With Jay Mohr once again hosting the show, three games walked away from the 11th annual Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) awards last night with 12 of the 26 total awards. Along with the top spot for Game of the Year, Call of Duty 4 took home the honors for Console Game of the Year, Action Game of the Year, and Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay. The Orange Box started its run with being named Computer Game of the Year, and then added to that with three more trophies specifically for Portal including Outstanding Achievement in Game Design, Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering, and Outstanding Character Performance. While not garnering any “of the Years”, BioShock took home four awards that speak to its high production values with nods for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design, Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition, Outstanding Achievement in Story Development, and Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction.

After the big three cleaned up, Rock Band was the only other title to receive multiple awards with Family Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack, and Outstanding Innovation in Gaming. The remaining winners for the big “of the Year” awards follows below:

Massively Multiplayer: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
Strategy/Simulation: Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Sports: Skate
Adventure: Super Mario Galaxy
Racing: Motorstorm
Role-Playing: Mass Effect

While it lacks the drama of last year’s uproar over the omission of Resident Evil 4 due to Capcom not being a member of the AIAS, this year’s list still offers plenty to wonder about. Nintendo fans may be licking their wounds over Mario not winning Game of the Year, but Halo 3 fans face the double whammy of not only losing the Online Gameplay award to rival Call of Duty 4, but being completely left off the winners’ list at all. They’re not alone as several other favorites from 2007 received a snub including Forza 2, Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, World in Conflict, Metroid Prime 3, and Guitar Hero III.

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