The 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards were held a couple of days ago during DICE in Las Vegas. During this event the members of the Academy of Arts and Interactive Sciences pick the best games in their respected categories. The cool thing is that these games are picked by gaming experts, and you know, two Kinect games won!

Kinect games win!

Kinect scored in the categories “Best Casual Game” and “Racing Game of the Year”. With that you can probably already guess which games won…no? Well here they are: Fruit Ninja Kinect won Best Casual Game and Forza 4 won Racing Game of the Year! I had the pleasure of reviewing both those games and I completely agree with the decision of the judges to pick these games!

Other winners

If you are curious about the other winners, here is the full list:

Best Original Music Composition: Portal 2
Best Sound Design: Battlefield 3
Best Story: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Best Character Performance: Wheatley
Best Downloadable game: Bastion
Best Casual Game: Fruit Ninja Kinect
Social Networking Game of the Year: Sims Social
Role-playing / MMO Game of the year: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Skylanders (!)
Sports Game of the Year: FIFA 12
Racing Game of the Year: Forza 4
Fighting Game of the Year: Mortal Kombat
Strategy / Simulation Game of the Year: Orcs Must Die
Hall of Fame 2012 Inductee: Tim Sweeney
Family Game of the Year: LittleBigPlanet 2
Mobile Game of the Year: Infinity Blade 2
Handheld Game of the Year: Super Mario 3D Land
Adventure Game of the Year: Batman: Arkham City
Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay: Star Wars: The Old Republic
Outstanding Achievement in Connectivity: Portal 2
Action Game of the Year: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Uncharted 3
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Uncharted 3
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Uncharted 3
Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Game of the Year: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Source: kotaku