Uncharted 2 victorious at 13th AIAS Awards

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves materialised as the big winner at this year's Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, picking up ten honours including Game of the Year.

The titles was also rewarded for its outstanding art direction, visual engineering and original story.

Other winners included Scribblenauts, which picked up three awards for innovation, design and for best portable game of the year, and Batman: Arkham Asylum, also honoured three times for game design, best adapted story and character performance.

The 13th Interactive Achievement Awards ceremony was hosted by comedian Jay Mohr at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas.

As well as the game awards, Activision co-founder David Crane was honoured with the AIAS' first Pioneer Award, while ESA founder Douglas Lowenstein received a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Mark Cerny, who was responsible for games including Crash Bandicoot and Spyro the Dragon, was inducted into the Hall of Fame - one of the organisation's highest honours.

"The interactive world continues to grow and move forward every day. While we have seen tremendous advances in the community, I believe this is only the beginning," said Joseph Olin, president of AIAS.

"With the help of the tremendously talented men and women here tonight, we will continue to create games that inspire each other to continue pushing the envelope."

The winners in each category are as follows:

Game of the Year: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Casual Game of the Year: Flower

Fighting Game of the Year: Street Fighter IV

Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year: Dragon Age: Origins

Sports Game of the Year: FIFA Soccer 10

Racing Game of the Year: Forza Motorsport 3

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: Batman: Arkham Asylum

Adventure Game of the Year: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Social Networking Game of the Year: Farmville

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: Brutal Legend

Action Game of the Year: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Family Game of the Year: The Beatles: Rock Band

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Scribblenauts

Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Outstanding Achievement in Story - Adapted: Batman: Arkham Asylum

Outstanding Character Performance: Batman: Arkham Asylum – Joker

Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Outstanding Achievement in Story - Original: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack: Brutal Legend

Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Outstanding Achievement in Portable Game Design: Scribblenauts

Portable Game of the Year: Scribblenauts

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