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Gears of War rules the roost with eight wins

Epic Games’ Gears of War emerged as the evening’s big winner last night in Las Vegas at the 10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards hosted by the AIAS, taking eight Interactive Achievement Award statues, including Game of the Year honors. Nintendo’s Wii Sports pulled in the second most awards with three wins.

“Last night, we recognized the brightest and most innovative in video games in what can be considered one of the best years the video game industry has seen,” said Joseph Olin, president, AIAS.

The following is a full list of winners in their respective categories:

  • Overall Game of the Year:
    • Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios)
  • Console Game of the Year:
    • Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios)
  • Computer Game of the Year:
    • Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks/2K Games)
  • Outstanding Innovation in Gaming:
    • Wii Sports (Nintendo/Nintendo)
  • Handheld Game of the Year:
    • Nintendo Brain Age (Nintendo/Nintendo)
  • Outstanding Achievement in Animation
    • Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios)
  • Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
    • Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios)
  • Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack
    • Guitar Hero 2 (Harmonix/Activision/Red Octane)
  • Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
    • LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment/Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
    • Call of Duty 3 (Treyarch/Activision)
  • Outstanding Character Performance - Male
    • Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios)
  • Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance - Female
    • Viva Piñata (Rare/Microsoft Game Studios)
  • Outstanding Achievement in Story and Character Development
    • The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo/Nintendo)
  • Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering
    • Wii Sports (Nintendo/Nintendo)
  • Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play
    • Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios)
  • Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering
    • Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios)
  • Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
    • Wii Sports (Nintendo/Nintendo)
  • Sports Game of the Year
    • Tony Hawk’s Project 8 (Neversoft Entertainment/Activision)
  • Strategy Game of the Year
    • Company of Heroes (Relic/THQ)
  • First-Person Action Game of the Year
    • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas (Ubisoft Montreal/Ubisoft)
  • Fighting Game of the Year
    • Fight Night Round 3 (EA Sports/Electronic Arts)
  • Racing Game of the Year
    • Burnout Revenge (Criterion/Electronic Arts)
  • Role-Playing Game of the Year
    • Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks/2K Games)
  • Children’s Game of the Year
    • LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment/Sony Computer Entertainment)
  • Action/Adventure Game of the Year
    • Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios)
  • Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year
    • Guild Wars Nightfall (ArenaNet/NCSoft)
  • Family Game of the Year
    • Guitar Hero 2 (Harmonix/Activision/Red Octane)
  • Simulation Game of the Year
    • Microsoft Flight Simulator X (Microsoft Game Studios/Microsoft Game Studios)
  • Downloadable Game of the Year
    • Mystery Case Files: Prime Suspects (Big Fish Games/Big Fish Games)
  • Mobile Game of the Year
    • Orcs & Elves (Fountainhead Entertainment/Electronic Arts Mobile)

For a full list of categories, nominees and winners, click here.

UPDATE: Several the the categories mistakenly had the incorrect game noted as winners. The story has since been updated with the correct information.

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The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
By Mudvillager on 2/9/2007 9:28:55 AM , Rating: 1
It should've gotten at least half of the prices. I wonder how many d*cks Epic sucked to get all those.




By therealnickdanger on 2/9/2007 11:06:51 AM , Rating: 3
They sucked mine... it counts as ten d*cks. Go away, troll.


RE: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
By Mudvillager on 2/9/2007 7:05:29 PM , Rating: 2
Hm have you played Twilight Princess?
If not youve missed out.

Ive played GoW and I didn't like it, just as I didn't like Halo. They're just brainless killing frenzies.


By jkostans on 2/12/2007 9:52:36 AM , Rating: 2
Gears of war isn't anything special playing by yourself. But get a co-op game going, and it's easily one of the best shooters in my book. Halo... don't get me started on that piece of junk series.


RE: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
By Alpha4 on 2/9/2007 8:11:17 PM , Rating: 2
Sure Gears of War can get an award for outstanding art direction, but thats easy enough when you lock someone into a cutscene.

Shouldn't games like HalfLife 2 Episode I get recognized for art direction in a dynamic environment?

Valve goes the long mile and focuses on things like how to get someone's attention before displaying a cinematic sequence.


By Enoch2001 on 2/12/2007 11:20:59 AM , Rating: 2
quote:
Shouldn't games like HalfLife 2 Episode I get recognized for art direction in a dynamic environment?


Yeah, HL2: Episode 1 was an awesome expansion. However, Valve should just get a reward for consistently delaying the release of their games and missing intended launch dates in an almost religious fashion. When are we supposed to HL2: Episode 2?

*Rolls eyes*


Clarification
By Aikouka on 2/9/2007 8:47:50 AM , Rating: 2
Based on a quick read, it seems Call of Duty 3 tied with Wii Sports with 3 wins each.

I'm not too sure why, but the concept of Guitar Hero II winning an award for its soundtrack is a bit unsettling. Maybe it's the fact that I can't stand some of the remakes (as I believe every commercial song in the GH series are redone just like all the other Harmonix games). The first time I ever heard Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name" on Guitar Hero II, I almost flipped out about how bad the song sounded compared to the original. The vocals didn't sound anything like de la Roca's voice which ruined it for me. Although, I'm not too sure people who play the game and not watch it (like I was doing) would care :P.




RE: Clarification
By Beckett on 2/12/2007 3:15:35 PM , Rating: 2
Actually it's not as bad as all that. All of the bonus songs in the game are recorded by the original artist, which is quite a lot of songs even if most them are average at best and several of them really suck. And 2 of the non bonus songs are recorded by the original artists, amazingly, they actually got real famous bands into their studio. Granted, Primus and Jane's Addiction might not be household names but they are in the mainstream.


wow...
By One43637 on 2/9/2007 3:49:44 PM , Rating: 2
i enjoyed TDU, but didn't think it was going to win Racing Game of the Year.


# Racing Game of the Year

* Test Drive Unlimited (Eden Studios/Atari)

actually same goes for Eve. i thought that it was a fun game as well, but didn't think it would win that category either.




RE: wow...
By Marcus Yam on 2/9/2007 7:01:43 PM , Rating: 2
Well, it turns out that the list I sourced was incorrect. Burnout Revenge took the racing game nod, and Guild Wars took the MMO.

I should have known something was wrong with those categories when Guild Wars got beat. As for why WoW isn't there... that's another story entirely.


Corrections
By dubldwn on 2/9/2007 4:03:29 PM , Rating: 2
Based on the provided link, some of the winners listed in the article are incorrect. Check Family Game, Download Game.

Oblivion rules.




RE: Corrections
By Marcus Yam on 2/9/2007 6:45:15 PM , Rating: 2
You're right. I wonder what happened when I pasted those in. Will be fixed ASAP.


Congrats, Epic!
By therealnickdanger on 2/9/2007 8:20:21 AM , Rating: 2
Superb game, you deserve all the best!




By fparis on 2/9/2007 3:22:18 PM , Rating: 2
One for RARE!, you must have almost 40 years to remember those guys from "Ultimate Play The Game" back in the old ZX-Spectrum days... Incredible...




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