15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

Video game award ceremony February 2025 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Jay Mohr 2012 02 09 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (5) Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (12) Game of the Year The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Hall of Fame Tim Sweeney Pioneer Ed Logg 14th D.I.C.E. Awards 16th The 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards was the 15th edition of the Interactive Achievement Awards, an annual awards event that honored the best games in the video game industry during 2011. The awards were arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) and were held at the Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada on 2012 02 09. It was also held as part of the Academy's 2012 D.I.C.E. Summit, and was hosted by stand-up comedian Jay Mohr.IAA 2012 Winners FINAL https://www.interactive.org/images/press_release/IAA-2012-Winners-FINAL.pdf Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 14 June 2022 It would be the final year that it would be called the Interactive Achievement Awards. Separate awards for "Handheld Game of the Year" and "Mobile Game of the Year" were offered instead of "Portable Game of the Year". The award for "Downloadable Game of the Year" was reintroduced as a "Game of the Year" award. The award for "Outstanding Achievement in Connectivity" was introduced. The award for "Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack" was no longer offered.15th ANNUAL INTERACTIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS RULES AND PROCEDURES http://www.interactive.org/images/pdfs/15th-Annual-IAA-Rules-and-Procedures.pdf Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 21 December 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20111124221840/http://www.interactive.org/images/pdfs/15th-Annual-IAA-Rules-and-Procedures.pdf November 24, 2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and its developer/publisher Bethesda Softworks won the most awards, including "Game of the Year". Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception received the most nominations. Electronic Arts received the most nominations, published the most nominees, and had the most award-winning games. Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games and creator of the Unreal Engine, was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame. Ed Logg, game designer behind Atari classics such as Asteroids, Super Breakout, and Centipede, received of the "Pioneer Award".Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Special Awards https://www.interactive.org/special_awards/index.asp Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 11 June 2022 Winners and Nominees Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Finalists https://www.interactive.org/images/pdfs/15th-Annual-IAA-Finalists-Only.pdf Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 5 February 2024Skyrim Rides Into Victory with Five IAAs Including Game of the Year at the 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards https://www.interactive.org/images/press_release/IAA-2012-Winners-FINAL.pdf Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences 5 February 2024Uncharted 3 Leads Nominees For 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards https://gamerant.com/15th-annual-interactive-achievement-awards-nominees/ GameRant gamerant.com 16 October 2022 January 13, 2012Bertz Matt Skyrim Dominates The 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards https://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/02/09/skyrim-dominates-the-15th-annual-interactive-achievement-awards.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20120211080547/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2012/02/09/skyrim-dominates-the-15th-annual-interactive-achievement-awards.aspx live February 11, 2012 Game Informer 16 October 2022 February 9, 2012 Game of the Year awards #EEDD82 Game of the Year The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Bethesda Game Studios Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Portal 2 — Valve The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword — Nintendo EAD Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment#EEDD82 Downloadable Game of the Year Bastion — Supergiant Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Drawn: Trail of Shadows — Big Fish Studios Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet — Shadow Planet Productions, Microsoft Studios Ms. Splosion Man — Twisted Pixel Games, Microsoft Studios Orcs Must Die! — Robot Entertainment, Microsoft Studios#EEDD82 Handheld Game of the Year Super Mario 3D Land — Nintendo EAD Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective — Capcom Kirby Mass Attack — HAL Laboratory, Nintendo Mario Kart 7 — Nintendo EAD Professor Layton and the Last Specter — Level-5, Nintendo#EEDD82 Mobile Game of the Year Infinity Blade II — Chair Entertainment, Epic Games Contre Jour — Mokus, Chillingo Dead Space — IronMonkey Studios, Electronic Arts Tentacles: Enter the Dolphin — Press Play, Microsoft Studios The Dark Meadow — Phosphor Studios#EEDD82 Outstanding Innovation in Gaming Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure — Toys for Bob, XPEC Entertainment, Vicarious Visions, Activision Bastion — Supergiant Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games Portal 2 — Valve The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Bethesda Game Studios Craft awards #EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Bethesda Game Studios Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games Portal 2 — Valve Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment#EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Animation Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment Assassin's Creed: Revelations — Ubisoft Montreal Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games Rayman Origins — Ubisoft Montpellier#EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Battlefield 3 — DICE, Electronic Arts Portal 2 — Valve Rayman Origins — Ubisoft Montpellier#EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance Wheatley (Portal 2) — Valve Adam Jensen (Deus Ex: Human Revolution) — Eidos-Montréal, Square Enix Europe Cole Phelps (L.A. Noire) — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games Nathan Drake (Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception) — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment Victor Sullivan (Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception) — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment#EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Connectivity Portal 2 — Valve Battlefield 3 — DICE, Electronic Arts Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — Infinity Ward, Activision Dragon Age II — BioWare, Electronic Arts Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment#EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Bethesda Game Studios Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Portal 2 — Valve Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure — Toys for Bob, XPEC Entertainment, Vicarious Visions, Activision The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword — Nintendo EAD#EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay Star Wars: The Old Republic — BioWare Austin, Electronic Arts Battlefield 3 — DICE, Electronic Arts Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — Infinity Ward, Activision Gears of War 3 — Epic Games, Microsoft Studios LittleBigPlanet 2 — Media Molecule, Sony Computer Entertainment#EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition Portal 2 — Valve Infamous 2 — Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games LittleBigPlanet 2 — Media Molecule, Sony Computer Entertainment Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment#EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design Battlefield 3 — DICE, Electronic Arts Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — Infinity Ward, Activision L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games Need for Speed: The Run — EA Black Box Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment#EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Story The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Bethesda Game Studios Bastion — Supergiant Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games Portal 2 — Valve Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment#EEDD82 Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment Battlefield 3 — DICE, Electronic Arts Crysis 2 — Crytek, Electronic Arts L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games Rage — id Software, Bethesda Softworks Genre awards #EEDD82 Action Game of the Year Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — Infinity Ward, Activision Battlefield 3 — DICE, Electronic Arts Dead Space 2 — Visceral Games, Electronic Arts Gears of War 3 — Epic Games, Microsoft Studios Saints Row: The Third — Volition, THQ#EEDD82 Adventure Game of the Year Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games Portal 2 — Valve The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword — Nintendo EAD Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment#EEDD82 Casual Game of the Year Fruit Ninja Kinect — Halfbrick Studios, Microsoft Studios Jetpack Joyride — Halfbrick Studios Monsters Ate My Condo — Adult Swim Games, PikPok Tiny Wings — Andreas Illiger Where's My Water? — Disney Interactive#EEDD82 Social Networking Game of the Year The Sims Social — Playfish, Electronic Arts Army Attack — Digital Chocolate CastleVille — Zynga Dallas Gardens of Time — Playdom, Disney Interactive Triple Town — Spry Fox, Playdom#EEDD82 Family Game of the Year LittleBigPlanet 2 — Media Molecule, Sony Computer Entertainment Dance Central 2 — Harmonix, Microsoft Studios Just Dance 3 — Ubisoft Paris Kinect: Disneyland Adventures — Frontier Developments, Microsoft Studios Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure — Toys for Bob, XPEC Entertainment, Vicarious Visions, Activision#EEDD82 Fighting Game of the Year Mortal Kombat — NetherRealm Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Fight Night Champion — EA Canada Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition — Capcom The King of Fighters XIII — SNK Playmore, Atlus Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 — Capcom#EEDD82 Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Bethesda Game Studios Dark Souls — FromSoftware, Namco Bandai Games Deus Ex: Human Revolution — Eidos-Montréal, Square Enix Europe Star Wars: The Old Republic — BioWare Austin, Electronic Arts The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings — CD Projekt Red#EEDD82 Racing Game of the Year Forza Motorsport 4 — Turn 10 Studios, Microsoft Studios Mario Kart 7 — Nintendo EAD Real Racing 2 HD — Firemint, Electronic Arts#EEDD82 Sports Game of the Year FIFA 12 — EA Canada Madden NFL 12 — EA Tiburon MLB 11: The Show — SCE San Diego NBA 2K12 — Visual Concepts, 2K Games NBA Jam: On Fire Edition — EA Tiburon#EEDD82 Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year Orcs Must Die! — Robot Entertainment, Microsoft Studios Iron Brigade — Double Fine Productions, Microsoft Studios Total War: Shogun 2 — Creative Assembly, Sega Toy Soldiers: Cold War — Signal Studios, Microsoft Studios Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution — Relic Entertainment, THQ Special awards Hall of Fame Tim Sweeney Pioneer Ed Logg Multiple nominations and awards Multiple Nominations + Games that received multiple nominations Nominations Game 12 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception 10 Portal 2 9 L.A. Noire 6 Batman: Arkham City Battlefield 3 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 4 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 3 Bastion LittleBigPlanet 2 Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword 2 Deus Ex: Human Revolution Gears of War 3 Mario Kart 7 Orcs Must Die! Rayman Origins Star Wars: The Old Republic + Nominations by company Nominations Games Company 19 13 Electronic Arts 17 4 Sony Computer Entertainment 13 11 Microsoft Studios 12 1 Naughty Dog 10 3 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment 1 Valve 9 Rockstar Games Team Bondi 8 5 Nintendo 7 2 Activision Bethesda Softworks 6 1 DICE Rocksteady Studios 4 3 Ubisoft 1 Infinity Ward 3 3 Capcom 2 BioWare Epic Games 1 Media Molecule Supergiant Games Toys for Bob Vicarious Visions XPEC Entertainment 2 2 Disney Interactive Halfbrick Studios Playdom THQ 1 Eidos-Montréal Robot Entertainment Square Enix Europe Multiple awards + Games that received multiple awards Awards Game 5 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 3 Portal 2 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception + Awards by company Awards Games Company 5 1 Bethesda Softworks 4 4 Electronic Arts 2 Sony Computer Entertainment 3 3 Microsoft Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment 1 Naughty Dog Valve 2 2 Activision External links https://www.interactive.org/awards/2012_15th_awards.asp References Video games Category:2012 awards Category:2012 awards in the United States Category:February 2012 in the United States Category:2011 in video gaming Category:D.I.C.E. 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