Monday, February 20, 2012

2012 AIAS Awards announced

AIAS Awards 2012We are pleased to present the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences 2012 list nominations for the Interactive Achievement Awards. Draw: Trail shadows has been recognized as one of the five finalists for a game of the year with Bastion (supergiant Games) downloadable, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (fuel cell), Ms. curious man (Twisted Pixel Games) and Orcs Must Die! (Robot Entertainment).

Other titles of receipt of applications included Uncharted 3: Drake deception (Naughty Dog) distancing the field with a dozen of appointments in 11 categories, Portal 2 (EA) with 10 appointments, L.A. Noire with nine. Other games nominated for several categories, including the field of battle 3, Batman: Arkham Asylum and Skyrim, each with six nominations.

Publishers of three major receipt of nominations were Electronic Arts with 21 nominations, Microsoft and Sony with 18 nominations with 13 nominations.
Uncharted 3 was well appreciated by the AIA.

The 15th annual Interactive Achievement Awards will be presented Thursday, February 9, at the Las Vegas D.I.C.E. Summit. See the complete list of categories, candidates and the publishers below.

Game of the year

Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)
Portal 2 (Valve)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo)
Uncharted 3: Drake Deception (Naughty Dog)

Outstanding achievement in original music Composition

L.A. Noire (Bondi Team)
Little Big Planet 2 (Media Molecule)
Uncharted 3: Drake Deception (Naughty Dog)
InFamous 2 (Sucker Punch)
Portal 2 (Valve)

Outstanding achievement in sound Design

Battlefield 3 (DICE)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games)
L.A. Noire (Bondi Team)
Need for Speed: The Run (EA Black Box)
Uncharted 3: Drake Deception (Naughty Dog)

Outstanding achievement in history

Bastion (supergiant games)
L.A. Noire (Bondi Team)
Portal 2 (Valve)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
Uncharted 3: Drake Deception (Naughty Dog)

Outstanding character performance

Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Adam Jensen) (Eidos Montreal)
L.A. Noire (Cole Phelps) (Team Bondi)
Portal 2 (Wheatley) (Valve)
Uncharted 3: Drake Deception (Nathan Drake) (Naughty Dog)
Uncharted 3: Drake Deception (Victor Sullivan) (Naughty Dog)

Downloadable game of the year

Bastion (supergiant games)
Draw: Runway shadows (Big Fish Games)
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (fuel cell)
Ms. curious man (Twisted Pixel Games)
Orcs Must Die! (Robot Entertainment)

Casual game of the year

Fruit Ninja Kinect (Halfbrick Studios)
Tiny Wings (Andreas Illiger)
Jetpack Joyride (Halfbrick Studios)
Monsters eat my Condo (Adult Swim/PikPok)
Where is my water? (Feep creature)

Social networking game of the year

Attack of the Army (Digital Chocolate)
CastleVille (Zynga)
Gardens of time (Playdom)
The Sims Social (Playfish)
Triple City (Spry Fox)

Role-Playing/Game massively multiplayer of the year

Dark Souls (from software)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Eidos Montreal)
Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (CD Projekt)

Outstanding innovation in gaming

Bastion (supergiant games)
L.A. Noire (Bondi Team)
Portal 2 (Valve)
Skylanders Spyro adventure (Toys for Bob)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)

Game of the year sports

FIFA 12 (EA Canada)
Madden NFL 12 (Tiburon)
MLB 11: The Show (PBS San Diego)
NBA 2 K 12 (Visual Concepts)
NBA Jam: The late Edition (Firemint)

Game of the year

Forza Motorsport 4 (Turn 10 Studios)
Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo)
Real Racing 2 HD (Firemint)

Game of the year of combat

Fight Night Champion (EA Canada)
King of Fighters XIII (SNK Playmore)
Mortal Kombat (NetherRealm Studios)
Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition (Capcom)
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 (Capcom)

The year strategy/Simulation game

Iron Brigade (Double Fine)
Orcs Must Die! (Robot Entertainment)
Total War: Shogun 2 (Creative Assembly)
Toy Soldiers: Cold War (Signal Studios)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution (Relic Entertainment)

Family of the year set

Dance Central 2 (Harmonix)
Just Dance 3 (Ubisoft Paris)
Kinect Disneyland Adventure (Frontier Developments)
Little Big Planet 2 (Media Molecule)
Skylanders Spyro adventure (Toys for Bob)

Mobile game of the year

Against day (Chillingo)
Dead Space (EA Mobile)
Infinity Blade II (Chair Entertainment)
Tentacles (Press Play)
The black meadow (phosphorus Games Studio)

Handheld game of the year

Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (Capcom)
Mass attack Kirby (Hal Laboratory)
Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo)
Professor Layton and the last spectrum (level 5)
Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo)

Adventure of the year game

Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)
L.A. Noire (Bondi Team)
Portal 2 (Valve)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo)
Uncharted 3: Drake Deception (Naughty Dog)

Outstanding achievement in online game

Battlefield 3 (DICE)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games)
Gears of War 3 (Epic Games)
Little Big Planet 2 (Media Molecule)
Star Wars: The Old Republic (BioWare Austin)

Outstanding achievement in online game

Battlefield 3 (DICE)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games)
Dragon Age II (BioWare Edmonton)
Portal 2 (Valve)
Uncharted 3: Drake Deception (Naughty Dog)

Action of the year game

Battlefield 3 (DICE)
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Infinity Ward and Sledgehammer Games)
Dead Space 2 (Visceral Games)
Gears of War 3 (Epic Games)
Saints Row: The third (voluntary)

Outstanding achievement in Animation

Assassin Creed: Revelations (Ubisoft Montreal)
Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)
L.A. Noire (Bondi Team)
Rayman Origins (UbiArt Montpellier)
Uncharted 3: Drake Deception (Naughty Dog)

Outstanding achievement in Art Direction

Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)
Battlefield 3 (DICE)
Portal 2 (Valve)
Rayman Origins (UbiArt Montpellier)
Uncharted 3: Drake Deception (Naughty Dog)

Outstanding achievement in Visual engineering

Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)
Crysis 2 (Crytek GmbH)
L.A. Noire (Bondi Team)
Rabies (id Software)
Uncharted 3: Drake Deception (Naughty Dog)

Outstanding achievement in game play engineering

Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)
Portal 2 (Valve)
Skylanders Spyro adventure (Toys for Bob)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Nintendo)

Outstanding achievement in Direction of game

Batman: Arkham City (Rocksteady Studios)
L.A. Noire (Bondi Team)
Portal 2 (Valve)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
Uncharted 3: Drake Deception (Naughty Dog)


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