BioShock, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare and The Orange Box won the most prizes, four each, at the D.I.C.E. (Design Innovate Communicate Entertain) Summit organized by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) in Las Vegas Feb. 6-8. Their Interactive Achievement Awards for video game publication is a prestigious event whose recipients are determined by secret ballot of those who work in the game industry.

"This year represents the true evolution of narrative in gaming and creative forms of entertainment with the development of a wider breadth of games, offering a variety of entertainment options that new game players will find attractive," said Joseph Olin, president, Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, in a press release.

The Interactive Achievement Awards for the first time could be watched live via webcast on GameSpot.com and Comcast HD Video on Demand.

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare earned the overall game of the year, console game of the year, action game of the year, and outstanding achievement in online game play awards. In Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare players assume the roles of a a U.S Marine and British S.A.S and fight their way through an unfolding story full of twists and turns on battlefields where speed, accuracy and coordination are essential.

BioShock snatched outstanding achievement in sound design, outstanding achievement in original music composition, outstanding achievement in story development, and outstanding achievement in art direction. BioShock has been welcomed with numerous applauses, but the “little sisters” whom gamers have to either save or kill them for their “Adam” (the substance that generated Rapture’s collapse and the substance for which all splicers or Big Daddies fight for) has brought some fire from several groups. BioShock had a record-setting 12 nominations.

Finally, the third game with four prizes, Valve Software's Orange Box (a compilation of Team Fortress 2, Half Life Episode 1 and 2 and Portal, a brand new franchise from the creators of Half Life, and the original Half Life 2) earned computer game of the year, outstanding achievement in game play engineering, and outstanding character performance.

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade won the award for the best massively multiplayer game, while Mass Effect snatched the one for the best role playing game. Also, during yesterday's ceremony, Ken Kutaragi, the former head of Sony Computer Entertainment, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award. He is known as "the father of the Playstation." Blizzard president, co-founder and CEO Mike Morhaime was inducted in the AIAS Hall of Fame as its eleventh member.

The Interactive Achievement Awards have been held annually since 1998 during the annual D.I.C.E. Summit. This year, the "Pre-Awards Party" was hosted by Comcast/Game Invasion at the Cherry Nightclub and private Cherry pool and cabanas. There was also a "Post-Awards Party" at the Red Rock Resort in their state-of-the-art VIP bowling alley.