AIAS Names Call of Duty 4 Game Of The Year

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences announced the winners of its Annual Interactive Achievement Awards at the 2008 DICE Summit in Las Vegas, honoring Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, BioShock and The Orange Box with four statues each. Call of Duty 4 took top AIAS honors, winning the Overall Game of the Year category, as well as Console Game of the Year. At the ceremony, hosted by comedian Jay Mohr, the AIAS also named Blizzard president, co-founder and CEO Mike Morhaime as the eleventh member of the AIAS Hall of Fame. Father of the PlayStation Ken Kutaragi was also honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award. The complete list of winners is as follows: Overall Game of the Year: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Console Game of the Year: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Computer Game of the Year: The Orange Box Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Rock Band Handheld Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Cellular Game of the Year: Skate Role-Playing Game of the Year: Mass Effect Racing Game of the Year: Motorstorm Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: The Orange Box: Portal Adventure Game of the Year: Super Mario Galaxy Sports Game of the Year: Skate Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars Action Game of the Year: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 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 Performance: The Orange Box: Portal Outstanding Achievement in Story Development: BioShock Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering: The Orange Box: Portal Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Downloadable Game of the Year: Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition: BioShock Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack: Rock Band Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: BioShock AIAS president Joseph Olin commented, "The Interactive Achievement Awards is the forum for the industry's best game makers to evaluate the merits of more than 160 titles submitted for consideration and honor the best in technical innovation and gameplay experience. This year's winners truly represent the best cross-section of interactive entertainment, demonstrating the power of next-generation platforms that have come of age."