Dead Space wins Audio of the Year at 7th G.A.N.G. Awards

3:20 PM on 03.31.2009   |   Dale North

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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 game Afrika. 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, including World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (best cinema and vocal song) and LittleBigPlanet (best instrumental and interactive score).

AUDIO OF THE YEAR

Dead Space

MUSIC OF THE YEAR

Afrika

SOUND DESIGN OF THE YEAR

Dead Space

BEST CINEMATIC/CUT-SCENE AUDIO (TIE)

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

Gears of War 2

BEST USE OF MULTI-CHANNEL SURROUND IN A GAME

Left 4 Dead

BEST ORIGINAL VOCAL SONG – CHORAL

“Main Title” - World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

BEST ORIGINAL VOCAL SONG – POP

“Still Alive” – Mirror’s Edge

BEST ORIGINAL INSTRUMENTAL (TIE)

“The Garden” – LittleBigPlanet

“Main Theme” – Afrika

BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ALBUM

Video Games Live: Volume One

BEST DIALOGUE

Grand Theft Auto IV

BEST USE OF LICENSED MUSIC

Rock Band 2

BEST HANDHELD AUDIO

God of War: Chains of Olympus

BEST INTERACTIVE SCORE

LittleBigPlanet

BEST GAME AUDIO ARTICLE, PUBLICATION OR BROADCAST

“The Complete Guide to Game Audio” 2nd Edition – Aaron Marks

BEST AUDIO – OTHER

Watchman Motion Comic

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Wataru Hokoyama (Afrika, Resident Evil 5)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Bob Rice G.A.N.G.

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARDS

Richard Jacques, Tom Salta, Stephen Years, G.A.N.G.

RECOGNITION AWARDS

Jim Charne, John Broomhall

STUDENT/APPRENTICE COMPETITION WINNERS

MUSIC –

Tom Graczkowski

SOUND DESIGN –

Benoit Babin

DIAMOND SPONSORS

5 Rockets, Inc., AFM (American Federation of Musicians), Sumthin Else Musicworks