Uncharted 2 wins 10 Interactive Academy Awards

This is a small break from Monroe news to deliver a congratulation to Eben. His latest video game project at his new company, Naughty Dog, just keeps raking in the honors. This year, UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES won 10 awards at the 13th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards. Interactive Achievement Awards are determined by a vote of qualified Academy and IGDA members, so it's essentially the "academy awards" of video games.

Uncharted 2's awards include:

• Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
  
  
• Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
  
  
• Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering
  
  
• Outstanding Achievement in Story - Original
  (this is like getting an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay)
  
  
• Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering
  (a more technical award, and probably the one to which Eben's work on special effects most contributed.)
  
  
• Outstanding Achievement in Animation
  (this is kind of like getting an Oscar for Cinematography)
  
  
• Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
  (this is like getting an Oscar for Best Director)
  
  
• Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
  (this is like getting an Oscar for Best Director)
  
  
• Adventure Game of the Year
  (this is similar to getting a Golden Globe for a specific category such as best comedy or best drama)
  

and....

!!! Game of the Year !!!

Eben is very happy and grateful to have worked on such a great title on such a fantastic team.