The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences have today announced the nominations for The Interactive Achivement Awards, which will be taking place on February 19, 2009 at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas.
LittleBigPlanet leads with an impressive 10 nominations from industry leaders and members of the interactive entertainment software business. The competition isn’t light either, as it’s up against the likes of GTA IV, Fallout 3, MGS4 - infact, all the big name games of 2008. Here are just three of those ten categories in which LBP has been nominated…
Overall Game of the Year
• Fallout 3 (Bethesda Softworks / Bethesda Game Studio)
• Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games / Rockstar North)
• Left 4 Dead (Valve Software / Valve Software)
• LittleBigPlanet (Sony Computer Entertainment / 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 Game Studio)
• Gears of War 2 (Microsoft Game Studios / Epic Games, Inc)
• Grand Theft Auto IV (Rockstar Games / Rockstar North)
• LittleBigPlanet (Sony Computer Entertainment / Media Molecule)
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming:
• Braid (Microsoft Game Studios / Number None)
• Left 4 Dead (Valve Software / Valve Software)
• LittleBigPlanet (Sony Computer Entertainment / Media Molecule)
• Spore (Electronic Arts / Maxis)
• Wii Fit (Nintendo / Nintendo)
Joseph Olin, president, The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences said:
This was an exciting year for games, The depth of talent and creativity in this industry continues to amaze me and we are honored to highlight some of the most impressive games of the year at the Interactive Achievement Awards. The 2009 nominees indeed reflect a stronghold of talent embodying the best and brightest in this field.
It’s likely then, that LittleBigPlanet will be going on to win some of its 10 nominations, and of course we’ll report back with the results on February 19th. More information can be found on the official site at www.interactive.org.
Perhaps Media Molecule will have to get a bigger awards cabinet...
Good for you LBP!! LBP FTW!!!! YAY!!!
You know, I live in Vegas… Maybe if you guys got me access and the Mm crew came into town for the awards I could grab a minute with them for you…
