Skyrim practically sweeps the 2012 IAAs with five awards

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences handed out the Interactive Achievement Awards for the 15th consecutive year on February 9 and, not surprisingly, Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim came away the big winner.

The RPG practically swept all of the major awards including Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction, and Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering. It also took home RPG of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Story.

Among the other winners, Portal 2 lead the way with three awards including Outstanding Achievement in Connectivity, Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition, and an Outstanding Character Performance for Wheatley. Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception also took home three awards, all for Naughty Dog’s continued mastery of game graphics.

You can find the full list of winners after the break, while all the nominated games are listed here.

Winners – 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
Game of the Year: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Handheld Game of the Year: Super Mario 3D Land

Mobile Game of the Year: Infinity Blade II

Downloadable Title of the Year: Bastion

Social Networking Game of the Year: The Sims Social

Casual Game of the Year: Fruit Ninja Kinect

Action Game of the Year: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3

Adventure Game of the Year: Batman: Arkham City

Family Game of the Year: LittleBigPlanet 2

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: Orcs Must Die!

Fighting Game of the Year: Mortal Kombat

Racing Game of the Year: Forza Motorsport 4

Sports Game of the Year: FIFA Soccer 12

Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Online Game of the Year: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception

Outstanding Achievement in Story: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Outstanding Character Performance: Portal 2 – Wheatley (Stephen Merchant)

Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay: Star Wars: The Old Republic

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition: Portal 2

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Battlefield 3

Outstanding Achievement in Connectivity: Portal 2

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure

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