15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

Video game award ceremony

15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

Date| February 9, 2012 (2012-02-09)
Venue| Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa
Country| Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Hosted by| Jay Mohr
Highlights
Most awards| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (5)
Most nominations| Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (12)
Game of the Year| The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Hall of Fame| Tim Sweeney
Pioneer| Ed Logg
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The 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards was the 15th edition of the Interactive Achievement Awards, an annual awards event that honored the best games in the video game industry during 2011. 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 9, 2012 (2012-02-09). It was also held as part of the Academy's 2012 D.I.C.E. Summit, and was hosted by stand-up comedian Jay Mohr.[1] It would be the final year that it would be called the Interactive Achievement Awards.

Separate awards for "Handheld Game of the Year" and "Mobile Game of the Year" were offered instead of "Portable Game of the Year". The award for "Downloadable Game of the Year" was reintroduced as a "Game of the Year" award. The award for "Outstanding Achievement in Connectivity" was introduced. The award for "Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack" was no longer offered.[2]

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim won the most awards, including "Game of the Year". Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception received the most nominations. Electronic Arts received the most nominations, published the most nominees, and had the most award-winning games. Bethesda Softworks won the most awards.

Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games and creator of the Unreal Engine, was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame. Ed Logg, game designer behind Atari classics such as Asteroids, Super Breakout, and Centipede, received of the "Pioneer Award".[3]

## Winners and Nominees[edit]

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[4][5][6][7]

### Game of the Year Awards[edit]

Game of the Year

* The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Bethesda Game Studios‡
* Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
* Portal 2 — Valve
* The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword — Nintendo EAD
* Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment

Downloadable Game of the Year

* Bastion — Supergiant Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment‡
* Drawn: Trail of Shadows — Big Fish Studios
* Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet — Shadow Planet Productions, Microsoft Studios
* Ms. Splosion Man — Twisted Pixel Games, Microsoft Studios
* Orcs Must Die! — Robot Entertainment, Microsoft Studios

Handheld Game of the Year

* Super Mario 3D Land — Nintendo EAD‡
* Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective — Capcom
* Kirby Mass Attack — HAL Laboratory, Nintendo
* Mario Kart 7 — Nintendo EAD
* Professor Layton and the Last Specter — Level-5, Nintendo

Mobile Game of the Year

* Infinity Blade II — Chair Entertainment, Epic Games‡
* Contre Jour — Mokus, Chillingo
* Dead Space — IronMonkey Studios, Electronic Arts
* Tentacles: Enter the Dolphin — Press Play, Microsoft Studios
* The Dark Meadow — Phosphor Studios

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming

* Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure — Toys for Bob, XPEC Entertainment, Vicarious Visions, Activision‡
* Bastion — Supergiant Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
* L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games
* Portal 2 — Valve
* The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Bethesda Game Studios

### Craft Awards[edit]

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

* The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Bethesda Game Studios‡
* Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
* L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games
* Portal 2 — Valve
* Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

* Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment‡
* Assassin's Creed: Revelations — Ubisoft Montreal
* Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
* L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games
* Rayman Origins — Ubisoft Montpellier

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

* Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment‡
* Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
* Battlefield 3 — DICE, Electronic Arts
* Portal 2 — Valve
* Rayman Origins — Ubisoft Montpellier

Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance

* Wheatley (Portal 2) — Valve‡
* Adam Jensen (Deus Ex: Human Revolution) — Eidos-Montréal, Square Enix Europe
* Cole Phelps (L.A. Noire) — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games
* Nathan Drake (Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception) — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment
* Victor Sullivan (Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception) — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement in Connectivity

* Portal 2 — Valve‡
* Battlefield 3 — DICE, Electronic Arts
* Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — Infinity Ward, Activision
* Dragon Age II — BioWare, Electronic Arts
* Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering

* The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Bethesda Game Studios‡
* Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
* Portal 2 — Valve
* Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure — Toys for Bob, XPEC Entertainment, Vicarious Visions, Activision
* The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword — Nintendo EAD

Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay

* Star Wars: The Old Republic — BioWare Austin, Electronic Arts‡
* Battlefield 3 — DICE, Electronic Arts
* Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — Infinity Ward, Activision
* Gears of War 3 — Epic Games, Microsoft Studios
* LittleBigPlanet 2 — Media Molecule, Sony Computer Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

* Portal 2 — Valve‡
* Infamous 2 — Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment
* L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games
* LittleBigPlanet 2 — Media Molecule, Sony Computer Entertainment
* Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

* Battlefield 3 — DICE, Electronic Arts‡
* Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — Infinity Ward, Activision
* L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games
* Need for Speed: The Run — EA Black Box
* Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement in Story

* The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Bethesda Game Studios‡
* Bastion — Supergiant Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
* L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games
* Portal 2 — Valve
* Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering

* Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment‡
* Battlefield 3 — DICE, Electronic Arts
* Crysis 2 — Crytek, Electronic Arts
* L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games
* Rage — id Software, Bethesda Softworks

### Genre Awards[edit]

Action Game of the Year

* Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — Infinity Ward, Activision‡
* Battlefield 3 — DICE, Electronic Arts
* Dead Space 2 — Visceral Games, Electronic Arts
* Gears of War 3 — Epic Games, Microsoft Studios
* Saints Row: The Third — Volition, THQ

Adventure Game of the Year

* Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment‡
* L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games
* Portal 2 — Valve
* The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword — Nintendo EAD
* Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment

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Casual Game of the Year

* Fruit Ninja Kinect — Halfbrick Studios, Microsoft Studios‡
* Jetpack Joyride — Halfbrick Studios
* Monsters Ate My Condo — Adult Swim Games, PikPok
* Tiny Wings — Andreas Illiger
* Where's My Water? — Disney Interactive

Social Networking Game of the Year

* The Sims Social — Playfish, Electronic Arts‡
* Army Attack — Digital Chocolate
* CastleVille — Zynga Dallas
* Gardens of Time — Playdom, Disney Interactive
* Triple Town — Spry Fox, Playdom

Family Game of the Year

* LittleBigPlanet 2 — Media Molecule, Sony Computer Entertainment‡
* Dance Central 2 — Harmonix, Microsoft Studios
* Just Dance 3 — Ubisoft Paris
* Kinect: Disneyland Adventures — Frontier Developments, Microsoft Studios
* Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure — Toys for Bob, XPEC Entertainment, Vicarious Visions, Activision

Fighting Game of the Year

* Mortal Kombat — NetherRealm Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment‡
* Fight Night Champion — EA Canada
* Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition — Capcom
* The King of Fighters XIII — SNK Playmore, Atlus
* Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 — Capcom

Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year

* The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Bethesda Game Studios‡
* Dark Souls — FromSoftware, Namco Bandai Games
* Deus Ex: Human Revolution — Eidos-Montréal, Square Enix Europe
* Star Wars: The Old Republic — BioWare Austin, Electronic Arts
* The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings — CD Projekt Red

Racing Game of the Year

* Forza Motorsport 4 — Turn 10 Studios, Microsoft Studios‡
* Mario Kart 7 — Nintendo EAD
* Real Racing 2 HD — Firemint, Electronic Arts

Sports Game of the Year

* FIFA 12 — EA Canada‡
* Madden NFL 12 — EA Tiburon
* MLB 11: The Show — SCE San Diego
* NBA 2K12 — Visual Concepts, 2K Games
* NBA Jam: On Fire Edition — EA Tiburon

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

* Orcs Must Die! — Robot Entertainment, Microsoft Studios‡
* Iron Brigade — Double Fine Productions, Microsoft Studios
* Total War: Shogun 2 — Creative Assembly, Sega
* Toy Soldiers: Cold War — Signal Studios, Microsoft Studios
* Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution — Relic Entertainment, THQ

### Special Awards[edit]

#### Hall of Fame[edit]

* Tim Sweeney

#### Pioneer[edit]

* Ed Logg

### Multiple nominations and awards[edit]

#### Multiple Nominations[edit]

Games that received multiple nominations  Nominations  | Game

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12  | Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
10  | Portal 2
9  | L.A. Noire
6  | Batman: Arkham City
Battlefield 3
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
4  | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
3  | Bastion
LittleBigPlanet 2
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
2  | Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Gears of War 3
Mario Kart 7
Orcs Must Die!
Rayman Origins
Star Wars: The Old Republic

Nominations by company  Nominations  | Games  | Company

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19  | 13  | Electronic Arts
17  | 4  | Sony Computer Entertainment
13  | 11  | Microsoft Studios
12  | 1  | Naughty Dog
10  | 3  | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
1  | Valve
9  | Rockstar Games
Team Bondi
8  | 5  | Nintendo
7  | 2  | Activision
Bethesda Softworks
6  | 1  | DICE
Rocksteady Studios
4  | 3  | Ubisoft
1  | Infinity Ward
3  | 3  | Capcom
2  | BioWare
Epic Games
1  | Media Molecule
Supergiant Games
Toys for Bob
Vicarious Visions
XPEC Entertainment
2  | 2  | Disney Interactive
Halfbrick Studios
Playdom
THQ
1  | Eidos-Montréal
Robot Entertainment
Square Enix Europe

#### Multiple awards[edit]

Games that received multiple awards Awards  | Game

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5  | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
3  | Portal 2
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception

Awards by company  Awards  | Games  | Company

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5  | 1  | Bethesda Softworks
4  | 4  | Electronic Arts
2  | Sony Computer Entertainment
3  | 3  | Microsoft Studios
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
1  | Naughty Dog
Valve
2  | 2  | Activision

## External links[edit]

* Official website

## References[edit]

1. ^ "IAA 2012 Winners FINAL" (PDF). Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
2. ^ "15th ANNUAL INTERACTIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS RULES AND PROCEDURES" (PDF). Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 24, 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
3. ^ "Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Special Awards". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
4. ^ "15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Finalists" (PDF). Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
5. ^ "Skyrim Rides Into Victory with Five IAAs Including Game of the Year at the 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards" (PDF). Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
6. ^ "Uncharted 3 Leads Nominees For 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards". GameRant. gamerant.com. January 13, 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
7. ^ Bertz, Matt (February 9, 2012). "Skyrim Dominates The 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards". Game Informer. Retrieved 16 October 2022.

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D.I.C.E. Awards

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* Game of the Year
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* Game Direction
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* Original Music Composition
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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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