Developers to Pat Themselves on Collective Back come March
The International Game Developers Association announce the nominees for what are arguably the most prestigious awards in videogame development.
All nominations were put forward by members of the pro-developer community, with the results making up the highlight of the Game Developers Conference, to take place in San Jose, California on March 21 this year.
"Every year, the Game Developers Choice Awards recognise the most innovative individuals and games in the industry," said IGDA board member Warren Spector. "The nominees represent what game developers consider to be the best in game development—the work they most admire and the efforts that are advancing the state of the art."
The nominees are:
Game of the Year:
Black and White (Lionhead Studios)
Grand Theft Auto III (DMA Design/Rockstar Games)
Halo: Combat Evolved (Bungie Studios)
ICO (Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.)
MaxPayne (Remedy Entertainment)
Rookie Studio of the Year:
Adrenium Games for Azurik: Rise of Perathia
Bohemia Interactive Studio for Operation Flashpoint
Croteam for Serious Sam
Pseudo Interactive for Cel Damage
TimeGate Studios for Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns
Original Game Character of the Year:
Dante from Devil May Cry
Daxter from Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Ico from ICO
Max Payne from Max Payne
Munch from Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee
Excellence in Audio:
Erik Kraber and Jack Grillo for sound design in CliveBarker'sUndying
Harry Gregson-Williams for composition in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Josh Randall for sound design in Frequency
Marty O'Donnell and team for sound effects in Halo: Combat Evolved
Thomas Engel for sound engineering in Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
Excellence in Game Design:
Fumito Ueda and team for game design in ICO
GTAIII team for gameplay in Grand Theft Auto III
Lorne Lanning and Chris Ulm for story/writing of Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee
Peter Molyneux and team for game design in Black and White
Shigeru Miyamto and team for game design in Pikmin
Excellence in Level Design:
Craig Filshie, William Mills, Chris Rothwell, and James Worrall for level design in Grand Theft Auto III
Fumito Ueda and team for level design in ICO
Ghost Recon team for level design in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon
Scott Campbell, Dave Jaffe, Kellan Hatch, and team for level design in Twisted Metal: Black
Toshihiro Nagoshi and team for level design in Super Monkey Ball
Excellence in Programming:
Kazunori Yamauchi and team for physics in Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec
Andy Gavin for programming in Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Jason Jones and team for programming in Halo: Combat Evolved
Richard Evans for artificial intelligence in Black and White
Sherman Archibald, John Carmack, and Ryan Feltrin for graphics in Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Excellence in Visual Arts:
Dan Arey and Evan Wells for animation in Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Fumito Ueda and team for art direction in ICO
Kazunori Yamauchi and team for modeling in Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec
Lorne Lanning and Farzad Varahramyan for art direction in Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee Tetsuya Mizuguchi and team for art direction in Rez
Game Innovation Spotlights:
Black and White (Lionhead Studios)
Cel Damage (Pseudo Interactive)
Frequency (Harmonix Music Systems)
Grand Theft Auto III (DMA Design)
ICO (Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.)
Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns (TimeGate Studios)
Majestic (Electronic Arts)
Max Payne (Remedy Entertainment)
Rez (United Game Artists)
Super Monkey Ball (Amusement Vision)
Rest assured that we will bring you the results as soon as they are announced.
"Every year, the Game Developers Choice Awards recognise the most innovative individuals and games in the industry," said IGDA board member Warren Spector. "The nominees represent what game developers consider to be the best in game development—the work they most admire and the efforts that are advancing the state of the art."
The nominees are:
Game of the Year:
Black and White (Lionhead Studios)
Grand Theft Auto III (DMA Design/Rockstar Games)
Halo: Combat Evolved (Bungie Studios)
ICO (Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.)
MaxPayne (Remedy Entertainment)
Rookie Studio of the Year:
Adrenium Games for Azurik: Rise of Perathia
Bohemia Interactive Studio for Operation Flashpoint
Croteam for Serious Sam
Pseudo Interactive for Cel Damage
TimeGate Studios for Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns
Original Game Character of the Year:
Dante from Devil May Cry
Daxter from Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Ico from ICO
Max Payne from Max Payne
Munch from Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee
Excellence in Audio:
Erik Kraber and Jack Grillo for sound design in CliveBarker'sUndying
Harry Gregson-Williams for composition in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
Josh Randall for sound design in Frequency
Marty O'Donnell and team for sound effects in Halo: Combat Evolved
Thomas Engel for sound engineering in Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
Excellence in Game Design:
Fumito Ueda and team for game design in ICO
GTAIII team for gameplay in Grand Theft Auto III
Lorne Lanning and Chris Ulm for story/writing of Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee
Peter Molyneux and team for game design in Black and White
Shigeru Miyamto and team for game design in Pikmin
Excellence in Level Design:
Craig Filshie, William Mills, Chris Rothwell, and James Worrall for level design in Grand Theft Auto III
Fumito Ueda and team for level design in ICO
Ghost Recon team for level design in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon
Scott Campbell, Dave Jaffe, Kellan Hatch, and team for level design in Twisted Metal: Black
Toshihiro Nagoshi and team for level design in Super Monkey Ball
Excellence in Programming:
Kazunori Yamauchi and team for physics in Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec
Andy Gavin for programming in Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Jason Jones and team for programming in Halo: Combat Evolved
Richard Evans for artificial intelligence in Black and White
Sherman Archibald, John Carmack, and Ryan Feltrin for graphics in Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Excellence in Visual Arts:
Dan Arey and Evan Wells for animation in Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Fumito Ueda and team for art direction in ICO
Kazunori Yamauchi and team for modeling in Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec
Lorne Lanning and Farzad Varahramyan for art direction in Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee Tetsuya Mizuguchi and team for art direction in Rez
Game Innovation Spotlights:
Black and White (Lionhead Studios)
Cel Damage (Pseudo Interactive)
Frequency (Harmonix Music Systems)
Grand Theft Auto III (DMA Design)
ICO (Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.)
Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns (TimeGate Studios)
Majestic (Electronic Arts)
Max Payne (Remedy Entertainment)
Rez (United Game Artists)
Super Monkey Ball (Amusement Vision)
Rest assured that we will bring you the results as soon as they are announced.