The 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards was the 15th edition of the Interactive Achievement Awards, an annual awards event that honored the best games in the video game industry during 2011. The awards were arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) and were held at the Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa in Las Vegas, Nevada on . It was also held as part of the Academy's 2012 D.I.C.E. Summit, and was hosted by stand-up comedian Jay Mohr. It would be the final year that it would be called the Interactive Achievement Awards.
Separate awards for "Handheld Game of the Year" and "Mobile Game of the Year" were offered instead of "Portable Game of the Year". The award for "Downloadable Game of the Year" was reintroduced as a "Game of the Year" award. The award for "Outstanding Achievement in Connectivity" was introduced. The award for "Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack" was no longer offered.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and its developer/publisher Bethesda Softworks won the most awards, including "Game of the Year". Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception received the most nominations. Electronic Arts received the most nominations, published the most nominees, and had the most award-winning games.
Tim Sweeney, founder of Epic Games and creator of the Unreal Engine, was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame. Ed Logg, game designer behind Atari classics such as Asteroids, Super Breakout, and Centipede, received of the "Pioneer Award".
Winners and Nominees Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().
Game of the Year awards The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Bethesda Game Studios Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Portal 2 — Valve The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword — Nintendo EAD Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer EntertainmentBastion — Supergiant Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Drawn: Trail of Shadows — Big Fish Studios Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet — Shadow Planet Productions, Microsoft Studios Ms. Splosion Man — Twisted Pixel Games, Microsoft Studios Orcs Must Die! — Robot Entertainment, Microsoft StudiosSuper Mario 3D Land — Nintendo EAD Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective — Capcom Kirby Mass Attack — HAL Laboratory, Nintendo Mario Kart 7 — Nintendo EAD Professor Layton and the Last Specter — Level-5, NintendoInfinity Blade II — Chair Entertainment, Epic Games Contre Jour — Mokus, Chillingo Dead Space — IronMonkey Studios, Electronic Arts Tentacles: Enter the Dolphin — Press Play, Microsoft Studios The Dark Meadow — Phosphor StudiosSkylanders: Spyro's Adventure — Toys for Bob, XPEC Entertainment, Vicarious Visions, Activision Bastion — Supergiant Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games Portal 2 — Valve The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Bethesda Game Studios
Craft awards The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Bethesda Game Studios Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games Portal 2 — Valve Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer EntertainmentUncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment Assassin's Creed: Revelations — Ubisoft Montreal Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games Rayman Origins — Ubisoft MontpellierUncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Battlefield 3 — DICE, Electronic Arts Portal 2 — Valve Rayman Origins — Ubisoft MontpellierWheatley (Portal 2) — Valve Adam Jensen (Deus Ex: Human Revolution) — Eidos-Montréal, Square Enix Europe Cole Phelps (L.A. Noire) — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games Nathan Drake (Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception) — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment Victor Sullivan (Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception) — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer EntertainmentPortal 2 — Valve Battlefield 3 — DICE, Electronic Arts Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — Infinity Ward, Activision Dragon Age II — BioWare, Electronic Arts Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer EntertainmentThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Bethesda Game Studios Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Portal 2 — Valve Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure — Toys for Bob, XPEC Entertainment, Vicarious Visions, Activision The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword — Nintendo EADStar Wars: The Old Republic — BioWare Austin, Electronic Arts Battlefield 3 — DICE, Electronic Arts Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — Infinity Ward, Activision Gears of War 3 — Epic Games, Microsoft Studios LittleBigPlanet 2 — Media Molecule, Sony Computer EntertainmentPortal 2 — Valve Infamous 2 — Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games LittleBigPlanet 2 — Media Molecule, Sony Computer Entertainment Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer EntertainmentBattlefield 3 — DICE, Electronic Arts Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — Infinity Ward, Activision L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games Need for Speed: The Run — EA Black Box Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer EntertainmentThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Bethesda Game Studios Bastion — Supergiant Games, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games Portal 2 — Valve Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer EntertainmentUncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment Battlefield 3 — DICE, Electronic Arts Crysis 2 — Crytek, Electronic Arts L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games Rage — id Software, Bethesda Softworks
Genre awards Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — Infinity Ward, Activision Battlefield 3 — DICE, Electronic Arts Dead Space 2 — Visceral Games, Electronic Arts Gears of War 3 — Epic Games, Microsoft Studios Saints Row: The Third — Volition, THQBatman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment L.A. Noire — Team Bondi, Rockstar Games Portal 2 — Valve The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword — Nintendo EAD Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer EntertainmentFruit Ninja Kinect — Halfbrick Studios, Microsoft Studios Jetpack Joyride — Halfbrick Studios Monsters Ate My Condo — Adult Swim Games, PikPok Tiny Wings — Andreas Illiger Where's My Water? — Disney InteractiveThe Sims Social — Playfish, Electronic Arts Army Attack — Digital Chocolate CastleVille — Zynga Dallas Gardens of Time — Playdom, Disney Interactive Triple Town — Spry Fox, PlaydomLittleBigPlanet 2 — Media Molecule, Sony Computer Entertainment Dance Central 2 — Harmonix, Microsoft Studios Just Dance 3 — Ubisoft Paris Kinect: Disneyland Adventures — Frontier Developments, Microsoft Studios Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure — Toys for Bob, XPEC Entertainment, Vicarious Visions, ActivisionMortal Kombat — NetherRealm Studios, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Fight Night Champion — EA Canada Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition — Capcom The King of Fighters XIII — SNK Playmore, Atlus Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 — CapcomThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Bethesda Game Studios Dark Souls — FromSoftware, Namco Bandai Games Deus Ex: Human Revolution — Eidos-Montréal, Square Enix Europe Star Wars: The Old Republic — BioWare Austin, Electronic Arts The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings — CD Projekt RedForza Motorsport 4 — Turn 10 Studios, Microsoft Studios Mario Kart 7 — Nintendo EAD Real Racing 2 HD — Firemint, Electronic ArtsFIFA 12 — EA Canada Madden NFL 12 — EA Tiburon MLB 11: The Show — SCE San Diego NBA 2K12 — Visual Concepts, 2K Games NBA Jam: On Fire Edition — EA TiburonOrcs Must Die! — Robot Entertainment, Microsoft Studios Iron Brigade — Double Fine Productions, Microsoft Studios Total War: Shogun 2 — Creative Assembly, Sega Toy Soldiers: Cold War — Signal Studios, Microsoft Studios Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution — Relic Entertainment, THQ
Special awards
Hall of Fame Tim Sweeney
Pioneer Ed Logg
Multiple nominations and awards Multiple Nominations
+ Games that received multiple nominations Nominations Game 12 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception 10 Portal 2 9 L.A. Noire 6 Batman: Arkham City Battlefield 3 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 4 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 3 Bastion LittleBigPlanet 2 Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword 2 Deus Ex: Human Revolution Gears of War 3 Mario Kart 7 Orcs Must Die! Rayman Origins Star Wars: The Old Republic
+ Nominations by company Nominations Games Company 19 13 Electronic Arts 17 4 Sony Computer Entertainment 13 11 Microsoft Studios 12 1 Naughty Dog 10 3 Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment 1 Valve 9 Rockstar Games Team Bondi 8 5 Nintendo 7 2 Activision Bethesda Softworks 6 1 DICE Rocksteady Studios 4 3 Ubisoft 1 Infinity Ward 3 3 Capcom 2 BioWare Epic Games 1 Media Molecule Supergiant Games Toys for Bob Vicarious Visions XPEC Entertainment 2 2 Disney Interactive Halfbrick Studios Playdom THQ 1 Eidos-Montréal Robot Entertainment Square Enix Europe
Multiple awards
+ Awards Game 5 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim 3 Portal 2 Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
+ Awards by company Awards Games Company 5 1 Bethesda Softworks 4 4 Electronic Arts 2 Sony Computer Entertainment 3 3 Microsoft Studios Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment 1 Naughty Dog Valve 2 2 Activision
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