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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

-- 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:

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

 Zampella                           Zampella



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



Handheld Game of the Year:         Massively Multiplayer Game of the

                                    Year:

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The Legend of Zelda: Phantom        World of Warcraft: The Burning

 Hourglass                           Crusade

-- Publisher: Nintendo of America  -- Publisher: Vivendi Games

-- Developer: Nintendo             -- Developer: Blizzard

                                    Entertainment

-- Producer: Shigeru Miyamoto      -- Producer: Frank Pearce

-- Director: Eiji Aonuma           -- Game Director: Rob Pardo

                                   -- Creative Director: Chris Metzen



Cellular Game of the Year:         Role-Playing Game of the Year:

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skate.                             Mass Effect

-- Publisher: Electronic Arts      -- Publisher: Microsoft Game

                                    Studios

-- Developer: EA Mobile            -- Developer: BioWare

-- Producer: David Manriquez       -- Producer: Casey Hudson

-- Game Director: David Manriquez  -- Lead Designer: Preston

                                    Watamaniuk

-- Creative Director: Derek Zakaib -- Art Director: Derek Watts



Racing Game of the Year:           Outstanding Achievement in Game

                                    Design:

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Motorstorm                         The Orange Box: Portal

-- Publisher: Sony Computer        -- Publisher: Electronic Arts,

 Entertainment                      Valve Software

 America                           -- Developer: Valve Software

-- Developer: Evolution Studios    -- Lead Game Designer: Robin Walker

-- Producer: Simon Benson          -- Game Director: Kim Swift

-- Creative Director: Paul         -- Creative Director: David Speyrer

 Hollywood



Adventure Game of the Year:        Sports Game of the Year:

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Super Mario Galaxy                 skate.

-- Publisher: Nintendo of America  -- Publisher: Electronic Arts

-- Developer: Nintendo             -- Developer: EA Black Box

-- Producer: Takao Shimizu         -- Executive Producer: Scott

                                    Blackwood

-- Game Director: Yoshiaki Koizumi

-- Creative Director: Shigeru

 Miyamoto



Strategy/Simulation Game of the    Action Game of the Year:

 Year:

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Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

 Wars

-- Publisher: Electronic Arts      -- Publisher: Activision

-- Developer: EA Los Angeles       -- Developer: Infinity Ward

-- Producer: Mike Verdu            -- Producer: Mark Rubin

-- Creative Director: Matt Britton -- Game Director: Jason West

                                   -- Creative Director: Vince

                                    Zampella



Family Game of the Year:           Outstanding Achievement in

                                    Animation:

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Rock Band                          Assassin's Creed

-- Publisher: MTV Games            -- Publisher: Ubisoft

-- Developer: Harmonix             -- Developer: Ubisoft Montreal

-- Producer: Tracy Rosenthal-      -- Animation Director: Alex Drouin

 Newson

-- Game Director: Greg LoPiccolo   -- Lead Animators: Elspeth Tory,

                                    Sylvain Bernard

-- Creative Director: Josh Randall



Outstanding Achievement in Art     Outstanding Achievement in Visual

 Direction:                         Engineering:

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BioShock                           Crysis

-- Publisher: 2K Games             -- Publisher: Electronic Arts

-- Developer: 2K Boston, 2K        -- Developer: Crytek

 Australia

-- Visual Art Director: Scott      -- Director of R&D: Douglas Binks

 Sinclair

-- Technical Art Directors:

 Hogarth De La Plante, Andrew

 James, Jay Kyburz, Nate Wells



Outstanding Character Performance: Outstanding Achievement in Story

                                    Development:

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The Orange Box: Portal             BioShock

-- Publisher: Electronic Arts,     -- Publisher: 2K Games

 Valve Software

-- Developer: Valve Software       -- Developer: 2K Boston, 2K

                                    Australia

-- Writer: Erik Wolpaw             -- Writer: Ken Levine

-- Voice Actor: Ellen McLaw        -- Character Designer: Rob Waters

-- Character Name: GLADos



Outstanding Achievement in Game    Outstanding Achievement in Online

 Play Engineering:                  Game Play:

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The Orange Box: Portal             Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

-- Publisher: Electronic Arts,     -- Publisher: Activision

 Valve Software

-- Developer: Valve Software       -- Developer: Infinity Ward

-- Lead Game Designer: Robin       -- Lead Online Designer: Todd

 Walker                             Alerman

-- UI Designer: Alden Kroll        -- Lead Online Programmer: Richard

                                    Baker

-- AI Designer: Tom Leonard



Downloadable Game of the Year:     Outstanding Achievement in Original

                                    Music Composition:

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Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the     BioShock

 Warlords

-- Publisher: D3 Publisher or      -- Publisher: 2K Games

 America

-- Developer: Infinite             -- Developer: 2K Boston, 2K

 Interactive, 1st Playable          Australia

 Productions

-- Producers: Arthur Kawamoto,     -- Composer: Garry Schyman

 Steve Baldoni

-- Game Directors: Steve Fawkner,

 Janeen Fawkner



Outstanding Achievement in         Outstanding Achievement in Sound

 Soundtrack:                        Design:

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Rock Band                          BioShock

-- Publisher: MTV Games            -- Publisher: 2K Games

-- Developer: Harmonix             -- Developer: 2K Boston, 2K

                                    Australia

-- Music Supervisors: Paul         -- Sound Designers: Emily Ridgway,

 DeGooyer, Eric                     Patrick

 Brosius                            Balthrop, Justin Mullins

                                   -- Audio Lead: Eric Brosius