DICE 2010: Uncharted 2 wins like everything at Interactive Achievement Awards
When we awarded Uncharted 2 our top spot in 2010, we simply thought we were aligning ourselves with other people with impeccable taste; however, after reading the results from last night's 13th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards (i.e., the DICE awards) we've discovered that we've also aligned ourselves with the entire video game development community. While we only bestowed a single award on Naughty Dog's latest outing, the Academy dropped ten awards on ol' Nathan Drake and friends, including Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering ... oh, and Game of the Year. (Pictured above: Some of the Naughty Dog team, visibly exhausted from climbing up to the stage ten times.)
While Uncharted 2 was the hands-down "winner" last night, there were 17 other awards handed out (some of which we're sure Uncharted would have won, had it been eligible). Other familiar names on the list (which can be found in its entirety after the break) include: Batman: Arkham Asylum, with three awards; Scribblenauts, with three awards; Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, with two awards; and Brütal Legend, with two awards.
Congratulations to all the winners. Oh, and let's just give Naughty Dog all its awards at once from now on; it's tough to make award-winning games without any cartilage in your knees.
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
Brutal 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
Brutal 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
Sound Designer/Audio Lead: Bruce Swanson
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
