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Mass Effect 2, NowGamer's highest scoring game of 2010, has won the game of the year award at at the Interactive Achievement awards.
Mass Effect 2 beat competitors Red Dead Redemption, God of War 3, and favourites Halo Reach, and Call of Duty: Black Ops to the top gong at gaming's equivalent of the Oscars, held by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences for the 14th time last night.
Red Dead Redemption, another NowGamer favourite, picked up five awards for best action game, best game direction, best art direction, best gameplay engineering and best character performance.
“NowGamer's highest scoring game of 2010, has won the game of the year award”
Check out the full list of winners from the award page is below:
* 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
* Role Playing / MMO Game of the Year: Mass Effect 2
* Game of the Year: Mass Effect 2
* Outstanding Achievement in Story: Mass Effect 2
* Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Heavy Rain
* Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Heavy Rain
* Outstanding Achievement in Original Music: Heavy Rain
* Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
* Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay: Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
* Adventure Game of the Year: Limbo
* Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Limbo
* Family Game of the Year: Dance Central
* Racing Game of the Year: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
* 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
* Outstanding Achievement in Animation: God of War III
* Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack: Rock Band 3
* Lifetime Achievement Award: Bing Gordon:
* Pioneer Award: Bill Budge
Gaming giants Bungie missed out on any kind of award for Halo Reach, as did Treyarch for Call of Duty Black Ops, that was the shock of the night.
Mass Effect 2 beat competitors Red Dead Redemption, God of War 3, and favourites Halo Reach, and Call of Duty: Black Ops to the top gong at gaming's equivalent of the Oscars, held by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences for the 14th time last night.
Red Dead Redemption, another NowGamer favourite, picked up five awards for best action game, best game direction, best art direction, best gameplay engineering and best character performance.
“NowGamer's highest scoring game of 2010, has won the game of the year award”
Check out the full list of winners from the award page is below:
* 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
* Role Playing / MMO Game of the Year: Mass Effect 2
* Game of the Year: Mass Effect 2
* Outstanding Achievement in Story: Mass Effect 2
* Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Heavy Rain
* Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Heavy Rain
* Outstanding Achievement in Original Music: Heavy Rain
* Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
* Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay: Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
* Adventure Game of the Year: Limbo
* Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Limbo
* Family Game of the Year: Dance Central
* Racing Game of the Year: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
* 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
* Outstanding Achievement in Animation: God of War III
* Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack: Rock Band 3
* Lifetime Achievement Award: Bing Gordon:
* Pioneer Award: Bill Budge
Gaming giants Bungie missed out on any kind of award for Halo Reach, as did Treyarch for Call of Duty Black Ops, that was the shock of the night.
