12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

Video game award ceremony

12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

Date| February 19, 2009 (2009-02-19)
Venue| Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa
Country| Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Hosted by| Jay Mohr
Highlights
Most awards| LittleBigPlanet (8)
Most nominations| Gears of War 2
LittleBigPlanet (10)
Overall Game of the Year| LittleBigPlanet
Hall of Fame| Bruce Shelley
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The 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards was the 12th edition of the Interactive Achievement Awards, an annual awards event that honored the best games in the video game industry during 2008. The awards were 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 20, 2009 (2009-02-20). It was also held as part of the Academy's 2009 D.I.C.E. Summit, and was hosted by stand-up comedian Jay Mohr.[1]

The award for "Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction" was introduced this year. Even though the award for "Outstanding Achievement in Game Design" was not listed in the rules & procedures for the 12th annual awards, there were still finalists named for the category. Separate awards for "Outstanding Achievement in Story" were offered for original material and adapted material. "Downloadable Game of the Year" was not offered this year. Finalists were named for "Fighting Game of the Year" and "Casual Game of the Year" this year.[2][3]

Gears of War 2 and LittleBigPlanet were tied for the most nominations, with the latter winning the most awards, including "Overall Game of the Year". Sony Computer Entertainment was the most award-winning publisher. Electronic Arts had the most nominated and award-winning games. Spore won "Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering", while the mobile spin-off Spore Origins won "Cellular Game of the Year".

Bruce Shelley, creator of Age of Empires, was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame.[4]

## Winners and Nominees

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Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[5][3][6]

### Game of the Year Awards

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Overall Game of the Year

* LittleBigPlanet — Media Molecule, Sony Computer Entertainment‡
* Fallout 3 — Bethesda Game Studios, Bethesda Softworks
* Grand Theft Auto IV — Rockstar North, Rockstar Games
* Left 4 Dead — Valve South, Valve
* Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots — Kojima Productions, Konami

Console Game of the Year

* LittleBigPlanet — Media Molecule, Sony Computer Entertainment‡
* Fallout 3 — Bethesda Game Studios
* Gears of War 2 — Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios
* Grand Theft Auto IV — Rockstar North
* Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots — Kojima Productions, Konami

Computer Game of the Year

* Left 4 Dead — Valve South‡
* Fallout 3 — Bethesda Game Studios
* Mass Effect — BioWare, Microsoft Game Studios
* Spore — Maxis, Electronic Arts
* World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King — Blizzard Entertainment

Hand-Held Game of the Year

* God of War: Chains of Olympus — Ready at Dawn, Sony Computer Entertainment‡
* Advance Wars: Days of Ruin — Intelligent Systems, Nintendo
* Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia — Konami
* Patapon — SCE Japan Studio
* Professor Layton and the Curious Village — Level-5, Nintendo

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming

* LittleBigPlanet — Media Molecule, Sony Computer Entertainment‡
* Braid — Number None, Microsoft Game Studios
* Left 4 Dead — Valve South
* Spore — Maxis, Electronic Arts
* Wii Fit — Nintendo EAD

### Craft Awards

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Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

* LittleBigPlanet — Media Molecule, Sony Computer Entertainment‡
* Fallout 3 — Bethesda Game Studios
* Gears of War 2 — Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios
* Left 4 Dead — Valve South
* Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots — Kojima Productions, Konami

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

* World of Goo — 2D Boy, Nintendo‡
* Fable II — Lionhead Studios, Microsoft Game Studios
* Fallout 3 — Bethesda Game Studios
* Gears of War 2 — Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios
* Left 4 Dead — Valve South

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Outstanding Achievement in Animation

* Prince of Persia — Ubisoft Montreal‡
* Castle Crashers — The Behemoth, Microsoft Game Studios
* Gears of War 2 — Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios
* Left 4 Dead — Valve South
* Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots — Kojima Productions, Konami

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

* LittleBigPlanet — Media Molecule, Sony Computer Entertainment‡
* Dead Space — EA Redwood Shores
* Fable II — Lionhead Studios, Microsoft Game Studios
* Mirror's Edge — DICE, Electronic Arts
* Prince of Persia — Ubisoft Montreal

Outstanding Character Performance

* Sackboy (LittleBigPlanet) — Media Molecule, Sony Computer Entertainment‡
* Dom Santiago (Gears of War 2) — Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios
* Marcus Fenix (Gears of War 2) — Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios
* Old Snake (Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots) — Kojima Productions, Konami
* Lara Croft (Tomb Raider: Underworld) — Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Interactive

Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering

* Spore — Maxis, Electronic Arts‡
* Fable II — Lionhead Studios, Microsoft Game Studios
* Fallout 3 — Bethesda Game Studios
* Left 4 Dead — Valve South
* Tom Clancy's EndWar — Ubisoft Shanghai

Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay

* Left 4 Dead — Valve South‡
* Call of Duty: World at War — Treyarch, Activision
* Gears of War 2 — Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios
* NHL 09 — EA Canada
* Rock Band 2 — Harmonix, MTV Games

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

* Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots — Kojima Productions, Konami‡
* de Blob — Blue Tongue Entertainment, THQ
* Dead Space — EA Redwood Shores
* Fable II — Lionhead Studios, Microsoft Game Studios
* World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King — Blizzard Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack

* Rock Band 2 — Harmonix, MTV Games‡
* Guitar Hero World Tour — Neversoft, Activision
* LittleBigPlanet — Media Molecule, Sony Computer Entertainment
* MotorStorm: Pacific Rift — Evolution Studios, Sony Computer Entertainment
* SingStar PS3 Vol. 1 — SCE London Studio

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

* Dead Space — EA Redwood Shores‡
* Gears of War 2 — Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios
* LittleBigPlanet — Media Molecule, Sony Computer Entertainment
* Prince of Persia — Ubisoft Montreal
* Wipeout HD — SCE Studio Liverpool

Outstanding Achievement in Original Story

* Fallout 3 — Bethesda Game Studios‡
* Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway — Gearbox Software, Ubisoft
* Fable II — Lionhead Studios, Microsoft Game Studios
* Grand Theft Auto IV — Rockstar North
* Professor Layton and the Curious Village — Level-5, Nintendo

Outstanding Achievement in Adapted Story

* Star Wars: The Force Unleashed — LucasArts‡
* Lego Batman: The Videogame — Traveller's Tales, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
* Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe — Midway Games
* Naruto: The Broken Bond — Ubisoft Montreal
* 007: Quantum of Solace — Treyarch, Activision

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering

* LittleBigPlanet — Media Molecule, Sony Computer Entertainment‡
* Gears of War 2 — Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios
* Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots — Kojima Productions, Konami
* Resistance 2 — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment
* Tomb Raider: Underworld — Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Interactive

### Genre Awards

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Action Game of the Year

* Dead Space — EA Redwood Shores‡
* Call of Duty: World at War — Treyarch, Activision
* Far Cry 2 — Ubisoft Montreal
* Gears of War 2 — Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios
* Grand Theft Auto IV — Rockstar North

Adventure Game of the Year

* Mirror's Edge — DICE, Electronic Arts‡
* Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia — Konami
* God of War: Chains of Olympus — Ready at Dawn, Sony Computer Entertainment
* Naruto: The Broken Bond — Ubisoft Montreal
* Prince of Persia — Ubisoft Montreal

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Casual Game of the Year

* Braid — Number None, Microsoft Game Studios‡
* Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhearst — Big Fish Studios
* Patapon — SCE Japan Studio
* Professor Layton and the Curious Village — Level-5, Nintendo
* World of Goo — 2D Boy, Nintendo

Cellular Game of the Year

* Spore Origins — Babaroga, Tricky Software, Electronic Arts‡
* Reset Generation — RedLynx, Nokia
* Trism — Demiforce

Family Game of the Year

* LittleBigPlanet — Media Molecule, Sony Computer Entertainment‡
* Boom Blox — EA Los Angeles
* Rayman Raving Rabbids: TV Party — Ubisoft Paris
* Rock Band 2 — Harmonix, MTV Games
* Wii Fit — Nintendo EAD

Fighting Game of the Year

* Super Smash Bros. Brawl — Sora Ltd., Nintendo‡
* Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe — Midway Games
* Soulcalibur IV — Project Soul, Namco Bandai Games
* Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix — Backbone Entertainment, Capcom
* WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009 — Yuke's, THQ

Massive Multiplayer Game of the Year

* World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King — Blizzard Entertainment‡
* Eve Online: Quantum Rise — CCP Games
* Pirates of the Burning Sea — Flying Lab Software, Sony Online Entertainment
* PMOG — GameLayers
* Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning — Mythic Entertainment, Electronic Arts

Racing Game of the Year

* Burnout Paradise — Criterion Games, Electronic Arts‡
* GRID — Codemasters
* Mario Kart Wii — Nintendo EAD
* MotorStorm: Pacific Rift — Evolution Studios, Sony Computer Entertainment
* Pure — Black Rock Studio, Disney Interactive Studios

Role-Playing Game of the Year

* Fallout 3 — Bethesda Game Studios‡
* Fable II — Lionhead Studios, Microsoft Game Studios
* Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time — Chunsoft, Nintendo
* Tales of Vesperia — Namco Tales Studio, Namco Bandai Games

Sports Game of the Year

* NHL 09 — EA Canada‡
* FIFA 09 — EA Canada
* Madden NFL 09 — EA Tiburon
* MLB 08: The Show — SCE San Diego
* NBA 2K9 — Visual Concepts, 2K Games

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

* Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 — EA Los Angeles‡
* Advance Wars: Days of Ruin — Intelligent Systems, Nintendo
* Civilization Revolution — Firaxis Games, 2K Games
* Sins of a Solar Empire — Ironclad Games, Stardock
* Tom Clancy's EndWar — Ubisoft Shanghai

### Special Awards

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#### Hall of Fame

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* Bruce Shelley

### Multiple nominations and awards

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#### Multiple Nominations

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Games that received multiple nominations  Nominations  | Game

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10  | Gears of War 2
LittleBigPlanet
8  | Fallout 3
Left 4 Dead
7  | Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
6  | Fable II
4  | Dead Space
Grand Theft Auto IV
Prince of Persia
3  | Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Rock Band 2
Spore
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
2  | Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
Braid
Call of Duty: World at War
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
God of War: Chains of Olympus
Mirror's Edge
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
Naruto: The Broken Bond
NHL 09
Patapon
Tom Clancy's EndWar
Tomb Raider: Underworld
Wii Fit
World of Goo

Nominations by company  Nominations  | Games  | Company

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21  | 9  | Sony Computer Entertainment
20  | 5  | Microsoft Game Studios
18  | 11  | Electronic Arts
12  | 7  | Nintendo
11  | 6  | Ubisoft
10  | 1  | Epic Games
Media Molecule
9  | 2  | Konami
8  | 1  | Bethesda Game Studios
Valve South
7  | Kojima Productions
6  | Lionhead Studios
4  | 3  | Activision
1  | Rockstar North
3  | 2  | Treyarch
1  | Blizzard Entertainment
Harmonix
Maxis
MTV Games
Level-5
2  | 2  | 2K Games
Namco Bandai Games
THQ
1  | 2D Boy
Crystal Dynamics
DICE
Eidos Interactive
Evolution Studios
Intelligent Systems
Midway Games
Number None
Ready at Dawn

#### Multiple awards

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Games that received multiple awards Awards  | Game

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8  | LittleBigPlanet
2  | Dead Space
Fallout 3
Left 4 Dead

Awards by company  Awards  | Games  | Company

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9  | 2  | Sony Computer Entertainment
8  | 7  | Electronic Arts
1  | Media Molecule
2  | 2  | Nintendo
1  | Bethesda Game Studios
Valve South

## External links

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* Official website

## References

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1. ^ "2009 D.I.C.E. Summit". GamesIndustry.biz. Game Network Limited. February 5, 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
2. ^ "12th ANNUAL INTERACTIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS RULES AND PROCEDURES" (PDF). Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
3. ^ a b "Little Big Planet wins big at D.I.C.E." GameSpot. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
4. ^ "Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Special Awards". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
5. ^ Bramwell, Tom (February 23, 2009). "LittleBigPlanet cleans up at the AIAS awards". Eurogamer. Gamer Network Limited. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
6. ^ Totilo, Stephen. "Winners List For 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards". MTV. Viacom International. Archived from the original on February 2, 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

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D.I.C.E. Awards

* Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

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

Craft Awards|

* Game Direction
* Game Design
* Animation
* Art Direction
* Character
* Original Music Composition
* Audio Design
* Story
* Technical

Genre Awards|

* Action
* Adventure
* Family
* Fighting
* Racing
* Role-Playing
* Sports
* Strategy/Simulation

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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)
* Baldur's Gate 3 (2023)

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