Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption was favored heavily in many circles to win Game of the Year at the 14th annual Interactive Achievement Awards, and despite having led with six nominations, it was BioWare’s epic RPG Mass Effect 2 which won top honors at the show, on a night where BioWare Doctors Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk were inducted into the Hall of Fame.

That said, Red Dead Redemption did come away with more awards in total (5 versus 3 for Mass Effect), so Rockstar has to be pretty well pleased.

The full list of winners is as follows:

Game of the Year: Mass Effect 2

Role Playing / MMO Game of the Year: Mass Effect 2

Outstanding Achievement in Story: Mass Effect 2

Lifetime Achievement Award: Bing Gordon

Pioneer Award: Bill Budge

Outstanding Achievement in Animation: God of War III

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Red Dead Redemption

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Heavy Rain

Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering: Red Dead Redemption

Outstanding Character Performance: Red Dead Redemption

Family Game of the Year: Dance Central

Racing Game of the Year: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Heavy Rain

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music: Heavy Rain

Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack: Rock Band 3

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Limbo

Adventure Game of the Year: Limbo

Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay: Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty

Action Game of the Year: Red Dead Redemption

Sports Game of the Year: FIFA 2011

Fighting Game of the Year: Super Street Fighter IV

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty

Portable Game of the Year: God of War: Ghost of Sparta

Casual Game of the Year: Angry Birds HD

Social Game of the Year: CityVille

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction: Red Dead Redemption