14 DAY TRIAL // The nominees for the 2012 Interactive Achievement Awards have just been announced by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, with popular titles like Uncharted 3, Portal 2, L.A. Noire or Skyrim being present in a lot of categories.
The 2012 DICE Summit will be held in Las Vegas and, during the conference, the AIAS will present its Interactive Achievement Awards to the best games that were released last year.
The nominees have now been presented and we can see that Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception was one of the most popular games of 2011, being nominated in 12 categories. Other games honored with multiple nominations are Portal 2, with ten, L.A. Noire, with nine, or Batman: Arkham City, with seven. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, one of the biggest games of 2011 and our own Game of the Year, was nominated in six categories.
The Interactive Achievements Awards will be held on February 9. Check out the full list of categories and nominees below.
Game of the Year
Batman: Arkham City--Rocksteady Studios Portal 2--Valve The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim--Bethesda Game Studios The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword--Nintendo Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception--Naughty Dog
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
L.A. Noire--Team Bondi Little Big Planet 2--Media Molecule Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception--Naughty Dog InFamous 2--Sucker Punch Portal 2--Valve
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
Battlefield 3--DICE Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3--Infinity Ward/Sledgehammer Games L.A. Noire--Team Bondi Need for Speed: The Run--EA Black Box Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception--Naughty Dog
Outstanding Achievement in Story
Bastion--Supergiant Games L.A. Noire--Team Bondi Portal 2--Valve The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim--Bethesda Game Studios Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception--Naughty Dog
Outstanding Character Performance
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Adam Jensen)--Eidos Montreal L.A. Noire (Cole Phelps)--Team Bondi Portal 2 (Wheatley)--Valve Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Nathan Drake)--Naughty Dog Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Victor Sullivan)--Naughty Dog
Downloadable Game of the Year
Bastion--Supergiant Games Drawn: Trail of Shadows--Big Fish Games Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet--Fuel Cell Ms. Splosion Man--Twisted Pixel Games
Casual Game of the Year
Fruit Ninja Kinect--Halfbrick Studios Tiny Wings--Andreas Illiger Jetpack Joyride--Halfbrick Studios Monsters Ate My Condo--Adult Swim/PikPok Where's My Water?--Creature Feep
Social Networking Game of the Year
Army Attack--Digital Chocolate CastleVille--Zynga Gardens of Time--Playdom The Sims Social--Playfish Triple Town--Spry Fox Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year Dark Souls--From Software Deus Ex: Human Revolution--Eidos Montreal Star Wars: The Old Republic--BioWare Austin The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim--Bethesda Game Studios The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings--CD Projekt
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming
Bastion--Supergiant Games L.A. Noire--Team Bondi Portal 2--Valve Skylanders Spyro's Adventure--Toys for Bob The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim--Bethesda Game Studios
Sports Game of the Year
FIFA 12--EA Canada Madden NFL 12--Tiburon MLB 11: The Show--SCE San Diego NBA 2K12--Visual Concepts NBA Jam: On Fire Edition--Firemint
Racing Game of the Year
Forza Motorsport 4--Turn 10 Studios Mario Kart 7--Nintendo Real Racing 2 HD—Firemint
Fighting Game of the Year
Fight Night Champion--EA Canada King of Fighters XIII--SNK Playmore Mortal Kombat--NetherRealm Studios Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition--Capcom Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3--Capcom Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year Iron Brigade--Double Fine Orcs Must Die!--Robot Entertainment Total War: Shogun 2--The Creative Assembly Toy Soldiers: Cold War--Signal Studios Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution--Relic Entertainment
Family Game of the Year
Dance Central 2--Harmonix Just Dance 3--Ubisoft Paris Kinect Disneyland Adventure--Frontier Developments Little Big Planet 2--Media Molecule Skylanders Spyro's Adventure--Toys for Bob
Mobile Game of the Year
Contre Jour--Chillingo Dead Space--EA Mobile Infinity Blade II--Chair Entertainment Tentacles--Press Play The Dark Meadow--Phosphor Games Studio
Handheld Game of the Year
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective--Capcom Kirby Mass Attack--Hal Laboratory Mario Kart 7--Nintendo Professor Layton and the Last Specter--Level 5 Super Mario 3D Land--Nintendo
Adventure Game of the Year
Batman: Arkham City--Rocksteady Studios L.A. Noire--Team Bondi Portal 2--Valve The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword--Nintendo Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception--Naughty Dog
Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play
Battlefield 3--DICE Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3--Infinity Ward/Sledgehammer Games Gears of War 3--Epic Games Little Big Planet 2--Media Molecule Star Wars: The Old Republic--BioWare Austin
Action Game of the Year
Battlefield 3--DICE Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3--Infinity Ward/Sledgehammer Games Dead Space 2--Visceral Games Gears of War 3--Epic Games Saints Row: The Third--Volition
Outstanding Achievement in Animation
Assassin's Creed: Revelations--Ubisoft Montreal Batman: Arkham City--Rocksteady Studios L.A. Noire--Team Bondi Rayman Origins--UbiArt Montpellier Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception--Naughty Dog
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
Batman: Arkham City--Rocksteady Studios Battlefield 3--DICE Portal 2--Valve Rayman Origins--UbiArt Montpellier Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception--Naughty Dog
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering
Batman: Arkham City--Rocksteady Studios Crysis 2--Crytek GmbH L.A. Noire--Team Bondi Rage--id Software Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception--Naughty Dog
Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering
Batman: Arkham City--Rocksteady Studios Portal 2--Valve Skylanders Spyro's Adventure--Toys for Bob The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim--Bethesda Game Studios The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword--Nintendo
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
Batman: Arkham City--Rocksteady Studios L.A. Noire--Team Bondi Portal 2--Valve The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim--Bethesda Game Studios Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception--Naughty Dog What are your picks for these awards? Share your favorites by leaving a comment below.