The week after it picked up seven Game Developers Choice Award nominations, developer Naughty Dog has added a few more plumes to its cap. The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has announced its finalists for the 13th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves leads the field with 15 nominations in 14 categories.

　　Nathan Drake celebrates Uncharted 2's 15 nominations with a little impromptu skanking. The PlayStation 3-exclusive action adventure will be going up against stiff competition in many of those categories. The year saw a strong field of contenders receiving multiple award nods, with Assassin's Creed II (10 nominations), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (nine nominations), and Batman: Arkham Asylum (eight nominations) leading the pack. All of the aforementioned games are up for Overall Game of the Year, with Dragon Age: Origins rounding out the candidates for the show's top honor. Last year, that prize went to Media Molecule's PS3 platformer Little Big Planet.

　　This year's awards show will feature 27 categories, with three awards being doled out for the first time ever. The new categories are Portable Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Game Design, and Social Networking Game of the Year, which will see a municipal matchup between FarmVille and Farmtown. Comedian Jay Mohr will emcee the event for the fifth time, with the awards bring doled out as part of the AIAS's annual D.I.C.E. Summit on February 18 at the Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.

　　Mohr won't be the only outspoken person on stage at the D.I.C.E. Summit. The event will also feature a keynote address from Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, who roiled the industry in 2009 by saying his company planned on bypassing consoles. The AIAS said the executive--who also said his goal was to "take all the fun out of making video games"--will talk "about how creative talent drives the video game industry."

　　The full list of finalists for the 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards is as follows:

　　Overall Game of the Year

　　Assassin's Creed II

　　Batman: Arkham Asylum

　　Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

　　Dragon Age: Origins

　　Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

　　Portable Game of the Year

　　Little Big Planet

　　Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

　　Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box

　　Scribblenauts

　　The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

　　Action Game of the Year

　　Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

　　Left 4 Dead 2

　　Prototype

　　Red Faction: Guerrilla

　　Shadow Complex

　　Adventure Game of the Year

　　Assassin's Creed II

　　Batman: Arkham Asylum

　　New Super Mario Bros. Wii

　　Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time

　　Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

　　Role Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year

　　Borderlands

　　Champions Online

　　Demon's Souls

　　Dragon Age: Origins

　　Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

　　Sports Game of the Year

　　FIFA Soccer 10

　　MLB 09: The Show

　　NBA 2K10

　　NHL 10

　　Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Wii)

　　Racing Game of the Year

　　Dirt 2

　　Forza Motorsport 3

　　Need for Speed Shift

　　Fighting Game of the Year

　　Fight Night Round 4

　　Punch-Out!!

　　Street Fighter IV

　　Tekken 6

　　UFC 2009 Undisputed

　　Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

　　Brutal Legend

　　Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon

　　Halo Wars

　　The Sims 3

　　Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2

　　Family Game of the Year

　　Guitar Hero 5

　　Lego Rock Band

　　The Beatles: Rock Band

　　Wii Fit Plus

　　Wii Sports Resort

　　Casual Game of the Year

　　Drawn: The Painted Tower

　　Flower

　　Flight Control

　　Plants Vs. Zombies

　　Scribblenauts

　　Social Networking Game of the Year

　　Bejeweled Blitz

　　Farmtown

　　FarmVille

　　Restaurant City

　　Outstanding Innovation in Gaming

　　Demon's Souls

　　Farmville

　　Flower

　　Scribblenauts

　　Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

　　Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

　　Batman: Arkham Asylum

　　Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

　　Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

　　Plants Vs. Zombies

　　Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

　　Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

　　Assassin's Creed II

　　Batman: Arkham Asylum

　　Brutal Legend

　　Flower

　　Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

　　Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering

　　Assassin's Creed II

　　Forza Motorsport 3

　　Left 4 Dead 2

　　New Super Mario Bros. Wii

　　Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

　　Outstanding Achievement in Portable Game Design

　　Henry Hatsworth

　　Little Big Planet

　　LocoRoco 2

　　Patapon 2

　　Scribblenauts

　　Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering

　　Assassin's Creed II

　　Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

　　Killzone 2

　　Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time

　　Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

　　Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

　　Assassin's Creed II

　　Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

　　Machinarium

　　Resident Evil 5

　　Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

　　Outstanding Achievement in Animation

　　Assassin's Creed II

　　Batman: Arkham Asylum

　　Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

　　Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time

　　Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

　　Outstanding Achievement in Adapted Story

　　Batman: Arkham Asylum

　　Ghostbusters: The Video Game

　　Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2

　　Outstanding Achievement in Original Story

　　Assassin's Creed II

　　Brutal Legend

　　Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box

　　Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time

　　Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

　　Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay

　　Borderlands

　　Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

　　FarmVille

　　Left 4 Dead 2

　　Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

　　Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

　　Assassin's Creed II

　　Batman: Arkham Asylum

　　Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

　　Flower

　　Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

　　Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack

　　Brutal Legend

　　DJ Hero

　　Skate 2

　　The Beatles: Rock Band

　　Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

　　Assassin's Creed II

　　Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

　　Flower

　　Skate 2

　　Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

　　Outstanding Character Performance

　　Batman: Arkham Asylum - The Joker

　　Brutal Legend - Eddie Riggs

　　Resident Evil 5 - Sheva Alomar

　　Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - Chloe Frazier

　　Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - Nathan Drake