The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences recently announced it’s winners, with Nintendo picking up 5 awards!
Although most of the awards seemed to go to the Xbox 360 game Gears of War (which I still haven’t played, even though I bought the game on release day!), Wii Sports was the suprise winner for Wii taking 3 awards, leaving The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess with the award for “Outstanding Achievement in Story and Character Development”.
Here’s the list of winners:
| Award | Winner |
|---|---|
| Game of the Year: | Gears of War |
| Console Game of the Year: | Gears of War |
| Computer Game of the Year: | Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion |
| Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year: | Guild Wars: Nightfall |
| FPS Game of the Year: | Rainbow 6 Vegas |
| Strategy Game of the Year: | Company of Heroes |
| Simulation Game of the Year: | Microsoft Flight Simulator X |
| Sports Game of the Year: | Tony Hawk’s Project 8 |
| Action/Adventure Game of the Year: | Gears of War |
| Fighting Game of the Year: | Fight Night 3 |
| Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: | Wii Sports |
| Racing Game of the Year: | Burnout Revenge |
| Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: | Wii Sports |
| Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: | Gears of War |
| Downloadable Game of the Year: | Bookworm Adventures |
| Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play: | Gears of War |
| Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering: | Wii Sports |
| Role-Playing Game of the Year: | Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion |
| Outstanding Achievement in Story and Character Development: | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess |
| Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance - Female: | Viva Piñata |
| Outstanding Character Performance - Male: | Gears of War |
| Children’s Game of the Year: | LocoRoco |
| Family Game of The Year: | Guitar Hero 2 |
| Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: | Call of Duty 3 |
| Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition: | LocoRoco |
| Outstanding Soundtrack: | Guitar Hero 2 |
| Lifetime Achievement: | Howard Lincoln and Minoru Arkawa |
| Most outstanding cell phone game: | Orcs and Elves |
| Handheld Game of the Year: | Brain Age |
| Outstanding achievement in art direction: | Gears of War |
| Outstanding achievement in animation: | Gears of War |
| Moblie Game of the Year: | Orcs and Elves |
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