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 gameAfrika. 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, includingWorld of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King(best cinema and vocal song) andLittleBigPlanet(best instrumental and interactive score).
Gears of War 2
Left 4 Dead
BEST ORIGINAL VOCAL SONG – CHORAL
“Main Title” – World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
“The Garden” – LittleBigPlanet
LittleBigPlanet
BEST GAME AUDIO ARTICLE, PUBLICATION OR BROADCAST
“The Complete Guide to Game Audio” 2nd Edition – Aaron Marks
Benoit Babin
DIAMOND SPONSORS
5 Rockets, Inc., AFM (American Federation of Musicians), Sumthin Else Musicworks
