
Skyrim, Portal 2 Win Big At 2012 'Videogame Oscars' AIAS Awards
Tom Hopkins
Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim has won the game of the year award at the 'videogame Oscars'.
Published on Feb 10, 2012
Skyrim was the big winner at the AIAS Interactive Achievement Awards, considered the Oscars of videogames.
Bethesda's RPG epic bagged five gongs, for game of the year, story, the RPG category, direction and engineering.
Portal 2 and Uncharted 3 each won three awards - Portal 2 for connectivity, character performance and music, and Uncharted 3 for art direction, animation and visual engineering.
Modern Warfare 3, Batman: Arkham City and FIFA 12 also won their respective genre awards.
Check out the full list of awards, nominees and winners (in bold) below:
Game of the Year
Batman: Arkham City - Rocksteady
Portal 2 - Valve
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Bethesda
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
Portal 2 - Valve
InFamous 2 - Sucker Punch
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Infinity Ward/Sledgehammer
Battlefield 3 - DICE
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
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
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Nathan Drake) - Naughty Dog
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Victor Sullivan) - Naughty Dog
Portal 2 (Wheatley) - Valve
Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year
Dark Souls - From Software
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Eidos Montreal
Star Wars: The Old Republic - BioWare
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Bethesda
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
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
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
Gears of War 3 - Epic Games
Little Big Planet 2 - Media Molecule
Star Wars: The Old Republic - BioWare
Outstanding Achievement in Connectivity
Battlefield 3 - DICE
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Infinity Ward/Sledgehammer
Dragon Age II - BioWare Edmonton
Portal 2 - Valve
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception - Naughty Dog
Action Game of the Year
Battlefield 3 - DICE
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Infinity Ward/Sledgehammer
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
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
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception - Naughty Dog
Downloadable Game of the Year
Drawn: Trail of Shadows - Big Fish Games
Bastion - Supergiant Games
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet - Fuel Cell
Ms. Splosion Man - Twisted Pixel Games
Orcs Must Die! - Robot Entertainment
Casual Game of the Year
Tiny Wings - Andreas Illiger
Fruit Ninja Kinect - Halfbrick Studios
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



