Last night, the winners of the Tenth Annual Interactive Achievement Awards (AIAS) were revealed at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Gears of War turned out to be the big winner of the night, running away with 8 of the IAA awards, including Console, Action/Adventure and Overall Game of the Year. Nintendo also did quite well for itself, with three awards for Wii Sports (including Outstanding Innovation in Gaming) and one apiece for Brain Age and Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.

"Last night, we recognized the brightest and most innovative in video games in what can be considered one of the best years the video game industry has seen," said Joseph Olin, president, AIAS.

Among the personal honors were Lifetime Achievement Awards given out to former president of Nintendo of America, Minoru Arakawa, and chairman emeritus of Nintendo of America, Howard Lincoln. This marks the first year the AIAS has given out the Lifetime Achievement Awards. Dan Bunten (known later in life as Danielle Bunten Berry) became the tenth member of its Hall of Fame, joining previous honorees Trip Hawkins, Peter Molyneux, Yu Suzuki, Will Wright, John Carmack, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Sid Meier, Shigeru Miyamoto and Richard Garriott. His award was accepted posthumously by his two sons.

List of winners below:

Game of the Year, Overall:
Gears of War (Microsoft Game Studios/Epic Games)

Game of the Year, Computer:
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2K Games/Bethesda Softworks)

Game of the Year, Console:
Gears of War (Microsoft Game Studios/Epic Games)

Game of the Year, Handheld:
Brain Age (Nintendo)

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming:
Wii Sports (Nintendo)

Outstanding Achievement, Animation:
Gears of War (Microsoft Game Studios/Epic Games)

Outstanding Achievement, Art Direction:
Gears of War (Microsoft Game Studios/Epic Games)

Outstanding Achievement, Soundtrack:
Guitar Hero 2 (Activision, Red Octane/Harmonix)

Outstanding Achievement, Original Music Composition:
LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment)

Outstanding Achievement, Sound Design:
Call of Duty 3 (Activision/Treyarch)

Outstanding Achievement, Story and Character Development:
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo)

Outstanding Achievement, Game Play Engineering:
Wii Sports (Nintendo)

Outstanding Achievement, Online Game Play:
Gears of War (Microsoft Game Studios/Epic Games)

Outstanding Achievement,Visual Engineering:
Gears of War (Microsoft Game Studios/Epic Games)

Outstanding Achievement,Game Design:
Wii Sports (Nintendo)

Outstanding Character Performance, Male:
Gears of War (Microsoft Game Studios/Epic Games)

Outstanding Character Performance, Female:
Viva Pinata (Microsoft Game Studios/Rare)

Game of the Year, Sports:
Tony Hawk Project 8 (Activision, Neversoft Entertainment)

Game of the Year, First-Person Action:
Rainbow Six: Vegas (Ubisoft)

Game of the Year, Role-Playing Game:
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (2K Games/Bethesda Softworks)

Game of the Year, Fighting:
Fight Night Round 3 (Electronic Arts)

Game of the Year, Action/Adventure:
Gears of War (Microsoft Game Studios/Epic Games)

Game of the Year, Racing:
Burnout Revenge (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games)

Game of the Year, Children's:
LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment)

Game of the Year, Downloadable:
Bookworm Adventures (PopCap)

Game of the Year, Family:
Guitar Hero 2 (Activision, Red Octane/Harmonix)

Game of the Year, Simulation:
Microsoft Flight Simulator X (Microsoft Game Studios)

Game of the Year, Strategy:
Company of Heroes (THQ, Relic)

Game of the Year, Massively Multiplayer/Persistent World:
Guild Wars Nightfall (NCsoft, ArenaNet)

Game of the Year, Mobile:
Orcs and Elves (Electronic Arts Mobile, Fountainhead Entertainment)