‘Call of Duty 4′ cleans up at awards show

Activision’s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, 2K Games’ BioShock and Valve Software’s The Orange Box each picked up four statues at Thursday’s Interactive Achievement Awards.

Activision’s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, 2K Games’ BioShock and Valve Software’s The Orange Box each picked up four statues at Thursday’s Interactive Achievement Awards.

Yours truly attended the event at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas, which took place during the sold-out D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit, an annual conference that brings together the top video game designers and developers from around the world and business leaders from all the major publishers.

Developed by Infinity Ward, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare took home many of the top honors including Overall Game of the Year, Console Game of the Year, Action Game of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play.

Here’s a look at all the winners. Agree or disagree?

Overall Game of the Year: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Console Game of the Year: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Computer Game of the Year: The Orange Box

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Rock Band

Handheld Game of the Year: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade

Cellular Game of the Year: Skate

Role-Playing Game of the Year: Mass Effect

Racing Game of the Year: Motorstorm

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: The Orange Box: Portal

Adventure Game of the Year: Super Mario Galaxy

Sports Game of the Year: Skate

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars

Action Game of the Year: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Family Game of the Year: Rock Band

Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Assassin’s Creed

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: BioShock

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Crysis

Outstanding Character Performance: The Orange Box: Portal

Outstanding Achievement in Story Development: BioShock

Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering: The Orange Box: Portal

Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Downloadable Game of the Year: Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition: BioShock

Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack: Rock Band

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: BioShock