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Skyrim Dominates The 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
Bethesda Game Studio's epic open-world role-playing game took home the top honors at the annual D.I.C.E. awards show.
Todd Howard and company accepted five awards over the course of the night, including Game of the Year, Role Playing/MMO Game of the Year, and Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Direction. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception and Portal 2 also fared well, taking home three awards apiece.
Here is the full list of award winners:
Game of the Year: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Skylanders Spyro's Adventure
Action Game of the Year: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Adventure Game of the Year: Batman: Arkham City
Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Sports Game of the Year: FIFA 12
Racing Game of the Year: Forza Motorsport 4
Fighting Game of the Year: Mortal Kombat
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: Orcs Must Die!
Family Game of the Year: LittleBigPlanet 2
Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay: Star Wars: The Old Republic
Outstanding Achievement in Connectivity: Portal 2
Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Mobile Game of the Year: Infinity Blade II
Handheld Game of the Year: Super Mario 3D Land
Downloadable Game of the Year: Bastion
Casual Game of the Year: Fruit Ninja Kinect
Social Networking Game of the Year: The Sims Social
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition: Portal 2
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Battlefield 3
Outstanding Achievement in Story: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Outstanding Character Performance: Portal 2 (Wheatley)