Interactive Achievement Awards (IAA): Oscar Nominations for Game
The whole name of the nominations for the 83rd Academy Awards (Oscar conferment) for the world film industry was already announced on Tuesday (25 / 1) and then, and the ceremony event itself will take place on February 27, 2011, held at the Kodak Theater, Hollywood - CA . Who does not know the event delivery of an Oscar for the film beings and all parties interested in related industries, but you also know that there are events similar event provided the best games (individual or team)?
The event is named Annual Interactive Achievement Awards (IAAs), which has entered the 14th in 2011. For this year, IAAs will be held on February 10, 2011, at Red Rock Resort, Las Vegas. Held in conjunction with DICE (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit 2011 event, the IAA will be hosted by Jay Mohr, an actor and comedian famous who observed of the gaming world as well (and also remains host at BlizzCon!: D). When the 83rd Academy Awards are handled by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), as well IAA is an annual project of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS).
Martin Rae, President of AIAS said, "A lot of great achievements in interactive entertainment world in 2010,". "The Academy (AIAS) got surprised by the quality of games and level of creativity that arise each year from individuals both men and women in this industry. Many good games are popping up - the list of nominees this year illustrate the depth and breadth of options available for console games, browser, even mobile devices like the iPhone. "
The nominations for the IAA event itself officially been announced since the date of January 19, 2011 and, where Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games) was recorded as the game winner with the most nominations to fill nine (9) category, followed in the next position that is ENSLAVED: Odyssey to the West (Namco Bandai), and God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment America) with each nominated for six categories. Row behind them are games that are no less famous such as Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision), Heavy Rain (Sony Computer Entertainment America), Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft), Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts) which achieved five nominations. Meanwhile, Dance Central (Microsoft Game Studios / MTV Games), Limbo (Playdead), and also Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (Blizzard Entertainment) must be satisfied with achieved four categories of nominations.
IAA event is believed by many more to represent the aspirations of both gamers and the gaming industry world, not like similar events that sometimes just shows the level of popularity of a game or an individual, because it uses the concept of election / voting the same as in the movie (Oscar) by including a number of experts in related fields. The mechanism is also done online and confidential, so the results are safe, secure, and always in control.
Game of the Year
Angry Birds HD (Publisher: Chillingo; Developer: Rovio)
Call of Duty: Black Ops (Publisher: Activision, Developer: Treyarch)
God of War III (Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America, Developer: SCE Santa Monica Studio)
Mass Effect 2 (Publisher: Electronic Arts, Developer: Bioware)
Red Dead Redemption (Publisher: Rockstar Games, Developer: Rockstar San Diego)
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming
Angry Birds HD (Publisher: Chillingo; Developer: Rovio)
Dance Central (Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios / MTV Games, Developer: Harmonix Music Systems)
Heavy Rain (Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America, Developer: Quantic Dream)
Limbo (Publisher: Playdead; Developer: Playdead)
Red Dead Redemption (Publisher: Rockstar Games, Developer: Rockstar San Diego)
Action Game of the Year
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (Publisher: Electronic Arts, Developer: Digital Illusions CE)
Call of Duty: Black Ops (Publisher: Activision, Developer: Treyarch))
God of War III (Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America, Developer: SCE Santa Monica Studio)
Halo: Reach (Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios, Developer: Bungie)
Red Dead Redemption (Publisher: Rockstar Games, Developer: Rockstar San Diego)
Adventure Game of the Year
Alan Wake (Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios, Developer: Remedy Entertainment)
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood: (Publisher: Ubisoft, Developer: Ubisoft Montreal)
ENSLAVED: Odyssey to the West (Publisher: Namco Bandai, Developer: Ninja Theory)
Heavy Rain (Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America, Developer: Quantic Dream)
Limbo (Publisher: Playdead; Developer: Playdead)
Casual Game of the Year
Angry Birds HD (Publisher: Chillingo; Developer: Rovio)
Bejeweled 3 (Publisher: PopCap Games, Developer: PopCap Games)
Sports Kinect (Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios, Developer: Rare)
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX (Publisher: Namco Bandai, Developer: Namco Bandai)
Plants vs.. Zombies (Publisher: PopCap Games, Developer: PopCap Games)
Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year
Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies (Publisher: Nintendo, Developer: Square Enix)
Fable II (Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios, Developer: Lionhead Studios)
Fallout: New Vegas (Publisher: Bethesda Softworks; Developer: Obsidian Entertainment)
Mass Effect 2 (Publisher: Electronic Arts, Developer: Bioware)
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm (Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment, Developer: Blizzard Entertainment)
Social Networking Game of the Year
Cityville (Publisher: Zynga; Developer: Zynga)
Family Feud (Publisher: Iwin / Backstage Technologies; Developer: Iwin / Backstage Technologies)
FrontierVille (Publisher: Zynga; Developer: Zynga)
City Nightclub (Publisher: Booyah: Developer: Booyah)
Ravenwood Fair (Publisher; LOLapps; Developer: LOLapps)
More details related to the event IAAS 2011, can be viewed via the following link: http://www.interactive.org and http://www.dicesummit.org.
