AIAS Interactive Achievement Awards 2011 Revealed
On February 12th, the annual awards event known as the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Interactive Awards took place. All the choices were pretty standard, though Heavy Rain won a lot more than expected. Here's the full list of categories and winners.
-Action Game of the Year: Red Dead Redemption
-Adventure Game of the Year: Limbo
-Family Game of the Year: Dance Central
-Fighting Game of the Year: Super Street Fighter 4
-Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction: Red Dead Redemption
-Outstanding Achievement in Animation: God of War III
-Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Red Dead Redemption
-Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering: Red Dead Redemption
-Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play: Starcraft II
-Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition: Heavy Rain
-Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Limbo
-Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack: Rock Band 3
-Outstanding Achievement in Story: Mass Effect 2
-Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Heavy Rain
-Outstanding Character Performance: Red Dead Redemption
-Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Heavy Rain
-Racing Game of the Year: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
-Sports Game of the Year: FIFA Soccer 11
-Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: Starcraft II
-Casual Game of the Year: Angry Birds HD
-Role Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year: Mass Effect 2
-Social Networking Game of the Year: CityVille
-Game of the Year: Mass Effect 2
Red Dead Redemption and Mass Effect 2 were big winners, and deservedly so. Personally, I could've lived with less Angry Birds, but that's just me. You want to see the awards on AIAS's website.
