After receiving an unprecedented 15 nominations, Naughty Dog's blockbuster Uncharted 2 has won a total of 10 awards at the just concluded 13th annual Interactive Achievement Awards at the D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas. Creative Director Amy Hennig seemed truly honored as she graced the stage to receive award after award. The Game of the Year award was presented to Naughty Dog by Media Molecule's Alex Evans and Siobhan Reddy, who won the award last year for LittleBigPlanet.
Other big winners included Batman: Arkham Asylum, Scribblenauts, Brutal Legend and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. See the full list of winners below.
"The interactive world continues to grow and move forward every day. While we have seen tremendous advances in the community, I believe this is only the beginning," said Joseph Olin, president, AIAS. "With the help of the tremendously talented men and women here tonight, we will continue to create games that inspire each other to continue pushing the envelope."
The night also featured a heartfelt speech by ESA founder Doug Lowenstein, who was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for all the work he did at ESA, defending the rights of game makers. Lowenstein reminded the developers to keep fighting. He half-joked that ESA was basically formed because they just wanted to keep Joe Lieberman off their backs. Also, Pitfall creator and Activision co-founder David Crane was honored with AIAS' first Pioneer Award, while Mark Cerny, a true industry legend behind franchises like Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon, was inducted into the Hall of Fame.
The awards show was once again hosted by Jay Mohr who did a tremendous job and was hilarious - unfortunately, we can't repeat his dirty humor here.
Here's the complete list of winners. Congratulations to all!
Game of the Year:
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
- Developer: Naughty Dog
- Producer: Sam Thompson
- Creative Director: Amy Hennig
- Game Director: Bruce Straley
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
- Developer: Naughty Dog
- Producer: Sam Thompson
- Creative Director: Amy Hennig
- Game Director: Bruce Straley
Casual Game of the Year
Flower
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
- Developer: thatgamecompany
- Producer: Kellee Santiago
- Creative Director: Jenova Chen
Fighting Game of the Year
Street Fighter IV
- Publisher: Capcom
- Developer: Capcom
- Producer: Yoshinori Ono
Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year
Dragon Age: Origins
- Publisher: Electronic Arts
- Developer: Bioware
- Producer: Mark Darrah
- Creative Director: Mike Laidlaw
- Game Director: Mark Darrah
Sports Game of the Year
FIFA Soccer 10
- Publisher: Electronic Arts
- Developer: EA Canada
- Producer: David Rutter
- Creative Director: Gary Paterson
- Game Director: Kaz Makita
Racing Game of the Year
Forza Motorsport 3
- Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
- Developer: Turn 10 Studios
- Producer: Korey Krauskopf
- Creative Director: John Wendl
- Game Director: Dan Greenawalt
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Publisher: Eidos/Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment
- Developer: Rocksteady Studios
- Lead Level Designer: Ian Ball
Adventure Game of the Year
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
- Developer: Naughty Dog
- Producer: Sam Thompson
- Creative Director: Amy Hennig
- Game Director: Bruce Straley
Social Networking Game of the Year
Farmville
- Publisher: Zynga
- Developer: Zynga
- Producer: David Gray
- Creative Director: Mark Skaggs
- Game Director: Bill Mooney
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
Brutal Legend
- Publisher: Electronic Arts
- Developer: Double Fine Productions
- Producer: Caroline Esmurdoc
- Creative Director: Tim Schafer
- Game Director: Tim Schafer
Action Game of the Year
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Publisher: Activision
- Developer: Infinity Ward
- Producer: Mark Rubin
- Game Director: Jason West
Family Game of the Year
The Beatles: Rock Band
- Publisher: MTV Games
- Developer: Harmonix Music Systems
- Producers: Paul DeGooyer, Jeff Jones, Alex Rigopulos
- Creative Director: Chris Foster
- Game Director: Josh Randall
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming
Scribblenauts
- Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Developer: 5th Cell Media
- Producer: Joseph M. Tringali
- Creative Director: Jeremiah Slaczka
- Game Director: Jeremiah Slaczka
Outstanding Achievement in Animation
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
- Developer: Naughty Dog
- Lead Animators: Josh Scherr, Jeremy Lai-Yates, Mike Yosh
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
- Developer: Naughty Dog
- Technology Director: Pal-Kristian Engstad
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction:
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
- Developer: Naughty Dog
- Art Directors: Erick Pangilinan, Robh Ruppel
Outstanding Achievement in Story -Adapted
Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Publisher: Eidos/Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment
- Developer: Rocksteady Studios
- Writers: Paul Dini, Paul Crocker
Outstanding Character Performance
Batman: Arkham Asylum – Joker
- Publisher: Eidos/Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment
- Developer: Rocksteady Studios
- Writers: Paul Dini, Paul Crocker
- Voice Actor: Mark Hamill
Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
- Publisher: Activision
- Developer: Infinity Ward
- Lead Online Designer: Todd Alderman
Outstanding Achievement in Story - Original
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
- Developer: Naughty Dog
- Writers: Amy Hennig, Neil Druckmann, Josh Scherr
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
- Developer: Naughty Dog
- Composer: Greg Edmonson
Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack
Brutal Legend
- Publisher: Electronic Arts
- Developer: Double Fine Productions
- Music Supervisor: Emily Ridgway
Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
- Developer: Naughty Dog
- Lead Game Play Programmer: Travis McIntosh
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
- Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
- Developer: Naughty Dog
- Sound Designer/Audio Lead: Bruce Swanson
Outstanding Achievement in Portable Game Design
Scribblenauts
- Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Developer: 5th Cell Media
- Lead Level Designer: Matt Cox
Portable Game of the Year
Scribblenauts
- Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Developer: 5th Cell Media
- Producer: Joseph M. Tringali
- Creative Director: Jeremiah Slaczka
- Game Director: Jeremiah Slaczka
2 Comments
February 19, 2010
Naughty Dog is going to have to build a whole room to display all the awards that Uncharted 2 has brought in.
April 1, 2010
Naughty Dog is just amazing and Uncharted 2 deserves everything it gets. I am glad it beat Modern Warfare 2 for the big award. It should give other companies confidence in making games other than well established FPSs that focus on online play.
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