As expected, Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption performed very well at the recently wrapped up AIAS Awards show. For those of you unaware, the AIAS is like the Oscars of video game awards and anyone who wins one of these bad boys should definitely feel like they’ve achieved something special.

Surprisingly, the western round-up did not win Game of the Year, but in fact lost that award to BioWare’s Mass Effect 2. This was probably the biggest surprise of the night as RDR had been sweeping through the Game of the Year awards from countless publications up until this brick wall. With that said, Mass Effect 2 was a ridiculously good title last year and deserves to be recognized for its efforts.

Sony’s PlayStation 3 also did fairly well overall with Heavy Rain, God of War III and God of War: Ghost of Sparta all taking home awards as well.

Check out the full list of winners below and feel free to discuss them on our forums.

Action Game of the Year: Red Dead Redemption
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Red Dead Redemption
Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering: Red Dead Redemption
Outstanding Character Performance: Red Dead Redemption
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction: Red Dead Redemption
Role Playing / MMO Game of the Year: Mass Effect 2
Game of the Year: Mass Effect 2
Outstanding Achievement in Story: Mass Effect 2
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Heavy Rain
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming: Heavy Rain
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music: Heavy Rain
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year: Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay: Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
Adventure Game of the Year: Limbo
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Limbo
Family Game of the Year: Dance Central
Racing Game of the Year: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Sports Game of the Year: FIFA 2011
Fighting Game of the Year: Super Street Fighter IV
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 Animation: God of War III
Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack: Rock Band 3
Lifetime Achievement Award: Bing Gordon:
Pioneer Award: Bill Budge