Dopo i BAFTA Game Awards, ecco arrivare la quattordicesima edizione degli Interactive Achievement Awards ad assegnare i premi annuali per i migliori giochi. A fare incetta sono Mass Effect 2 (gioco dell’anno e altri due riconoscimenti) e Red Dead Redemption (cinque riconoscimenti). Tre premi per Heavy Rain e due per Limbo e StarCraft II.
- Game of the Year: Mass Effect 2
- Outstanding Achievement in Story: Mass Effect 2
- Role Playing / MMO Game of the Year: Mass Effect 2
- Action Game of the Year: Red Dead Redemption
- Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Red Dead Redemption
- Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering: Red Dead Redemption
- Outstanding Character Performance: Red Dead Redemption
- Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction: Red Dead Redemption
- Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Heavy Rain
- Outstanding Achievement in Original Music: Heavy Rain
- Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Heavy Rain
- Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Limbo
- Adventure Game of the Year: Limbo
- Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay: Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
- Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
- Outstanding Achievement in Animation: God of War III
- Family Game of the Year: Dance Central
- Racing Game of the Year: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
- Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack: Rock Band 3
- Sports Game of the Year: FIFA 2011
- Fighting Game of the Year: Super Street Fighter IV
- Portable Game of the Year: God of War: Ghost of Sparta
- Casual Game of the Year: Angry Birds HD
- Social Game of the Year: CityVille
- Premio alla carriera: Bing Gordon:
- Pioneer Award: Bill Budge
Continua dopo la pausa.
Come al solito mancano naturalmente alcuni esclusi illustri, ma si sa che queste classifiche non possono accontentare tutti.
