Academy Awards to Honor Call of Duty, BioShock, & Orange Box
Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:27 pm
Academy Awards Top Honors to Call of Duty 4, BioShock, The Orange Box at 11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Inducts Mike Morhaime into Hall of Fame and Bestows Lifetime Achievement Award on Ken Kutaragi
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Inducts Mike Morhaime into Hall of Fame and Bestows Lifetime Achievement Award on Ken Kutaragi
LAS VEGAS -- Feb. 8, 2008 And the winner is... Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision), BioShock (2K Games) and The Orange Box (Electronic Arts and Valve Software); each picked up four statues at the 11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards(R) last night. The award ceremony was hosted by comedian and avid video game player Jay Mohr at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas.
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences also honored two industry icons for their tremendous contributions. Mike Morhaime, president, CEO and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment(R), was inducted as the eleventh member of the prestigious AIAS Hall of Fame and Ken Kutaragi, former president and CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., received the highly coveted Lifetime Achievement Award.
"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," said Joseph Olin, president, AIAS. "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."
These peer-based awards recognize the outstanding products, talented individuals and development teams that have contributed to the advancement of the multi-billion dollar worldwide entertainment software industry.
The winners in each category are as follows: -0-
Overall Game of the Year: Console Game of the Year:
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Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
-- Publisher: Activision -- Publisher: Activision
-- Developer: Infinity Ward -- Developer: Infinity Ward
-- Producer: Mark Rubin -- Producer: Mark Rubin
-- Game Director: Jason West -- Game Director: Jason West
-- Creative Director: Vince -- Creative Director: Vince
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Computer Game of the Year: Outstanding Innovation in Gaming:
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The Orange Box Rock Band
-- Publisher: Electronic Arts, -- Publisher: MTV Games
Valve Software
-- Developer: Valve Software -- Developer: Harmonix
-- Producer: Gabe Newell -- Producer: Robert Jerauld
-- Game Director: Bob Settles
-- Creative Director: Jonas Norberg