Modern Warfare 2 tallies six wins at Inside Gaming Awards

Last Friday, Inside Gaming hosted the first annual “Inside Gaming Awards” before the Spike TV Awards held on Saturday night. The Inside Gaming Awards hosted attendees from all walks of gaming and awarded the top games of 2009 in a plethora of categories. Voting was handled through multiple avenues including the Machinima site, Inside Gaming site and Machinima’s YouTube channel, which has generated over 768 million views to date, helped make interactive voting for the awards even easier.

The big winner of the night was Infinity Ward / Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, racking up a total of six awards including: Game of the Year, Best Multiplayer, Best Control, Best Replayability, Best Weapon and Best Original Score. Winners were officially announced on Machinima’s Inside Gaming on Monday.

Needless to say, it isn’t a big surprise that MW2 took home a metric buttload of awards, as they will continue to pile up in Infinity Ward / Activision’s through the new year.

Below are a few highlights from the show and the list of winners:

Highlights of the night included a Red Bull versus HALO “All Stars” Tournament with Red Bull branded MLG pro gamer, Dave “Walshy” Walsh and a speech from YouTube’s Director of Strategic Partnerships, Kevin Yen, congratulating the Machinima team for generating over 768 million views to date on the Machinima Channel on YouTube, making it one of the most viewed channels of all time. Over the course of the last year, the Machinima.com network has grown at a phenomenal rate and the 65 million average monthly video views confirms that the breadth of the network among the global gaming community far surpasses other competing gaming outlets and traditional networks.

The “Inside Gaming Awards” Official Winners for 2009

Game of the Year

Modern Warfare 2 (Activision, Infinity Ward)

Best Trailer

Halo 3: ODST (Microsoft, Bungie)

Best Multiplayer

Modern Warfare 2 (Activision, Infinity Ward)

Best Narrative

Brutal Legend (EA, Double Fine)

Best Art Direction

Batman Arkham Asylum (Eidos/Warner Bros., Rocksteady Studios)

Best Animation

Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos/Warner Bros., Rocksteady Studios)

Best Game Cinematography

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony, Naughty Dog)

Best Replayability

Modern Warefare 2 (Activision, Infinity Ward)

Best Indie Game

I MAED A GAM3 W1TH ZOMBIES 1N IT!!!1 (Ska Studios)

Most Compelling Character

The Joker – Batman Arkham Asylum (Eidos/Warner Bros., Rocksteady Studios)

Best DLC (best content pack/expansion content)

Fallout 3 – Expansions (Bethesda Game Studios)

Best Downloadable Game (games only available digitally for purchase or free download)

Plants vs. Zombies (PopCap)

Most Original Game

Scribblenauts (Warner Bros, 5th Cell)

Best Control

Modern Warfare 2 (Activision, Infinity Ward)

Best Game Innovation

1 vs. 100 – Massively Multiplayer Online game show with real prizes (Microsoft)

Best Original Score

Modern Warfare 2 (Activision, Infinity Ward)

Best Weapon

AC – 130 – Modern Warfare 2 (Activision, Infinity Ward)

Best Sound Design

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony, Naughty Dog)

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