Little Big Planet Dominates D.I.C.E. Summit

A couple of weeks back we had a look at the nominations for the Gaming BAFTAs (Part One and Part Two) but like the movie and TV BAFTAs they are not alone in handing out awards, and at the D.I.C.E. summit which started in Las Vegas yesterday the Interactive Achievement Awards were handed out to the winners of a staggering 30 categories.

The D.I.C.E. summit for those of you who don’t know is an annual gathering of videogame executives which focuses more on the business and production end of the industry, as you would expect from a conference full of executives! Amongst the keynote speech and various addresses the Entertainment Software Association take the opportunity to give out their games awards: the IAAs.

The summit itself has been a success, and the same can be said for the IAAs with comedian Jay Moer injecting some much needed humour into the ceremonies proceedings. Having mocked Richard Garriott and his failure of a MMORPG Tabula Rasa he moved onto Fallout 3, suggesting that 100 hours gameplay is perhaps a little too much.

Anyhow onto the awards, which not only hold their own certain prestige but also give a good indication as to who can expect to see winning BAFTAs. Unfortunately the fact that you have to pay an entrance fee for the awards means you do not see many of the unknown games in there which in turn means fewer surprises.

As the title suggests Little Big Planet was very successful and managed to win a grand total of 8 awards for Family Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering, Outstanding Character Performance, Outstanding Innovation in Gaming, Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction, Console Game of the Year and, most importantly, Overall game of the year.

The other two multiple winners were Left 4 Dead who picked up Computer Game of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play, and Fallout 3 which collected Outstanding Achievement in Original Story and Best Role-Playing Game.

So not only will Media Molecule, the people behind Little Big Planet, be filling up their mantelpiece but they will also be leaving space for the BAFTAs on March 10th where they are in with a chance of winning the Artistic Achievement, Casual, Original Score and Use of Sound awards all of which they are in with a good chance of winning.

So let’s have a quick look at the rest of the IAA winners:

• Overall Game of the Year – Little Big Planet
• Family Game of the Year – Little Big Planet
• Console Game of the Year – Little Big Planet
• Computer Game of the Year – Left 4 Dead
• Best Role-Playing Game – Fallout 3
• Action Game of the Year – Dead Space
• Adventure Game of the Year – Mirror’s Edge
• Casual Game of the Year – Braid
• Cellular/Mobile Game of the Year – Spore Origins
• Fighting Game of the Year – Super Smash Bros. Brawl
• Handheld Game of the Year – God of War: Chains of Olympus
• Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year – World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
• Racing Game of the Year – Burnout Paradise
• Simulation Game of the Year – Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
• Sports Game of the Year – NHL 09

Outstanding Awards:

• Adapted Story – Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
• Animation – Prince of Persia
• Art Direction – Little Big Planet
• Character Performance – Little Big Planet
• Game Design – World of Goo
• Game Direction – Little Big Planet
• Gameplay Engineering – Spore
• Innovation in Gaming – Little Big Planet
• Online Gameplay – Left 4 Dead
• Original Music Composition – Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
• Original Story – Fallout 3
• Sound Design – Dead Space
• Soundtrack – Rock Band 2
• Visual Engineering – Little Big Planet

Source – Gamespot

Related Pages:

1. BAFTA Video Games Awards Winners 2009
2. BAFTA Video Games Awards 2010 Nominations – Part 1
3. BAFTA Video Games Awards 2009 Nominations – Part 1
4. BAFTA Video Games Awards 2009 Nominations – Part 2
5. BAFTA Video Games Awards 2010 Nominations – Part 2

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