The ''10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards'' is the 10th edition of the

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, an annual awards event that honors the best games in the

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. The awards are arranged by the

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(AIAS), and were held at the

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on . It was also held as part of the Academy's 2007

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, and was hosted by

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. The original nomination package lists "Cellphone Game of the Year", but the finalists were listed for " Mobile Game of the Year". The nomination package also features a genre category of "Casual Game of the Year", but there were not any finalists named for this category. ''

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'' received the most nominations and won the most awards, including " Overall Game of the Year".

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and

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tied for having the most nominations with Microsoft winning the most awards.

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had the most nominated games and tied with Microsoft and Nintendo for having the most award-winning games. Dani Bunten also received the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences "Hall of Fame Award". Nintendo of America founders

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and

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also became the first recipients of the "Lifetime Achievement Award".

Winners and Nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().

Game of the Year Awards

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming

Craft Awards

Character Performance Awards

Genre Awards

Special Awards

Hall of Fame

* Dani Bunten

Lifetime Achievement

Multiple nominations and awards

Multiple Nominations

Multiple awards

Notes

External links

References

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