6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards winners

**Sqoon** · 28 Feb 2003, 05:35 PM

When it comes video game events, the dual descrptions of 'star-studded' and 'classy' rarely come together (if ever), with the exception of the Interactive Achievement Awards, which held their 6th annual ceremony Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on February 28th, where Electronic Arts swept everyone else under the rug with 13 awards, and Nintendo in second place with seven. The event was hosted by Kid in the Hall Dave Foley (yes, his name needs to be bolded), along with presentations by other lesser personalities like Tony Hawk and Kelly Hu.

And the winners are (in alphabetical order of award):

Computer Action Game of the Year - 2002
Grand Theft Auto III
• Publisher: Rockstar Games
• Developer: Rockstar North

Computer First Person Action Game of the Year - 2002
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Developer: 2015 Inc.

Computer Game of the Year - 2002
Battlefield 1942
• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Developer: Digital Illusions

Computer Role Playing Game of the Year - 2002
Neverwinter Nights
• Publisher: Infogrames
• Developer: Bioware

Computer Simulation Game of the Year - 2002
The Sims Unleashed
• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Developer: EA Maxis

Computer Sports Game of the Year - 2002
Madden NFL 2003
• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Developer: EA Tiburon

Computer Strategy Game of the Year - 2002
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
• Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
• Developer: Blizzard Entertainment

Console Action Adventure Game of the Year - 2002
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
• Publisher: Rockstar Games
• Developer: Rockstar North

Console Fighting Game of the Year - 2002
Tekken 4
• Publisher: Namco
• Developer: Namco

Console First Person Action Game of the Year - 2002
Metroid Prime
• Publisher: Nintendo of America
• Developer: Retro Studios

Console Game of the Year - 2002
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
• Publisher: Ubi Soft
• Developer: Ubi Soft Montreal

Console Platform Action Adventure Game of the Year - 2002
Ratchet & Clank
• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
• Developer: Insomniac Games

Console Racing Game of the Year - 2002
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Developer: EA Black Box

Console Role Playing Game of the Year - 2002
Animal Crossing
• Publisher: Nintendo of America
• Developer: Nintendo Co. Ltd.

Console Sports Game of the Year - 2002
Madden NFL 2003
• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Developer: EA Tiburon

Family Game of the Year - 2002
Mario Party 4
• Publisher: Nintendo of America
• Developer: Hudson Soft Co. Ltd.

Game of the Year - 2002
Battlefield 1942
• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Developer: Digital Illusions

Hall of Fame Award
Yu Suzuki, SEGA

Handheld Game of the Year - 2002
Metroid Fusion
• Publisher: Nintendo of America
• Developer: Nintendo Co. Ltd.

Innovation in Computer Gaming - 2002
Battlefield 1942
• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Developer: Digital Illusions

Innovation in Console Gaming - 2002
Animal Crossing
• Publisher: Nintendo of America
• Developer: Nintendo Co. Ltd.

Massively Multiplayer / Persistent World Game of the Year - 2002
The Sims Online
• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Developer: EA MAXIS

Online Gameplay Game of the Year - 2002
Battlefield 1942
• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Developer: Digital Illusions

Outstanding Achievement in Animation - 2002
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
• Developer: Sucker Punch

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction - 2002
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
• Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America
• Developer: Sucker Punch

Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story - 2002
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
• Publisher: Nintendo of America
• Developer: Silicon Knights

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design - 2002
Animal Crossing
• Publisher: Nintendo of America
• Developer: Nintendo Co. Ltd.

Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering - 2002
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
• Publisher: Ubi Soft
• Developer: Ubi Soft Montreal

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition - 2002
Medal of Honor: Frontline
• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Developer: EALA

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design - 2002
Medal of Honor: Frontline
• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Developer: EALA

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering - 2002
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
• Publisher: Electronic Arts
• Developer: Stormfront Studios

"As an artist, the only way I know how to make a great game is to go by my intuition and heart," explains Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto, the world's renowned video game master and senior managing director of all software for the company. "To win over and over in just one evening stunned our whole team. We're overwhelmed."