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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Gears of War the big winner in games industry's academy awards

The Xbox 360's lead game Gears of War was the big winner at the 10th annual awards presented by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences at the 2007 D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate and Entertain) conference in Las Vegas. It was Game of the Year, Console Game of the Year and Action/Adventure Game of the Year, winning eight awards in all.

Bethesda's Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion won Computer Game of the Year and Role-Playing Game of the Year, while Nintendo's Brain Age was Handheld Game of the Year. However, Sony didn't lose in every category: it picked up the awards for Children's Game of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition for LocoRoco. (Rare's Viva Piñata wasn't short-listed as a kids' game, but won the award for Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance - Female.)

The Academy has a full list of awards and short-lists. There's a quicker list of just the winners on GamesIndustry.biz.

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