Over the weekend, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences announced its nominees for its 12th annual achievement awards. The awards are the equivalent of Acadamy Awards for the video-gaming community.

Below is a list of the nominees:

Family Game of the Year
Boom Blox
LittleBigPlanet Rayman
Raving Rabbids TV Party
Rock Band 2.
Wii Fit

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution
Sins of a Solar Empire
Tom Clancy’s EndWar

Outstanding Achievement in Animation
Castle Crashers
Gears of War 2
Left 4 Dead
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Prince of Persia

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
Dead Space
Fable II
LittleBigPlanet
Mirror’s Edge
Prince of Persia

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering
Gears of War 2
LittleBigPlanet
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Resistance 2
Tomb Raider: Underworld

Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering
Fable II
Fallout 3
Left 4 Dead
Spore
Tom Clancy’s EndWar

Outstanding Character Performance
Gears of War 2 (Dom)
Gears of War 2 (Marcus)
LittleBigPlanet (Sackboy)
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Old Snake)
Tomb Raider: Underworld (Lara Croft)

Outstanding Achievement in Adapted Story
Lego Batman: The Videogame
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
Naruto: The Broken Bond
Quantum of Solace
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed

Outstanding Achievement in Original Story
Brothers In Arms: Hell’s Highway
Fable II – Microsoft Game Studios
Fallout 3
Grand Theft Auto IV
Professor Layton and the Curious Village

Role-Playing Game of the Year
Fable II
Fallout 3
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time
Tales of Vesperia

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming
Braid
Left 4 Dead
LittleBigPlanet
Spore
Wii Fit

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
de Blob
Dead Space
Fable II – Microsoft Game Studios
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack
Guitar Hero World Tour
LittleBigPlanet
Motorstorm Pacific Rift
Rock Band 2
Singstar PS3 Vol. 1

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
Dead Space
Gears of War 2
LittleBigPlanet
Prince of Persia
Wipeout HD

Computer Game of the Year
Fallout 3
Left 4 Dead
Mass Effect
Spore
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

Adventure Game of the Year
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
God of War: Chains of Olympus
Mirror’s Edge
Naruto: The Broken Bond
Prince of Persia

Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year
EVE Online: Quantum Rise
Pirates of the Burning Sea
PMOG
Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

Sports Game of the Year
FIFA 09
Madden NFL 09
MLB 08: The Show
NBA 2K9
NHL 09

Racing Game of the Year
Burnout Paradise
GRID
Mario Kart Wii
Motorstorm Pacific Rift
Pure

Fighting Game of the Year
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
Soul Calibur IV
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009

Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play
Call of Duty: World at War
Gears of War 2
Left 4 Dead
NHL 09
Rock Band 2

Action Game of the Year
Call of Duty: World at War
Dead Space
Far Cry
Gears of War 2
Grand Theft Auto IV

Handheld Game of the Year
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
God of War: Chains of Olympus
Patapon
Professor Layton and the Curious Village

Casual Game of the Year
Braid
Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhurst
Patapon
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
World of Goo

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
Fable II
Fallout 3
Gears of War 2 –
Left 4 Dead
World of Goo

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction
Fallout 3
Gears of War 2
Left 4 Dead
LittleBigPlanet
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Console Game of the Year
Fallout 3
Gears of War 2
Grand Theft Auto IV
LittleBigPlanet
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Overall Game of the Year
Fallout 3
Grand Theft Auto IV
Left 4 Dead
LittleBigPlanet
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots