Last night, the 10th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards (IAAs) had a common theme: "Gears of War rocks."
The game -- arguably snubbed at the pop-cultish Spike TV Video Game Awards -- picked up eight awards, including Outstanding Character Performance - Male, Outstanding Achievement in Animation, Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction, Outstanding Achievement in Online Play, Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering, Action/Adventure Game of the Year, Console Game of the Year, and Overall Game of the Year (taking the title from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, who took it from Gears at the Spike VGAs).
The best part, though, may be that the award for Outstanding Achievement in Online Play was presented by Phil Harrison (Sony president of worldwide studios), and during his acceptance Cliff "CliffyB" Bleszinski made a dig at Sony by touting the Xbox 360's robust online capabilities, then leaving the stage without even acknowledging Harrison -- who, to his credit, took it all in good humor. You can't write moments like that.
For the full list of winners, see the IIAA press release.
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