10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

The winners in each category are as follows:

Game of the Year

• Overall Game of the Year: Gears of War
  (P: Microsoft Game Studios, D: Epic Games, Producer: Rod Ferguson, Game Director: Michael Capps, Creative Director: Cliff Bleszinski)
  • other nominees:
    Wii Sports (D/P: Nintendo)
    The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (D/P: Nintendo)
    Guitar Hero 2 (D: Harmonix, P: Activision/Red Octane)
    The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (D: Bethesda Softworks, P: 2K Games)

• Computer Game of the Year: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
  (P: 2K Games, D: Bethesda Softworks, Executive Producer: Todd Howard)
  • other nominees:
    Company of Heroes (D: Relic, P: THQ)
    Battlefield 2142 (D: D.I.C.E., P: Electronic Arts)
    Prey (D: Human Head Games, P:2K Games)
    Age of Empires III: The Warchiefs (D: Ensemble Studios, P: Microsoft Game Studios)

• Console Game of the Year: Gears of War
  (P: Microsoft Game Studios, D: Epic Games, Producer: Rod Ferguson, Game Director: Michael Capps, Creative Director: Cliff Bleszinski)
  • other nominees:
    The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (P/D: Nintendo)
    Wii Sports (P/D: Nintendo)
    Guitar Hero 2 (D: Harmonix, P: Activision)
    Viva Piñata (D: Rare, P: Microsoft Game Studios)

• Handheld Game of the Year: Nintendo Brain Age
  (P: Nintendo, D: Nintendo, Producer: Shinya Takahashi, Game Director: Kouichi Kawamoto, Creative Directors: Kouichi Kawamoto, Noriko Kitamura, Masamichi Sakaino, Shinji Kitahara, Yoshinori Katsuki, Tadashi Matsushita, Masura Nishida)
  • other nominees:
    LocoRoco (D/P: Sony Computer Entertainment)
    Elite Beat Agents (D: iNiS, P: Nintendo)
    New Super Mario Bros. (D/P: Nintendo)
    LEGO Star Wars II (D: Traveler's Tales Games, P: Lucas Arts)

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming

Wii Sports box art

• Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Wii Sports
  (P: Nintendo, D: Nintendo, Executive Producer: Satoru Iwata, Producer: Katsuya Eguchi, Game Directors: Keiza Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshikazu Yamashita)
  • other nominees:
    Nintendo Brain Age (D/P: Nintendo)
    Gears of War (D: Epic Games, P: Microsoft Game Studios)
    Viva Pinata (D: Rare, P: Microsoft Game Studios)
    LocoRoco (D/P: Sony Computer Entertainment)

Outstanding Achievement

• Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Gears of War
  (P: Microsoft Game Studios, D: Epic Games, Producer: Rod Ferguson, Game Director: Michael Capps, Creative Director: Cliff Bleszinski)
  • other nominees:
    Daxter (D: ReadyatDawn, P: Sony Computer Entertainment)
    LEGO Star Wars II (D: Traveler's Tales Games, P: Lucas Arts)
    Rayman Raving Rabidds (D: Ubisoft Montpellier, P: Ubisoft)
    Fight Night Round 3 (D: EA Sports, P: Electronic Arts)

• Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Gears of War
  (P: Microsoft Game Studios, D: Epic Games, Producer: Rod Ferguson, Game Director: Michael Capps, Creative Director: Cliff Bleszinski)
  • other nominees:
    Final Fantasy XII (D/P: Square Enix)
    Call of Duty 3 (D: Treyarch, P: Activision)
    Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas (D: Ubisoft Montreal, P: Ubisoft)
    Viva Pinata (D: Rare, P: Microsoft Game Studios)

• Outstanding Achievement: Soundtrack: Guitar Hero 2
  (P: Activision/Red Octane, D: Harmonix, Producer: John Tam, Game Director: Daniel Sussman, Creative Director: Josh Randall)
  • other nominees:
    SingStar Rocks! (D: Sony Computer Entertainment London, P: Sony Computer Entertainment)
    FIFA '07 (D: Electronic Arts Canada, P: Electronic Arts)
    Marc Ecko's Getting Up (D: The Collective, P: Atari)
    Scarface (D: Radical Entertainment, P: Sierra Entertainment)

• Outstanding Achievement: Original Music Composition: LocoRoco
  (P: Sony Computer Entertainment, D: Sony Computer Entertainment, Producer/Game Director/Creative Director: Tsutomo Kouno)
  • other nominees:
    Call of Duty 3 (D: Treyarch, P: Activision)
    The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (D: Bethesda Softworks, P: 2k Games)
    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (D: Ubisoft Shanghai, P: Ubisoft)
    Black (D: Criterion Games, P: Electronic Arts)

• Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Call of Duty 3
  (P: Activision, D: Treyarch, Producer/Game Director/Creative Director: Treyarch)
  • other nominees:
    The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (D: Bethesda Softworks, P: 2k Games)
    Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (D: Redstorm Studios/Ubisoft Paris, P: Ubisoft)
    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (D: Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft)
    Company of Heroes (D: Relic, P: THQ)

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess box art

• Outstanding Achievement in Story and Character Development: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
  (P: Nintendo, D: Nintendo, Producer: Shigeru Miyamoto, Game Director: Eiji Aonuma, Executive Producer: Satoru Iwata)
  • other nominees:
    Sam & Max Episode 1: Culture Shock (D/P: GameTap/Telltale Games)
    Saints Row (D: Volition, P: THQ)
    24: The Game (D: Sony Online Entertainment, P: 2k Games)
    Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (D: Funcom, P: Aspyr)

• Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering: Wii Sports
  (P: Nintendo, D: Nintendo, Executive Producer: Satoru Iwata, Producer: Katsuya Eguchi, Game Directors: Keiza Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshikazu Yamashita)
  • other nominees:
    The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (D: Bethesda Softworks, P: 2k Games)
    The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (D/P: Nintendo)
    Gears of War (D: Epic Games, P: Microsoft Game Studios)
    Company of Heroes (D: Relic, P: THQ)

• Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play: Gears of War
  (P: Microsoft Game Studios, D: Epic Games, Producer: Rod Ferguson, Game Director: Michael Capps, Creative Director: Cliff Bleszinski)
  • other nominees:
    Call of Duty 3 (D: Treyarch, P: Activision)
    Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (D: Redstorm Studios/Ubisoft Paris, P: Ubisoft)
    Chromehounds (D: From Software, P: Sega of America)
    Battlefield 2142 (D: D.I.C.E., P: Electronic Arts)

• Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Gears of War
  (P: Microsoft Game Studios, D: Epic Games, Producer: Rod Ferguson, Game Director: Michael Capps, Creative Director: Cliff Bleszinski)
  • other nominees:
    Viva Piñata (D: Rare, P: Microsoft Game Studios)
    Resistance: Fall of Man (D: Insomniac Games, P: Sony Computer Entertainment)
    Call of Duty 3 (D: Treyarch, P: Activision)
    Company of Heroes (D: Relic, P: THQ)

• Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: Wii Sports
  (P: Nintendo, D: Nintendo, Executive Producer: Satoru Iwata, Producer: Katsuya Eguchi, Game Directors: Keiza Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshikazu Yamashita)
  • other nominees:
    The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (D: Bethesda Softworks, P: 2k Games)
    Company of Heroes (D: Relic, P: THQ)
    The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (D/P: Nintendo)
    Nintendo Brain Age (D/P: Nintendo)

Outstanding Character Performance

• Outstanding Character Performance: Male: Gears of War
  (P: Microsoft Game Studios, D: Epic Games, Producer: Rod Ferguson, Game Director: Michael Capps, Creative Director: Cliff Bleszinski)
  • other nominees:
    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (D: Ubisoft Shanghai, P: Ubisoft)
    Bully (D: Rockstar Games, P: Rockstar Games)
    LEGO Star Wars II (D: Traveler's Tales Games, P: Lucas Arts)
    Daxter (D: ReadyatDawn, P: Sony Computer Entertainment)

• Outstanding Character Performance: Female: Viva Piñata
  (P: Microsoft Game Studios, D: Rare, Producer/Game Director/Creative Director: Greg Mayles)
  • other nominees:
    Saints Row (D: Volition, P: THQ)
    Desperate Housewives (D: Liquid Entertainment, P: Buena Vista Games)
    Bully (D: Rockstar Games, P: Rockstar Games)
    The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (D: Bethesda Softworks, P: 2k Games)

Genre Awards

• Sports Game of the Year: Tony Hawk Project 8
  (P: Activision, D: Neversoft Entertainment, Producer; Chris Parise, Game Director/Creative Director: Brian Bright)
  • other nominees:
    MLB '06: The Show (D: SCEA, P: SD Sports Studio, P: Sony Computer Entertainment)
    NBA 2K7 (D: Visual Concepts, P: 2K Sports)
    FIFA '07 (D: Electronic Arts Canada, P: Electronic Arts)
    NBA '07 (D: SCEA SD Sports Studio, P: Sony Computer Entertainment)

• First-Person Action Game of the Year: Rainbow Six: Vegas
  (P: Activision, D: Neversoft Entertainment, Producer; Chris Parise, Game Director/Creative Director: Brian Bright)
  • other nominees:
    Resistance: Fall of Man (D: Insomniac Games, P: Sony Computer Entertainment)
    Prey (D: Human Head Games, P: 2K Games)Half Life 2: Episode 1 (D: Valve, P: Valve/Electronic Arts)
    Black (D: Criterion Games, P: Electronic Arts)

• Role-Playing Game of the Year: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
  (P: 2K Games, D: Bethesda Softworks, Executive Producer: Todd Howard)
  • other nominees:
    Final Fantasy XII (D/P: Square Enix)
    Final Fantasy III (D: DS Square Enix, P: Square Enix)
    Titan Quest (D: Iron Lore Entertainment, P: THQ)
    Phantasy Star Universe (D: Sonic Team, P: Sega of America)

• Fighting Game of the Year: Fight Night Round 3

(P/D: Electronic Arts, Producer: Kudo Tsunoda, Game Director: Keith Morton, Creative Director: Darren Bennett)

• • other nominees:
    Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (D/P: Midway)
    WWE Smackdown VS Raw 2006 (D: Yuke's Co. Ltd., P: THQ)
    Tekken Dark Ressurection (D/P: Namco)

• Action/ Adventure Game of the Year: Gears of War
  (P: Microsoft Game Studios, D: Epic Games, Producer: Rod Ferguson, Game Director: Michael Capps, Creative Director: Cliff Bleszinski)
  • other nominees:
    The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (D/P: Nintendo)
    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (D: Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft)
    Saints Row (D: Volition, P: THQ)
    Daxter (D: ReadyatDawn, P: Sony Computer Entertainment)

• Racing Game of the Year: Burnout Revenge(P: Electronic Arts, D: Criterion Games, Creative Director: Alex Ward, Criterion Games)
  • other nominees:
    Test Drive Unlimited (D: Eden Studios, P: Atari)
    Excite Truck (D: Monster Games, P: Nintendo)
    Full Auto 2: Battlelines (D: Pseudo Interactive, P: Sega of America)
    Need for Speed: Carbon (D: EA/Black Box, P: Electronic Arts)

• Children's Game of the Year: LocoRoco
  (P: Sony Computer Entertainment, D: Sony Computer Entertainment, Producer/Game Director/Creative Director: Tsutomo Kouno)
  • other nominees:
    Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team (D: The Pokemon Co./CHUNSOFT Co., P: Nintendo)
    Disney's Kim Possible: What's the Switch (D: A2M, P: Buena Vista Games)
    Over the Hedge (D: Edge of Reality, P: Activision)
    Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (D: Krome Studios, P: Sierra Entertainment)

• Downloadable Game of the Year: Bookworm Adventures
  (P/D: PopCap, Producer/Game Director/Creative Director: Tysen Henderson)
  • other nominees:
    Mystery Case Files: Prime Suspects (D/P: Big Fish Games)
    Virtual Villagers: A New Home (D: Last Day of Work, Big Fish Games)
    Diner Dash: Flo on the Go (D: Gamelab, P: Playfirst)
    Plantasia (D: Gamelab, P: Playfirst)

• Family Game of the Year: Guitar Hero 2
  (P: Activision/Red Octane, D: Harmonix, Producer: John Tam, Game Director: Daniel Sussman, Creative Director: Josh Randall)
  • other nominees:
    Rayman Raving Rabidds (D: Ubisoft Montpellier, P: Ubisoft)
    Viva Piñata (D: Rare, P: Microsoft Game Studios)
    LEGO Star Wars II (D: Traveler's Tales Games, P: Lucas Arts)
    Nintendo Brain Age (D/P: Nintendo)

• Simulation Game of the Year: Microsoft Flight Simulator X
  (P/D: Microsoft Game Studios, Producer: Shawn Firminger, Game Director: John Licata, Creative Director: Patt Cook, Jason Waskey)
  • other nominees:
    Sid Meier's Railroads! (D: Firaxis Games, P: 2K Games)
    Tourist Trophy (D: Polyphony Digital, Inc., P: Sony Computer Entertainment)

• Strategy Game of the Year: Company of Heroes
  (P: THQ, D: Relic, Producer/Game Director: John Johnson, Creative Director: Sean Dunn)
  • other nominees:
    Star Wars: Empire at War (D: Pretroglyph, P: Lucas Arts)
    Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II (D/P: Electronic Arts)
    Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends (D: Big Huge Games, P: Microsoft Game Studios)
    Medieval II: Total War (D: Creative Assembly, P: Sega of America)

• Massively Multiplayer/Persistent World Game of the Year: Guild Wars Nightfall
  (P: NCsoft, D: ArenaNet, Producer: Jay Adams, Game)
  • other nominees:
    Eve Online: Revelations (D/P: CCP Games)
    Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach (D: Turbine, P: Atari/Wizards of the Coast)
    Auto Assault (D: Net Devil, P: NCsoft)

• Mobile Game of the Year: Orcs and Elves
  (P: Electronic Arts Mobile, D: Fountainhead Entertainment, Producer/ Game Director/ Creative Director: John Carmack, Katherine A. Kang)
  • other nominees:
    Tropical Madness (D/P: Gameloft)
    Duckshot (D: MoFactor, P: Hands-On Mobile)
    Brothers in Arms 3D (D: ??, P: Gameloft)

External links

• The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences :: 10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards