3rd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

The winners in each category are as follows:

## Game of the Year

* **Game of the Year: The Sims**
(D: Maxis Software, P: Electronic Arts)
	+ other nominees:
	Age of Empires II: Age of Kings (D: Ensemble Studios, P: Microsoft)
	Donkey Kong 64 (D: RARE, P: Nintendo)
	Pokemon Yellow (D: Creatures Inc./Game Freak, P: Nintendo)
	Soul Calibur (D/P: Namco)
	Unreal Tournament (D: Epic Games, P: GT Interactive)

* **Computer Game of the Year: Age of Empires II: Age of Kings**
(D: Ensemble Studios, P: Microsoft)
	+ other nominees:
	Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (D: Westwood Studios, P: Electronic Arts)
	Homeworld (D: Relic Entertainment, P: Sierra Online)
	RollerCoaster Tycoon (D: Chris Sawyer Productions, P: Atari/MicroProse Software)
	Unreal Tournament (D: Epic Games, P: GT Interactive Software)

* **Console Game of the Year: Soul Calibur**
(D/P: Namco)
	+ other nominees:
	Crazy Taxi (D/P: Sega of America Dreamcast)
	Donkey Kong 64 (D/P: Rare)
	Driver (D: Reflections Interactive, P: GT Interactive)
	Gran Turismo 2 (D: Polyphony Digital Inc., P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
	Pokemon Yellow (D/P: Nintendo)
	Tony Hawk's Pro-Skater (D: Neversoft, P: Activision)

## Outstanding Achievement

* **Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Final Fantasy VIII**
(D/P: Square Co.)
	+ other nominees:
	Age of Empires II: Age of Kings (D: Ensemble Studios, P: Microsoft)
	Disney's Villiains' Revenge (D/P: Disney Interactive)
	Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage (D: Insomniac Games, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)

Final Fantasy VIII box art
* **Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Final Fantasy VIII**
(D/P: Square Co.)
	+ other nominees:
	Disney's Villiains' Revenge (D/P: Disney Interactive)
	Pharoah (D: Impressions Games, P: Sierra Online)
	Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage (D: Insomniac Games, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
	The Sims (D: Maxis Software, P: Electronic Arts)

* **Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development: Age of Empires II: Age of Kings & Thief: The Dark Project**
(D: Ensemble Studios, P: Microsoft) & (D: Looking Glass Studios, P: Eidos Interactive)
	+ other nominees:
	NOX (D: Westwood Studios, P: Electronic Arts)
	Omikron: The Nomad Soul (D: Quantic Dream, P: Eidos Interactive)
	Planescape: Torment (D: Black Isle Studios, P: Interplay Entertainment)

* **Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: The Sims**
(D: Maxis Software, P: Electronic Arts)
	+ other nominees:
	Age of Empires II: Age of Kings (D: Ensemble Studios, P: Microsoft)
	Gran Turismo 2 (D: Polyphony Digital, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
	NOX (D: Westwood Studios, P: Electronic Arts)
	Syphon Filter (D: Eidetic Inc., P: 989 Studios)

* **Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering: The Sims**
(D: Maxis Software, P: Electronic Arts)
	+ other nominees:
	Age of Empires II: Age of Kings (D: Ensemble Studios, P: Microsoft)
	Crazy Taxi (D: Hitmaker, P: Sega)
	NFL 2K (D: Visual Concepts, P: Sega)

* **Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition: Um Jammer Lammy**
(D: NanaOn-Sha Co., P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
	+ other nominees:
	Outcast (D: Appeal, P: Infogrames)
	Silver (D/P: Infogrames)

* **Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Medal of Honor**
(D: DreamWorks Interactive, P: Electronic Arts)
	+ other nominees:
	NFL 2K (D: Visual Concepts, P: Sega)
	Thief: The Dark Project (D: Looking Glass Studios, P: Eidos Interactive)

* **Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Unreal Tournament**
(D: Epic Games, P: GT Interactive Software)
	+ other nominees:
	NBA 2K (D: Visual Concepts, P: Sega)
	NFL 2k (D: Visual Concepts, P: Sega)
	Sonic Adventure (D: Sonic Team, P: Sega)

## Genre Game of the Year (Computer)

* **Computer Action Game of the Year: Half-Life: Opposing Force**
(D: Gearbox Software, P: Sierra Online)
	+ other nominees:
	Quake III: Arena (D: id Software, P: Activision)
	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (D/P: Red Storm Entertainment)
	Unreal Tournament (D: Epic Games, P: GT Interactive Software)

* **Computer Adventure/Role Playing Game of the Year: Asheron's Call**
(D: Turbine Entertainment, P: Microsoft)
	+ other nominees:
	Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned (D/P: Sierra Online)
	Outcast (D: Appeal, P: Infogrames)
	Planescape: Torment (D: Black Isle Studios, P: Interplay Entertainment)
	Ultima IX: Ascension (D: ORIGIN Systems, P: Electronic Arts)

* **Computer Children's Entertainment Title of the Year: Disney's Villiains' Revenge**
(D/P: Disney Interactive)
	+ other nominees:
	LEGO Racers (D: High Voltage Software, P: LEGO Media International)
	Miss Spider's Tea Party (D/P: Simon & Schuster Interactive)
	Sesame Street Music Maker (D: CTW, P: Mattel Interactive)

* **Computer Creativity Title of the Year: Disney's Magic Artist Studio**
(D/P: Disney Interactive)
	+ other nominees:
	Cosmopolitan Virtual Makeover 2 (D/P: Mattel Interactive)
	LEGO Friends (D/P: LEGO Media International)
	Total 3D Home Deluxe (D/P: Mattel Interactive)

* **Computer Educational Title of the Year: Jump Start Phonics Learning System**
(D/P: Knowledge Adventure)
	+ other nominees:
	Bear in the Big Blue House: Bear's Sense (D/P: Knowledge Adventure)
	Blue's 1 2 3 Time Activities (D/P: Humongous Entertainment)
	Math Blaster for 1st Grade (D/P: Knowledge Adventure)
	Space Academy GX-1 (D/P: Edmark Corp.)
	The Clue Finder's Fifth Grade Adventures (D/P: The Learning Company/Mattel Interactive)

* **Computer Family Title of the Year: 3-D Ultra Lionel Traintown**
(D: Dynamix, Inc., P: Sierra Online)
	+ other nominees:
	Complete National Geographic (D: National Geographic Interactive, P: Mattel Interactive)
	Miss Spider's Tea Party (D/P: Simon & Schuster Interactive)
	Pandora's Box (D: Viewpoint Digital, P: Microsoft)
	The Sims (D: Maxis Software, P: Electronic Arts)
	You Don't Know Jack' Offline (D: Jellyvision, P: Sierra Online/Berkeley Systems)

* **Computer Simulation Game of the Year: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000: Professional Edition**
(D/P: Microsoft)
	+ other nominees:
	F/A-18 Simulator (D: Jane's Combat Simulations, P: Electronic Arts)
	Freespace 2 (D: Volition, P: Interplay Entertainment)
	Mig Alley (D: Rowan Software, P: Interplay Entertainment)
	Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance (D: Totally Games, P: LucasArts)

* **Computer Sports Game of the Year: FIFA 2000**
(D: Electronic Arts - Canada, P: Electronic Arts)
	+ other nominees:
	Backyard Football (D: Left Field Productions, P: Humongous Entertainment)
	High Heat Baseball 2000 (D: Team .366, P: The 3DO Company)
	NHL 2000 (D: Electronic Arts - Canada, P: Electronic Arts)

* **Computer Strategy Game of the Year: Age of Empires II: Age of Kings**
(D: Ensemble Studios, P: Microsoft)
	+ other nominees:
	Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (D: Westwood Studios, P: Electronic Arts)
	Homeworld (D: Relic Entertainment, P: Sierra Online)
	RollerCoaster Tycoon (D: Chris Sawyer Productions, P: Atari/MicroProse Software)
	Unreal Tournament (D: Epic Games, P: GT Interactive Software)

## Genre Game of the Year (Console)

* **Console Action Game of the Year: Crazy Taxi**
(D: Hitmaker, P: Sega)
	+ other nominees:
	Armada (D/P: Metro 3D)
	Gauntlet Legends (D/P: Midway Games)
	Super Smash Bros. (D: HAL Laboratory, P: Nintendo)
	Syphon Filter (D: Eidetic Inc., P: 989 Studios)

* **Console Adventure/Role Playing Game of the Year: Final Fantasy VIII**
(D/P: Square Co.)
	+ other nominees:
	Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (D: Crystal Dynamics, P: Eidos Interactive)
	Legend of Legaia (D: Contrail, P: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.)

* **Console Children's/Family Title of the Year: Pokemon Snap**
(D: HAL Laboratory, P: Nintendo)
	+ other nominees:
	LEGO Racers (D: High Voltage Software, P: LEGO Media International)
	Mario Party (D: Hudson Soft, P: Nintendo)
	Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage (D: Insomniac Games, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
	Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue (D: Disney Interactive, P: Activision)

* **Console Fighting Game of the Year: Soul Calibur**
(D/P: Namco)
	+ other nominees:
	Ready 2 Rumble (D/P: Midway Games)
	Super Smash Bros. (D: HAL Laboratory, P: Nintendo)
	WWF Wrestlemania 2000 (D: AKI Corporation, P: THQ)

* **Console Racing Game of the Year: Star Wars: Episode One Racer**
(D/P: LucasArts)
	+ other nominees:
	Crash Team Racing (D: Naughty Dog, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
	Driver (D: Reflections Interactive, P: GT Interactive Software)
	Gran Turismo (D: Polyphony Digital, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)

* **Console Sports Game of the Year: Knockout Kings 2000**
(D: Black Ops Entertainment, P: Electronic Arts)
	+ other nominees:
	NFL 2K (D: Visual Concepts, P: Sega)
	Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (D: Neversoft Entertainment, P: Activision)

## Other Awards

* **Online Game of the Year: Everquest**
(D: Verant Interactive, P: 989 Studios)
	+ other nominees:
	Asheron's Call (D: Turbine Entertainment, P: Microsoft)
	Get the Picture (D/P: Berkely Systems)
	Pop-Tarts "Pop" Trivia (D/P: Magnet Interactive, P: Magnet Interactive)
	Wordox (D: Landor Design Associates, P: World Opponent Network)

* **Entertainment Site of the Year: TheOnion.com**
(D: Jack Szwergold, P: Peter Haise)
	+ other nominees:
	ABC.com (D/P: Go.com)
	Banja.com (D/P: CHMAN)
	CalendarLive.com (D: Leah Gentry, Editor, P: Los Angeles Times)
	Tony the Tiger Website (D/P: Magnet Interacitive)
	www.entertaindom.com (D: Jim Moloshok (CEO))
	IGN.com (D/P: Snowball.com)

* **News/Information Site of the Year: GameSpot.com**
(D/P: GameSpot Inc.)
	+ other nominees:
	CNN.com (D/P: CNN Interactive)

## External links

* The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences :: Awards