During the 11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, presented by The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) and held earlier in February, top honors went to Call of Duty 4, Bioshock and The Orange Box. The Academy also inducted Mike Morhaime, president, CEO and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment, best known for World of Warcraft, into the AIAS Hall of Fame. Ken Kutaragi, former president and CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., received the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Other winners included:

- Overall Game of the Year: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Publisher: Activision)

- Console Game of the Year: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)

- Computer Game of the Year: The Orange Box (Electronic Arts, Valve Software)

- Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Rock Band (MTV Games)

- Handheld Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo of America)

- Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (Vivendi Games)

- Cellular Game of the Year: skate. (Electronic Arts)

- Role-Playing Game of the Year: Mass Effect (Microsoft Game Studios)

- Racing Game of the Year: Motorstorm (Sony Computer Entertainment America)

- Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: The Orange Box: Portal (Electronic Arts, Valve Software)

- Adventure Game of the Year: Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo of America)

- Sports Game of the Year: skate. (Electronic Arts)

- Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Electronic Arts)

- Action Game of the Year: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)

- Family Game of the Year: Rock Band (MTV Games)

- Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft)

- Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: BioShock (2K Games)

- Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Crysis (Electronic Arts)

- Outstanding Character Performance: The Orange Box: Portal (Electronic Arts, Valve Software)

- Outstanding Achievement in Story Development: BioShock (2K Games)

- Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering: The Orange Box: Portal (Electronic Arts, Valve Software)

- Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)

- Downloadable Game of the Year: Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (D3 Publisher or America)

- Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition: BioShock (2K Games)