The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has announced the winners of its 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, with Bethesda's
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim taking home multiple awards.
The AIAS is a not-for-profit organization that celebrates creativity in video games worldwide. The IAA ceremony took place last night as part of the 2012 D.I.C.E. Summit.
Skyrim won a total of five awards, including Game of the Year, while both PlayStation 3 hit
Uncharted 3 and Valve's first-person puzzler
Portal 2 took home three awards each.
Other notable winners included Halfbrick's
Fruit Ninja Kinect as Casual Game of the Year, and
Infinity Blade II taking home Mobile Game of the Year.
The award winners in full are as follows:
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
Portal 2 (Valve)
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
Battlefield 3 (EA)
Outstanding Achievement in Story
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda)
Outstanding Character Performance
Portal 2 - Wheatley (Valve)
Downloadable Title of the Year
Bastion (Warner Bros)
Casual Game of the Year
Fruit Ninja Kinect (Microsoft Studios)
Social Networking Game of the Year
The Sims Social (EA)
Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Online Game of the Year
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda)
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming
Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure (Activision)
Sports Game of the Year
FIFA 12 (EA)
Racing Game of the Year
Forza Motorsport 4 (Microsoft Studios)
Fighting Game of the Year
Mortal Kombat (Warner Bros)
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
Orcs Must Die! (Microsoft Studios)
Family Game of the Year
LittleBigPlanet 2 (SCEA)
Mobile Game of the Year
Infinity Blade II (Epic Games)
Handheld Game of the Year
Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo)
Adventure Game of the Year
Batman: Arkham City (Warner Bros)
Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay
Star Wars: The Old Republic (EA)
Outstanding Achievement in Connectivity
Portal 2 (Valve)
Action Game of the Year
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Activision)
Outstanding Achievement in Animation
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (SCEA)
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (SCEA)
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (SCEA)
Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda)
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda)
Game of the Year
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda)
