NEWS - Wednesday, February 2, 2005
AIAS Best Of 2004 Awards
AIAS Best of 2004 Awards February 1, 2005 - Tonight at the annual D.I.C.E. Summit, the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences announced the winners of their annual "Best of" awards. Held at the Green Valley Ranch in Las Vegas, the AIAS awards are voted upon by developers, publishers, press and other members of the game industry. Highlights of the night include comic-legend Stan Lee presenting awards for game design and character/story development, uproarious cheering when ESPN NFL 2K5 won the award for best console sports game (complete with an acceptance speech which acknowledged Sega and Visual Concepts had been fighting against a "huge gorilla" for many years and were very honored to receive the award), and Valve's Gabe Newell shambling up to the stage a total of nine times to accept awards for Half-Life 2, the darling of the night, which also won the coveted "Overall Game of 2004." And now for the exhaustive list of winners from the 8th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards: Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Half-Life 2 Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Half-Life 2 Outstanding Character Performance - Male: Robert Guillaume, Half-Life 2 Outstanding Character Performance - Female: Judy Dench, GoldenEye: Rogue Agent Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Outstanding Achievement in Original Musical Composition: Fable Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Halo 2 Outstanding Achievement in Game Play: Half-Life 2 Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play: Halo 2 Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Half-Life 2 Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: Katamari Damacy Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development: Fable Innovation in Console Gaming: Katamari Damacy Innovation in Computer Gaming: Half-Life 2 Console Platform Action/Adventure Game of the Year:Prince of Persia: Warrior Within Console Action/Adventure Game of the Year: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Console Action Sports Game of the Year: THUG 2 Console First Person Action Game of the Year: Halo 2 Console Children's Title of the Year: Sly Cooper 2 Console Family Game of the Year: Donkey Konga Console Fighting Game of the Year: Mortal Kombat: Deception Console Racing Game of the Year: Burnout 3 Console Role-Playing Game of the Year: Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door Console Sports Simulation Game of the Year: ESPN NFL 2K5 Computer Action/Adventure Game of the Year: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow Computer Children's Game of the Year: Backyard Skateboarding Computer Family Game of the Year: Zoo Tycoon 2 Computer First Person Action Game of the Year: Half-Life 2 Computer Role-Playing Game of the Year: Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker Computer Simulation Game of the Year: The Sims 2 Computer Sports Game of the Year: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 Computer Strategy Game of the Year: Rome: Total War Downloadable Game of the Year: The Incredibles: Escape from Nomanisan Island Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year: World of Warcraft Handheld Game of the Year: Metroid: Zero Mission Wireless Game of the Year: Super Mario 64 DS Console Game of the Year: Halo 2 Computer Game of the Year: Half-Life 2 Overall Game of the Year: Half-Life 2Source: http://www.ign.com/
