The 13th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards 2010 was held on thursday, February 18 as part of the video game industry’s Dice Summit conference in Las Vegas, NV.
Four of the most active games on Facebook — FarmVille, Resaurant City, Farm Town, and Bejeweled Blitz — were nominated in the category of Social Networking Game of the Year for 2009. FarmVille was also nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play and Outstanding Innovation in Gaming.
The award for Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play went to Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, 2009′s best selling video game. Scribblenauts, developed by 5th Cell Media, won the Outstanding Innovation in Gaming award.
The top honor in the “Social Networking Game of the Year” went to Zynga’s massively popular game FarmVille. With nearly 81 million monthly active players, FarmVille was a sure winner.
Zynga’s FarmVille has also won the “Best Social App Award 2009″ at The Crunchies Awards back in January 2010.
Most active Facebook games on Friday, February 19 at 6:00 PM GMT (source: appdata)
01. FarmVille (79,331,014)
02. Cafe World (30,373,554)
03. Happy Aquarium (26,664,020)
04. Texas HoldEm Poker (26,200,198)
05. Mafia Wars (25,300,405)
06. FishVille (25,254,426)
07. Zoo World (19,499,210)
08. Pet Society (18,928,649)
09. PetVille (18,682,529)
10. MindJolt Games (17,710,496)
