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8th Annual Interactive Achievement Award Winners

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), a professional organization dedicated to the advancement and recognition of interactive arts, gives the annual Interactive Achievement Awards to honor outstanding technical and artistic achievement in the world of interactive entertainment. Voted and judged upon by game industry peers and members of the AIAS, the Interactive Achievement Awards winners represent an array of the best games of 2004.

8th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

Game of the Year:
Half-Life 2 (Valve/Vivendi Universal)
Console Game of the Year:
Halo 2 (Bungie/Microsoft)
Computer Game of the Year:
Half-Life 2 (Valve/Vivendi Universal)
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction:
Half-Life 2 (Valve/Vivendi Universal)
Outstanding Achievement in Animation:
Half-Life 2 (Valve/Vivendi Universal)
Outstanding Character Performance - Male:
Half-Life 2 (Valve/Vivendi Universal)
Outstanding Character Performance - Female:
Judy Dench - Golden Eye: Rouge Agent (Electronic Arts)
Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack:
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games)
Outstanding Achievement in Original Musical Composition:
Fable (Big Blue Box/Microsoft)
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design:
Halo 2 (Bungie/Microsoft)
Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering:
Half-Life 2 (Valve/Vivendi Universal)
Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play:
Halo 2 (Bungie/Microsoft)
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering:
Half-Life 2 (Valve/Vivendi Universal)
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design:
Katamari Damacy (Namco Limited/Namco Hometek Inc.)
Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development:
Fable (Big Blue Box/Microsoft)
Outstanding Innovation in Computer Gaming:
Half-Life 2 (Valve/Vivendi Universal)
Outstanding Innovation in Console Gaming:
Katamari Damacy (Namco Limited/Namco Hometek Inc.)

Console Awards
Platform Action/Adventure Game of the Year:
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (Ubisoft)
Action/Adventure Game of the Year:
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games)
Action Sports Game of the Year:
Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (Neversoft/Activision)
First Person Action Game of the Year:
Halo 2 (Bungie/Microsoft)
Children's Title of the Year:
Sly Cooper 2 (Sucker Punch/Sony Computer Entertainment America)
Fighting Game of the Year:
Mortal Kombat: Deception (Midway)
Family Game of the Year:
Donkey Konga (Namco/Nintendo)
Racing Game of the Year:
Burnout 3 (Criterion/Electronic Arts)
Role Playing Game of the Year:
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (Intelligent Systems/Nintendo)
Sports Simulation Game of the Year:
ESPN NFL 2K5 (Visual Concepts/Sega)

Wireless and Handheld Awards
Wireless Game of the Year:
Super Mario 64 DS (Nintendo)
Handheld Game of the Year:
Metroid: Zero Mission(Nintendo)

Computer Awards
Action/Adventure Game of the Year:
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (Ubisoft)
Children's Game of the Year:
Backyard Skateboarding (Humongous Entertainment/Atari)
Downloadable Game of the Year:
The Incredibles: Escape from Nomanisan Island (Disney Online)
Family Game of the Year:
Zoo Tycoon 2 (Zoo Fang Games/Microsoft)
First Person Action Game of the Year:
Half-Life 2 (Valve/Vivendi Universal)
Role Playing Game of the Year:
Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker (Bioware)
Simulation Game of the Year:
The Sims 2 (Maxis/Electronic Arts)
Sports Game of the Year:
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 (Electronic Arts)
Strategy Game of the Year:
Rome: Total War (Creative Assembly/Activision)
Massive Multiplayer/Persistent World Game Of The Year:
World of WarCraft (Blizzard/Vivendi Universal)