Interactive Achievement Awards 2012

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The 2012 Interactive Achievement Awards celebrate the best games of 2011.

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Overview

The 15th annual Interactive Achievement Awards were held on February 9, 2012 at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas (Location), Nevada during the D.I.C.E. Summit. In a partnership with Gamespot.com, the ceremonies were streamed live over the Internet. And, for the seventh year in a row, Jay Mohr (Person) hosted the event.

Presenters

Glen Ballard, Brandon Beck, Danny Bilson (Person), Seamus Blackley (Person), Mark Cerny (Person), Felicia Day (Person), Isaac Gilmore, Sefton Hill (Person), Tomonobu Itagaki (Person), David Jaffe (Person), Matthew Lee Johnston, Kelly Kelley, Min Kim, Marc Merrill, Ray Muzyka (Person), David Perry (Person), Frank Pierce, Randy Pitchford (Person), Ted Price (Person), Martin Rae, Mark Rein, Jesse Schell, Adam Sessler, Patricia Vance, Morgan Webb, Greg Zeschuk (Person)

Personal Awards

Hall of Fame Inductee

• Tim Sweeney (Person)

Pioneer Award

• Ed Logg (Person)

Game of the Year

===The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim=== Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks (Company) Runners-Up Batman: Arkham City -- Rocksteady Studios / WB Interactive Portal 2 (Game) -- Valve / Valve The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword -- Nintendo (Company) / Nintendo Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception -- Naughty Dog / SCEA||

Action Game of the Year

===Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3=== Infinity Ward (Company) & Sledgehammer Games (Company) / Activision (Company) Runners-Up Battlefield 3 (Game) -- DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Dead Space 2 (Game) -- Visceral / Electronic Arts Gears of War 3 (Game) -- Epic Games (Company) / Microsoft Studios Saints Row: The Third -- Volition / THQ (Company)||

Adventure Game of the Year

===Batman: Arkham City=== Rocksteady Studios / WB Interactive Runners-Up L.A. Noire -- Team Bondi (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company) The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword -- Nintendo (Company) / Nintendo Portal 2 (Game) -- Valve / Valve Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception -- Naughty Dog / SCEA||||

Casual Game of the Year

===Fruit Ninja Kinect (Game)=== Halfbrick Studios (Company) / Microsoft Studios Runners-Up Jetpack Joyride (Game) -- Halfbrick Studios / Halfbrick Studios Monsters Ate My Condo -- Adult Swim (Franchise) & PikPok (Company) / Adult Swim Tiny Wings (Game) -- Andreas Illiger / Andreas Illiger Where's My Water -- Disney Mobile / Disney Mobile||

Downloadable Game of the Year

===Bastion (Game)=== Supergiant Games (Company) / WB Interactive Runners-Up Drawn: Trail of Shadows -- Big Fish Games (Company) / Big Fish Games Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (Game) -- Shadow Planet Productions / Microsoft Studios Ms. Splosion Man -- Twisted Pixel Games (Company) / Microsoft Studios Orcs Must Die! -- Robot Entertainment (Company) / Microsoft Studios||

Family Game of the Year

===LittleBigPlanet 2 (Game)=== Media Molecule (Company) / SCEA Runners-Up Dance Central 2 (Game) -- Harmonix Music Systems (Company) / Microsoft Studios Just Dance 3 (Game) -- Ubisoft Paris / Ubisoft Kinect Disneyland Adventures (Game) -- Frontier Developments / Microsoft Studios Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure -- Toys for Bob (Company) / Activision (Company)||

Fighting Game of the Year

===Mortal Kombat=== NetherRealm Studios (Company) / WB Interactive Runners-Up Fight Night Champion (Game) -- EA Canada (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) King of Fighters XIII -- SNK Playmore / Atlus (Company) Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition -- Capcom (Company) / Capcom Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 -- Capcom / Capcom||||

Handheld Game of the Year

===Super Mario 3D Land (Game)=== Nintendo (Company) / Nintendo Runners-Up Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective -- Capcom (Company) / Capcom Kirby: Mass Attack -- HAL Laboratory / Nintendo (Company) Mario Kart 7 (Game) -- Nintendo / Nintendo Professor Layton and the Last Specter (Game) -- Level-5 (Company) / Nintendo||

Mobile Game of the Year

===Infinity Blade II (Game)=== Chair Entertainment (Company) / Epic Games (Company) Runners-Up Contre Jour (Game) -- Mokus / Chillingo (Company) The Dark Meadow (Game) -- Phosphor Games Studio / Phosphor Games Studio Dead Space -- EA Mobile (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Tentacles (Game) -- Press Play (Company) / Microsoft Studios||

Racing Game of the Year

===Forza Motorsport 4 (Game)=== Turn 10 Studios (Company) / Microsoft Studios Runners-Up Mario Kart 7 (Game) -- Nintendo (Company) / Nintendo Real Racing 2 HD -- Firemint (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)||

Role-Playing / Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year

===The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim=== Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks (Company) Runners-Up Dark Souls (Game) -- From Software / Namco Bandai Games Deus Ex: Human Revolution -- Eidos-Montréal (Company) / Square Enix (Company) Star Wars: The Old Republic -- BioWare Austin (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings -- CD Projekt Red (Company) / Atari||

Social Networking Game of the Year

===The Sims Social (Game)=== Playfish / Electronic Arts (Company) Runners-Up Army Attack -- Digital Chocolate / Digital Chocolate CastleVille (Game) -- Zynga Dallas (Company) / Zynga (Company) Gardens of Time (Game) -- Playdom (Company) / Disney Interactive (Company) Triple Town -- Spry Fox / Playdom||||

Sports Game of the Year

===FIFA 12 (Game)=== EA Canada (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Runners-Up Madden NFL 12 (Game) -- EA Tiburon (Company) / Electronic Arts MLB 11: The Show -- SCE San Diego Studio / SCEA NBA 2K12 (Game) -- Visual Concepts (Company) / 2K Sports (Company) NBA Jam: On Fire Edition -- EA Canada / Electronic Arts||||

Strategy / Simulation Game of the Year

===Orcs Must Die!=== Robot Entertainment (Company) / Microsoft Studios Runners-Up Iron Brigade (Game) -- Double Fine / Microsoft Studios Total War: Shogun II -- The Creative Assembly (Company) / Sega (Company) Toy Soldiers: Cold War -- Signal Studios (Company) / Microsoft Studios Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution -- Relic Entertainment (Company) / THQ (Company)||

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

===Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception=== Naughty Dog / SCEA Runners-Up Assassin's Creed: Revelations -- Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Batman: Arkham City -- Rocksteady Studios / WB Interactive L.A. Noire -- Team Bondi / Rockstar Games Rayman Origins -- UbiArt Montpellier / Ubisoft||

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

===Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception=== Naughty Dog / SCEA Runners-Up Batman: Arkham City -- Rocksteady Studios / WB Interactive Battlefield 3 (Game) -- DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Portal 2 (Game) -- Valve / Valve Rayman Origins (Game) -- UbiArt Montpellier / Ubisoft||

Outstanding Achievement in Connectivity

===Portal 2 (Game)=== Valve / Valve Runners-Up Battlefield 3 (Game) -- DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 -- Infinity Ward (Company) & Sledgehammer Games (Company) / Activision (Company) Dragon Age II (Game) -- BioWare Edmonton / Electronic Arts (Company) Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception -- Naughty Dog / SCEA||

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

===The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim=== Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks (Company) Runners-Up Batman: Arkham City -- Rocksteady Studios / WB Interactive L.A. Noire -- Team Bondi (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company) Portal 2 (Game) -- Valve / Valve Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception -- Naughty Dog / SCEA||

Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering

===The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim=== Bethesda Game Studio / Bethesda Softworks (Company) Runners-Up Batman: Arkham City -- Rocksteady Studios / WB Interactive The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword -- Nintendo (Company) / Nintendo Portal 2 (Game) -- Valve / Valve Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure -- Toys for Bob (Company) / Activision (Company)||

Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play

===Star Wars: The Old Republic=== BioWare Austin (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Runners-Up Battlefield 3 (Game) -- DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 -- Infinity Ward (Company) & Sledgehammer Games (Company) / Activision (Company) Gears of War 3 (Game) -- Epic Games (Company) / Microsoft Studios LittleBigPlanet 2 (Game) -- Media Molecule (Company) / SCEA||

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

===Portal 2 (Game)=== Valve / Valve Runners-Up inFamous 2 (Game) -- Sucker Punch (Company) / SCEA L.A. Noire -- Team Bondi (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company) LittleBigPlanet 2 (Game) -- Media Molecule (Company) / SCEA Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception -- Naughty Dog / SCEA||||

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

===Battlefield 3 (Game)=== DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Runners-Up Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 -- Infinity Ward (Company) & Sledgehammer Games (Company) / Activision (Company) L.A. Noire -- Team Bondi (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company) Need for Speed: The Run -- EA Black Box (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception -- Naughty Dog / SCEA||||

Outstanding Achievement in Story

===The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim=== Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks Runners-Up Bastion (Game) -- Supergiant Games (Company) / WB Interactive L.A. Noire -- Team Bondi (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company) Portal 2 (Game) -- Valve / Valve Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception -- Naughty Dog / SCEA||

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering

===Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception=== Naughty Dog / SCEA Runners-Up Battlefield 3 (Game) -- DICE (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Crysis 2 (Game) -- Crytek (Company) / Electronic Arts L.A. Noire -- Team Bondi (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company) Rage (Game) -- id Software (Company) / Bethesda Softworks (Company)||

Outstanding Character Performance

===Portal 2 (Game) (Wheatley (Character))=== Valve / Valve Runners-Up Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Adam Jensen (Character)) -- Eidos-Montréal (Company) / Square Enix (Company) L.A. Noire (Cole Phelps (Character)) -- Team Bondi (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company) Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Nathan Drake (Character)) -- Naughty Dog / SCEA Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Victor Sullivan (Character)) -- Naughty Dog / SCEA||

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming

===Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure=== Toys for Bob (Company) / Activision (Company) Runners-Up Bastion (Game) -- Supergiant Games (Company) / WB Interactive The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim -- Bethesda Game Studios / Bethesda Softworks (Company) L.A. Noire -- Team Bondi (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company) Portal 2 (Game) -- Valve / Valve||

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• Bastion (Game)
• Battlefield 3 (Game)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Game)
• FIFA 12 (Game)
• Forza Motorsport 4 (Game)
• Fruit Ninja Kinect (Game)
• Infinity Blade II (Game)
• Mortal Kombat (Game)
• Orcs Must Die! (Game)
• Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (Game)
• Super Mario 3D Land (Game)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Game)
• The Sims Social (Game)

Concept details

Name

Interactive Achievement Awards 2012

Aliases

AIAS Awards 2012,AIAS Awards '12,IAA 2012

Games

• Bastion (Game)
• Battlefield 3 (Game)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Game)
• FIFA 12 (Game)
• Forza Motorsport 4 (Game)
• Fruit Ninja Kinect (Game)
• Infinity Blade II (Game)
• Mortal Kombat (Game)
• Orcs Must Die! (Game)
• Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure (Game)
• Super Mario 3D Land (Game)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Game)
• The Sims Social (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: Mortal Kombat (Franchise), Star Wars (Franchise), Half-Life (Franchise), Portal (Franchise), Call of Duty (Franchise), Modern Warfare (Franchise), Mario (Franchise), Super Mario (Franchise), Super Mario Land (Franchise), The Elder Scrolls (Franchise), Skylanders (Franchise), Spyro (Franchise), Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Franchise), LittleBigPlanet (Franchise), The Sims (Franchise), FIFA (Franchise), Fruit Ninja (Franchise), Battlefield (Franchise), Infinity Blade (Franchise), Forza (Franchise), Orcs Must Die! (Franchise)

Characters

• Has characters: Wheatley (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: Las Vegas (Location), Nevada (Location)

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People

Related Concepts

• Has related concepts: British Academy Video Game Awards (Concept), Game Critics Awards (Concept), Spike Video Game Awards (Concept), D.I.C.E. Awards (Concept)