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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim picks up five awards at IAAs

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim won five awards overnight in the Interactive Academy Awards at DICE, with other winners including Uncharted 3, Portal 2 and SWTOR.

The Bethesda RPG won the coveted Game of the Year award in Las Vegas tonight, as well as Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering, Gameplay Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Story and Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year.

Another big winner was Uncharted 3, which picked up up three awards including Outstanding Achievement in Animation.

Other award-winners included Skylanders, Batman: Arkham City, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Portal 2, Forza Motorsport 4, LittleBigPlanet 2 and Bastion.

Get the full list of winners below.

  • Game of the Year: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  • Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Skylanders Spyro's Adventure
  • Action Game of the Year: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
  • Adventure Game of the Year: Batman: Arkham City
  • Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  • Sports Game of the Year: FIFA 12
  • Racing Game of the Year: Forza Motorsport 4
  • Fighting Game of the Year: Mortal Kombat
  • Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: Orcs Must Die!
  • Family Game of the Year: LittleBigPlanet 2
  • Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay: Star Wars: The Old Republic
  • Outstanding Achievement in Connectivity: Portal 2
  • Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
  • Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
  • Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
  • Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  • Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  • Mobile Game of the Year: Infinity Blade II
  • Handheld Game of the Year: Super Mario 3D Land
  • Downloadable Game of the Year: Bastion
  • Casual Game of the Year: Fruit Ninja Kinect
  • Social Networking Game of the Year: The Sims Social
  • Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition: Portal 2
  • Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Battlefield 3
  • Outstanding Achievement in Story: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
  • Outstanding Character Performance: Portal 2 (Wheatley)

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