Complete List of AIAS Winners
The industry's most respected awards ceremony was held last night in Vegas... Come see if your favorites came out on top!
 February 10th, 2006 (7:48pm) - The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences’ Ninth Annual Interactive Achievement Awards had been held last evening at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada and some of the year’s best games walked out with a number of awards. Games like God of War and Guitar Hero sweeped the event by taking home an array of awards in multiple categories.
Below is the complete listing of winners: GAMES OF THE YEAR Overall Game of the Year:
God of War (P: Sony Computer Entertainment America, D: Sony Computer Entertainment America-Santa Monica) PC Game of the Year:
Battlefield 2 (P: EA, D: Digital Illusions) Console Game of the Year:
God of War (P: Sony Computer Entertainment America, D: Sony Computer Entertainment America-Santa Monica) OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT Outstanding Innovation in Gaming
Guitar Hero (P: Red Octane, D: Harmonix)Outstanding Achievement: Animation
God of War (P: Sony Computer Entertainment America, D: Sony Computer Entertainment America-Santa Monica) Outstanding Achievement: Art Direction
Shadow of the Colossus (P:/D: Sony Computer Entertainment America) Outstanding Achievement: Soundtrack
Guitar Hero (P: Red Octane, D: Harmonix) Outstanding Achievement: Original Music Composition
God of War (P: Sony Computer Entertainment America, D: Sony Computer Entertainment America-Santa Monica) Outstanding Achievement: Sound Design
God of War (P: Sony Computer Entertainment America, D: Sony Computer Entertainment America-Santa Monica) Outstanding Achievement: Story and Character Development
Call of Duty: Big Red One (P: Activision, D: Treyarch) Outstanding Achievement: Gameplay Engineering ***TIE***
Nintendogs (P: Nintendo, D: Nintendo EAD)
Guitar Hero (P: Red Octane, D: Harmonix) Outstanding Achievement: Online Game Play
Battlefield 2 (P: EA, D: Digital Illusions) Outstanding Achievement: Visual Engineering
Shadow of the Colossus (P:/D: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
Outstanding Achievement: Game Design
Guitar Hero (P: Red Octane, D: Harmonix) Outstanding Character Performance: Male
God of War (P: Sony Computer Entertainment America, D: Sony Computer Entertainment America-Santa Monica) Outstanding Character Performance: Female
Jade Empire (P: Microsoft, D: Bioware)
GENRE AWARDS
Sports Game of the Year
SSX On Tour (P: EA, D: EA Canada)
First-Person Action Game of the Year
Battlefield 2 (P: EA, D: Digital Illusions) Role-Playing Game of the Year
Jade Empire (P: Microsoft, D: Bioware)
Fighting Game of the Year
Soul Calibur III (P:/D: Namco) Action/Adventure Game of the Year
God of War (P: Sony Computer Entertainment America, D: Sony Computer Entertainment America-Santa Monica) Racing Game of the Year
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (P: EA, D: EA-Vancouver) Children’s Game of the Year
We Love Katamari (P:/D: Namco) Downloadable Game of the Year
WIK: Fable of Souls (P: Microsoft, D: Reflexive) Family Game of the Year
Guitar Hero (P: Red Octane, D: Harmonix) Simulation Game of the Year
The Movies (P: Activision, D: Lionhead Studios) Strategy Game of the Year
Civilization IV (P: 2K Games, D: Firaxis)
Massively Multiplayer/Persistent World Game of the Year ***TIE***
City of Villains (P: NCsoft, D: Cryptic Studios)
Guild Wars (P: NCsoft, D: ArenaNet)
Handheld Game of the Year
Nintendogs (P: Nintendo, D: Nintendo EAD) Cellular Game of the Year
Ancient Empires II (P:/D: Glu Mobile)While some of your favorite games may have not won any qwards, many will agree that God of War, Guitar Hero, Battlefield 2 and the rest listed above deserved these accolades. However, we should always remember that each and every one of us are entitled to our own opinions and no one can ever take that away from us. Reported by Elias Dounis on February 10th, 2006 (7:48pm)
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