Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare from Activision and developer Infinity Ward was named Overall Game of the Year at the 11 Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, a presentation of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences. Recognizing excellence in video games released in 2007, the ceremony was held at the Red Rock Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In addition to taking home the top award, Call of Duty 4 took Console Game of the Year, Action Game of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay. The honors cap a successful year that saw the game sell more copies than any other title during the holiday season.
Among the other top winners are World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade from Vivendi Games and Blizzard Ent, which was recognized as Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year, and Electornic Arts/Valve Software’s The Orange Box, which took Computer Game of the Year. Handheld Game of the Year went to Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass, while Rock Band from MTV Games and developer Harmonix was named Family Game of the Year.
In the artistic categories, winners include Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed for Outstanding Achievement in Animation, 2K games’ BioShock for Art Direction, Electronic Arts/Crytek’s Crysis for Visual Engineering and The Orange Box for Character Performance and Game Design. For a complete list of winners, go to www.interactive.org/awards.
