The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences held their 11th annual awards ceremony last night. The most prestigious of all the gaming awards, they decided to honor Call of Duty 4, Bioshock, and The Organe Box with multiple awards each. AISI also gave nods to Mario Galaxy and Rock Band amongst others.
Here is the complete list of who won what for those of you who are curious.
Overall Game of the Year: Call of Duty 4
Console Game of the Year: Call of Duty 4
Computer Game of the Year: The Orange Box
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Rock Band
Hand Held Game of the Year: Phantom Hourglass
Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year: WoW The Burning Crusade
Cellular Game of the Year: Skate
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: Portal
Adventure Game of the Year: Mario Galaxy
Action Game of the Year: Call of Duty 4
Family Game of the Year: Rock Band
Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Assassin's Creed
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: BioShock
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Crysis
Outstanding Character Preformance: Portal
Outstanding Achievement in Story Development: BioShock
Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering: Portal
Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play: Call of Duty 4
Downloadable Game of the Year: Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition: BioShock
Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack: Rockband
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Bioshock
I have a problem with a few of these. For example, wtf is up with giving Rock Band the soundtrack award? They really aught to make this into an "original soundtrack" award to give credit to games which hire composers and musicians, not just an award for using copyrighted material previously judged to be some of the greatest music ever created. I also don't really get Rock Band being the most innovative game, it's just the next logical step after Guitar Hero!
What do you guys think? Disagree with any awards? Leave comments!