The IAA show draws to an end and this year´s awards have been given. The clear winner of the award show was Epic Games´ Gears of War, which emptied the tables with a sweep. The game was nominated in ten categories and the robust soldiers of Delta Squad walked away with eight awards.
Gears took home the following awards: Overall Game of the Year, Console Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Animation, Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction, Outstanding Character Performance – Male, Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play, Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering and Action/Adventure Game of the Year.
Here are all the nominations and winners in categories, that contained a Xbox 360 game, or a multi-platform game which has been released on Xbox 360 (The dot marks the winner):
Overall Game of the Year:
Wii Sports (Nintendo – Nintendo)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo – Nintendo)
Guitar Hero 2 (Harmonix/Activision – Red Octane)
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks – 2K Games)
Console Game of the Year:
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo – Nintendo)
Wii Sports (Nintendo – Nintendo)
Guitar Hero 2 (Harmonix – Activision/Red Octane)
Viva Piñata (Rare – Microsoft Game Studios)
Computer Game of the Year:
Company of Heroes (Relic – THQ)
Battlefield 2142 (D.I.C.E. – Electronic Arts)
Prey (Human Head Games – 2K Games)
Age of Empires III: The Warchiefs (Ensemble Studios – Microsoft Game Studios)
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming:
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (Nintendo – Nintendo)
Gears of War (Epic Games – Microsoft Game Studios)
Viva Piñata (Rare – Microsoft Game Studios)
LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment – Sony Computer Entertainment)
Outstanding Achievement in Animation
Daxter (ReadyatDawn – Sony Computer Entertainment)
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (TT Games – Lucas Arts)
Rayman Raving Rabidds (Ubisoft Montpellier – Ubisoft)
Fight Night Round 3 (EA Sports – Electronic Arts)
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix – Square Enix)
Call of Duty 3 (Treyarch – Activision)
Tom Clancy´s Rainbow Six: Vegas (Ubisoft Montreal – Ubisoft)
Viva Piñata (Rare – Microsoft Game Studios)
Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack
SingStar Rocks! (Sony Computer Entertainment London – Sony Computer Entertainment)
FIFA ´07 (Electronic Arts Canada – Electronic Arts)
Marc Ecko´s Getting Up (The Collective – Atari)
Scarface (Radical Entertainment – Sierra Entertainment)
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
Call of Duty 3 (Treyarch – Activision)
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks – 2K Games)
Tom Clancy´s Splinter Cell: Double Agent (Ubisoft Shanghai – Ubisoft)
Black (Criterion Games – Electronic Arts)
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks – 2K Games)
Tom Clancy´s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Redstorm Studios – Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft)
Tom Clancy´s Splinter Cell: Double Agent (Ubisoft Shanghai – Ubisoft)
Company of Heroes (Relic – THQ)
Outstanding Character Performance – Male
Tom Clancy´s Splinter Cell: Double Agent(Ubisoft Shanghai – Ubisoft)
Bully (Rockstar Games – Rockstar Games)
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (TT Games – Lucas Arts)
Daxter (ReadyatDawn – Sony Computer Entertainment)
Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance – Female
Saints Row (Volition – THQ)
Desperate Housewives (Liquid Entertainment – Buena Vista Games)
Bully (Rockstar Games – Rockstar Games)
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks – 2K Games)
Outstanding Achievement in Story and Character Development
Sam & Max Episode 1: Culture Shock (GameTap – Telltale Games)
Saints Row (Volition – THQ)
24: The Game (Sony Online Entertainment – 2K Games)
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (Funcom – Aspyr)
Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks – 2K Games)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo – Nintendo)
Gears of War (Epic Games – Microsoft Game Studios)
Company of Heroes (Relic – THQ)
Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play
Call of Duty 3 (Treyarch – Activision)
Tom Clancy´s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Redstorm Studios – Ubisoft Paris/Ubisoft)
Chromehounds (From Software – Sega of America)
Battlefield 2142 (D.I.C.E. – Electronic Arts)
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering
Viva Piñata (Rare – Microsoft Game Studios)
Resistance: Fall of Man (Insomniac Games – Sony Computer Entertainment)
Call of Duty 3 (Treyarch – Activision)
Company of Heroes (Relic – THQ)
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Bethesda Softworks – 2K Games)
Company of Heroes (Relic – THQ)
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo – Nintendo)
Nintendo Brain Age (Nintendo – Nintendo)
Sports Game of the Year
MLB ´06: The Show (SCEA SD Sports Studio – Sony Computer Entertainment)
NBA 2K7 (Visual Concepts – 2K Sports)
FIFA ´07 (Electronic Arts Canada – Electronic Arts)
NBA ´07 (SCEA SD Sports Studio – Sony Computer Entertainment)
Strategy Game of the Year
Star Wars: Empire at War (Petroglyph – Lucas Arts)
Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II (Electronic Arts – Electronic Arts)
Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends (Big Huge Games – Microsoft Game Studios)
Medieval II: Total War (Creative Assembly – Sega of America)
First-Person Action Game of the Year
Resistance: Fall of Man (Insomniac Games – Sony Computer Entertainment)
Prey (Human Head Games – 2K Games)
Half Life 2: Episode 1 (Valve – Electronic Arts)
Black (Criterion Games – Electronic Arts)
Fighting Game of the Year
Mortal Kombat: Armageddon (Midway – Midway)
WWE Smackdown! Vs. Raw 2006 (Yuke´s Co. Ltd. – THQ)
Tekken Dark Ressurection (Namco – Namco)
Racing Game of the Year
Test Drive Unlimited (Eden Studios – Atari)
Excite Truck (Nintendo – Nintendo)
Full Auto 2: Battlelines (Pseudo Interactive – Sega of America)
Need for Speed: Carbon (Black Box – Electronic Arts)
Role-Playing Game of the Year
Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix – Square Enix)
Final Fantasy III DS (Square Enix – Square Enix)
Titan Quest (Iron Lore Entertainment – THQ)
Phantasy Star Universe (Sonic Team – Sega of America)
Action/Adventure Game of the Year
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo – Nintendo)
Tom Clancy´s Splinter Cell: Double Agent (Ubisoft Shanghai – Ubisoft)
Saints Row (Volition – THQ)
Daxter (ReadyatDawn – Sony Computer Entertainment)
Family Game of the Year
Rayman Raving Rabidds (Ubisoft Montpellier/Ubisoft)
Viva Piñata (Rare/Microsoft Game Studios)
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (TT Games – Lucas Arts)
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (Nintendo – Nintendo)