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