Die Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences wird auch in diesem Jahr im Rahmen des DICE-Summits am 19. Februar die renomierten Annual Interactive Achievement Awards verleihen. Das Gremium gab nun bekannt, welche Spiele nominiert sind. Die meisten Hoffnungen auf Auszeichnungen kann sich Media Molecule machen: LittleBigPlanet ist insgesamt in zehn Kategorien am Start. Auch Epic kann frohlocken, ist Gears of War 2 doch in neun Sparten vertreten. Es folgen Left 4 Dead (8), Fallout 3 (8), Metal Gear Solid 4 (7) sowie Fable II (6).

Family Game of the Year      

    * Boom Blox
    * LittleBigPlanet
    * Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party
    * Rock Band 2
    * Wii Fit

      
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year      

    * Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
    * Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
    * Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution
    * Sins of a Solar Empire
    * Tom Clancy's EndWar

      
Outstanding Achievement in Animation

    * Castle Crashers 
    * Gears of War 2
    * Left 4 Dead
    * Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
    * Prince of Persia - Ubisoft - Ubisoft Montreal

      
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

    * Dead Space
    * Fable II - Microsoft Game Studios
    * LittleBigPlanet
    * Mirrors Edge
    * Prince of Persia

      
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering

    * Gears of War 2
    * LittleBigPlanet
    * Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
    * Resistance 2
    * Tomb Raider: Underworld

      
Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering

    * Fable II
    * Fallout 3
    * Left 4 Dead
    * Spore
    * Tom Clancy's EndWar

      
Outstanding Character Performance

    * Gears of War 2 (Dom)
    * Gears of War 2 (Marcus)
    * LittleBigPlanet (Sackboy)
    * Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Old Snake)
    * Tomb Raider: Underworld (Lara Croft)

      
Outstanding Achievement in Adapted Story

    * Lego Batman: The Videogame
    * Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
    * Naruto: The Broken Bond
    * Quantum of Solace
    * Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

      
Outstanding Achievement in Original Story

    * Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway
    * Fable II
    * Fallout 3
    * Grand Theft Auto IV
    * Professor Layton and the Curious Village

      
Role-Playing Game of the Year

    * Fable II
    * Fallout 3
    * Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time
    * Tales of Vesperia

            
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming

    * Braid
    * Left 4 Dead
    * LittleBigPlanet
    * Spore
    * Wii Fit

      
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

    * de Blob
    * Dead Space
    * Fable II
    * Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
    * World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

      
Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack

    * Guitar Hero World Tour
    * LittleBigPlanet
    * Motorstorm Pacific Rift
    * Rock Band 2
    * Singstar PS3 Vol. 1

      
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

    * Dead Space
    * Gears of War 2
    * LittleBigPlanet
    * Prince of Persia
    * Wipeout HD

      
Computer Game of the Year

    * Fallout 3
    * Left 4 Dead
    * Mass Effect
    * Spore
    * World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

      
Adventure Game of the Year

    * Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
    * God of War: Chains of Olympus
    * Mirrors Edge
    * Naruto: The Broken Bond
    * Prince of Persia

      
Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year

    * EVE Online: Quantum Rise
    * Pirates of the Burning Sea
    * PMOG
    * Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
    * World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

      
Sports Game of the Year

    * FIFA 09
    * Madden NFL 09
    * MLB 08: The Show
    * NBA 2K9
    * NHL 09

      
Racing Game of the Year

    * Burnout Paradise
    * GRID
    * Mario Kart Wii
    * Motorstorm Pacific Rift
    * Pure

      
Fighting Game of the Year      

    * Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
    * Soul Calibur IV
    * Super Smash Bros. Brawl
    * Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
    * WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009

      
Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play

    * Call of Duty: World at War
    * Gears of War 2
    * Left 4 Dead
    * NHL 09
    * Rock Band 2

      
Action Game of the Year

    * Call of Duty: World at War
    * Dead Space
    * Far Cry 2
    * Gears of War 2
    * Grand Theft Auto IV

      
Handheld Game of the Year

    * Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
    * Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
    * God of War: Chains of Olympus
    * Patapon
    * Professor Layton and the Curious Village

      
Cellular Game of the Year

    * Reset Generation
    * Spore Origins
    * Trism

      
Casual Game of the Year

    * Braid
    * Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhurst
    * Patapon
    * Professor Layton and the Curious Village
    * World of Goo

      
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

    * Fable II
    * Fallout 3
    * Gears of War 2
    * Left 4 Dead
    * World of Goo

      
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

    * Fallout 3
    * Gears of War 2
    * Left 4 Dead
    * LittleBigPlanet
    * Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

      
Console Game of the Year

    * Fallout 3
    * Gears of War 2
    * Grand Theft Auto IV
    * LittleBigPlanet
    * Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

      
Overall Game of the Year

    * Fallout 3
    * Grand Theft Auto IV
    * Left 4 Dead
    * LittleBigPlanet
    * Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots