AIAS Awards Winners
Hand-held Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Applause Meter Winner: Puzzle Quest
Family Game of the Year: Rock Band
Applause Meter Winner: Rock Band
Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Assassin's Creed
Applause Meter Winner: Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: BioShock
Applause Meter Winner: BioShock
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Crysis
Whoa Meter Winner: Crysis
Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance: Portal
Applause Meter Winner: Portal
Outstanding Achievement in Story Development: BioShock
Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering: Portal
Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Downloadable Game of the Year: Puzzle Quest
Applause Meter Winner: fl0w
Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition: BioShock
Applause Meter Winner: God of War II
Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack: Rock Band
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: BioShock
Cellular Game of the Year: skate
Applause Meter Winner: Diner Dash 2
Roleplaying Game of the Year: Mass Effect
Applause Meter Winner: Mass Effect
Racing Game of the Year: Motorstorm
Applause Meter Winner: Motorstorm
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: Portal
Applause Meter Winner: Three-way tie: BioShock, Super Mario Galaxy and Portal
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Rock Band
Applause Meter Winner: Super Mario Galaxy
Adventure Game of the Year: Super Mario Galaxy
Applause Meter Winner: God of War II
Sports Game of the Year: skate
Applause Meter Winner: skate
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Applause Meter Winner: World in Conflict
Action Game of the Year: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Applause Meter Winner: None - the audience was stunned to silence by the vapidity of the presenters; two of the frag dolls, whose names failed to register, and whose IQs must have been lower than their necklines.
Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
Applause Meter Winner: Guess
Computer Game of the Year: The Orange Box
Applause Meter Winner: BioShock
Console Game of the Year: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Applause Meter Winner: Mass Effect (Although Rock Band was nominated, and had heretofore dominated the Applause Meter Awards, by this point in the evening, Rock Band Fatigue had set in, and the applause was dwindling.)
Overall Game of the Year: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
