The Seventh Annual Interactive Achievement Awards were handed out at the D.I.C.E. Summit yesterday in Las Vegas. To no one's great surprise, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time tallied the most wins, including the Console Game of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Game Design awards. All told, the Ubisoft-developed game collected eight awards.

　　However, the night's biggest prize, Overall Game of the Year, went to Call of Duty, the fast-paced, WWII shooter developed by startup studio--and now Activision subdivision--Infinity Ward. Call of Duty also won top honors in the Computer First-Person Action Game of the Year and Computer Game of the Year categories.

　　Call of Duty's win marks the second year in a row that a PC title has edged out console rivials for the Game of the Year honors. This at a time when many in the industry question the viability of the PC game market. It was Digital Illusions-developed Battlefield 1942 that took home the Game of the Year award at last year's event.

　　On winning the top prize, Infinity Ward's Grant Collier expressed shock at the victory. When he approached the podium to accept, Collier looked at the award briefly and then said, "Someone's going to have to pinch me."

　　BioWare's Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic was the night's other big winner, snaring three awards, including both the Console Role-Playing Game of the Year and the PC Role-Playing Game of the Year awards.

　　In the sports categories, Electronic Arts showed its strength as SSX 3 and Madden 2004 took home two awards apiece. SSX 3 won in the Outstanding Achievement in Licensed Soundtrack and Console Action Sports Game of the Year categories, while Madden 2004 won the Console Sports Sim Game of the Year and the Computer Sports Game of the Year awards.

　　Midway through the night's ceremony, Game Informer Editor in Chief Andy McNamara presented Peter Molyneux with the coveted Hall of Fame award. Before the presentation, Molyneux praised his design and production team at his Lionhead Studios as the foundation of his success. "It's not really me," he said modestly. "It's really the people I work with who deserve this award. I just sit with all the other programmers and get told off like the rest when I'm late or talking too loud." Molyneux joins previous Hall of Famers Sid Meier, Shigeru Miyamoto, John Carmack, Will Wright, Hironobu Sakaguchi, and Yu Suzuki.

　　The full list of AIAS Awards winners is as follows:

　　Overall Game of the Year

　　Call of Duty

　　Console Game of the Year

　　Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

　　Computer Game of the Year

　　Call of Duty

　　Outstanding Innovation in Computer Gaming

　　Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

　　Outstanding Innovation in Console Gaming

　　EyeToy: Play

　　Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

　　The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

　　Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

　　Medal of Honor Rising Sun

　　Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

　　Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

　　Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance (Female)

　　Jada Pinkett-Smith (Niobe) - Enter The Matrix

　　Tara Strong (Rikku) - Final Fantasy X-2

　　Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance (Male)

　　Elijah Wood (Frodo) - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

　　Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

　　The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

　　Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering

　　Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

　　Outstanding Achievement in Animation

　　Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

　　Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering

　　Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

　　Outstanding Achievement in Character and Story Development

　　Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

　　Outstanding Achievement in Licensed Soundtrack

　　SSX 3

　　Console Platform Action Adventure Game of the Year

　　Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

　　Console Sports Simulation Game of the Year

　　Madden NFL 2004

　　Console Action Sports Game of the Year

　　SSX 3

　　Console Fighting Game of the Year

　　Soul Calibur 2

　　Console First-Person Action Game of the Year

　　Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3

　　Console Children's Title of the Year

　　Mario Party 5

　　Console Action Adventure Game of the Year

　　Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge

　　Console Family Game of the Year

　　EyeToy: Play

　　The Sims Bustin' Out

　　Console Racing Game of the Year

　　Need for Speed Underground

　　Console Role-Playing Game of the Year

　　Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

　　Handheld Game of the Year

　　Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

　　Computer Action Adventure Game of the Year

　　Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

　　Computer Family Game of the Year

　　Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection

　　Computer First-Person Action Game of the Year

　　Call of Duty

　　Computer Simulation Game of the Year

　　The Sims: Superstar

　　Computer Downloadable Game of the Year

　　Hamster Ball

　　Computer Sports Game of the Year

　　Madden NFL 2004

　　Computer Role-Playing Game of the Year

　　Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

　　Computer Strategy Game of the Year

　　Command & Conquer: Generals

　　Massively Multiplayer/Persistent World Game of the Year

　　EverQuest: Lost Dungeons of Norrath