10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards explained

10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
Venue:	Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Country:	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Host:	Jay Mohr
Most Awards:	Gears of War (8)
Most Nominations:	Gears of War (10)
Award1 Type:	Overall Game of the Year
Award1 Winner:	Gears of War
Award2 Type:	Hall of Fame
Award2 Winner:	Dani Bunten
Award3 Type:	Lifetime Achievement
Award3 Winner:	Minoru Arakawa and Howard Lincoln
Previous:	9th
Main:	D.I.C.E. Awards
Next:	11th

The 10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards was the 10th edition of the Interactive Achievement Awards, an annual awards event that honored the best games in the video game industry during 2006. The awards were arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), and were held at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on . It was also held as part of the Academy's 2007 D.I.C.E. Summit, and was hosted by stand-up comedian Jay Mohr.^[1]

The original nomination package listed "Cellphone Game of the Year", but the finalists were listed for "Mobile Game of the Year". The nomination package also features a genre category of "Casual Game of the Year", but there were not any finalists named for this category. Instead, finalists were listed for "Downloadable Game of the Year", which was not part of the category listing in the rules & procedures.^[2]

Gears of War received the most nominations and won the most awards, including "Overall Game of the Year". Microsoft Game Studios and Nintendo tied for having the most nominations, with Microsoft winning the most awards. Electronic Arts had the most nominated games, and tied with Microsoft and Nintendo for having the most award-winning games.

Dani Bunten was inducted posthumously into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame. Nintendo of America founders Minoru Arakawa and Howard Lincoln also became the first recipients of the "Lifetime Achievement Award".^[3]

Winners and Nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger .^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Game of the Year Awards

Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios) — Rod Fergusson, Michael Capss, Cliff Bleszinski Guitar Hero II (Harmonix/RedOctane) — John Tam, Daniel Sussman, Josh Randall (Bethesda Game Studios/2K Games) — Todd Howard (Nintendo EAD) — Shigeru Miyamoto, Eiji Aonuma, Satoru Iwata Wii Sports (Nintendo EAD) — Keizo Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Katsuya Eguchi, Yoshikazu Yamashita, Satoru Iwata	(Bethesda Game Studios/2K Games) — Todd Howard (Ensemble Studios/Microsoft Game Studios) — Wally Wachi, Sandy Petersen Battlefield 2142 (DICE/Electronic Arts) Company of Heroes (Relic Entertainment/THQ) — John Johnson, Sean Dunn Prey (Human Head Studios/2K Games) — Timothy S. Gerrtisen, Ted Halstead, Chris Rhinehart
Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios) — Rod Fergusson, Michael Capss, Cliff Bleszinski Guitar Hero II (Harmonix/RedOctane) — John Tam, Daniel Sussman, Josh Randall (Nintendo EAD) — Shigeru Miyamoto, Eiji Aonuma, Satoru Iwata Viva Piñata (Rare/Microsoft Game Studios) — Gregg Mayles Wii Sports (Nintendo EAD) — Keizo Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Katsuya Eguchi, Yoshikazu Yamashita, Satoru Iwata	(Nintendo SPD) — Shinya Takahashi, Kouichi Kawamoto, Noriko Kitamura, Masamuichi Sakaino, Shinji Kitahara, Yoshinori Katsuki, Tadashi Matsushita, Masaru Nishida Elite Beat Agents (iNiS/Nintendo) — Shinya Saito, Masako Harada, Keiichi Yano (Traveller's Tales/LucasArts) — Loz Doyle, Jon Burton, James Cunliffe LocoRoco (SCE Japan Studio) — Tsutomu Kouno New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo EAD) — Hiroyuki Kimura, Shigeyuki Asuke, Massanao Arimoto

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming

Wii Sports (Nintendo EAD) — Katsuya Eguchi, Satoru Iwata, Keizo Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshikazu Yamashita, Kouichi Kawamoto, Noriko Kitamura, Masamuichi Sakaino, Shinji Kitahara, Yoshinori Katsuki, Tadashi Matsushita, Masaru Nishida (Nintendo SPD) — Shinya Takahashi, Kouichi Kawamoto, Masaru Nishida Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios) — Rod Fergusson, Michael Capss, Keizo Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Cliff Bleszinski LocoRoco (SCE Japan Studio) — Tsutomu Kouno Viva Piñata (Rare/Microsoft Game Studios) — Gregg Mayles

Craft Awards

Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios) — Aaron Herzog, Jay Hosfelt, Jerry O'Flaherty Daxter (Ready at Dawn/Sony Computer Entertainment) — Ru Weerasuriya, Jerome de Menou Fight Night Round 3 (EA Chicago) — Alan Cruz, Andy Konieczny (Traveller's Tales/LucasArts) — Jeremy Pardon Rayman Raving Rabbids (Ubisoft Montpellier) — Patrick Bodard	Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios) — Jerry O'Flaherty, Chris Perna Call of Duty 3 (Treyarch/Activision) Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix) — Akihiko Yoshida, Hideo Minaba (Ubisoft Montreal) — Olivier Leonardi, Jeffrey Giles Viva Piñata (Rare/Microsoft Game Studios)
Guitar Hero II (Harmonix/RedOctane) — Eric Brosius FIFA 07 (EA Canada) — Joe Nickolis (The Collective/Atari) — Marc Ecko, Sean "Diddy" Combs (Radical Entertainment/Sierra Entertainment) — Rob Bridgett SingStar Rocks! (SCE London Studio) — Alex Hackford, Sergio Pimentel	LocoRoco (SCE Japan Studio) — Nobuyuki Shimizu, Kemmei Adachi Black (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts) — Chris Tilton, Michael Giacchino Call of Duty 3 (Treyarch/Activision) — Joel Goldsmith (Bethesda Game Studios/2K Games) — Jeremy Soule (Ubisoft Shanghai) — Michael McCann
Call of Duty 3 (Treyarch/Activision) — Jerry Berlongieri Company of Heroes (Relic Entertainment/THQ) — John Tenant, Glen Jamison, Crispin Hands (Bethesda Game Studios/2K Games) — Mark Lampert Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Red Storm Entertainment/Ubisoft Paris) — Alexandre Carlotti, Emmanuel Gouvemaire (Ubisoft Shanghai) — Zhang Lei, Roman His	(Nintendo EAD) — Mitsuhiro Takario, Aya Kyogoku, Yusuke Nakano, Satomi Asakawa, Takahiro Watanabe (SCE Cambridge Studio/2K Games) — Duppy Demetrius, Chris Sorrell, Robert Hill, Candice Teo, Paul Gadd (Funcom/Aspyr) — Ragnar Tørnquist, Dag Scheve Saints Row (Volition/THQ) — Steve Jaros, Tommy Stanton, Douglas Carrigan Sam & Max Episode 1: Culture Shock (Telltale Games) — Dave Grossman, Brendan Ferguson, Steve Purcell, David Bogan, Julian Kwasneski
Wii Sports (Nintendo EAD) — Emi Tomita, Takako Ishii, Masanobu Sato, Yoshifumi Masaki Company of Heroes (Relic Entertainment/THQ) — Josh Mosqueira, Paul Mitchell, Shelby Hubick Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios) — Cliff Bleszinski, Ray Davis (Bethesda Game Studios/2K Games) — Todd Howard, Guy Carver, Craig Walton (Nintendo EAD) — Eiji Aonuma, Tokhiko Toyoda, Mei Ide, Kazuaki Morita, Yoshiyuki Oyama	Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios) — Cliff Bleszinski, Ray Davis Battlefield 2142 (DICE/Electronic Arts) — Marcus Nileson Call of Duty 3 (Treyarch/Activision) — David Vonderhaar, Dan Bunting Chromehounds (FromSoftware/Sega) — Toshifumi Nabeshima, Yusuke Ebata Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Red Storm Entertainment/Ubisoft Paris) — Christian Allen, Clark Gibson
Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios) — Tim Sweeney, Unreal Engine Team Call of Duty 3 (Treyarch/Activision) — Mike Anthony, David King Company of Heroes (Relic Entertainment/THQ) — Drew Dunlop, Ian Thompson (Insomniac Games/Sony Computer Entertainment) — Jonny Garrett Viva Piñata (Rare/Microsoft Game Studios) — Will Bryan, Al Hastings, Mark Lee, Rob Wyatt, Mike Day, Reddy Sambavaram, John Morgan, Jeff Chan, Sam Christiansan	Wii Sports (Nintendo EAD) — Keizo Ohta, Takayuki Shimamura, Yoshikazu Yamashita (Nintendo SPD) — Kouichi Kawamoto Company of Heroes (Relic Entertainment/THQ) — Josh Mosqueira, John Johnson, Sean Dunn (Bethesda Game Studios/2K Games) — Todd Howard (Nintendo EAD) — Eiji Aonuma, Kouichi Kawamoto, Noriko Kitamura, Masamichi Sakaino, Shinji Kitahara, Yoshinori Katsuki, Tadashi Matsushita, Masaru Nishida

Character Performance Awards

John DiMaggio as Marcus Fenix, Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios) — Writer: Susan O'Connor Gerry Rosenthal as Jimmy Hopkins, Bully (Rockstar Vancouver) — Writer: Dan Houser Max Casella as Daxter, Daxter (Ready at Dawn/Sony Computer Entertainment) — Writer: Dan Arey Lego Han Solo, (Traveller's Tales/LucasArts) — Writer: Jeremy Pardon Michael Ironside as Sam Fisher, (Ubisoft Shanghai) — Writer: Richard Dansky

Louise Ridgeway as Leafos, Viva Piñata (Rare/Microsoft Game Studios) Maine Anders as Christy Martin, Bully (Rockstar Vancouver) — Writer: Dan Houser Brenda Strong as Mary Alice Young, Desperate Housewives: The Game (Liquid Entertainment/Buena Vista Games) — Story and Dialog: Greg Hillegas, Charley Price, Scott Sanford Tobis; Dialog: Vernon Dunmore, Eric Heine Tia Carrere as Lin, Saints Row (Volition/THQ) — Writer: Steve Jaros Lynda Carter, (Bethesda Game Studios/2K Games) — Writer: Ken Rolston

Genre Awards

Tony Hawk's Project 8 (Neversoft/Activision) — Chris Parise, Brian Bright FIFA 07 (EA Canada) — Joe Booth, Matt Manuel (SCE San Diego) — Chris Gill, Scott Rhode, Chris Cutliff NBA 2K7 (Visual Concepts/2K Games) — David DePaulis, Jeff Thomas, Lynell Junks, Amber Long NBA 07 (SCE San Diego) — Erich Waas, Rick Campbell, Vernon Mollette, Raja Altenhoff	Company of Heroes (Relic Entertainment/THQ) — John Johnson, Sean Dunn (Creative Assembly/Sega) — Trasant Moorthy, Ken Turner, R.T. Smith (Big Huge Games/Microsoft Game Studios) — Jason Schklar, Tim Train, Brian Reynolds (Petroglyph Games/LucasArts) — Chuck Kroegel, Chris Williams (EA Los Angeles) — Mike Verdu
(Ubisoft Montreal) — Chadi Lebbos, Alexandre Parizeau, Maxime Beland Black (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts) — Alex Ward (Valve/Electronic Arts) (Insomniac Games/Sony Computer Entertainment) Prey (Human Head Studios/2K Games) — Timothy S. Gerrtisen, Ted Halstead, Chris Rhinehart	Fight Night Round 3 (EA Chicago) — Kudo Tsunoda, Keith Morton, Darren Bennett (Midway Games) — John Padlasek, Ed Boon (Eighting/Namco Bandai) — Hajime Nakatani, Haruki Suzaki, Naohiro Hayashi WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw 2007 (Yuke's/THQ) — Hiromi Furuta, Tokuichi Kitaguchi, Taku Chihaga
Burnout Revenge (Criterion Games/Electronic Arts) — Alex Ward Excite Truck (Monster Games/Nintendo) — Kensuke Tanabe, Keisuke Terasaki, Satoru Iwata, Richard Garcia (Pseudo Interactive/Sega) — Michael Gallo, Tim Ernst, Morgan Roberts, Dave Cobb (EA Black Box/EA Canada) — Steve Anthony, Scott Nielsen, Stephane Greford Test Drive Unlimited (Eden Games, Atari) — Ahmed Boukhelifa, Christophe Laboureau, Stéphane Beley, Frédéric Jay, David Nadal	(Bethesda Game Studios/2K Games) — Todd Howard Final Fantasy III (Square Enix) — Hiromichi Tanaka, Tomoyo Asano Final Fantasy XII (Square Enix) — Akitoshi Kawazu, Hiroshi Minagawa, Hiroyuki Ito, Akihiko Yoshida Phantasy Star Universe (Sonic Team/Sega) — Yuji Naka, Takao Miyoshi, Satoshi Sakai Titan Quest (Iron Lore Entertainment/THQ) — Jeff Godsill, Brian Sullivan
LocoRoco (SCE Japan Studio) — Tsutomu Kouno Kim Possible: What's the Switch (Artificial Mind and Movement/Buena Vista Games) — Shannon Monroe, Nathalie Jasmine, Stephen Jarrett, David Osborne Over the Hedge (Edge of Reality/Activision) — Steve Rosenthal, Lara Lyn McWilliams, Thomas Coles (Chunsoft/Nintendo/The Pokémon Company) — Koichi Nakamura, Seiichiro Nagahata (Krome Studios/Sierra Entertainment) — Greg Goodrich, John Welsh, Chris Wilson	Gears of War (Epic Games/Microsoft Game Studios) — Rod Fergusson, Michael Capss, Cliff Bleszinski Daxter (Ready at Dawn/Sony Computer Entertainment) — Marc Turndorf, Didier Malenfant, Ru Weerasuriya Saints Row (Volition/THQ) — Jacques Hennequet, Chris Stockman (Nintendo EAD) — Shigeru Miyamoto, Eiji Aonuma, Satoru Iwata (Ubisoft Shanghai) — Domitille Doat, Daniel Ray, Arnaud Carette
Guild Wars Nightfall (ArenaNet/NCSoft) — Jay Adams Auto Assault (NetDevil/NCSoft) — Steven Snow, Scott Brown (Turbine/Atari) — Judith Hoffman, Ken Troop Eve Online: Revelations (CCP Games) — Nathan Richardsson, Huni Hinrichsen, S. Reynir Hardarson	Guitar Hero II (Harmonix/RedOctane) — John Tam, Daniel Sussman, Josh Randall (Nintendo SPD) — Shinya Takahashi, Kouichi Kawamoto, Satoru Iwata (Traveller's Tales/LucasArts) — Loz Doyle, Jon Burton, James Cunliffe Rayman Raving Rabbids (Ubisoft Montpellier) — Pierre-Arnaud Lambert, Jaques Exertier Viva Piñata (Rare/Microsoft Game Studios) — Gregg Mayles
Microsoft Flight Simulator X (Aces Game Studio/Microsoft Game Studios) — Shawn Firminger, John Licata, Patt Cook, Jason Waskey Sid Meier's Railroads! (Firaxis Games/2K Games) — Dan Magaha, Sid Meier Tourist Trophy (Polyphony Digital/Sony Computer Entertainment) — Kazunori Yamauchi, Takamasa Shichisawa	Bookworm Adventures (PopCap Games) — Tysen Henderson (PlayFirst) — Chris Bennett Mystery Case Files: Prime Suspects (Big Fish Studios) — Patrick Wylie, Adrian Woods, Bill Meyer Plantasia (Gamelab/PlayFirst) — Erik Zwerling, Kenny Dinkin Virtual Villagers: A New Home (Last Day of Work/Big Fish Games) — Carla Humphrey
Orcs & Elves (id Software/Fountainhead Entertainment/EA Mobile) — John Carmack, Katherine A. Kang Brothers in Arms 3D (Gameloft) Duckshot (MoFactor/Hands-On Mobile) Tropical Madness (Gameloft) — Jean Nicholas Vernin, Philip Bouchet, Li Kai Jun, Guo Xing

Special Awards

Hall of Fame

• Dani Bunten

Lifetime Achievement

• Minoru Arakawa
• Howard Lincoln

Multiple nominations and awards

Multiple Nominations

Games that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Game
10	Gears of War
8
6	Company of Heroes
	Viva Piñata
5	Call of Duty 3
	Wii Sports
4
	Guitar Hero II
	LocoRoco
3	Daxter
	Saints Row
2	Battlefield 2142
	Black
	Bully
	FIFA 07
	Fight Night Round 3
	Final Fantasy XII
	Prey
	Rayman Raving Rabbids
	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter

Nominations by company

Nominations	Games	Company
19	7	Nintendo
	5	Microsoft Game Studios
14	8	Sony Computer Entertainment
13	9	Electronic Arts
12	4	2K Games
11		THQ
10		Ubisoft
	1	Epic Games
8		Bethesda Game Studios
7	2	Activision
6	1	Rare
		Relic Entertainment
5	2	LucasArts
	1	Treyarch
4	4	Sega
	1	Harmonix
		RedOctane
		Traveller's Tales
3	3	Atari
	2	Criterion Games
		Square Enix
	1	Ready at Dawn
		Volition
2	2	Big Fish Games
		Buena Vista Games
		Gameloft
		NCSoft
		PlayFirst
	1	DICE
		Human Head Studios
		Insomniac Games
		Red Storm Entertainment
		Rockstar Vancouver

Multiple awards

Awards	Game
8	Gears of War
3	Wii Sports
2	Guitar Hero II
	LocoRoco

Awards by company

Awards	Games	Company
10	3	Microsoft Game Studios
8	1	Epic Games
5	3	Nintendo
3		Electronic Arts
2	2	Activision
	1	2K Games
		Bethesda Game Studios
		Harmonix
		RedOctane
		Sony Computer Entertainment

Notes and References

1. Web site: AIAS Announces Winners of 10th Annual IAA's . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . 11 June 2022.
2. Web site: Submission Form - 10th Annual Awards . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . 18 December 2023.
3. Web site: Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Special Awards . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . 11 June 2022.
4. Web site: 10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Finalists . D.I.C.E. Summit . 18 December 2023.
5. Web site: GEARS OF WAR INVADES SIN CITY CAPTURING EIGHT STATUES AT THE 10TH ANNUAL INTERACTIVE ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . 18 December 2023.
6. Web site: Surette . Tim . D.I.C.E. 07: Gears grabs gold . GameSpot . 26 December 2022 . February 12, 2007 . 26 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221226224701/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/dice-07-gears-grabs-gold/1100-6165614/ . live .
7. Web site: 10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Announced - News . 2022-07-10 . Nintendo World Report.