Video Game Buttons Blog

February 9, 2007

Epic’s Gears of War walked of the 10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards last night with eight awards, including Game of the Year honors.  Nintendo’s Wii Sports pulled in the second with three awards at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV.  “Last night, we recognized the brightest and most innovative in video games in what can be considered one of the best years the video game industry has seen,” said AIAS president Joseph Olin.

 

Listed below are the winners for each category presented:
 
Overall Game of the Year - Gears of War
PC Game of the Year - Elder Scrolls IV:  Oblivion
Console Game of the Year - Gears of War
Handheld Game of the Year - Nintendo Brain Age
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming - Wii Sports
Outstanding Achievement: Animation - Gears of War
Outstanding Achievement: Art Direction - Gears of War
Outstanding Achievement: Soundtrack - Guitar Hero 2
Outstanding Achievement: Original Music Composition - LocoRoco
Outstanding Achievement: Sound Design - Call of Duty 3
Outstanding Achievement: Story and Character Development - The Legend of Zelda:  Twilight Princess
Outstanding Achievement: Game Play Engineering - Wii Sports
Outstanding Achievement: Online Game Play - Gears of War
Outstanding Achievement: Visual Engineering - Gears of War
Outstanding Achievement: Game Design - Wii Sports
Outstanding Character Performance: Male - Gears of War
Outstanding Character Performance: Female - Viva Pinata
Sports Game of the Year - Tony Hawk Project 8
First-Person Action Game of the Year - Rainbow Six: Vegas
Role-Playing Game of the Year - Elder Scrolls IV:  Oblivion
Fighting Game of the Year - Fight Night Round 3
Action/ Adventure Game of the Year - Gears of War
Racing Game of the Year - Burnout Revenge
Children’s Game of the Year - LocoRoco
Downloadable Game of the Year - Bookworm Adventures
Family Game of the Year - Guitar Hero 2
Simulation Game of the Year - Microsoft Flight Simulator X
Strategy Game of the Year - Company of Heroes
Massively Multiplayer/Persistent World Game of the Year - Guild Wars Nightfall
Mobile Game of the Year - Orcs and Elves

February 8, 2007

The nominees for the seventh annual year’s Game Developers Choice Awards were announced, with Bethesda’s Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and Capcom’s Okami each earning four nominations.

 

The awards ceremony will take place on March 7, and will be a featured event at this year’s Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco. Monkey Island series creator Tim Schafer will host, and DJ Chris and Mega64 will headline the entertainment for the evening.

 

“The GDC derives its authenticity from the developers themselves, who teach and share at the show - the Game Developers Choice Awards is then the natural validation of their collective artistic effort, voted on and awarded to individual game creators,” stated Jamil Moledina, executive director of the Game Developers Conference. “Since the Choice Awards have an open nomination process and reflect the judgment of peers, the awards have earned the highest respect of the community.”

 

And the nominees are…

 

Best Game

Gears of War

Okami

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Wii Sports

 

Audio

Company of Heroes

DEFCON: Everybody Dies

Guitar Hero II

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend

LocoRoco

 

Character Design

Final Fantasy XII

LocoRoco

Okami

Rayman Raving Rabbids

Viva Piñata

 

Game Design

Bully

Okami

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Viva Piñata

Wii Sports

 

Technology

Company of Heroes

Dead Rising

Gears of War

Rockstar Games presents Table Tennis

Wii Sports

 

Visual Arts

Final Fantasy XII

Gears of War

Okami

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Viva Piñata

 

Writing

Bully

Dreamfall: The Longest Journey

Sam & Max Episode 1: Culture Shock

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

 

New Studio

Gastronaut Studios

Iron Lore Entertainment

Naked Sky Entertainment

Ready At Dawn Studios

Wadjet Eye Games