Academy Awards Top Honors to Call of Duty 4, BioShock, The Orange Box...

Paul Sinclair • Feb 8, 2008 • Comments ()

...at 11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Inducts Mike Morhaime into Hall of Fame and Bestows Lifetime Achievement Award on Ken Kutaragi

-- And the winner is... Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), BioShock (2K Games) and The Orange Box (Electronic Arts and Valve Software); each picked up four statues at the 11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards(R) last night. The award ceremony was hosted by comedian and avid video game player Jay Mohr at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas.

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences also honored two industry icons for their tremendous contributions. Mike Morhaime, president, CEO and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment(R), was inducted as the eleventh member of the prestigious AIAS Hall of Fame and Ken Kutaragi, former president and CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., received the highly coveted Lifetime Achievement Award.

"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," said Joseph Olin, president, AIAS. "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."

These peer-based awards recognize the outstanding products, talented individuals and development teams that have contributed to the advancement of the multi-billion dollar worldwide entertainment software industry.

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The winners in each category are as follows:

Overall Game of the Year: Console Game of the Year: ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------- Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

-- Publisher: Activision -- Publisher: Activision
-- Developer: Infinity Ward -- Developer: Infinity Ward
-- Producer: Mark Rubin -- Producer: Mark Rubin
-- Game Director: Jason West -- Game Director: Jason West
-- Creative Director: Vince -- Creative Director: Vince
Zampella Zampella

Computer Game of the Year: Outstanding Innovation in Gaming:
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The Orange Box Rock Band

-- Publisher: Electronic Arts, -- Publisher: MTV Games
Valve Software
-- Developer: Valve Software -- Developer: Harmonix
-- Producer: Gabe Newell -- Producer: Robert Jerauld
-- Game Director: Bob Settles
-- Creative Director: Jonas Norberg

Handheld Game of the Year: Massively Multiplayer Game of the
Year:
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The Legend of Zelda: Phantom World of Warcraft: The Burning
Hourglass Crusade

-- Publisher: Nintendo of America -- Publisher: Vivendi Games
-- Developer: Nintendo -- Developer: Blizzard
Entertainment
-- Producer: Shigeru Miyamoto -- Producer: Frank Pearce
-- Director: Eiji Aonuma -- Game Director: Rob Pardo
-- Creative Director: Chris Metzen

Cellular Game of the Year: Role-Playing Game of the Year:
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skate. Mass Effect

-- Publisher: Electronic Arts -- Publisher: Microsoft Game
Studios
-- Developer: EA Mobile -- Developer: BioWare
-- Producer: David Manriquez -- Producer: Casey Hudson
-- Game Director: David Manriquez -- Lead Designer: Preston
Watamaniuk
-- Creative Director: Derek Zakaib -- Art Director: Derek Watts

Racing Game of the Year: Outstanding Achievement in Game
Design:
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Motorstorm The Orange Box: Portal

-- Publisher: Sony Computer -- Publisher: Electronic Arts,
Entertainment Valve Software
America -- Developer: Valve Software
-- Developer: Evolution Studios -- Lead Game Designer: Robin Walker
-- Producer: Simon Benson -- Game Director: Kim Swift
-- Creative Director: Paul -- Creative Director: David Speyrer
Hollywood

Adventure Game of the Year: Sports Game of the Year:
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Super Mario Galaxy skate.

-- Publisher: Nintendo of America -- Publisher: Electronic Arts
-- Developer: Nintendo -- Developer: EA Black Box
-- Producer: Takao Shimizu -- Executive Producer: Scott
Blackwood
-- Game Director: Yoshiaki Koizumi
-- Creative Director: Shigeru
Miyamoto

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Action Game of the Year:
Year:
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Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Wars

-- Publisher: Electronic Arts -- Publisher: Activision
-- Developer: EA Los Angeles -- Developer: Infinity Ward
-- Producer: Mike Verdu -- Producer: Mark Rubin
-- Creative Director: Matt Britton -- Game Director: Jason West
-- Creative Director: Vince
Zampella

Family Game of the Year: Outstanding Achievement in
Animation:
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Rock Band Assassin's Creed

-- Publisher: MTV Games -- Publisher: Ubisoft
-- Developer: Harmonix -- Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
-- Producer: Tracy Rosenthal- -- Animation Director: Alex Drouin
Newson
-- Game Director: Greg LoPiccolo -- Lead Animators: Elspeth Tory,
Sylvain Bernard
-- Creative Director: Josh Randall

Outstanding Achievement in Art Outstanding Achievement in Visual
Direction: Engineering:
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BioShock Crysis

-- Publisher: 2K Games -- Publisher: Electronic Arts
-- Developer: 2K Boston, 2K -- Developer: Crytek
Australia
-- Visual Art Director: Scott -- Director of R&D: Douglas Binks
Sinclair
-- Technical Art Directors:
Hogarth De La Plante, Andrew
James, Jay Kyburz, Nate Wells

Outstanding Character Performance: Outstanding Achievement in Story
Development:
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The Orange Box: Portal BioShock

-- Publisher: Electronic Arts, -- Publisher: 2K Games
Valve Software
-- Developer: Valve Software -- Developer: 2K Boston, 2K
Australia
-- Writer: Erik Wolpaw -- Writer: Ken Levine
-- Voice Actor: Ellen McLaw -- Character Designer: Rob Waters
-- Character Name: GLADos

Outstanding Achievement in Game Outstanding Achievement in Online
Play Engineering: Game Play:
---------------------------------- -----------------------------------
The Orange Box: Portal Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

-- Publisher: Electronic Arts, -- Publisher: Activision
Valve Software
-- Developer: Valve Software -- Developer: Infinity Ward
-- Lead Game Designer: Robin -- Lead Online Designer: Todd
Walker Alerman
-- UI Designer: Alden Kroll -- Lead Online Programmer: Richard
Baker
-- AI Designer: Tom Leonard

Downloadable Game of the Year: Outstanding Achievement in Original
Music Composition:
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Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the BioShock
Warlords

-- Publisher: D3 Publisher or -- Publisher: 2K Games
America
-- Developer: Infinite -- Developer: 2K Boston, 2K
Interactive, 1st Playable Australia
Productions
-- Producers: Arthur Kawamoto, -- Composer: Garry Schyman
Steve Baldoni
-- Game Directors: Steve Fawkner,
Janeen Fawkner

Outstanding Achievement in Outstanding Achievement in Sound
Soundtrack: Design:
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Rock Band BioShock

-- Publisher: MTV Games -- Publisher: 2K Games
-- Developer: Harmonix -- Developer: 2K Boston, 2K
Australia
-- Music Supervisors: Paul -- Sound Designers: Emily Ridgway,
DeGooyer, Eric Patrick
Brosius Balthrop, Justin Mullins
-- Audio Lead: Eric Brosius