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LittleBigPlanet Rules AIAS Nominations
The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has released its annual list of peer-voted nominees for the Interactive Achievement Awards, with LittleBigPlanet leading the charge in a year that saw several top-tier releases.
LittleBigPlanet, developed by U.K.-based Media Molecule for PS3, garnered 10 nominations from "industry leaders and members of the interactive entertainment software business."
The game is contending in categories including Family Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction and Overall Game of the Year.
The awards will take place during the DICE Summit in Las Vegas at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas on February 19. Comedian Jay Mohr will host the event for the fourth year.
Other titles up for Overall Game of the Year and other awards include Fallout 3, Grand Theft Auto IV, Left 4 Dead and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots.
The full roster of nominees, which is dominated by Western-developed games, is below:
Family Game of the Year
- Boom Blox - Electronic Arts - EA Los Angeles
- LittleBigPlanet - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Media Molecule
- Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party - Ubisoft - Ubisoft Paris
- Rock Band 2 - MTV Games - Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.
- Wii Fit - Nintendo - Nintendo
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
- Advance Wars: Days of Ruin - Nintendo - Intelligent Systems
- Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Electronic Arts - EA Los Angeles
- Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution - 2K Games - Firaxis
- Sins of a Solar Empire - Stardock Entertainment - Ironclad Games
- Tom Clancy's EndWar - Ubisoft - Ubisoft Shanghai
Outstanding Achievement in Animation
- Castle Crashers - Microsoft Game Studios - The Behemoth
- Gears of War 2 - Microsoft Game Studios - Epic Games, Inc.
- Left 4 Dead - Valve Software - Valve Software
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. - Kojima Productions
- Prince of Persia - Ubisoft - Ubisoft Montreal
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
- Dead Space - Electronic Arts - EA Redwood Shores
- Fable II - Microsoft Game Studios - Lionhead Studios
- LittleBigPlanet - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Media Molecule
- Mirror’s Edge - Electronic Arts - Digital Illusions
- Prince of Persia - Ubisoft - Ubisoft Montreal
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering
- Gears of War 2 - Microsoft Game Studios - Epic Games, Inc.
- LittleBigPlanet - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Media Molecule
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. - Kojima Productions
- Resistance 2 - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Insomniac Games
- Tomb Raider: Underworld - Eidos/Warner Bros. Interactive - Crystal Dynamics
Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering
- Fable II - Microsoft Game Studios - Lionhead Studios
- Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks - Bethesda Softworks
- Left 4 Dead - Valve Software - Valve Software
- Spore - Electronic Arts - Maxis
- Tom Clancy's EndWar - Ubisoft - Ubisoft Shanghai
Outstanding Character Performance
- Gears of War 2 (Dom) - Microsoft Game Studios - Epic Games, Inc.
- Gears of War 2 (Marcus) - Microsoft Game Studios - Epic Games, Inc.
- LittleBigPlanet (Sackboy) - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Media Molecule
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Old Snake) - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. - Kojima Productions
- Tomb Raider: Underworld (Lara Croft) - Eidos/Warner Bros. Interactive - Crystal Dynamics
Outstanding Achievement in Adapted Story
- Lego Batman: The Videogame - Warner Bros. Interactive - TT Games
- Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe - Midway - Midway
- Naruto: The Broken Bond - Ubisoft - Ubisoft
- Quantum of Solace - Activision - Treyarch
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - LucasArts - LucasArts
Outstanding Achievement in Original Story
- Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway - Ubisoft - Gearbox Software
- Fable II - Microsoft Game Studios - Lionhead Studios
- Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks - Bethesda Softworks
- Grand Theft Auto IV - Rockstar Games - Rockstar North
- Professor Layton and the Curious Village - Nintendo - Level 5, Inc.
Role-Playing Game of the Year
- Fable II - Microsoft Game Studios - Lionhead Studios
- Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks - Bethesda Softworks
- Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time - Nintendo - Chunsoft
- Tales of Vesperia - Namco Bandai Games - Namco Bandai Games
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming
- Braid - Microsoft Game Studios - Number None
- Left 4 Dead - Valve Software - Valve Software
- LittleBigPlanet - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Media Molecule
- Spore - Electronic Arts - Maxis
- Wii Fit - Nintendo - Nintendo
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
- de Blob - THQ - Blue Tongue
- Dead Space - Electronic Arts - EA Redwood Shores
- Fable II - Microsoft Game Studios - Lionhead Studios
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. - Kojima Productions
- World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard Entertainment - Blizzard Entertainment
Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack
- Guitar Hero World Tour - Activision - Neversoft Entertainment
- LittleBigPlanet - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Media Molecule
- Motorstorm Pacific Rift - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Evolution Studios
- Rock Band 2 - MTV Games - Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.
- Singstar PS3 Vol. 1 - Sony Computer Entertainment America - SCE London Studio
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
- Dead Space - Electronic Arts - EA Redwood Shores
- Gears of War 2 - Microsoft Game Studios - Epic Games, Inc.
- LittleBigPlanet - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Media Molecule
- Prince of Persia - Ubisoft - Ubisoft Montreal
- Wipeout HD - Sony Computer Entertainment America - SCE Studios Liverpool
Computer Game of the Year
- Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks - Bethesda Softworks
- Left 4 Dead - Valve Software - Valve Software
- Mass Effect - Electronic Arts - Bioware
- Spore - Electronic Arts - Maxis
- World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard Entertainment - Blizzard Entertainment
Adventure Game of the Year
- Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. - Konami
- God of War: Chains of Olympus - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Ready at Dawn
- Mirror’s Edge - Electronic Arts - Digital Illusions
- Naruto: The Broken Bond - Ubisoft - Ubisoft
- Prince of Persia - Ubisoft - Ubisoft Montreal
Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year
- EVE Online: Quantum Rise - CCP - CCP hf.
- Pirates of the Burning Sea - Sony Online Entertainment - Flying Lab Software
- PMOG - GameLayers - GameLayers
- Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning - Electronic Arts - Mythic Entertainment
- World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard Entertainment - Blizzard Entertainment
Sports Game of the Year
- FIFA 09 - Electronic Arts - EA Canada
- Madden NFL 09 - Electronic Arts - EA Tiburon
- MLB 08: The Show - Sony Computer Entertainment America - SCE Studios San Diego
- NBA 2K9 - 2K Sports - Visual Concepts
- NHL 09 - Electronic Arts - EA Canada
Racing Game of the Year
- Burnout Paradise - Electronic Arts - Critereon Games
- GRID - Codemasters - Codemasters
- Mario Kart Wii - Nintendo - Nintendo
- Motorstorm Pacific Rift - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Evolution Studios
- Pure - Disney Interactive Studios - Black Rock Studio
Fighting Game of the Year
- Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe - Midway - Midway
- Soul Calibur IV - Namco Bandai Games - Project Soul
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Nintendo - Nintendo, HAL Laboratory, Sora Ltd.
- Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix - Capcom - Backbone Entertainment
- WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009 - THQ - Yuke's Co., Ltd.
Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play
- Call of Duty: World at War - Activision - Treyarch
- Gears of War 2 - Microsoft Game Studios - Epic Games, Inc.
- Left 4 Dead - Valve Software - Valve Software
- NHL 09 - Electronic Arts - EA Canada
- Rock Band 2 - MTV Games - Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.
Action Game of the Year
- Call of Duty: World at War - Activision - Treyarch
- Dead Space - Electronic Arts - EA Redwood Shores
- Far Cry 2 - Ubisoft - Ubisoft Montreal
- Gears of War 2 - Microsoft Game Studios - Epic Games, Inc.
- Grand Theft Auto IV - Rockstar Games - Rockstar North
Handheld Game of the Year
- Advance Wars: Days of Ruin - Nintendo - Intelligent Systems
- Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. - Konami
- God of War: Chains of Olympus - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Ready at Dawn
- Patapon - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Sony Computer Entertainment International
- Professor Layton and the Curious Village - Nintendo - Level 5, Inc.
Cellular Game of the Year
- Reset Generation - Nokia - RedLynx
- Spore Origins - Electronic Arts - Babaroga, Tricky Software
- Trism - Demiforce - Demiforce
Casual Game of the Year
- Braid - Microsoft Game Studios - Number None
- Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhurst - Big Fish Games - Big Fish Games
- Patapon - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Sony Computer Entertainment International
- Professor Layton and the Curious Village - Nintendo - Level 5, Inc.
- World of Goo - Nintendo - 2D Boy
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
- Fable II - Microsoft Game Studios - Lionhead Studios
- Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks - Bethesda Softworks
- Gears of War 2 - Microsoft Game Studios - Epic Games, Inc.
- Left 4 Dead - Valve Software - Valve Software
- World of Goo - Nintendo - 2D Boy
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
- Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks - Bethesda Softworks
- Gears of War 2 - Microsoft Game Studios - Epic Games, Inc.
- Left 4 Dead - Valve Software - Valve Software
- LittleBigPlanet - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Media Molecule
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. - Kojima Productions
Console Game of the Year
- Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks - Bethesda Softworks
- Gears of War 2 - Microsoft Game Studios - Epic Games, Inc.
- Grand Theft Auto IV - Rockstar Games - Rockstar North
- LittleBigPlanet - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Media Molecule
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. - Kojima Productions
Overall Game of the Year
- Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks - Bethesda Softworks
- Grand Theft Auto IV - Rockstar Games - Rockstar North
- Left 4 Dead - Valve Software - Valve Software
- LittleBigPlanet - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Media Molecule
- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. - Kojima Productions
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I'm pleased that naruto broken bond is getting nominated, as it is a suprisingly good game, with solid platforming gameplay that uses the naruto franchise well and intuitively.
plus the fighting system is solid, and it actually looks alot like the anime itself.
i do love this game, even if i am a bit of a narutard.
Is it worth getting a PS3 just for LittleBigPlanet? Seems like it's the type of gameplay experience that can only begun to be understood by actually playing around with it.
Jarrad getting a PS3 for LBP:
I'd say yes, but primarily for the online community as the singleplayer campaign is quickly finished. And this really is a game, that is best appreciated with 1-3 other human players. In my case, I've been playing it with my 5-year old son online with a friend and his 5-year old son. Nothing beats that kind of entertainment, no matter the game, but LBP gives you more space to play around in and just have fun. So, as an entertainment tool, you cannot really find anything quite like it, but you really oughtn't play it alone.
Unrelated, it's SOO nice to finally see a masterpiece like Boom Blox get some recognition - especially considering how little "real" games Wii fans has seen in 2008.
Thanks. I didn't know it was that accessible or that multiplayer was that essential.
No Xbox exclusives for overall game of the year.....PITY !
Ryda
Left 4 Dead was a 360 exclusive (at least exclusive from the PS3). Would you consider Halo 1, Halo 2, and Gears of War 1 NOT 360 exclusives since they came out on PC also?
Nice list for all the categories. I did see a bit of a trend though with about 7 games monopolizing the nominations. Glad to see Braid on the list, that game is my personal pick for GotY.
Well now that you put it that way there not really exclusives, there out on another system even if its PC its still not exclusive, If somethings exclusive to the PC it doesnt come out on Xbox does it no it stays exclusive to the PC keyword EXCLUSIVE. Wow you guys sure are getting the wool pulled over your eyes payin for online,significant hardware failures, unexclusive exclusives you guys do know that Sony makes PCs dont you so ppl are playing Xbox "exclusives" on Sony hardware I wonder does that mean it came out for Sony to ........ I wonder ? off topic but I was just on a forum discussing Xbox live and having to pay even though like 90 % of the games are P2P and lag badly with PSN most games are on dedicated servers and never lag ex Warhawk 32p 0lag both R1 and R2 40 and 60 0 lag many others and its 100% free what the hell are you guys payin for and what is host advantage we dont have nething like that on PSN LOLOLOL.
not to mention all valve games are 'ported' rather than developed for PS3. they run piss-poor and are buggy as hell on the PS3.
This year is looking even worse. The 360's 2009 line-up is piss-poor.
I find it funny that the 360 fans get bashed on if they post anit-PS3 comments in a "PS3 only" story but an article detailing the academy's 2008 nominations warrant's yet another classic "360's 2009 line-up is piss-poor" comment from good ol' Top.
We get it, you apparently know all of MS' plans for 2009 and have provided the reviews of all the games in advance and have come to the conclusion that they are all "piss-poor". Guess I don't have to worry about reading reviews for the rest of the year. Thanks again Top for yet another insightful look into the future.
What a nice headline.
=D