6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

The winners in each category are as follows:

Game of the Year

• Game of the Year: Battlefield 1942
  (D: Digital Illusions, P: Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    Animal Crossing (D: Nintendo EAD, P: Nintendo)
    Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (D: Rockstar Games North, P: Rockstar Games)
    Metroid Prime (D: Retro Studios, P: Nintendo)
    Ratchet & Clank (D: Insomniac Games, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)

• Computer Game of the Year: Battlefield 1942
  (D: Digital Illusions, P: Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    Age of Mythology (D: Ensemble Studios, P: Microsoft)
    Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (D: 2015 Inc., P: Electronic Arts)
    Neverwinter Nights (D: BioWare Corp., P: Infogrames)
    Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (D: Blizzard Entertainment, P: Blizzard Entertainment)

• Console Game of the Year: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
  (D: Ubi Soft Montreal, P: Ubi Soft Entertainment)
  • other nominees:
    Animal Crossing (D: Nintendo EAD, P: Nintendo)
    Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (D: Silicon Knights, P: Nintendo)
    Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (D: Rockstar Games North, P: Rockstar Games)
    Metroid Prime (D: Retro Studios, P: Nintendo)
    Ratchet & Clank (D: Insomniac Games, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)

• Handheld Game of the Year: Metroid Fusion
  (D: Nintendo R&D1, P: Nintendo)
  • other nominees:
    Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (D: Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, P: Konami)
    The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / Four Swords (D: Nintendo R&D2 / Flagship, P: Nintendo)
    Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (D: Nintendo EAD / Nintendo R&D2, P: Nintendo)

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming

• Outstanding Innovation in Computer Gaming: Battlefield 1942
  (D: Digital Illusions, P: Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    Dungeon Siege (D: Gas Powered Games, P: Microsoft)
    Grand Theft Auto III (D: DMA Design, P: Rockstar Games)
    Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (D: 2015 Inc., P: Electronic Arts)
    Neverwinter Nights (D: BioWare Corp., P: Infogrames)
    Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (D/P: Blizzard Entertain.)

• Outstanding Innovation in Console Gaming: Animal Crossing
  (D: Nintendo EAD, P: Nintendo)
  • other nominees:
    Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (D: Silicon Knights, P: Nintendo)
    Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (D: Rockstar Games North, P: Rockstar Games)
    Metroid Prime (D: Retro Studios, P: Nintendo)
    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (D: Ubisoft - Montreal, P: Ubisoft)

Outstanding Achievement

• Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
  (D: Sucker Punch Productions, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
  • other nominees:
    Final Fantasy X (D: Square Enix, P: Square Enix)
    Kingdom Hearts (D: Square Enix / Disney Interactive, P: Square Electronic Arts)
    Ratchet & Clank (D: Insomniac Games, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    The Mark of Kri (D: Sony Computer Entertainment San Diego, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)

• Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
  (D: Sucker Punch Productions, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
  • other nominees:
    Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (D: Silicon Knights, P: Nintendo)
    Kingdom Hearts (D: Square Enix / Disney Interactive, P: Square Electronic Arts)
    Metroid Prime (D: Retro Studios, P: Nintendo)
    Ratchet & Clank (D: Insomniac Games, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)

• Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development: Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
  (D: Silicon Knights, P: Nintendo)
  • other nominees:
    Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (D: Rockstar Games North, P: Rockstar Games)
    Kingdom Hearts (D: Square Enix / Disney Interactive, P: Square Electronic Arts)
    Syberia (D: Microids, P: The Adventure Company)
    The Mark of Kri (D: Sony Computer Entertainment San Diego, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)

• Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: Animal Crossing
  (D: Nintendo EAD, P: Nintendo)
  • other nominees:
    Battlefield 1942 (D: Digital Illusions, P: Electronic Arts)
    Metroid Prime (D: Retro Studios, P: Nintendo)
    Neverwinter Nights (D: BioWare Corp., P: Infogrames)
    Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (D/P: Blizzard Entertainment)

• Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering: Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
  (D: Ubisoft - Montreal, P: Ubisoft)
  • other nominees:
    Animal Crossing (D: Nintendo EAD, P: Nintendo)
    Metroid Prime (D: Retro Studios, P: Nintendo)
    Ratchet & Clank (D: Insomniac Games, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)

• Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play: Battlefield 1942
  (D: Digital Illusions, P: Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    Command and Conquer: Renegade (D: Westwood Studios, P: Electronic Arts)
    Twisted Metal Black: Online (D: Incognito Entertainment, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)

• Outstanding Achievement in Original Musical Composition: Medal of Honor: Frontline
  (D: EA Los Angeles, P: Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    Metroid Prime (D: Retro Studios, P: Nintendo)
    Rygar: The Legendary Adventure (D/P: Tecmo)
    The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind (D/P: Bethesda Softworks)
    Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (D/P: Blizzard Entertainment)

• Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Medal of Honor: Frontline
  (D: EA Los Angeles, P: Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem (D: Silicon Knights, P: Nintendo)

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (D: Rockstar Games North, P: Rockstar Games)
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (D: Stormfront Studios, P: Electronic Arts)
Metroid Prime (D: Retro Studios, P: Nintendo)
No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way (D: Monolith, P: Sierra Entertainment)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (D: Ubi Soft Montreal, P: Ubi Soft Entertainment)

• Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  (D: Stormfront Studios, P: Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings (D: Turbine Entertainment, P: Microsoft)
    Metroid Prime (D: Retro Studios, P: Nintendo)
    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (D: Ubisoft - Montreal, P: Ubisoft)
    Unreal Tournament 2003 (D: Digital Extremes, P: Infogrames)

Genre Game of the Year

• Computer Action/Adventure Game of the Year: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  (D: Rockstar Games North, P: Rockstar Games)
  • other nominees:
    Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast (D: Raven Software Corporation, P: LucasArts)
    Syberia (D: Microids, P: The Adventure Company)
    The Thing (D: Computer Artworks, P: Black Label Games)

• Computer First Person Action Game of the Year: Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
  (D: 2015 Inc., P: Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    America's Army (D/P: US Army)
    No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way (D: Monolith Productions, P: Fox Interactive / Sierra Entertainment)

• Massively Multiplayer/Persistent World Game of the Year: The Sims Online
  (D: Maxis, P: Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    Anarchy Online: The Notum Wars (D/P: Funcom)
    Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings (D: Turbine Entertainment, P: Microsoft)
    Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles (D: Mythic Entertainment, P: Vivendi Universal Games)
    Disney's Toontown Online (D: Walt Disney Internet Group - VR Studio, P: Disney Interactive)

• Computer Role-Playing Game of the Year: Neverwinter Nights
  (D: BioWare Corp., P: Infogrames)
  • other nominees:
    Arx Fatalis (D: Arkane Studios, P: JoWood Productions)
    Dungeon Siege (D: Gas Powered Games, P: Microsoft)
    Freedom Force (D: Irrational Games, P: Crave Entertainment / Electronic Arts)
    The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind (D/P: Bethesda Softworks)

• Computer Simulation Game of the Year: The Sims: Unleashed
  (D: Maxis, P: Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe (D: ACES Game Studio, P: Microsoft)
    MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries (D: Cyberlore Studios / FASA Studio, P: Microsoft)
    The Aurora Neverwinter Toolset (D: BioWare Corp., P: Infogrames)

• Computer Sports Game of the Year: Madden NFL 2003
  (D: Electronic Arts - Tiburon, P: Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    High Heat Major League Baseball 2003 (D/P: 3DO)
    Links 2003 (D/P: Microsoft)
    NBA Live 2003 (D: Electronic Arts - Canada, P: Electronic Arts)
    Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 (D: Headgate Studios, P: Electronic Arts)

• Computer Strategy Game of the Year: Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
  (D/P: Blizzard Entertainment)
  • other nominees:
    Age of Mythology (D: Ensemble Studios, P: Microsoft)
    Medieval: Total War (D: The Creative Assembly, P: Activision)

• Console Action/Adventure Game of the Year: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
  (D: Rockstar Games North, P: Rockstar Games)
  • other nominees:
    Hitman 2 (D: IO Interactive, P: Eidos)
    Jet Set Radio Future (D: Smilebit, P: Sega)
    Rez (D: United Game Artists, P: Sega)
    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (D: Ubisoft - Montreal, P: Ubisoft)

• Console Fighting Game of the Year: Tekken 4
  (D/P: Namco)
  • other nominees:
    Capcom Vs. SNK 2: EO (D: Capcom Japan, P: Capcom)
    Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee (D: Pipeworks Software, P: Infogrames)
    Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (D/P: Midway)
    Virtua Fighter 4 (D: Sega - AM2, P: Sega)

Metroid Prime box art

• Console First Person Action Game of the Year: Metroid Prime
  (D: Retro Studios, P: Nintendo)
  • other nominees:
    James Bond 007: Nightfire (D: Eurocom Entertainment, P: Electronic Arts)
    Medal of Honor: Frontline (D: EA Los Angeles, P: Electronic Arts)
    Timesplitters 2 (D: Free Radical Design, P: Eidos)
    Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (D: Red Storm Entertainment, P: Ubisoft)

• Console Platform Action/Adventure Game of the Year: Ratchet & Clank
  (D: Insomniac Games, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
  • other nominees:
    Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus (D: Sucker Punch Productions, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    Super Mario Sunshine (D/P: Nintendo)

• Console Racing Game of the Year: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
  (D: Electronic Arts - Blackbox, P: Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    ATV Offroad Fury 2 (D: Rainbow Studios, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    Moto GP: Ultimate Racing Technology (D: Climax, P: THQ)
    NASCAR Thunder 2003 (D: Electronic Arts - Tiburon, P: Electronic Arts)
    RalliSport Challenge (D: Digital Illusions, P: Microsoft)

• Console Role-Playing Game of the Year: Animal Crossing
  (D: Nintendo EAD, P: Nintendo)
  • other nominees:
    Final Fantasy X (D/P: Square Enix)
    Kingdom Hearts (D: Square Enix / Disney Interactive, P: Square Electronic Arts)
    Suikoden 3 (D: Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, P: Konami)
    Wild Arms 3 (D: MediaVision, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)

• Console Sports Game of the Year: Madden NFL 2003
  (D: Electronic Arts - Tiburon, P: Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    Aggressive Inline (D: Z-Axis, P: Acclaim)
    NCAA Football 2003 (D: Electronic Arts - Tiburon, P: Electronic Arts)
    NHL 2K3 (D: Visual Concepts / Treyarch, P: Sega)
    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 (D: Neversoft Enterainment, P: Activision)

• Console Family Game of the Year: Mario Party 4
  (D: Hudson Soft Company, P: Nintendo)
  • other nominees:
    Backyard Football (D: Left Field Productions, P: Humongous Entertainment)
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (D: KnowWonder Digital Mediaworks, P: Electronic Arts)
    Scooby Doo! Night of 100 Frights (D: Heavy Iron Studios, P: THQ)
    SpongebBob Squarepants: Employee of the Month (D: AWE Productions, P: THQ)

External links

• The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences :: Awards