Updated Story: Last night at the DICE Summit, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences selected the winners of the Interactive Achievements Awards. And wouldn't you know it, Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim took home top honors, while also pulling in a few other awards in the process. Other standouts include Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception and Portal 2.
Below you can find the full list of winners:
Game of the Year: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Skylanders Spyro's Adventure
Action Game of the Year: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Adventure Game of the Year: Batman: Arkham City
Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Sports Game of the Year: FIFA 12
Racing Game of the Year: Forza Motorsport 4
Fighting Game of the Year: Mortal Kombat
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: Orcs Must Die!
Family Game of the Year: LittleBigPlanet 2
Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay: Star Wars: The Old Republic
Outstanding Achievement in Connectivity: Portal 2
Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Mobile Game of the Year: Infinity Blade II
Handheld Game of the Year: Super Mario 3D Land
Downloadable Game of the Year: Bastion
Casual Game of the Year: Fruit Ninja Kinect
Social Networking Game of the Year: The Sims Social
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition: Portal 2
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Battlefield 3
Outstanding Achievement in Story: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Outstanding Character Performance: Portal 2 (Wheatley)
Original Story: The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) have announced the finalists for the 15th annual Interactive Achievement Awards (IAAs). The Academy’s Peer Panel played more than 100 games this past year to narrow the selections down the list you see below.
The winners will be chosen during the 2012 D.I.C.E. Summit on Thursday, February 9th in Las Vegas. It’s no secret this past year has been bonkers for major gaming releases, making award season all the more difficult. With that said, the AIAS has selected a very good slice of the gaming industry this year to represent the best the industry has to offer.
Game of the Year
- Batman: Arkham City
- Portal 2
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
- Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming
- Bastion
- L.A. Noire
- Portal 2
- Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Action Game of the Year
- Battlefield 3
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
- Dead Space 2
- Gears of War 3
- Saints Row: The Third
Adventure Game of the Year
- Batman: Arkham City
- L.A. Noire
- Portal 2
- The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
- Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year
- Dark Souls
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- Star Wars: The Old Republic
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
Mobile Game of the Year
- Contre Jour
- Dead Space
- Infinity Blade II
- Tentacles
- The Dark Meadow
Handheld Game of the Year
- Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective
- Kirby Mass Attack
- Mario Kart 7
- Professor Layton and the Last Specter
- Super Mario 3D Land
Downloadable Game of the Year
- Bastion
- Drawn: Trail of Shadows
- Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
- Ms. Splosion Man
- Orcs Must Die!
