The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences announced the winners of its Annual Interactive Achievement Awards at the 2008 DICE Summit in Las Vegas, honoring
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, BioShock and
The Orange Box with four statues each.
Call of Duty 4 took top AIAS honors, winning the Overall Game of the Year category, as well as Console Game of the Year.
At the ceremony, hosted by comedian Jay Mohr, the AIAS also named Blizzard president, co-founder and CEO Mike Morhaime as the eleventh member of the AIAS Hall of Fame. Father of the PlayStation Ken Kutaragi was also honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award.
The complete list of winners is as follows:
Overall Game of the Year:
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Console Game of the Year:
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Computer Game of the Year:
The Orange Box
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming:
Rock Band
Handheld Game of the Year:
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year:
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
Cellular Game of the Year:
Skate
Role-Playing Game of the Year:
Mass Effect
Racing Game of the Year:
Motorstorm
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design:
The Orange Box: Portal
Adventure Game of the Year:
Super Mario Galaxy
Sports Game of the Year:
Skate
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year:
Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Action Game of the Year:
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Family Game of the Year:
Rock Band
Outstanding Achievement in Animation:
Assassin's Creed
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: BioShock
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering:
Crysis
Outstanding Character Performance:
The Orange Box: Portal
Outstanding Achievement in Story Development:
BioShock
Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering:
The Orange Box: Portal
Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play:
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Downloadable Game of the Year:
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition:
BioShock
Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack:
Rock Band
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design:
BioShock
AIAS president Joseph Olin commented, "The Interactive Achievement Awards is the forum for the industry's best game makers to evaluate the merits of more than 160 titles submitted for consideration and honor the best in technical innovation and gameplay experience. This year's winners truly represent the best cross-section of interactive entertainment, demonstrating the power of next-generation platforms that have come of age."
