LittleBigPlanet big winner at the 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

23 February 2009

Posted by:Ferry

And the big winner of Game of the Year is… LittleBigPlanet (Sony Computer Entertainment America), collecting on an impressive 8 awards at the (2008) 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards. The award ceremony was hosted by comedian and avid gamer Jay Mohr at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas. Other big winners included Dead Space (Electronic Arts, Fallout 3 (Bethesda) and Left 4 Dead (Valve), which all received two awards each.

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences also honored industry icon Bruce Shelley for his tremendous contributions to the video game industry. Shelley’s fellow co-founder of Ensemble Studios, Tony Goodman, presented his award after a video retrospective of his career. Shelley is the 12th recipient of the prestigious Hall of Fame Award. In a partnership with the Academy, Independent Film Channel (IFC) will broadcast a half hour special with highlights from the IAAs in April 2009.

The award winners in each category are as follows:

Family Game of the Year
* Little Big Planet

Strategy and Simulation Game of the Year
* Command and Conquer Red Alert 3

Outstanding Achievement in Animation
* Prince of Persia

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
* Little Big Planet

Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering
* Spore

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering
* Little Big Planet

Outstanding Character Performance
* Little Big Planet – Sackboy

Hall of Fame
* Bruce Campbell Shelley (who worked for 30 years at Ensemble)

Outstanding Achievement in Adapted Story
* Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

Outstanding Achievement in Original Story
* Fallout 3

RPG of the Year
* Fallout 3

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming
* Little Big Planet