Fri, Feb 19, 2010 | 07:07 GMT
Uncharted 2 wins 10 AIAS awards at DICE
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has won big time at the AIAS awards: the Naughty Dog action title walked away with ten gongs.
Get all the results below.
Sweeping the board at “gaming’s Oscars” in Las Vegas just now, Uncharted 2 won Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering, Outstanding Achievement in Original Story and Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design, among others.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, The Beatles: Rock Band, Scribblenauts and Batman: Arkham Asylum also did well, as detailed below.
Thanks, Game Informer.
- Game of the Year:
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Developer: Naughty Dog
Producer: Sam Thompson
Creative Director: Amy Hennig
Game Director: Bruce Straley
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Developer: Naughty Dog
Producer: Sam Thompson
Creative Director: Amy Hennig
Game Director: Bruce Straley
- Casual Game of the Year
Flower
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
Developer: thatgamecompany
Producer: Kellee Santiago
Creative Director: Jenova Chen
- Fighting Game of the Year
Street Fighter IV
Publisher: Capcom
Developer: Capcom
Producer: Yoshinori Ono
- Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year
Dragon Age: Origins
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Bioware
Producer: Mark Darrah
Creative Director: Mike Laidlaw
Game Director: Mark Darrah
- Sports Game of the Year
FIFA Soccer 10
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: EA Canada
Producer: David Rutter
Creative Director: Gary Paterson
Game Director: Kaz Makita
- Racing Game of the Year
Forza Motorsport 3
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Developer: Turn 10 Studios
Producer: Korey Krauskopf
Creative Director: John Wendl
Game Director: Dan Greenawalt
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Publisher: Eidos/Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment
Developer: Rocksteady Studios
Lead Level Designer: Ian Ball
- Adventure Game of the Year
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Developer: Naughty Dog
Producer: Sam Thompson
Creative Director: Amy Hennig
Game Director: Bruce Straley
- Social Networking Game of the Year
Farmville
Publisher: Zynga
Developer: Zynga
Producer: David Gray
Creative Director: Mark Skaggs
Game Director: Bill Mooney
- Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
Brütal Legend
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Double Fine Productions
Producer: Caroline Esmurdoc
Creative Director: Tim Schafer
Game Director: Tim Schafer
- Action Game of the Year
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Publisher: Activision
Developer: Infinity Ward
Producer: Mark Rubin
Game Director: Jason West
- Family Game of the Year
The Beatles: Rock Band
Publisher: MTV Games
Developer: Harmonix Music Systems
Producers: Paul DeGooyer, Jeff Jones, Alex Rigopulos
Creative Director: Chris Foster
Game Director: Josh Randall
- Outstanding Innovation in Gaming
Scribblenauts
Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Developer: 5th Cell Media
Producer: Joseph M. Tringali
Creative Director: Jeremiah Slaczka
Game Director: Jeremiah Slaczka
- Outstanding Achievement in Animation
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Developer: Naughty Dog
Lead Animators: Josh Scherr, Jeremy Lai-Yates, Mike Yosh
- Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Developer: Naughty Dog
Technology Director: Pal-Kristian Engstad
- Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction:
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Developer: Naughty Dog
Art Directors: Erick Pangilinan, Robh Ruppel
- Outstanding Achievement in Story -Adapted
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Publisher: Eidos/Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment
Developer: Rocksteady Studios
Writers: Paul Dini, Paul Crocker
- Outstanding Character Performance
Batman: Arkham Asylum – Joker
Publisher: Eidos/Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment
Developer: Rocksteady Studios
Writers: Paul Dini, Paul Crocker
Voice Actor: Mark Hamill
- Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Publisher: Activision
Developer: Infinity Ward
Lead Online Designer: Todd Alderman
- Outstanding Achievement in Story – Original
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Developer: Naughty Dog
Writers: Amy Hennig, Neil Druckmann, Josh Scherr
- Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Developer: Naughty Dog
Composer: Greg Edmonson
- Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack
Brütal Legend
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Double Fine Productions
Music Supervisor: Emily Ridgway
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Developer: Naughty Dog
Lead Game Play Programmer: Travis McIntosh
- Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Developer: Naughty Dog
- Outstanding Achievement in Portable Game Design
Scribblenauts
Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Developer: 5th Cell Media
Lead Level Designer: Matt Cox
- Portable Game of the Year
Scribblenauts
Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Developer: 5th Cell Media
Producer: Joseph M. Tringali
Creative Director: Jeremiah Slaczka
Game Director: Jeremiah Slaczka
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21 comments
#1
Johnny Cullen
19/02/10, 7:16 am
Deserves it.
Fantastic from start to finish.
#2
Dannybuoy
19/02/10, 7:19 am
So chuffed for Naughty Dog. It’s such a stellar game and totally mind blowing. Good on’um. Roll on their next game!
#3
Robo_1
19/02/10, 7:43 am
So Naughty Dog, over to you for Uncharted 3.. I mean gulp, how the hell do they follow this?
#4
DrDamn
19/02/10, 8:16 am
\o/ for Soundtrack award not just being lazily given to one of the Guitar Hero/Rock Band titles! Oh and well done U2 and Batman
.
#5
Blerk
19/02/10, 8:41 am
Amazing result for them, congrats to all involved!
And equal congrats to Batman – superb game!
#6
matirishh
19/02/10, 8:56 am
I’ve spent at least 40 hours on uncharted 2, and can’t get enough, finishing the campaign 2nd time, this game feels like those old good games on NES or C64, that we could play over and over again. It’s a masterpiece of gaming, totally deserves all the awards.
Hopefully we’ll get 3rd installment soon
#7
Detale
19/02/10, 9:13 am
I was halfway through my Crushing U2 playthrough when my old PS3 died, taking my saved game with it. Will definitely be going back to finish it off. And now that a couepl of friends have it too, I’ll give the multiplayer a crack too. Brilliant game, favourite of last year (with Arkham Asylum in a close second place). Well deserved awards all round I reckon.
#8
NiceFellow
19/02/10, 9:52 am
Those are pretty good choices all round.
They even got the voice award right for the Joker – much as the cast of Uncharted 2 was uniformly great Hamill’s Joker was easily the best voice work – admittedly playing the character of the Joker, as with Ledger in the movie, does give you a lot to work with.
#9
Eregol
19/02/10, 1:30 pm
That’s a lot of awards for Uncharted 2.
I hope Naughty Dog have got a big trophy room.
#10
Dr.Ghettoblaster
19/02/10, 2:25 pm
Definitley agree ND deserves it. Glad to see B:AA getting some well deserved awards as well.
#11
reask
19/02/10, 4:12 pm
I just popped in the demo after reading the comments about the game and it does indeed look fantastic.
The only issue I have with it is the shooting as it is still the same as the first one.
I just find it a little bit awkward tbh.
Does any one agree?
#12
theevilaires
19/02/10, 4:18 pm
This is the only game this generation I can play the campaign story on any given day over and over without getting bored. It truly is what MGS1 was in the PS1 days for me. Congrats ND true Game DEVS 100%.
#13
Detale
19/02/10, 4:19 pm
Not really, but then I didn’t find it an issue in the first game either. Saying that, I am a really crap shot so I might be the best judge. I’ve played through the second one nearly three times and still haven’t got the ‘five headshots in a row’ trophy.
#14
reask
19/02/10, 4:22 pm
@ detale
Its good to meet a gamer like myself.
#15
DrDamn
19/02/10, 4:37 pm
@reask
I assume we are talking Uncharted 2 here? I found the second to be a much more refined combat experience personally. Little tweaks like aim and throw grenade lobs were welcome. The fights themselves are a lot more measured and better designed in U2 as well. Well set up and executed in terms of content and flexibility of approach. I endured the fights in the first game and enjoyed and looked forward to the fights in the second.
#16
Detale
19/02/10, 4:44 pm
@ reask
It’s good to know I’m not alone!
#17
Eregol
19/02/10, 4:53 pm
I think reask and Detale are going to hug!
#18
Detale
19/02/10, 6:33 pm
I’ve got hugs for everyone…
Erm, not sure that came out right.
#19
NiceFellow
19/02/10, 6:44 pm
@reask and Detal
Nah, I had no problems with the shooting on either, although the second I though had better combat due to tighter controls, much better grenades and much better designed levels/combat flows.
For me there is what I think of as classic fake shooting a’la Doom through to CoD. Fun, and very precise, but very artificial.
Uncharted feels a little looser, but in a way I like. Drake is more realistic as a character for me, and having slightly looser shooting just feels more realistic – without being too realistic either if you get what I mean.
#20
reask
19/02/10, 7:02 pm
In all fairness it was only the demo I played.
I just find the down the sight is a bit awkward.
Game looks excellent though and loved the very beginning of the demo quite a surprise I thought.
#21
Gekidami
19/02/10, 7:21 pm
What is the demo level?