11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

The winners in each category are as follows:

Game of the Year

• Overall Game of the Year: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
  (P: Activision, D: Infinity Ward, Producer: Mark Rubin, Game Director: Jason West, Creative Director: Vince Zampella)
  • other nominees:
    Bioshock (D: 2K Boston, 2k Australia, P: 2K Games)
    Rock Band (D: Harmonix, P: MTV Games)
    Super Mario Galaxy (D/P: Nintendo)
    The Orange Box (D: Valve Software, P: Electronic Arts/Valve Software)

• Console Game of the Year: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
  (P: Activision, D: Infinity Ward, Producer: Mark Rubin, Game Director: Jason West, Creative Director: Vince Zampella)
  • other nominees:
    Bioshock (D: 2K Boston, 2k Australia 2K Games)
    Mass Effect (D: BioWare, P: Microsoft Game Studios)
    Rock Band (D: Harmonix, P: MTV Games)
    Super Mario Galaxy (D/P: Nintendo)

• Computer Game of the Year: The Orange Box
  (P: Electronic Arts, Valve Software, D: Valve Software, Producer: Gabe Newell)
  • other nominees:
    Bioshock (D: 2K Boston, 2k Australia, P: 2K Games)
    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (D: Infinity Ward, P: Activision)
    Crysis (D: Crytek, P: Electronic Arts)
    World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (D: Blizzard Entertainment, P: Vivendi Games)

• Handheld Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
  (P: Nintendo of America, D: Nintendo, Producer: Shigeru Miyamoto, Director: Eiji Aonuma Massively)
  • other nominees:
    Drawn to Life (D: 5th Cell, P: THQ)
    Jeanne d'Arc (D: Level 5, P: Sony Computer Entertainment )
    America Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (D: Infinite Interactive, 1st Playable Productions, P: D3 Publisher of America)
    Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters (D: High Impact Games, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)

• Cellular Game of the Year: skate.
  (P: Electronic Arts, D: EA Mobile, Producer: David Manriquez, Game Director: David Manriquez, Creative Director: Derek Zakaib)
  • other nominees:
    Diner Dash 2 Mobile (D: Glu Mobile, P: Glu Mobile)
    Prey Mobile (D: MachineWorks Northwest, P: Skyzone)
    SimCity Societies (D: EA Mobile, P: Electronic Arts)

• Downloadable Game of the Year: Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
  (P: D3 Publisher or America, D: Infinite Interactive, 1st Playable Productions, Producers: Arthur Kawamoto, Steve Baldoni, Game Directors: Steve Fawkner, Janeen Fawkner)
  • other nominees:
    Azada (D/P: Big Fish Games)
    Build-A-Lot (D/P: Hipsoft)
    flOw (D: thatgamecompany, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    Peggle (D/P: PopCap)

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming

• Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Rock Band
  (P: MTV Games, D: Harmonix, Producer: Robert Jerauld, Game Director: Bob Settles, Creative Director: Jonas Norberg)
  • other nominees:
    Assassin's Creed (D: Ubisoft Montreal, P: Ubisoft)
    Bioshock (D: 2K Boston, 2k Australia, P: 2K Games)
    Super Mario Galaxy (D/P: Nintendo)
    The Orange Box (D: Valve Software, P: Electronic Arts/Valve Software)

Genre Game of the Year

• Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
  (P: Vivendi Games, D: Blizzard Entertainment, Producer: Frank Pearce, Game Director: Rob Pardo, Creative Director: Chris Metzen)
  • other nominees:
    EVE Online: Trinity (D/P: CCP)
    Guild Wars: Eye of the North (D: ArenaNet, P: NCsoft)
    Richard Gariott's Tabula Rasa (D: Destination Games, P: NCsoft)
    The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (D: Turbine Games, P: Midway)

Mass Effect box art

• Role-Playing Game of the Year: Mass Effect
  (P: Microsoft Game Studios, D: BioWare, Producer: Casey Hudson, Lead Designer: Preston Watamaniuk, Art Director: Derek Watts)
  • other nominees:
    Eternal Sonata (D: Tri-Crescendo, P: Namco Bandai Games America)
    Jeanne d'Arc (D: Level 5, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    Rogue Galaxy (D: Level 5, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    The Witcher (D: CDProjekt, P: RedAtari)

• Racing Game of the Year: Motorstorm
  (P: Sony Computer Entertainment America, D: Evolution Studios, Producer: Simon Benson, Creative Director: Paul Hollywood)
  • other nominees:
    DiRT (D/P: Codemasters)
    Forza Motorsport 2 (D: Turn 10 Studios, P: Microsoft Game Studios)
    Need For Speed ProStreet (D: EA Black Box, P: Electronic Arts)
    Project Gotham Racing 4 (D: Bizarre Creations, P: Microsoft Game Studios)

• Adventure Game of the Year: Super Mario Galaxy
  (P: Nintendo of America, D: Nintendo, Producer: Takao Shimizu, Game Director: Yoshiaki Koizumi, Creative Director: Shigeru Miyamoto)
  • other nominees:
    Assassin's Creed (D: Ubisoft Montreal, P: Ubisoft)
    God of War II (D: SCE Santa Monica, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (D: Insomniac Games, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (D: Naughty Dog, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)

• Sports Game of the Year: skate.
  (P: Electronic Arts, D: EA Black Box, Executive Producer: Scott Blackwood)
  • other nominees:
    FIFA Soccer 08 (D/P: Electronic Arts)
    MLB 07: The Show (D: SCE San Diego, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    NBA 2K8 (D: Visual Concepts, P: 2K Sports)
    NHL 08 (D: EA Canada, P: Electronic Arts)

• Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
  (P: Electronic Arts, D: EA Los Angeles, Producer: Mike Verdu, Creative Director: Matt Britton)
  • other nominees:
    Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation (D/P: Namco Bandai Games)
    Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts (D: Relic, P: THQ)
    Supreme Commander (D: Gas Powered Games, P: THQ)
    World In Conflict (D: Massive Entertainment, P: Vivendi Games)

• Action Game of the Year: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
  (P: Activision, D: Infinity Ward, Producer: Mark Rubin, Game Director: Jason West, Creative Director: Vince Zampella)
  • other nominees:
    Bioshock (D: 2K Boston, 2k Australia, P: 2K Games)
    Crysis (D: Crytek, P: Electronic Arts)
    Halo 3 (D: Bungie Studios, P: Microsoft Game Studios)
    The Orange Box (D: Valve Software, P: Electronic Arts/Valve Software)

• Family Game of the Year: Rock Band
  (P: MTV Games, D: Harmonix, Producer: Tracy Rosenthal-Newson, Game Director: Greg LoPiccolo, Creative Director: Josh Randall)
  • other nominees:
    Guitar Hero III: Warriors of Rock (D: Neversoft, P: Activision)
    Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 (D: Ubisoft Paris, P: Ubisoft)
    Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action (D: Screenlife, WXP, P: Microsoft Game Studios)
    WarioWare: Smooth Moves (D/P: Nintendo)

Outstanding Achievement

• Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: Portal
  (P: Electronic Arts, Valve Software, D: Valve Software, Lead Game Designer: Robin Walker, Game Director: Kim Swift, Creative Director: David Speyrer)
  • other nominees:
    Bioshock (D: 2K Boston, 2k Australia, P: 2K Games)
    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (D: Infinity Ward, P: Activision)
    Rock Band (D: Harmonix, P: MTV Games)
    Super Mario Galaxy (D/P: Nintendo)

Assassin's Creed box art

• Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Assassin's Creed
  (P: Ubisoft, D: Ubisoft Montreal, Animation Director: Alex Drouin, Lead Animators: Elspeth Tory, Sylvain Bernard)
  • other nominees:
    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (D: Infinity Ward, P: Activision)
    Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (D: Insomniac Games, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (D: Naughty Dog, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    The Orange Box: Team Fortress 2 (D: Valve Software, P: Electronic Arts/Valve Software)

• Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: BioShock
  (P: 2K Games, D: 2K Boston, 2K Australia, Visual Art Director: Scott Sinclair, Technical Art Directors: Hogarth De La Plante, Andrew James, Jay Kyburz, Nate Wells)
  • other nominees:
    Assassin's Creed (D: Ubisoft Montreal, P: Ubisoft)
    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (D: Infinity Ward, P: Activision)
    Heavenly Sword (D: Ninja Theory, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    The Orange Box: Team Fortress 2 (D: Valve Software, P: Electronic Arts/Valve Software)

• Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Crysis
  (P: Electronic Arts, D: Crytek, Director of R&D: Douglas Binks)
  • other nominees:
    Assassin's Creed (D: Ubisoft Montreal, P: Ubisoft)
    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (D: Infinity Ward, P: Activision)
    Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (D: Insomniac Games, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (D: Naughty Dog, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)

• Outstanding Character Performance: Portal
  (P: Electronic Arts, Valve Software, D: Valve Software, Writer: Erik Wolpaw, Voice Actor: Ellen McLaw, Character Name: GLADos)
  • other nominees:
    Bioshock (D: 2K Boston, 2k Australia, P: 2K Games)
    Heavenly Sword (D: Ninja Theory, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    Mass Effect (D: BioWare, P: Microsoft Game Studios)
    Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (D: Naughty Dog, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)

• Outstanding Achievement in Story Development: BioShock
  (P: 2K Games, D: 2K Boston, 2K Australia, Writer: Ken Levine, Character Designer: Rob Waters)
  • other nominees:
    Drawn to Life (D: 5th Cell, P: THQ)
    Mass Effect (D: BioWare, P: Microsoft Game Studios)
    The Darkness (D: Starbreeze, P: Studios 2K Games)
    Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (D: Naughty Dog, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)

• Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering: Portal
  (P: Electronic Arts, Valve Software, D: Valve Software, Lead Game Designer: Robin Walker, UI Designer: Alden Kroll, AI Designer: Tom Leonard)
  • other nominees:
    Assassin's Creed (D: Ubisoft Montreal, P: Ubisoft)
    Rock Band (D: Harmonix, P: MTV Games)
    Super Mario Galaxy (D/P: Nintendo)
    The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (D/P: Nintendo)

• Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
  (P: Activision, D: Infinity Ward, Lead Online Designer: Todd Alerman, Lead Online Programmer: Richard Baker)
  • other nominees:
    Forza Motorsport 2 (D: Turn 10 Studios, P: Microsoft Game Studios)
    Halo 3 (D: Bungie Studios, P: Microsoft Game Studios)
    Rock Band (D: Harmonix, P: MTV Games)
    World In Conflict (D: Massive Entertainment, P: Vivendi Games)

• Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition: BioShock
  (P: 2K Games, D: 2K Boston, 2K Australia, Composer: Garry Schyman)
  • other nominees:
    God of War II (D: SCE Santa Monica, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    Heavenly Sword (D: Ninja Theory, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    Lair (D: Factor 5, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (D: Naughty Dog, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)

• Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack: Rock Band
  (P: MTV Games, D: Harmonix, Music Supervisors: Paul DeGooyer, Eric Brosius)
  • other nominees:
    Bioshock (D: 2K Boston, 2k Australia, P: 2K Games)
    Guitar Hero III: Warriors of Rock (D: Neversoft, P: Activision)
    Singstar Pop (D: SCEE London Studios, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    skate. (D: EA Black Box, P: Electronic Arts)

• Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: BioShock
  (P: 2K Games, D: 2K Boston, 2K Australia, Sound Designers: Emily Ridgway, Patrick Balthrop, Justin Mullins, Audio Lead: Eric Brosius)
  • other nominees:
    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (D: Infinity Ward, P: Activision)
    Need For Speed ProStreet (D: EA Black Box, P: Electronic Arts)
    skate. (D: EA Black Box, P: Electronic Arts)
    Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 (D: Ubisoft Paris, Red Storm, P: Ubisoft)

External links

• The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences :: Awards
• Gamershell: AIAS Press Release