The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences has announced the nominees for the eight Annual Interactive Achievement Awards. The award ceremony will take place during the D.I.C.E. Summit on February 1st. Below you will find a complete list of the nominated titles:

Game of the Year
World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment/Vivendi Universal Games

Computer Game of the Year
City of Heroes, Cryptic Studios/NCSoft

Innovation in Computer Gaming
City of Heroes, Cryptic Studios/NCSoft

Outstanding Character Performance - Male
The Bard's Tale, InXile Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement in Original Musical Composition
Fable, Big Blue Box/Microsoft

Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering
Fable, Big Blue Box/Microsoft

Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, Relic/THQ

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
Fable, Big Blue Box/Microsoft
City of Heroes, Cryptic/NCSoft

Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development
Fable, Big Blue Box/Microsoft

Role Playing Game of the Year (Console)
X-Men Legends, Raven Software/Activision
The Bard's Tale, InXile Entertainment
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, Intelligent Systems/Nintendo
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Square Enix/Nintendo
Tales of Symphonia, Namco

Wireless Game of the Year
Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen, Nintendo

Handheld Game of the Year
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Square Enix

Role Playing of the Year (PC Platform)
Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker, Bioware
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines, Troika/Activision

Massive Multiplayer/Persisten World Game of the Year
World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment/Vivendi Universal Games
City of Heroes, Cryptic Studios/NCSoft
Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed, Sony Online Entertainment/LucasArts
Final Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathia, Square Enix