11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

Video game award ceremony

11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

Date| February 8, 2008 (2008-02-08)
Venue| Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa
Country| Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Hosted by| Jay Mohr
Highlights
Most awards|

* BioShock
* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
* The Orange Box[a] (4)

Most nominations| BioShock (12)
Overall Game of the Year| Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Hall of Fame| Michael Morhaime
Lifetime Achievement| Ken Kutaragi
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The 11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards is the 11th 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 Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 8, 2008 (2008-02-08). It was also held as part of the Academy's 2008 D.I.C.E. Summit, and was hosted by Jay Mohr.[1]

Only one award for "Outstanding Character Performance" was offered instead of separate male and female awards. "Action/Adventure Game of the Year" and "First-Person Action Game of the Year" were replaced with "Action Game of the Year" and Adventure Game of the Year". "Strategy Game of the Year" and "Simulation Game of the Year" have been merged into one "Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year" category. "Fighting Game of the Year" and "Children's Game of the Year" did not have finalists named in either of these categories.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was named the winner for "Overall Game of the Year", and was tied with BioShock and The Orange Box[a] for winning the most awards. BioShock received the most nominations. Sony Computer Entertainment published the most nominees, while Electronic Arts published the most award winners.

Michael Morhaime, co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment, received the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences "Hall of Fame Award". Ken Kutaragi founder of Sony Computer Entertainment, and the "Father of the PlayStation", received the "Lifetime Achievement Award".[2]

## Winners and Nominees[edit]

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

### Game of the Year Awards[edit]

Overall Game of the Year

* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare — Infinity Ward, Activision‡
* BioShock — 2K Boston, 2K Australia
* Rock Band — Harmonix, MTV Games
* Super Mario Galaxy — Nintendo EAD
* The Orange Box — Valve, Electronic Arts

Computer Game of the Year

* The Orange Box — Valve, Electronic Arts‡
* BioShock — 2K Boston, 2K Australia
* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare — Infinity Ward, Activision
* Crysis — Crytek, Electronic Arts
* World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade — Blizzard Entertainment

Console Game of the Year

* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare — Infinity Ward, Activision‡
* BioShock — 2K Boston, 2K Australia
* Mass Effect — BioWare, Microsoft Game Studios
* Rock Band — Harmonix, MTV Games
* Super Mario Galaxy — Nintendo EAD

Handheld Game of the Year

* The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass — Nintendo EAD‡
* Drawn to Life — 5th Cell, THQ
* Jeanne d'Arc — Level-5, Sony Computer Entertainment
* Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords — Infinite Interactive, 1st Playable Productions, D3 Publisher
* Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters — High Impact Games, Sony Computer Entertainment

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming

* Rock Band — Harmonix, MTV Games‡
* Assassin's Creed — Ubisoft Montreal
* BioShock — 2K Boston, 2K Australia
* Super Mario Galaxy — Nintendo EAD
* The Orange Box — Valve, Electronic Arts

### Craft Awards[edit]

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

* Portal[b] — Valve, Electronic Arts‡
* BioShock — 2K Boston, 2K Australia
* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare — Infinity Ward, Activision
* Rock Band — Harmonix, MTV Games
* Super Mario Galaxy — Nintendo EAD

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

* Assassin's Creed — Ubisoft Montreal‡
* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare — Infinity Ward, Activision
* Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment
* Team Fortress 2[b] — Valve, Electronic Arts
* Uncharted: Drake's Fortune — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

* BioShock — 2K Boston, 2K Australia‡
* Assassin's Creed — Ubisoft Montreal
* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare — Infinity Ward, Activision
* Heavenly Sword — Ninja Theory, Sony Computer Entertainment
* Team Fortress 2[b] — Valve, Electronic Arts

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering

* Crysis — Crytek, Electronic Arts‡
* Assassin's Creed — Ubisoft Montreal
* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare — Infinity Ward, Activision
* Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment
* Uncharted: Drake's Fortune — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment

Outstanding Character Performance

* Portal[b] — Valve, Electronic Arts‡
* BioShock — 2K Boston, 2K Australia
* Heavenly Sword — Ninja Theory, Sony Computer Entertainment
* Mass Effect — BioWare, Microsoft Game Studios
* Uncharted: Drake's Fortune — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement in Story Development

* BioShock — 2K Boston, 2K Australia‡
* Drawn to Life — 5th Cell, THQ
* Mass Effect — BioWare, Microsoft Game Studios
* The Darkness — Starbreeze Studios, 2K Games
* Uncharted: Drake's Fortune — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering

* Portal[b] — Valve, Electronic Arts‡
* Assassin's Creed — Ubisoft Montreal
* Rock Band — Harmonix, MTV Games
* Super Mario Galaxy — Nintendo EAD
* The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass — Nintendo EAD

Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay

* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare — Infinity Ward, Activision‡
* Forza Motorsport 2 — Turn 10 Studios, Microsoft Game Studios
* Halo 3 — Bungie, Microsoft Game Studios
* Rock Band — Harmonix, MTV Games
* World in Conflict — Massive Entertainment, Vivendi Games

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

* BioShock — 2K Boston, 2K Australia‡
* God of War II — SCE Santa Monica Studio
* Heavenly Sword — Ninja Theory, Sony Computer Entertainment
* Lair — Factor 5, Sony Computer Entertainment
* Uncharted: Drake's Fortune — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack

* Rock Band — Harmonix, MTV Games‡
* BioShock — 2K Boston, 2K Australia
* Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock — Neversoft, Activision
* SingStar Pop — SCE London Studio
* skate. — EA Black Box

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

* BioShock — 2K Boston, 2K Australia‡
* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare — Infinity Ward, Activision
* Need for Speed: ProStreet — EA Black Box
* skate. — EA Black Box
* Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 — Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft Paris

### Genre Awards[edit]

Action Game of the Year

* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare — Infinity Ward, Activision‡
* BioShock — 2K Boston, 2K Australia
* Crysis — Crytek, Electronic Arts
* Halo 3 — Bungie, Microsoft Game Studios
* The Orange Box — Valve, Electronic Arts

Adventure Game of the Year

* Super Mario Galaxy — Nintendo EAD‡
* Assassin's Creed — Ubisoft Montreal
* God of War II — SCE Santa Monica Studio
* Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment
* Uncharted: Drake's Fortune — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment

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Downloadable Game of the Year

* Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords — Infinite Interactive, 1st Playable Productions, D3 Publisher‡
* Azada — Big Fish Studios
* Build-a-lot — HipSoft
* flOw — Thatgamecompany, Sony Computer Entertainment
* Peggle — PopCap Games

Cellular Game of the Year

* skate. — EA Black Box‡
* Diner Dash 2: Restaurant Rescue — PlayFirst
* Prey Mobile — MachineWorks Northwest, Skyzone
* SimCity Societies — Tilted Mill Entertainment, Electronic Arts

Family Game of the Year

* Rock Band — Harmonix, MTV Games‡
* Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock — Neversoft, Activision
* Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 — Ubisoft Paris
* Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action — Screenlife Games, WXP, Microsoft Game Studios
* WarioWare: Smooth Moves — Nintendo SPD, Intelligent Systems

Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year

* World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade — Blizzard Entertainment‡
* Eve Online: Trinity — CCP Games
* Guild Wars: Eye of the North — ArenaNet, NCSOFT
* Tabula Rasa — Destination Games, NCSOFT
* The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar — Turbine, Midway Games

Role-Playing Game of the Year

* Mass Effect — BioWare, Microsoft Game Studios‡
* Eternal Sonata — Tri-Crescendo, Bandai Namco Games
* Jeanne d'Arc — Level-5, Sony Computer Entertainment
* Rogue Galaxy — Level-5, Sony Computer Entertainment
* The Witcher — CD Projekt Red, Atari

Racing Game of the Year

* MotorStorm — Evolution Studios, Sony Computer Entertainment‡
* Colin McRae: Dirt — Codemasters
* Forza Motorsport 2 — Turn 10 Studios, Microsoft Game Studios
* Need for Speed: ProStreet — EA Black Box
* Project Gotham Racing 4 — Bizarre Creations, Microsoft Game Studios

Sports Game of the Year

* skate. — EA Black Box‡
* FIFA 08 — EA Canada
* MLB 07: The Show — SCE San Diego
* NBA 2K8 — Visual Concepts, 2K Games
* NHL 08 — EA Canada

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

* Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars — EA Los Angeles‡
* Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation — Bandai Namco Games
* Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts — Relic Entertainment, THQ
* Supreme Commander — Gas Powered Games, THQ
* World in Conflict — Massive Entertainment, Vivendi Games

### Special Awards[edit]

#### Hall of Fame[edit]

* Michael Morhaime

#### Lifetime Achievement[edit]

* Ken Kutaragi

### Games with multiple nominations and awards[edit]

| Nominations  | Game

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12  | BioShock
10  | Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
9  | The Orange Box[c]
8  | Rock Band
6  | Assassin's Creed
Super Mario Galaxy
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
4  | Mass Effect
skate.
3  | Crysis
Heavenly Sword
Portal[b]
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
2  | Drawn to Life
Forza Motorsport 2
God of War II
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Halo 3
Jeanne d'Arc
Need for Speed: ProStreet
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Team Fortress 2[b]
World In Conflict
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade

| Awards  | Game

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4  | BioShock
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
The Orange Box[a]
3  | Portal[b]
Rock Band
2  | skate.

### Companies with multiple nominations and awards[edit]

| Nominations  | Game

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24  | Sony Computer Entertainment
22  | Electronic Arts
14  | 2K Games
12  | Activision
10  | Infinity Ward
Microsoft Game Studios
9  | Nintendo
Valve
8  | Harmonix
MTV Games
Ubisoft
6  | Naughty Dog
4  | BioWare
THQ
3  | Crytek
Insomniac Games
Level-5
Ninja Theory
2  | 1st Playable Productions
5th Cell
Bandai Namco Games
Blizzard Entertainment
Bungie
D3 Publisher
Infinite Interactive
Massive Entertainment
NCSOFT
Neversoft
Turn 10 Studios
Vivendi Games

| Awards  | Game

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8  | Electronic Arts
4  | 2K Games
Activision
Infinity Ward
Valve
3  | Harmonix
MTV Games
2  | Nintendo

## External links[edit]

* Official website
* Video of award ceremony

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ a b c Includes awards won from Portal.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h Released as part of The Orange Box.
3. ^ Includes nominations from Portal and Team Fortress 2.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Academy Awards Top Honors to Call of Duty 4, BioShock, The Orange Box at 11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards". GameIndustry.biz. GameIndustry International. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
2. ^ "Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Special Awards". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 11 June 2022.

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D.I.C.E. Awards

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* Game of the Year
* Mobile
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* Independent Game
* Immersive Reality (Technical Achievement)

Craft Awards|

* Game Direction
* Game Design
* Animation
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* Character
* Original Music Composition
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* Story
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* Cybermania '94

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D.I.C.E. Awards' Game of the Year

* GoldenEye 007 (1997/1998)
* The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998/1999)
* The Sims (1999/2000)
* Diablo II (2000)
* Halo: Combat Evolved (2001)
* Battlefield 1942 (2002)
* Call of Duty (2003)
* Half-Life 2 (2004)
* God of War (2005)
* Gears of War (2006)
* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)
* LittleBigPlanet (2008)
* Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009)
* Mass Effect 2 (2010)
* The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
* Journey (2012)
* The Last of Us (2013)
* Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)
* Fallout 4 (2015)
* Overwatch (2016)
* The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
* God of War (2018)
* Untitled Goose Game (2019)
* Hades (2020)
* It Takes Two (2021)
* Elden Ring (2022)

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