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)

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 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)


 * 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)
 * 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)