10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards



The winners in each category are as follows:

Game of the Year

 * Overall Game of the Year: Gears of War (P: Microsoft Game Studios, D:  Epic Games, Producer: Rod Ferguson, Game Director: Michael Capps, Creative Director: Cliff Bleszinski)
 * other nominees: Wii Sports (D/P: Nintendo) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (D/P: Nintendo) Guitar Hero 2 (D: Harmonix, P: Activision/Red Octane) The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (D: Bethesda Softworks, P: 2K Games)


 * Computer Game of the Year: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (P: 2K Games, D:  Bethesda Softworks, Executive Producer: Todd Howard)
 * other nominees: Company of Heroes (D: Relic, P: THQ) Battlefield 2142 (D: D.I.C.E., P: Electronic Arts) Prey (D: Human Head Games, P:2K Games) Age of Empires III: The Warchiefs (D: Ensemble Studios, P: Microsoft Game Studios)


 * Console Game of the Year: Gears of War (P: Microsoft Game Studios, D:  Epic Games, Producer: Rod Ferguson, Game Director: Michael Capps, Creative Director: Cliff Bleszinski)
 * other nominees: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (P/D: Nintendo) Wii Sports (P/D: Nintendo) Guitar Hero 2 (D: Harmonix, P: Activision) Viva Piñata (D: Rare, P: Microsoft Game Studios)


 * Handheld Game of the Year: Nintendo Brain Age (P: Nintendo, D:  Nintendo, Producer: Shinya Takahashi, Game Director: Kouichi Kawamoto, Creative Directors: Kouichi Kawamoto, Noriko Kitamura, Masamichi Sakaino, Shinji Kitahara, Yoshinori Katsuki, Tadashi Matsushita, Masura Nishida)
 * other nominees: LocoRoco (D/P: Sony Computer Entertainment) Elite Beat Agents (D: iNiS, P: Nintendo) New Super Mario Bros. (D/P: Nintendo) LEGO Star Wars II (D: Traveler's Tales Games, P: Lucas Arts)

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming

 * Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Wii Sports (P: Nintendo, D:  Nintendo, Executive Producer: Satoru Iwata, Producer: Katsuya Eguchi, Game Directors: Keiza Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshikazu Yamashita)
 * other nominees: Nintendo Brain Age (D/P: Nintendo) Gears of War (D: Epic Games, P: Microsoft Game Studios) Viva Pinata (D: Rare, P: Microsoft Game Studios) LocoRoco (D/P: Sony Computer Entertainment)

Outstanding Achievement

 * Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Gears of War (P: Microsoft Game Studios, D:  Epic Games, Producer: Rod Ferguson, Game Director: Michael Capps, Creative Director: Cliff Bleszinski)
 * other nominees: Daxter (D: ReadyatDawn, P: Sony Computer Entertainment) LEGO Star Wars II (D: Traveler's Tales Games, P: Lucas Arts) Rayman Raving Rabidds (D: Ubisoft Montpellier, P: Ubisoft) Fight Night Round 3 (D: EA Sports, P: Electronic Arts)


 * Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Gears of War (P: Microsoft Game Studios, D:  Epic Games, Producer: Rod Ferguson, Game Director: Michael Capps, Creative Director: Cliff Bleszinski)
 * other nominees: Final Fantasy XII (D/P: Square Enix) Call of Duty 3 (D: Treyarch, P: Activision) Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas (D: Ubisoft Montreal, P: Ubisoft) Viva Pinata (D: Rare, P: Microsoft Game Studios)


 * Outstanding Achievement: Soundtrack: Guitar Hero 2 (P: Activision/Red Octane, D:  Harmonix, Producer: John Tam, Game Director: Daniel Sussman, Creative Director: Josh Randall)
 * other nominees: SingStar Rocks! (D: Sony Computer Entertainment London, P: Sony Computer Entertainment) FIFA '07 (D: Electronic Arts Canada, P: Electronic Arts) Marc Ecko's Getting Up (D: The Collective, P: Atari) Scarface (D: Radical Entertainment, P: Sierra Entertainment)


 * Outstanding Achievement: Original Music Composition: LocoRoco (P: Sony Computer Entertainment, D:  Sony Computer Entertainment, Producer/Game Director/Creative Director: Tsutomo Kouno)
 * other nominees: Call of Duty 3 (D: Treyarch, P: Activision) The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (D: Bethesda Softworks, P: 2k Games) Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (D: Ubisoft Shanghai, P: Ubisoft) Black (D: Criterion Games, P: Electronic Arts)


 * Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Call of Duty 3 (P: Activision, D:  Treyarch, Producer/Game Director/Creative Director: Treyarch)
 * other nominees: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (D: Bethesda Softworks, P: 2k Games) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (D: Redstorm Studios/Ubisoft Paris, P: Ubisoft) Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (D: Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft) Company of Heroes (D: Relic, P: THQ)


 * Outstanding Achievement in Story and Character Development: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (P: Nintendo, D: Nintendo, Producer: Shigeru Miyamoto, Game Director: Eiji Aonuma, Executive Producer: Satoru Iwata)
 * other nominees: Sam & Max Episode 1: Culture Shock (D/P: GameTap/Telltale Games) Saints Row (D: Volition, P: THQ) 24: The Game (D: Sony Online Entertainment, P: 2k Games) Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (D: Funcom, P: Aspyr)


 * Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering: Wii Sports (P: Nintendo, D:  Nintendo, Executive Producer: Satoru Iwata, Producer: Katsuya Eguchi, Game Directors: Keiza Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshikazu Yamashita)
 * other nominees: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (D: Bethesda Softworks, P: 2k Games) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (D/P: Nintendo) Gears of War (D: Epic Games, P: Microsoft Game Studios) Company of Heroes (D: Relic, P: THQ)


 * Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play: Gears of War (P: Microsoft Game Studios, D:  Epic Games, Producer: Rod Ferguson, Game Director: Michael Capps, Creative Director: Cliff Bleszinski)
 * other nominees: Call of Duty 3 (D: Treyarch, P: Activision) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (D: Redstorm Studios/Ubisoft Paris, P: Ubisoft) Chromehounds (D: From Software, P: Sega of America) Battlefield 2142 (D: D.I.C.E., P: Electronic Arts)


 * Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Gears of War (P: Microsoft Game Studios, D:  Epic Games, Producer: Rod Ferguson, Game Director: Michael Capps, Creative Director: Cliff Bleszinski)
 * other nominees: Viva Piñata (D: Rare, P: Microsoft Game Studios) Resistance: Fall of Man (D: Insomniac Games, P: Sony Computer Entertainment) Call of Duty 3 (D: Treyarch, P: Activision) Company of Heroes (D: Relic, P: THQ)


 * Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: Wii Sports (P: Nintendo, D:  Nintendo, Executive Producer: Satoru Iwata, Producer: Katsuya Eguchi, Game Directors: Keiza Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshikazu Yamashita)
 * other nominees: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (D: Bethesda Softworks, P: 2k Games) Company of Heroes (D: Relic, P: THQ) The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (D/P: Nintendo) Nintendo Brain Age (D/P: Nintendo)

Outstanding Character Performance

 * Outstanding Character Performance: Male: Gears of War (P: Microsoft Game Studios, D:  Epic Games, Producer: Rod Ferguson, Game Director: Michael Capps, Creative Director: Cliff Bleszinski)
 * other nominees: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (D: Ubisoft Shanghai, P: Ubisoft) Bully (D: Rockstar Games, P: Rockstar Games) LEGO Star Wars II (D: Traveler's Tales Games, P: Lucas Arts) Daxter (D: ReadyatDawn, P: Sony Computer Entertainment)


 * Outstanding Character Performance: Female: Viva Piñata (P: Microsoft Game Studios, D:  Rare, Producer/Game Director/Creative Director: Greg Mayles)
 * other nominees: Saints Row (D: Volition, P: THQ) Desperate Housewives (D: Liquid Entertainment, P: Buena Vista Games) Bully (D: Rockstar Games, P: Rockstar Games) The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (D: Bethesda Softworks, P: 2k Games)

Genre Awards

 * Sports Game of the Year: Tony Hawk Project 8 (P: Activision, D:  Neversoft Entertainment, Producer; Chris Parise, Game Director/Creative Director: Brian Bright)
 * other nominees: MLB '06: The Show (D: SCEA, P: SD Sports Studio, P: Sony Computer Entertainment) NBA 2K7 (D: Visual Concepts, P: 2K Sports) FIFA '07 (D: Electronic Arts Canada, P: Electronic Arts) NBA '07 (D: SCEA SD Sports Studio, P: Sony Computer Entertainment)


 * First-Person Action Game of the Year: Rainbow Six: Vegas (P: Activision, D:  Neversoft Entertainment, Producer; Chris Parise, Game Director/Creative Director: Brian Bright)
 * other nominees: Resistance: Fall of Man (D: Insomniac Games, P: Sony Computer Entertainment) Prey (D: Human Head Games, P: 2K Games)Half Life 2: Episode 1 (D: Valve, P: Valve/Electronic Arts) Black (D: Criterion Games, P: Electronic Arts)


 * Role-Playing Game of the Year: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (P: 2K Games, D:  Bethesda Softworks, Executive Producer: Todd Howard)
 * other nominees: Final Fantasy XII (D/P: Square Enix) Final Fantasy III (D: DS Square Enix, P: Square Enix) Titan Quest (D: Iron Lore Entertainment, P: THQ) Phantasy Star Universe (D: Sonic Team, P: Sega of America)

(P/D: Electronic Arts, Producer: Kudo Tsunoda, Game Director: Keith Morton, Creative Director: Darren Bennett)
 * Fighting Game of the Year: Fight Night Round 3
 * other nominees: Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (D/P: Midway) WWE Smackdown VS Raw 2006 (D: Yuke's Co. Ltd., P: THQ) Tekken Dark Ressurection (D/P: Namco)


 * Action/ Adventure Game of the Year: Gears of War (P: Microsoft Game Studios, D:  Epic Games, Producer: Rod Ferguson, Game Director: Michael Capps, Creative Director: Cliff Bleszinski)
 * other nominees: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (D/P: Nintendo) Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent (D: Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft) Saints Row (D: Volition, P: THQ) Daxter (D: ReadyatDawn, P: Sony Computer Entertainment)


 * Racing Game of the Year: Burnout Revenge(P: Electronic Arts, D:  Criterion Games, Creative Director: Alex Ward, Criterion Games)
 * other nominees: Test Drive Unlimited (D: Eden Studios, P: Atari) Excite Truck (D: Monster Games, P: Nintendo) Full Auto 2: Battlelines (D: Pseudo Interactive, P: Sega of America) Need for Speed: Carbon (D: EA/Black Box, P: Electronic Arts)


 * Children's Game of the Year: LocoRoco (P: Sony Computer Entertainment, D:  Sony Computer Entertainment, Producer/Game Director/Creative Director: Tsutomo Kouno)
 * other nominees: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team (D: The Pokemon Co./CHUNSOFT Co., P: Nintendo) Disney's Kim Possible: What's the Switch (D: A2M, P: Buena Vista Games) Over the Hedge (D: Edge of Reality, P: Activision) Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (D: Krome Studios, P: Sierra Entertainment)


 * Downloadable Game of the Year: Bookworm Adventures (P/D: PopCap, Producer/Game Director/Creative Director: Tysen Henderson)
 * other nominees: Mystery Case Files: Prime Suspects (D/P: Big Fish Games) Virtual Villagers: A New Home (D: Last Day of Work, Big Fish Games) Diner Dash: Flo on the Go (D: Gamelab, P: Playfirst) Plantasia (D: Gamelab, P: Playfirst)


 * Family Game of the Year: Guitar Hero 2 (P: Activision/Red Octane, D:  Harmonix, Producer: John Tam, Game Director: Daniel Sussman, Creative Director: Josh Randall)
 * other nominees: Rayman Raving Rabidds (D: Ubisoft Montpellier, P: Ubisoft) Viva Piñata (D: Rare, P: Microsoft Game Studios) LEGO Star Wars II (D: Traveler's Tales Games, P: Lucas Arts) Nintendo Brain Age (D/P: Nintendo)


 * Simulation Game of the Year: Microsoft Flight Simulator X (P/D: Microsoft Game Studios, Producer: Shawn Firminger, Game Director: John Licata, Creative Director: Patt Cook, Jason Waskey)
 * other nominees: Sid Meier's Railroads! (D: Firaxis Games, P: 2K Games) Tourist Trophy (D: Polyphony Digital, Inc., P: Sony Computer Entertainment)
 * Strategy Game of the Year: Company of Heroes (P: THQ, D: Relic, Producer/Game Director: John Johnson, Creative Director: Sean Dunn)
 * other nominees: Star Wars: Empire at War (D: Pretroglyph, P:	Lucas Arts) Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II (D/P: Electronic Arts) Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends (D: Big Huge Games, P: Microsoft Game Studios) Medieval II: Total War (D: Creative Assembly, P: Sega of America)


 * Massively Multiplayer/Persistent World Game of the Year: Guild Wars Nightfall (P: NCsoft, D: ArenaNet, Producer: Jay Adams, Game)
 * other nominees: Eve Online: Revelations (D/P: CCP Games) Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach (D: Turbine, P: Atari/Wizards of the Coast) Auto Assault (D: Net Devil, P: NCsoft)


 * Mobile Game of the Year: Orcs and Elves (P: Electronic Arts Mobile, D: Fountainhead Entertainment, Producer/ Game Director/ Creative Director: John Carmack, Katherine A. Kang)
 * other nominees: Tropical Madness (D/P: Gameloft) Duckshot (D: MoFactor, P: Hands-On Mobile) Brothers in Arms 3D (D: ??, P: Gameloft)