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Uncharted 2 Grabs 10 AIAS Awards



Well it looks like the AIAS is reinforcing what the rest of the industry has been saying since its release as Uncharted 2 has walked away with a stellar 10 awards this year. As is the tradition around here, Jay Mohr took the stage to host the 13th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards at DICE 2010. While the results definitely favored Naughty Dog's action/adventure game, other big winners included Batman: Arkham Asylum, Scribblenauts and Modern Warfare 2. For those of you who don't know, the AIAS awards are peer voted, meaning that the developers are picking the winners. Also honored this year were David Crane with the first annual Pioneer Award. Doug Lowenstein with the Lifetime Achievement Award and Mark Cerny was inducted into the Hall of Fame. See the full list of winners below.

Game of the Year:
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves             
·       Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment             
·       Developer: Naughty Dog
·       Producer: Sam Thompson
·       Creative Director: Amy Hennig
·       Game Director: Bruce Straley
   
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves             
·       Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
·       Developer: Naughty Dog
·       Producer: Sam Thompson
·       Creative Director: Amy Hennig
·       Game Director: Bruce Straley

Casual Game of the Year
Flower
·       Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
·       Developer: thatgamecompany
·       Producer: Kellee Santiago
·       Creative Director: Jenova Chen

Fighting Game of the Year
Street Fighter IV
·       Publisher: Capcom
·       Developer: Capcom
·       Producer: Yoshinori Ono

Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year
Dragon Age: Origins
·       Publisher: Electronic Arts
·       Developer: Bioware
·       Producer: Mark Darrah
·       Creative  Director: Mike Laidlaw
·       Game Director: Mark Darrah

Sports Game of the Year
FIFA Soccer 10
·       Publisher: Electronic Arts
·       Developer: EA Canada
·       Producer: David Rutter
·       Creative Director: Gary Paterson
·       Game Director: Kaz Makita

Racing Game of the Year
Forza Motorsport 3
·       Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
·       Developer: Turn 10 Studios
·       Producer: Korey Krauskopf
·       Creative Director: John Wendl
·       Game Director: Dan Greenawalt   

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
Batman: Arkham Asylum
·       Publisher: Eidos/Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment
·       Developer: Rocksteady Studios
·       Lead Level Designer: Ian Ball

Adventure Game of the Year
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves             
·       Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment             
·       Developer: Naughty Dog
·       Producer: Sam Thompson
·       Creative Director: Amy Hennig
·       Game Director: Bruce Straley   

Social Networking Game of the Year
Farmville              
·       Publisher: Zynga            
·       Developer: Zynga
·       Producer: David Gray
·       Creative Director: Mark Skaggs
·       Game Director: Bill Mooney

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
Brütal Legend
·       Publisher: Electronic Arts
·       Developer: Double Fine Productions
·       Producer: Caroline Esmurdoc
·       Creative Director: Tim Schafer
·       Game Director: Tim Schafer

Action Game of the Year
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
·       Publisher: Activision
·       Developer: Infinity Ward
·       Producer: Mark Rubin
·       Game Director: Jason West

 Family Game of the Year
The Beatles: Rock Band
·       Publisher: MTV Games
·       Developer: Harmonix Music Systems
·       Producers: Paul DeGooyer, Jeff Jones, Alex Rigopulos
·       Creative Director: Chris Foster
·       Game Director: Josh Randall
   
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming
Scribblenauts
·       Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
·       Developer: 5th Cell Media
·       Producer: Joseph M. Tringali
·       Creative Director: Jeremiah Slaczka
·       Game Director: Jeremiah Slaczka

Outstanding Achievement in Animation
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves             
·       Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment             
·       Developer: Naughty Dog
·       Lead Animators: Josh Scherr, Jeremy Lai-Yates, Mike Yosh

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves             
·       Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment             
·       Developer: Naughty Dog
·       Technology Director: Pal-Kristian Engstad

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction:
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves             
·       Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment             
·       Developer: Naughty Dog
·       Art Directors: Erick Pangilinan, Robh Ruppel

Outstanding Achievement in Story -Adapted
Batman: Arkham Asylum
·       Publisher: Eidos/Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment
·       Developer: Rocksteady Studios
·       Writers: Paul Dini, Paul Crocker

 Outstanding Character Performance
Batman: Arkham Asylum – Joker
·       Publisher: Eidos/Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment
·       Developer: Rocksteady Studios
·       Writers: Paul Dini, Paul Crocker
·       Voice Actor: Mark Hamill

Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
·       Publisher: Activision
·       Developer: Infinity Ward
·       Lead Online Designer: Todd Alderman

Outstanding Achievement in Story - Original
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves             
·       Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment             
·       Developer: Naughty Dog
·       Writers: Amy Hennig, Neil Druckmann, Josh Scherr

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves             
·       Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment             
·       Developer: Naughty Dog
·       Composer: Greg Edmonson

Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack
Brütal Legend
·       Publisher: Electronic Arts
·       Developer: Double Fine Productions
·       Music Supervisor: Emily Ridgway

 Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves             
·       Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment             
·       Developer: Naughty Dog
Lead Game Play Programmer: Travis McIntosh

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves             
·       Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment             
·       Developer: Naughty Dog

Outstanding Achievement in Portable Game Design
Scribblenauts
·       Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
·       Developer: 5th Cell Media
·       Lead Level Designer: Matt Cox

Portable Game of the Year
Scribblenauts
·       Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
·       Developer: 5th Cell Media
·       Producer: Joseph M. Tringali
·       Creative Director: Jeremiah Slaczka
·       Game Director: Jeremiah Slaczka

Comments
  • Mark Hammil won an award? Awesome. Unsurprising how Uncharted 2 won so much. Maybe I should get it. It's just too bad that the first one is still too *** expensive.

  • Just makes me wanna go buy Uncharted 2 all the more...

    Good job to everyone involved with the production of these games!

  • Mark Hamill!! <3

  • As much as I love Uncharted 2 (my game of the year in 2009), I think it's kind of a joke that it won best art direction.  Art direction to me is seeing something that's never (or rarely) been seen before.  Nothing we saw in Uncharted was something we haven't really seen before except near the end.  I would have voted for something like Borderlands or Mad World for this award.

  • Uncharted 2! Nolan North should have gotten the character performance for Nate Drake, but Joker would be another excellent choice, i guess that is why they picked it! Great list i agree with each one. I always liked Halo music however, including ODST's, i think they may have overlooked that one.

  • Uncharted 2 deserves it! You can't play that game AND be suprised by this news.

  • uncharted 2 ftw!

  • Mod

    As expected, it deserved every single one.  Hell they should've given it awards in categories it can't even be nominated for.

  • WOW...had no idea Uncharted 2 was THAT great of a game. I really have to get through Drake's Fortune now!

  • Go Uncharted 2! Go Mark Hamill! Scribblenauts is cool too.

  • This isn't really surprising at all.  What will be surprising is if any single game dominates the 2010 awards considering the massive amount of amazing games coming out this year or already out.  I'm now looking forward to this time next year since it should be entertaining how it all works out.

  • I loved the first uncharted, but can't really say that I like the second one, i mean the campaign's great, but the multiplayer really feels underwhelming and there is NOTHING original about this game, st least the first had the whole "awesome graphics" going for it.

  • Brutal Legend won Strategy/Simulation game of the year? Strange.

  • Yeah with PC gaming dying like it is it's not suprising many people didn't play Empire: Total War for it to win best strategy.  March really is the month RTS's though, with Supreme Commander 2, Command and Conquer 4, and Starcraft 2's beta going on during it though.

  • Oh my god, i can't believe that was Mark Hamill voicing the Joker.  Apparently he just IS DC's voice of Joker for their animated series and all that.  Simply amazing.  

  • Fvck yeah, Brutal Legend!

    Ugh, Scribblenuats.

    LMFAO, MW2!

  • I have no argument with any of those winners, they all very deserving games.  Special congrats to Uncharted 2, really enjoyed that one.

  • @moterboat

    Come on man, Uncharted 2 has enough awards (although well deserved), gotta give one to Mark Hamill.

  • Uncharted 2 is old hat. Mass Effect 2 is where it's at now.

  • While I'm unsure if I'll ever play Uncharted 2 (because I suck), I'm happy it won so many awards from its peers. It's one thing when a completely separate institution thinks you deserve an award, but it's something amazing when your friends (and maybe some enemies) do. Good jorb!

    And yeah, Mark Hamill has been an amazing Joker since the animated series.

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