10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
Date	February 9, 2007 (2007-02-09)
Venue	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Country	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Hosted by	Jay Mohr
Highlights
Most awards	Gears of War (8)
Most nominations	Gears of War (10)
Overall Game of the Year	Gears of War
Hall of Fame	Dani Bunten
Lifetime Achievement	Minoru Arakawa and Howard Lincoln

The 10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards is the 10th edition of the Interactive Achievement Awards, an annual awards event that honors the best games in the video game industry. The awards are arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), and were held at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 9, 2007 (2007-02-09). It was also held as part of the Academy's 2007 D.I.C.E. Summit, and was hosted by Jay Mohr.

Gears of War received the most nominations and won the most awards, including Overall Game of the Year. Microsoft Game Studios and Nintendo tied for having the most nominations with Microsoft winning the most awards while Nintendo won the second most awards.

Dani Bunten also the received the of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame Award. Nintendo of America founders Minoru Arakawa and Howard Lincoln also became the first receivers of the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Winners and Nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

Overall Game of the Year Gears of War — Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios‡ Guitar Hero II — Harmonix, RedOctane The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion — Bethesda Game Studios, 2K Games The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess — Nintendo EAD Wii Sports — Nintendo EAD	Outstanding Achievement in Game Design Wii Sports — Nintendo EAD‡ Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! — Nintendo SPD Company of Heroes — Relic Entertainment, THQ The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion — Bethesda Game Studios, 2K Games The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess — Nintendo EAD
Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering Wii Sports — Nintendo EAD‡ Company of Heroes — Relic Entertainment, THQ Gears of War — Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion — Bethesda Game Studios, 2K Games The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess — Nintendo EAD	Outstanding Innovation in Gaming Wii Sports — Nintendo EAD‡ Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! — Nintendo SPD Gears of War — Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios LocoRoco — SCE Japan Studio Viva Piñata — Rare, Microsoft Game Studios
Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay Gears of War — Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios‡ Battlefield 2142 — DICE, Electronic Arts Call of Duty 3 — Infinity Ward, Activision Chromehounds — FromSoftware, Sega Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter — Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft Paris	Outstanding Achievement in Story and Character Development The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess — Nintendo EAD‡ 24: The Game — SCE Cambridge Studio Dreamfall: The Longest Journey — Funcom, Aspyr Saints Row — Volition, THQ Sam & Max Episode 1: Culture Shock — Telltale Games
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering Gears of War — Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios‡ Call of Duty 3 — Infinity Ward, Activision Company of Heroes — Relic Entertainment, THQ Resistance: Fall of Man — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment Viva Piñata — Rare, Microsoft Game Studios	Outstanding Achievement in Animation Gears of War — Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios‡ Daxter — Ready at Dawn, Sony Computer Entertainment Fight Night Round 3 — EA Chicago Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy — Traveller's Tales, LucasArts Rayman Raving Rabbids — Ubisoft Montpellier
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction Gears of War — Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios‡ Call of Duty 3 — Infinity Ward, Activision Final Fantasy XII — Square Enix Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas — Ubisoft Montreal Viva Piñata — Rare, Microsoft Game Studios	Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition LocoRoco — SCE Japan Studio‡ Black — Criterion Games, Electronic Arts Call of Duty 3 — Infinity Ward, Activision The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion — Bethesda Game Studios, 2K Games Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent — Ubisoft Shanghai
Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack Guitar Hero II — Harmonix, RedOctane‡ FIFA 07 — EA Canada Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure — The Collective, Atari Scarface: The World Is Yours — Radical Entertainment, Sierra Entertainment SingStar Rocks! — SCE London Studio	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design Call of Duty 3 — Infinity Ward, Activision‡ Company of Heroes — Relic Entertainment, THQ The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion — Bethesda Game Studios, 2K Games Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter — Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft Paris Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent — Ubisoft Shanghai
Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance - Female Viva Piñata — Rare, Microsoft Game Studios‡ Bully — Rockstar Vancouver Desperate Housewives: The Game — Liquid Entertainment, Buena Vista Games Saints Row — Volition, THQ The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion — Bethesda Game Studios, 2K Games	Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance - Male Gears of War — Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios‡ Bully — Rockstar Vancouver Daxter — Ready at Dawn, Sony Computer Entertainment Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy — Traveller's Tales, LucasArts Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent — Ubisoft Shanghai
Console Game of the Year Gears of War — Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios‡ Guitar Hero II — Harmonix, RedOctane The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess — Nintendo EAD Viva Piñata — Rare, Microsoft Game Studios Wii Sports — Nintendo EAD	Computer Game of the Year The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion — Bethesda Game Studios, 2K Games‡ Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs — Ensemble Studios, Microsoft Game Studios Battlefield 2142 — DICE, Electronic Arts Company of Heroes — Relic Entertainment, THQ Prey — Human Head Studios, 2K Games
Action/Adventure Game of the Year Gears of War — Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios‡ Daxter — Ready at Dawn, Sony Computer Entertainment Saints Row — Volition, THQ Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent — Ubisoft Shanghai The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess — Nintendo EAD	First-Person Action Game of the Year Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas — Ubisoft Montreal‡ Black — Criterion Games, Electronic Arts Half-Life 2: Episode One — Valve, Electronic Arts Resistance: Fall of Man — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment Prey — Human Head Studios, 2K Games
Role-Playing Game of the Year The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion — Bethesda Game Studios, 2K Games‡ Final Fantasy III — Square Enix Final Fantasy XII — Square Enix Phantasy Star Universe — Sonic Team, Sega Titan Quest — Iron Lore Entertainment, THQ	Fighting Game of the Year Fight Night Round 3 — EA Chicago‡ Mortal Kombat: Armageddon — Midway Games Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection — Eighting, Namco Bandai WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2006 — Yuke's, THQ
Sports Game of the Year Tony Hawk's Project 8 — Neversoft, Activision‡ FIFA 07 — EA Canada MLB 06: The Show — SCE San Diego NBA 2K7 — Visual Concepts, 2K Games NBA 07 — SCE San Diego	Racing Game of the Year Burnout Revenge — Criterion Games, Electronic Arts‡ Excite Truck — Monster Games, Nintendo Full Auto 2: Battlelines — Pseudo Interactive, Sega Need for Speed: Carbon — EA Black Box, EA Canada Test Drive Unlimited — Eden Games, Atari
Strategy Game of the Year Company of Heroes — Relic Entertainment, THQ‡ Medieval II: Total War — Creative Assembly, Sega Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends — Big Huge Games, Microsoft Game Studios Star Wars: Empire at War — Petroglyph Games, LucasArts The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch King — EA Los Angeles	Simulation Game of the Year Microsoft Flight Simulator X — Aces Game Studio, Microsoft Game Studios‡ Sid Meier's Railroads! — Firaxis Games, 2K Games Tourist Trophy — Polyphony Digital, Sony Computer Entertainment
Children's Game of the Year LocoRoco — SCE Japan Studio‡ Kim Possible: What's the Switch — Artificial Mind and Movement, Buena Vista Games Over the Hedge — Edge of Reality, Activision Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team — Chunsoft, Nintendo, The Pokémon Company The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning — Krome Studios, Sierra Entertainment	Family Game of the Year Guitar Hero II — Harmonix, RedOctane‡ Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! — Nintendo SPD Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy — Traveller's Tales, LucasArts Rayman Raving Rabbids — Ubisoft Montpellier Viva Piñata — Rare, Microsoft Game Studios
Hand-Held Game of the Year Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day! — Nintendo SPD‡ Elite Beat Agents — iNiS, Nintendo Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy — Traveller's Tales, LucasArts LocoRoco — SCE Japan Studio New Super Mario Bros. — Nintendo EAD	Massive Multiplayer Game of the Year Guild Wars Nightfall — ArenaNet, NCSoft‡ Auto Assault — NetDevil, NCSoft Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach — Turbine, Atari Eve Online: Revelations — CCP Games
Downloadable Game of the Year Bookworm Adventures — PopCap Games‡ Diner Dash: Flo on the Go — PlayFirst Mystery Case Files: Prime Suspects — Big Fish Studios Plantasia — Gamelab, PlayFirst Virtual Villagers: A New Home — Last Day of Work, Big Fish Games	Mobile Game of the Year Orcs & Elves — id Software, Fountainhead Entertainment, EA Mobile‡ Brothers in Arms 3D — Gameloft Duckshot — MoFactor, Hands-On Mobile Tropical Madness — Gameloft

Special Awards

Hall of Fame

• Dani Bunten

Lifetime Achievement

• Minoru Arakawa
• Howard Lincoln

Games with multiple nominations and awards

The following 27 games received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Game
10	Gears of War
8	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
6	Company of Heroes
	The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
	Viva Piñata
5	Call of Duty 3
	Wii Sports
4	Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
	Guitar Hero II
	Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy
	LocoRoco
	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent
3	Daxter
	Saints Row
2	Battlefield 2142
	Black
	Bully
	FIFA 07
	Fight Night Round 3
	Final Fantasy XII
	Prey
	Rayman Raving Rabbids
	Resistance: Fall of Man
	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter
	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas

The following five games received multiple awards:

Awards	Game
8	Gears of War
3	Wii Sports
2	Guitar Hero II
	LocoRoco
	The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

Companies with multiple nominations

Companies that received multiple nominations as either a developer or a publisher.

Nominations	Game
19	Microsoft Game Studios
	Nintendo
14	Sony Computer Entertainment
13	Electronic Arts
12	2K Games
11	THQ
10	Epic Games
	Ubisoft
8	Bethesda Game Studios
7	Activision
6	Rare
	Relic Entertainment
5	Infinity Ward
	LucasArts
4	Harmonix
	RedOctane
	Sega
	Traveller's Tales
3	Atari
	Criterion Games
	Ready at Dawn
	Square Enix
	Volition
2	Big Fish Games
	Buena Vista Games
	DICE
	Gameloft
	Human Head Studios
	Insomniac Games
	NCSoft
	PlayFirst
	Red Storm Entertainment
	Rockstar Vancouver

Companies that received multiple awards as either a developer or a publisher.

Awards	Game
10	Microsoft Game Studios
8	Epic Games
5	Nintendo
3	Electronic Arts
2	2K Games
	Activision
	Bethesda Game Studios
	Harmonix
	RedOctane
	Sony Computer Entertainment

External links

• Official website