Little Big Planet was the clear and heavy victor at the recent twelfth Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, receiving 8 accolades which included both major prizes in Game of the Year (2008) as well as Console Game of the Year. These are all big prizes and so major kudos should be given to the creation company, as it has shown that they understand what people want in their video games these days.

The premise of Little Big Planet includes giving gamers the control of little alien-esque, but oddly cute creatures called Sackboys or Sackgirls, taking them through a series of different platforms, and watching them evolve as the game progresses. It’s certainly a new and innovative idea which is someone rare in this world of first person shooter after first person shooter. It’s very nice to see a company coming out with something different and unexpected like this.

Other interesting award winners include NHL 09, which won Sports Game of the Year 2008, and my personal favorite of 2008, Fallout 3, which I thought may have had a chance at game of the year “settled” for RPG of the year.

I wonder how many people will actually pay for these games, as it’s known that many can be found online through game torrents, and that is becoming a popular way to get games these days.