LittleBigPlanet sacks AIAA, wins 8 awards
Last night at the 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards in Las Vegas, Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet walked away with 8 awards. Not only did it win both game of the year awards (overall and console), but it also snagged awards for visual engineering, art direction, character performance (gotta love the Sackboy!), and innovation. Basically, the AIAA just repeated all of the reasons we loved the game.
Other games that scooped up some AIAA awards include Left 4 Dead, Braid, Super Smash Bros. Brawl and God of War: Chains of Olympus.
The full list of winners is presented after the break.
Overall Game of the Year:
LittleBigPlanet
Console Game of the Year:
LittleBigPlanet
Computer Game of the Year:
Left 4 Dead
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction:
LittleBigPlanet
Casual Game of the Year:
Braid
Fighting Game of the Year:
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Handheld Game of the Year:
God of War: Chains of Olympus
Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year:
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
Cellular Game of the Year:
Spore Origins
Role-Playing Game of the Year:
Fallout 3
Racing Game of the Year:
Burnout Paradise
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design:
World of Goo
Adventure Game of the Year:
Mirror's Edge
Sports Game of the Year:
NHL 09
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year:
Command and Conquer 3: Red Alert
Action Game of the Year:
Dead Space
Family Game of the Year:
LittleBigPlanet
Outstanding Achievement in Animation:
Prince of Persia
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction:
LittleBigPlanet
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering:
LittleBigPlanet
Outstanding Character Performance:
LittleBigPlanet (Sackboy)
Outstanding Achievement in Story - Adapted:
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Outstanding Achievement in Story - Original:
Fallout 3
Oustanding Achievement in Online Game Play:
Left 4 Dead
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming:
LittleBigPlanet
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition:
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack:
Rock Band 2
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design:
Dead Space
Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering:
Spore