Warcraft (Franchise), Team Fortress (Franchise), Simple (Franchise), BioShock (Franchise), Mass Effect (Franchise), Crysis (Franchise), Skate (Franchise), Puzzle Quest (Franchise), Rock Band (Franchise), MotorStorm (Franchise)

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• Has locations: Las Vegas (Location)

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• Has related concepts: D.I.C.E. Awards (Concept)