The Academy of Arts and Sciences recently announced its full list of nominations for this year’s Interactive Achievement Awards, with categories including ‘Game of the Year,’ ‘Outstanding Achievement in Story,’ ‘Downloadable Game of the Year’ and many more.

Unsurprisingly, Uncharted 3 and Naughty Dog lead the nominations list with a total of twelve nods across the categories, followed by Portal 2 with ten and LA Noire with nine.

The 15th annual Interactive Achievement Awards will be held during the DICE Summit this year in Las Vegas, on February 9th, and here are the hopefuls:

Game of the Year

• Batman: Arkham City—Rocksteady Studios
• Portal 2—Valve
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim—Bethesda Game Studios
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword—Nintendo
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception—Naughty Dog

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

• L.A. Noire—Team Bondi
• Little Big Planet 2—Media Molecule
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception—Naughty Dog
• InFamous 2—Sucker Punch
• Portal 2—Valve

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

• Battlefield 3—DICE
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3—Infinity - Ward/Sledgehammer Games
• L.A. Noire—Team Bondi
• Need for Speed: The Run—EA Black Box
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception—Naughty Dog

Outstanding Achievement in Story

• Bastion—Supergiant Games
• L.A. Noire—Team Bondi
• Portal 2—Valve
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim—Bethesda Game Studios
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception—Naughty Dog

Outstanding Character Performance

• Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Adam Jensen)—Eidos Montreal
• L.A. Noire (Cole Phelps)—Team Bondi
• Portal 2 (Wheatley)—Valve
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (Nathan Drake)—Naughty Dog
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (Victor Sullivan)—Naughty Dog

Downloadable Game of the Year

• Bastion—Supergiant Games
• Drawn: Trail of Shadows—Big Fish Games
• Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet—Fuel Cell
• Ms. Splosion Man—Twisted Pixel Games
• Orcs Must Die!—Robot Entertainment

Casual Game of the Year

• Fruit Ninja Kinect—Halfbrick Studios
• Tiny Wings—Andreas Illiger
• Jetpack Joyride—Halfbrick Studios
• Monsters Ate My Condo—Adult Swim/PikPok
• Where’s My Water?—Creature Feep

Social Networking Game of the Year

• Army Attack—Digital Chocolate
• CastleVille—Zynga
• Gardens of Time—Playdom
• The Sims Social—Playfish
• Triple Town—Spry Fox

Role-Playing/Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year

• Dark Souls—From Software
• Deus Ex: Human Revolution—Eidos Montreal
• Star Wars: The Old Republic—BioWare Austin
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim—Bethesda Game Studios
• The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings—CD Projekt

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming

• Bastion—Supergiant Games
• L.A. Noire—Team Bondi
• Portal 2—Valve
• Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure—Toys for Bob
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim—Bethesda Game Studios

Sports Game of the Year

• FIFA 12—EA Canada
• Madden NFL 12—Tiburon
• MLB 11: The Show—SCE San Diego
• NBA 2K12—Visual Concepts
• NBA Jam: On Fire Edition—Firemint

Racing Game of the Year

• Forza Motorsport 4—Turn 10 Studios
• Mario Kart 7—Nintendo
• Real Racing 2 HD—Firemint

Fighting Game of the Year

• Fight Night Champion—EA Canada
• King of Fighters XIII—SNK Playmore
• Mortal Kombat—NetherRealm Studios
• Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition—Capcom
• Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3—Capcom

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

• Iron Brigade—Double Fine
• Orcs Must Die!—Robot Entertainment
• Total War: Shogun 2—The Creative Assembly
• Toy Soldiers: Cold War—Signal Studios
• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution—Relic Entertainment

Family Game of the Year

• Dance Central 2—Harmonix
• Just Dance 3—Ubisoft Paris
• Kinect Disneyland Adventure—Frontier Developments
• Little Big Planet 2—Media Molecule
• Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure—Toys for Bob

Mobile Game of the Year

• Contre Jour—Chillingo
• Dead Space—EA Mobile
• Infinity Blade II—Chair Entertainment
• Tentacles—Press Play
• The Dark Meadow—Phosphor Games Studio

Handheld Game of the Year

• Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective—Capcom
• Kirby Mass Attack—Hal Laboratory
• Mario Kart 7—Nintendo
• Professor Layton and the Last Specter—Level 5
• Super Mario 3D Land—Nintendo

Adventure Game of the Year

• Batman: Arkham City—Rocksteady Studios
• L.A. Noire—Team Bondi
• Portal 2—Valve
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword—Nintendo
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception—Naughty Dog

Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play

• Battlefield 3—DICE
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3—Infinity Ward/Sledgehammer Games
• Gears of War 3—Epic Games
• Little Big Planet 2—Media Molecule
• Star Wars: The Old Republic—BioWare Austin

Outstanding Achievement in Connectivity

• Battlefield 3—DICE
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3—Infinity Ward/Sledgehammer Games
• Dragon Age II—BioWare Edmonton
• Portal 2—Valve
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception—Naughty Dog

Action Game of the Year

• Battlefield 3—DICE
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3—Infinity Ward/Sledgehammer Games
• Dead Space 2—Visceral Games
• Gears of War 3—Epic Games
• Saints Row: The Third—Volition

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

• Assassin’s Creed: Revelations—Ubisoft Montreal
• Batman: Arkham City—Rocksteady Studios
• L.A. Noire—Team Bondi
• Rayman Origins—UbiArt Montpellier
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception—Naughty Dog

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

• Batman: Arkham City—Rocksteady Studios
• Battlefield 3—DICE
• Portal 2—Valve
• Rayman Origins—UbiArt Montpellier
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception—Naughty Dog

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering

• Batman: Arkham City—Rocksteady Studios
• Crysis 2—Crytek GmbH
• L.A. Noire—Team Bondi
• Rage—id Software
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception—Naughty Dog

Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering

• Batman: Arkham City—Rocksteady Studios
• Portal 2—Valve
• Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure—Toys for Bob
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim—Bethesda Game Studios
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword—Nintendo

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

• Batman: Arkham City—Rocksteady Studios
• L.A. Noire—Team Bondi
• Portal 2—Valve
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim—Bethesda Game Studios
• Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception—Naughty Dog