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

The 12th annual Interactive Achievement Awards were held February 19 in the Red Rock Casino & Resort in Las Vegas (Location) 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 (Person).  During the event, Bruce Shelley (Person) was inducted into the Hall of Fame and John Carmack (Person) received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Game of the Year

LittleBigPlanet (Game) - Media Molecule (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Fallout 3 (Game) - Bethesda Softworks (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company)

Grand Theft Auto IV (Game) - Rockstar North (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company) Left 4 Dead (Game) - Valve Software / Valve Software

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

Computer Game of the Year

Left 4 Dead (Game) - Valve Software / Valve Software

Fallout 3 (Game) - Bethesda Softworks (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company)

Mass Effect (Game) - Bioware / Electronic Arts (Company) Spore (Game) - Maxis / Electronic Arts (Company)

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

Computer GOTY

Console Game of the Year

LittleBigPlanet (Game) - Media Molecule (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Fallout 3 (Game) - Bethesda Softworks (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company)

Gears of War 2 (Game) - Epic Games (Company) / Microsoft Game Studios Grand Theft Auto IV (Game) - Rockstar North (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company)

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

Action Game of the Year

Dead Space (Game) - EA Redwood Shore / Electronic Arts (Company)

Call of Duty: World at War - Treyarch (Company) / Activision (Company)

Far Cry 2 (Game) - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Gears of War 2 (Game) - Epic Games (Company) / Microsoft Game Studios

Grand Theft Auto IV (Game) - Rockstar North (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company)

Action GOTY

Adventure Game of the Year

Mirror's Edge - Digital Illusions / Electronic Arts (Company)

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - Konami (Company) / Konami Digital Entertainment

God of War: Chains of Olympus - Ready at Dawn / Sony Computer Entertainment America Naruto: The Broken Bond - Ubisoft / Ubisoft

Prince of Persia - Ubisoft / Ubisoft

Casual Game of the Year

Braid (Game) - Number None / Microsoft Game Studios

Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst - Big Fish Games (Company) / Big Fish Games (Company)

Patapon (Game) - Sony Computer Entertainment / Sony Computer Entertainment Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Game) - Level-5 / Nintendo (Company)

World of Goo (Game) - 2D Boy (Company) / Nintendo (Company)

Casual GOTY

Cellular Game of the Year

Spore Origins (Game) - Tricky Software / Electronic Arts (Company)

Reset Generation - RedLynx / Nokia (Company) Trism (Game) - Demiforce / Demiforce

Fighting Game of the Year

Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Sora Ltd. / Nintendo (Company)

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe - Midway / Midway

Soul Calibur IV - Project Soul (Company) / Namco Bandai Super Street Fighter II: Turbo HD Remix - Backbone Entertainment (Company) / Capcom (Company)

WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2009 - Yuke's Co. Ltd. / THQ (Company)

Handheld Game of the Year

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

Advance Wars: Days of Ruin - Intelligent Systems (Company) / Nintendo (Company)

Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - Konami (Company) / Konami Digital Entertainment Patapon (Game) - Sony Computer Entertainment / Sony Computer Entertainment

Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Game) - Level-5 / Nintendo (Company)

Racing GOTY

Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year

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

EVE Online: Quantum Rise - CCP hf. / CCP

Pirates of the Burning Sea (Game) - Flying Lab Software (Company) / Sony Online Entertainment PMOG - GameLayers / GameLayers

Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning - Mythic Entertainment (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

Racing Game of the Year

Burnout Paradise (Game) - Criterion Games (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

GRID (Game) - Codemasters (Company) / Codemasters (Company)

Mario Kart Wii (Game) - Nintendo (Company) / Nintendo (Company) Motorstorm: Pacific Rift - Evolution Studios / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Pure (Game) - Black Rock Studio (Company) / Disney Interactive Studios

Role-Playing GOTY

Role-Playing Game of the Year

Fallout 3 (Game) - Bethesda Softworks (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company)

Fable II (Game) - Lionhead Studios / Microsoft Game Studios

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time - Chunsoft (Company) / Nintendo (Company)

Tales of Vesperia (Game) - Namco Bandai / Namco Bandai

Sports Game of the Year

NHL 09 (Game) - EA Canada (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

FIFA 09 - EA Canada (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

Madden NFL 09 (Game) - EA Tiburon (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) MLB 08: The Show - SCE Studios San Diego / Sony Computer Entertainment America

NBA 2K9 (Game) - Visual Concepts (Company) / 2K Sports (Company)

Strategy/Sim GOTY

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

Command andamp;amp; Conquer: Red Alert 2 - EA Los Angeles (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

Advance Wars: Days of Ruin - Intelligent Systems (Company) / Nintendo (Company)

Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution - Firaxis / 2K Games (Company) Sins of a Solar Empire (Game) - Ironclad Games / Stardock Entertainment

Tom Clandy's EndWar - Ubisoft Shanghai / Ubisoft

Family Game of the Year

LittleBigPlanet (Game) - Media Molecule (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Boom Blox (Game) - EA Los Angeles (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party (Game) - Ubisoft Paris / Ubisoft Rock Band 2 (Game) - Harmonix Music Systems (Company) / MTV Games (Company)

Wii Fit (Game) - Nintendo (Company) / Nintendo (Company)

Adaptive Story

Outstanding Achievement in Adaptive Story

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - LucasArts / LucasArts

Lego Batman: The Videogame - TellTale Games / Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe - Midway / Midway Naruto: The Broken Bond - Ubisoft / Ubisoft

Quantum of Solace (Game) - Treyarch (Company) / Activision (Company)

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

Prince of Persia - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft

Castle Crashers (Game) - The Behemoth (Company) / Microsoft Game Studios

Gears of War 2 (Game) - Epic Games (Company) / Microsoft Game Studios Left 4 Dead (Game) - Valve Software / Valve Software

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

Animation

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

LittleBigPlanet (Game) - Media Molecule (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Dead Space (Game) - EA Redwood Shores / Electronic Arts (Company)

Fable II (Game) - Lionhead Studios / Microsoft Game Studios Mirror's Edge - Digital Illusions / Electronic Arts (Company)

Prince of Persia - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft

Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance

LittleBigPlanet (Game) - Media Molecule (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Gears of War 2 (Game) - Epic Games (Company) / Microsoft Game Studios

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

Tomb Raider: Underworld - Crystal Dynamics (Company) / Eidos

Game Design

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

World of Goo (Game) - 2D Boy (Company) / Nintendo (Company)

Fable II (Game) - Lionhead Studios / Microsoft Game Studios

Fallout 3 (Game) - Bethesda Softworks (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company) Gears of War 2 (Game) - Epic Games (Company) / Microsoft Game Studios

Left 4 Dead (Game) - Valve Software / Valve Software

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

LittleBigPlanet (Game) - Media Molecule (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Fallout 3 (Game) - Bethesda Softworks (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company)

Gears of War 2 (Game) - Epic Games (Company) / Microsoft Game Studios Left 4 Dead (Game) - Valve Software / Valve Software

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

Game Play Engineering

Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering

Spore (Game) - Maxis / Electronic Arts (Company)

Fable II (Game) - Lionhead Studios / Microsoft Game Studios

Fallout 3 (Game) - Bethesda Softworks (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company) Left 4 Dead (Game) - Valve Software / Valve Software

Tom Clancy's EndWar - Ubisoft Shanghai / Ubisoft

Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play

Left 4 Dead (Game) - Valve Software / Valve Software

Call of Duty: World at War - Treyarch (Company) / Activision (Company)

Gears of War 2 (Game) - Epic Games (Company) / Microsoft Game Studios NHL 09 (Game) - EA Canada (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)

Rock Band 2 (Game) - Harmonix Music Systems (Company) / MTV Games (Company)

Original Music Composition

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

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

de Blob (Game) - Blue Tongue / THQ (Company)

Dead Space (Game) - EA Redwood Shores / Electronic Arts (Company) Fable II (Game) - Lionhead Studios / Microsoft Game Studios

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

Oustanding Achievement in Original Story

Fallout 3 (Game) - Bethesda Softworks (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company)

Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway - Gearbox Software / Ubisoft

Fable II (Game) - Lionhead Studios / Microsoft Game Studios Grand Theft Auto IV (Game) - Rockstar North (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company)

Professor Layton and the Curious Village (Game) - Level-5 / Nintendo (Company)

Soundtrack

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

Dead Space (Game) - EA Redwood Shores / Electronic Arts (Company)

Gears of War 2 (Game) - Epic Games (Company) / Microsoft Game Studios

LittleBigPlanet (Game) - Media Molecule (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America Prince of Persia - Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft

Wipeout HD - SCE Studios Liverpool / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack

Rock Band 2 (Game) - Harmonix Music Systems (Company) / MTV Games (Company)

Guitar Hero: World Tour - Neversoft Entertainment (Company) / Activision (Company)

LittleBigPlanet (Game) - Media Molecule (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America Motorstorm: Pacific Rift - Evolution Studios / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Singstar PS3 Vol. 1 - SCE London Studio / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Adventure GOTY

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering

LittleBigPlanet (Game) - Media Molecule (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Gears of War 2 (Game) - Epic Games (Company) / Microsoft Game Studios

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Kojima Productions (Company) / Konami Digital Entertainment Resistance 2 (Game) - Insomniac Games (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Tomb Raider: Underworld - Crystal Dynamics (Company) / Eidos

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming

LittleBigPlanet (Game) - Media Molecule (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America

Braid (Game) - Number None / Microsoft Game Studios

Left 4 Dead (Game) - Valve Software / Valve Software Spore (Game) - Maxis / Electronic Arts (Company)

Wii Fit (Game) - Nintendo (Company) / Nintendo (Company)

 

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

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• Braid (Game)
• Burnout Paradise (Game)
• Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Game)
• Dead Space (Game)
• Fallout 3 (Game)
• God of War: Chains of Olympus (Game)
• Left 4 Dead (Game)
• LittleBigPlanet (Game)
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Game)
• NHL 09 (Game)
• Rock Band 2 (Game)
• Spore (Game)
• Spore Origins (Game)
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Game)
• World of Goo (Game)

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Interactive Achievement Awards 2009

Aliases

IAA 2009,IAA '09,AIAS Awards 2009,AIAS Awards '09

Games

• Braid (Game)
• Burnout Paradise (Game)
• Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Game)
• Dead Space (Game)
• Fallout 3 (Game)
• God of War: Chains of Olympus (Game)
• Left 4 Dead (Game)
• LittleBigPlanet (Game)
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Game)
• NHL 09 (Game)
• Rock Band 2 (Game)
• Spore (Game)
• Spore Origins (Game)
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Game)
• World of Goo (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: Super Smash Bros. (Franchise), Star Wars (Franchise), Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Franchise), Mario (Franchise), Command & Conquer (Franchise), Command & Conquer: Red Alert (Franchise), Metal Gear (Franchise), Metal Gear Solid (Franchise), Warcraft (Franchise), Burnout (Franchise), Fallout (Franchise), EA Sports NHL (Franchise), National Hockey League (Franchise), LittleBigPlanet (Franchise), Prince of Persia (Franchise), God of War (Franchise), Mirror's Edge (Franchise), Left 4 Dead (Franchise), Dead Space (Franchise), Rock Band (Franchise), Spore (Franchise)

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Locations

• Has locations: Las Vegas (Location)

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People

Related Concepts

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