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

Wii Sports box art
* **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)

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess box art
* **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)

* **Fighting Game of the Year: Fight Night Round 3**

(P/D: Electronic Arts, Producer: Kudo Tsunoda, Game Director: Keith Morton, Creative Director: Darren Bennett)

* + 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)

## External links

* The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences :: 10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards