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Activision's Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare was selected as 2007's Game of the Year at the 11th annual Interactive Achievement Awards, GamesIndustry.biz reports.
The awards, hosted by actor/comedian Jay Mohr and presented at the 2008 D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas, are voted upon by members of the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
This year, the Academy presented Ken Kutaragi, creator of the PlayStation, with its Lifetime Achievement Award.
"Ken Kutaragi is the smartest guy in the history of the videogame business," said Trip Hawkins, founder of EA and himself an AIAS Hall of Fame member.
"Without Ken, there is no Sony PlayStation and that is beyond comprehension."
Blizzard co-founder and CEO Mike Morhaime was also honoured as the newest AIAS Hall of Fame Member.
Call of Duty 4, Bioshock, The Orange Box, Rock Band and Assassin's Creed led the nominees. Although Bioshock won the most awards, it was edged out by Call of Duty 4 in both the Console Game of the Year and Overall Game of the Year categories.
The complete list of award winners is as follows:
Handheld Game of the Year:
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Family Game of the Year:
Rock Band
Outstanding Achievement in Animation:
Assassin's Creed
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction:
Bioshock
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering:
Crysis
Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance:
The Orange Box: Portal
Outstanding Achievement in Story Development:
Bioshock
Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering:
The Orange Box: Portal
Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay:
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Downloadable Game of the Year:
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords
Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition:
Bioshock
Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack:
Rock Band
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design:
Bioshock
Cellular Game of the Year:
Skate
Role-Playing Game of the Year:
Mass Effect
Racing Game of the Year:
Motorstorm
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design:
The Orange Box: Portal
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming:
Rock Band
Adventure Game of the Year:
Super Mario Galaxy
Sports Game of the Year:
Skate
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year:
Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Action Game of the Year:
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year:
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
Computer Game of the Year:
The Orange Box
Console Game of the Year:
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Overall Game of the Year:
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
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asphaltcowboy
08/02/08 @ 09:18
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Seems odd that Rock Band would get best soundtrack - it's not like anyone actually composed the soundtrack as a whole, it's just a list of licensed song! 8)
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NegativeZero
08/02/08 @ 09:33
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Seems odd that Rock Band would get best soundtrack - it's not like anyone actually composed the soundtrack as a whole, it's just a list of licensed song! 8)
That's why they have a separate award for music composition. |
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asphaltcowboy
08/02/08 @ 09:35
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@NegativeZero
So does that mean the soundtrack award is reserved solely for games with licensed "who's got the most money" soundtracks?! |
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farticusmaximus
08/02/08 @ 10:06
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"Yeah, they managed to implement a lousy client/server model where the host is in charge of whether a game continues or not, and with non-existent matchmaking of any real depth...way to go!!!"
What you meant to say was: "They created the finest, most fluid, most detailed online shooter with the most addictive progression system. The bar for online gaming has been raised considerably." Host migration is in the process of being patched, and the matchmaking is completely fine due to the excellent balancing of skills from the levelling system. |
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Return2Dust
08/02/08 @ 10:53
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I thought Halo 3 was average in all areas, and no way in hell deserved 10/10. COD4 pisses on it from a great height and is GOTY by a country mile.
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The host migration patch will still put you back at the game lobby, to start a NEW match. So what exactly changes? Oh yes, you get to play with the same people minus the host that left...whoop-dee-effing-doo!!
As for the matchmaking, well I disagree, they implemented a ranked system for public games, yet never implemented any sort of TrueSkill matchmaking (no matter how lame it is), so you have people who are good at the game put into lobbies with complete novices. I'm halfway decent, but nothing special, and I can consistently have games where my k/d ratio is well over 8...if I didnt play HQ a lot to bring it down, i'd be embarrassed. I'll not even go into the fact that you can get put into games that are virtually over by the time you enter, the spawn points are beyond a joke (especially in HQ) and there are some serious faults with host selection...I've been put in rooms where the host must have been using a dial-up to play ffs. Decent online MP is much more than just pretty graphics. |
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farticusmaximus
08/02/08 @ 11:53
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Fab4, you might have a problem with CoD4 online, but you are most definitely in a very very small minority.
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Really? When it first came out everyone on my friends list were playing it..now most of them play PGR4, Forza2, R6V and CoD2....and these arent people who flit between games as a general rule...most of these guys were playing CoD2 every night for well over a year, so they know about addiction to a game.
Before Xmas I was continually seeing 300,000 people in the game lobbies, now you are lucky if it peaks at 85,000. CoD4 is like a chinese meal, its tasty but after an hour you are still hungry. |
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farticusmaximus
08/02/08 @ 12:10
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I still see pretty much my entire friends list on CoD pretty much every time I log in to live.
"CoD4 is like a chinese meal, its tasty but after an hour you are still hungry." Yes yes, we get it. You don't like the game. As I said, you are in a minority. |
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BarrettBonden
08/02/08 @ 12:21
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In the grand scheme of things Bioshock will be remembered as a greater game than the spawnalot funbox that was CoD4.
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@Fab4
RE: Matchmaking You don't think this might be related to the party system then? You have to balance matchmaking with people available, take into account parties which have to be kept together and people who whinge if they aren't in a game within 5 seconds of searching. RE: Popularity It has just passed Halo3 as the most played game on the 360. |
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asphaltcowboy
08/02/08 @ 13:13
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"Best animation - Shouldn't that in all fairness have gone to Uncharted."
Nope! |
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farticusmaximus
08/02/08 @ 13:38
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"Motorstorm driving game of the year? WHAT THE HELL?"
Longevity aside, it's the certainly the most accesibly 'fun' driving game I'd say. "Best animation - Shouldn't that in all fairness have gone to Uncharted." The animation in Uncharted is terrible! The most realistic (note: not necessarily most stylish) animation I reckon is in CoD4, the most stylish is Assasins Creed in my opinion. |
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farticusmaximus
08/02/08 @ 14:23
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"And what's this nonsense with Orange Box winning best computer game and COD4 winning best console game, when they're both out on both platforms?"
My guess there is that source-based games are pretty special on the PC as it scales well, but not so good on consoles. There are far superior console FPS engines out there (no, I'm not looking at UE3). As for CoD4, I guess the opposite is true. It's a technical tour-de-force on the consoles, and also a superb online implementation, but there are more visually impressive titles out the on the PC. Also, most of the PC CoD players I know say they don't like the perks system. Not sure why but it doesnt seem to sit well with PC FPS players..
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@Fab4
I think you are being a little over critical - complaining about owning too much - I ask you ;). You can nit pick any online game. Bring it down to basics and CoD4 is massively popular online game. Take a look at the online leader boards and there are millions of people with scores there and a substantial number of those who have played a fair amount of time. They have done a hell of a lot more right than wrong with the game and the numbers back that up. |
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I dont mind 'owning', I do however like to feel I achieved something when I did it, i.e. by playing against my peers, not someone who is unfamiliar with the maps. And I agree that in many respects CoD4 is a good game, but there are some (glaringly obvious) things which just dont sit right.....and there are some very basic MP options that every 'modern' game should have, which CoD4 just glosses over.
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farticusmaximus
08/02/08 @ 16:13
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Fab4 - which features do you feel you are missing?
Pretty much every game type is covered in the standard playlists, and you can configure a game exactly how you want it by setting up a private unranked game.. |
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That is a bit crap but at least is better than the current situation. I often play in a party of 6 or more and when we are up against another well balanced team it can result in some good matches. It is a pity when the host leaves to break that up.
Do you ever try the Ground War games Fab4? Seems to me this is where the more dedicated players end up - if you are after more of a challenge. |
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I wasn't impressed by CoD4 either; it just seems like the other CoD games but with a modern setting.
As with the CoD2 and 3, I particularly don't like the way the enemies respawn endlessly until you get a certain point on the ground that the game wants you to pass through. Once you realise this is how it works, the game just feels kind of fake. If it had an online co-op mode, I might have enjoyed it more. |
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