EA’s survival horror took home top honors at the 7th annual Game Audio Network Guild Awards Show, taking place at GDC 2009 in San Francisco last week. Aside from the Audio of the Year award, the game took the Sound Design of the Year trophy as well. Another big winner was Wataru Hokoyama, the composer of the PS3 game Afrika. He won both the Rookie of the Year and the Music of the Year awards.
These awards honor outstanding creative, technical and artistic audio achievement in the world of interactive entertainment, says the press release. The awards are voted and judged upon by the G.A.N.G. community consisting of over 800 members in over 30 countries.
Below the jump you’ll find other categories and their winners, including World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (best cinema and vocal song) and LittleBigPlanet (best instrumental and interactive score).
AUDIO OF THE YEAR
Dead Space
MUSIC OF THE YEAR
Afrika
SOUND DESIGN OF THE YEAR
Dead Space
BEST CINEMATIC/CUT-SCENE AUDIO (TIE)
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
Gears of War 2
BEST USE OF MULTI-CHANNEL SURROUND IN A GAME
Left 4 Dead
BEST ORIGINAL VOCAL SONG – CHORAL
“Main Title” – World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
BEST ORIGINAL VOCAL SONG – POP
“Still Alive” – Mirror’s Edge
BEST ORIGINAL INSTRUMENTAL (TIE)
“The Garden” – LittleBigPlanet
“Main Theme” – Afrika
BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM
Video Games Live: Volume One
BEST DIALOGUE
Grand Theft Auto IV
BEST USE OF LICENSED MUSIC
Rock Band 2
BEST HANDHELD AUDIO
God of War: Chains of Olympus
BEST INTERACTIVE SCORE
LittleBigPlanet
BEST GAME AUDIO ARTICLE, PUBLICATION OR BROADCAST
“The Complete Guide to Game Audio” 2nd Edition – Aaron Marks
BEST AUDIO – OTHER
Watchman Motion Comic
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Wataru Hokoyama (Afrika, Resident Evil 5)
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Bob Rice G.A.N.G.
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS
Richard Jacques, Tom Salta, Stephen Years, G.A.N.G.
RECOGNITION AWARDS
Jim Charne, John Broomhall
STUDENT/APPRENTICE COMPETITION WINNERS
MUSIC –
Tom Graczkowski
SOUND DESIGN –
Benoit Babin
DIAMOND SPONSORS
5 Rockets, Inc., AFM (American Federation of Musicians), Sumthin Else Musicworks
