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Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 14th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Finalists GAME TITLE
PUBLISHER
DEVELOPER
Family Game of the Year Dance Central Kirby's Epic Yarn LEGO Harry Potter Years 1-4 Rock Band 3 SingStar Dance
Microsoft Game Studios/MTV Games Nintendo Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment MTV Games Sony Computer Entertainment America
Harmonix Music Systems Good-Feel/HAL Laboratory Traveller's Tales Harmonix Music Systems SCE London Studio
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising Sid Meier's Civilization V StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Supreme Commander 2 Toy Soldiers
THQ 2K Games Blizzard Entertainment Square Enix Microsoft Game Studios
Relic Entertainment Firaxis Blizzard Entertainment Gas Powered Games Signal Studios
Outstanding Achievement in Animation Call of Duty: Black Ops ENSLAVED: Odyssey to the West God of War III Red Dead Redemption Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
Activision Namco Bandai Sony Computer Entertainment America Rockstar Games Ubisoft
Treyarch Ninja Theory SCE Santa Monica Studio Rockstar San Diego Ubisoft Montreal
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction Alan Wake ENSLAVED: Odyssey to the West God of War III Kirby's Epic Yarn Red Dead Redemption
Microsoft Game Studios Namco Bandai Sony Computer Entertainment America Nintendo Rockstar Games
Remedy Entertainment Ninja Theory SCE Santa Monica Studio Good-Feel/HAL Laboratory Rockstar San Diego
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering Call of Duty: Black Ops God of War III Heavy Rain Medal of Honor Metro 2033
Activision Sony Computer Entertainment America Sony Computer Entertainment America Electronic Arts THQ
Treyarch SCE Santa Monica Studio Quantic Dream Danger Close/Digital Illusions CE 4A Games
Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering Dance Central Microsoft Game Studios/MTV Games Kirby's Epic Yarn Nintendo Red Dead Redemption Rockstar Games Super Mario Galaxy 2 Nintendo Super Scribblenauts Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Harmonix Music Systems Good-Feel/HAL Laboratory Rockstar San Diego Nintendo 5th Cell
Outstanding Character Performance ENSLAVED: Odyssey to the West - Monkey God of War III - Kratos Mass Effect 2 - Male Shepard Red Dead Redemption - John Marston StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty - Tychus Findlay
Namco Bandai Sony Computer Entertainment America Electronic Arts Rockstar Games Blizzard Entertainment
Ninja Theory SCE Santa Monica Studio Bioware Rockstar San Diego Blizzard Entertainment
Outstanding Achievement in Story Alan Wake ENSLAVED: Odyssey to the West Heavy Rain Mass Effect 2 Metro 2033
Microsoft Game Studios Namco Bandai Sony Computer Entertainment America Electronic Arts THQ
Remedy Entertainment Ninja Theory Quantic Dream Bioware 4A Games
Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies Nintendo Fable III Microsoft Game Studios Fallout: New Vegas Bethesda Softworks Mass Effect 2 Electronic Arts World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Blizzard Entertainment
Square Enix Lionhead Studios Obsidian Entertainment Bioware Blizzard Entertainment
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming Angry Birds HD Dance Central Heavy Rain LIMBO Red Dead Redemption
Rovio Harmonix Music Systems Quantic Dream Playdead Rockstar San Diego
Chillingo Microsoft Game Studios/MTV Games Sony Computer Entertainment America Playdead Rockstar Games
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Ubisoft Fable III Microsoft Game Studios Heavy Rain Sony Computer Entertainment America StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Blizzard Entertainment World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Blizzard Entertainment
Ubisoft Montreal Lionhead Studios Quantic Dream Blizzard Entertainment Blizzard Entertainment
Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack Dance Central DJ Hero 2 Gran Turismo 5 Rock Band 3
Harmonix Music Systems FreeStyleGames Polyphony Digital Harmonix Music Systems
Microsoft Game Studios/MTV Games Activision Sony Computer Entertainment America MTV Games
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Battlefield: Bad Company 2 LIMBO Medal of Honor Red Dead Redemption
Ubisoft Electronic Arts Playdead Electronic Arts Rockstar Games
Ubisoft Montreal Digital Illusions CE Playdead Danger Close/Digital Illusions CE Rockstar San Diego
Social Networking Game of the Year CityVille Family Feud FrontierVille Nightclub City Ravenwood Fair
Adventure Game of the Year Alan Wake Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood ENSLAVED: Odyssey to the West Heavy Rain LIMBO
Microsoft Game Studios Ubisoft Namco Bandai Sony Computer Entertainment America Playdead
Remedy Entertainment Ubisoft Montreal Ninja Theory Quantic Dream Playdead
Sports Game of the Year FIFA Soccer 11 MLB 10: The Show NBA 2K11 NHL 11
Electronic Arts Sony Computer Entertainment America 2K Sports Electronic Arts
EA Canada SCE San Diego Visual Concepts EA Canada
Racing Game of the Year Gran Turismo 5 ModNation Racers Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Split/Second
Sony Computer Entertainment America Sony Computer Entertainment America Electronic Arts Disney Interactive Studios
Polyphony Digital United Front Games/SCE San Diego Criterion Black Rock Studio
Fighting Game of the Year BlazBlue: Continuum Shift EA Sports MMA Super Street Fighter IV UFC 2010 Undisputed
Aksys Games Electronic Arts Capcom THQ
Arc System Works EA Tiburon Capcom/Dimps Yuke's Co.
Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Call of Duty: Black Ops Halo: Reach StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Ubisoft Electronic Arts Activision Microsoft Game Studios Blizzard Entertainment
Ubisoft Montreal Digital Illusions CE Treyarch Bungie Blizzard Entertainment
Action Game of the Year Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Call of Duty: Black Ops God of War III Halo: Reach Red Dead Redemption
Electronic Arts Activision Sony Computer Entertainment America Microsoft Game Studios Rockstar Games
Digital Illusions CE Treyarch SCE Santa Monica Studio Bungie Rockstar San Diego
Portable Game of the Year Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies God of War: Ghost of Sparta Infinity Blade Professor Layton and the Unwound Future Valkyria Chronicles II
Nintendo Sony Computer Entertainment America Epic Games Nintendo Sega
Square Enix SCE Santa Monica Studio/Ready at Dawn Chair Entertainment Level-5 Sega
Casual Game of the Year Angry Birds HD Bejeweled 3 Kinect Sports Pac-Man Championship Edition DX Plants vs. Zombies
Chillingo PopCap Games Microsoft Game Studios Namco Bandai PopCap Games
Rovio PopCap Games Rare Namco Bandai PopCap Games
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood ENSLAVED: Odyssey to the West LIMBO Mass Effect 2 Red Dead Redemption
Ubisoft Namco Bandai Playdead Electronic Arts Rockstar Games
Ubisoft Montreal Ninja Theory Playdead Bioware Rockstar San Diego
Game of the Year Angry Birds HD Call of Duty: Black Ops God of War III Mass Effect 2 Red Dead Redemption
Chillingo Activision Sony Computer Entertainment America Electronic Arts Rockstar Games
Rovio Treyarch SCE Santa Monica Studio Bioware Rockstar San Diego