6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

Video game award ceremony

6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

Date| 27 February 2003
Venue| Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Country| Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Hosted by| Dave Foley
Highlights
Most awards| Battlefield 1942 (4)
Most nominations| Metroid Prime (10)
Game of the Year| Battlefield 1942
Hall of Fame| Yu Suzuki
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The 6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards is the 6th edition of the Interactive Achievement Awards, an annual awards event that honors the best games in the video game industry. The awards are arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) and were held at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on 27 February 2003 as part of the academy's 2003 D.I.C.E. Summit. It was hosted by Dave Foley with presenters including Cliff Bleszinski, Xander Berkeley, Don James, Shigeru Miyamoto, Julie Benz, Blue Man Group, Tony Hawk, Ed Fries, Kelly Hu, David Jones, Nina Kaczorowski, Doug Lowenstein, Syd Mead, Mike Metzger, Vince Neil, Tommy Tallarico, Amy Weber and Victor Webster. It had musical performances by Unwritten Law and The Players Band.[1]

The academy introduced the genre awards for "First-Person Action Game of the Year" for both console and computer. "Console Platform Action/Adventure Game of the Year" was also introduced. Originally separate console and computer awards for "Children's Title of the Year" were offered, but a single "Family Game of the Year" would be offered that featured finalists for both console and PC releases. The computer award for "Educational Title of the Year" was originally part of the category listings, but was not featured on the nomination form.[2][3][4]

Battlefield 1942 won the most awards, including "Game of the Year". Metroid Prime received the most nominations. Electronic Arts received the most nominations, had the most nominated games, most award-winning games, and won the most awards.

Yu Suzuki, creator Virtua Fighter, Shenmue, and other Sega franchises, was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame.

## Winners and nominees[edit]

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[5][6]

### Game of the Year Awards[edit]

Game of the Year

* Battlefield 1942 — DICE, Electronic Arts‡
* Animal Crossing — Nintendo EAD
* Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — Rockstar North
* Metroid Prime — Retro Studios, Nintendo
* Ratchet & Clank — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment

Console Game of the Year

* Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell — Ubisoft Montreal‡
* Animal Crossing — Nintendo EAD
* Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem — Silicon Knights, Nintendo
* Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — Rockstar North
* Metroid Prime — Retro Studios, Nintendo
* Ratchet & Clank — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment

Computer Game of the Year

* Battlefield 1942 — DICE, Electronic Arts‡
* Age of Mythology — Ensemble Studios, Microsoft Game Studios
* Medal of Honor: Allied Assault — 2015, Inc., Electronic Arts
* Neverwinter Nights — BioWare, Atari Interactive
* Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos — Blizzard Entertainment

### Innovation Awards[edit]

Innovation in Computer Gaming

* Battlefield 1942 — DICE, Electronic Arts‡
* Dungeon Siege — Gas Powered Games, Microsoft Game Studios
* Grand Theft Auto III — Rockstar North
* Medal of Honor: Allied Assault — 2015, Inc., Electronic Arts
* Neverwinter Nights — BioWare, Atari Interactive
* Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos — Blizzard Entertainment

Innovation in Console Gaming

* Animal Crossing — Nintendo EAD‡
* Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem — Silicon Knights, Nintendo
* Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — Rockstar North
* Metroid Prime — Retro Studios, Nintendo
* Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell — Ubisoft Montreal

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### Craft Awards[edit]

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

* Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus — Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment‡
* Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem — Silicon Knights, Nintendo
* Kingdom Hearts — SquareSoft, Square Electronic Arts
* Metroid Prime — Retro Studios, Nintendo
* Ratchet & Clank — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

* Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus — Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment‡
* Final Fantasy X — SquareSoft, Square Electronic Arts
* Kingdom Hearts — SquareSoft, Square Electronic Arts
* Ratchet & Clank — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment
* The Mark of Kri — SCE San Diego Studio

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Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

* Medal of Honor: Frontline — EA Los Angeles‡
* Metroid Prime — Retro Studios, Nintendo
* Rygar: The Legendary Adventure — Tecmo
* The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind — Bethesda Game Studios
* Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos — Blizzard Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

* Medal of Honor: Frontline — EA Los Angeles‡
* Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem — Silicon Knights, Nintendo
* Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — Rockstar North
* Metroid Prime — Retro Studios, Nintendo
* No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way — Monolith Productions, Sierra Entertainment, Vivendi Universal Games
* The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — Stormfront Studios, Electronic Arts
* Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell — Ubisoft Montreal

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

* Animal Crossing — Nintendo EAD‡
* Battlefield 1942 — DICE, Electronic Arts
* Metroid Prime — Retro Studios, Nintendo
* Neverwinter Nights — BioWare, Atari Interactive
* Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos — Blizzard Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering

* The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — Stormfront Studios, Electronic Arts‡
* Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings — Turbine, Microsoft Game Studios
* Metroid Prime — Retro Studios, Nintendo
* Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell — Ubisoft Montreal
* Unreal Tournament 2003 — Epic Games, Digital Extremes, Atari Interactive

Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering

* Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell — Ubisoft Montreal‡
* Animal Crossing — Nintendo EAD
* Metroid Prime — Retro Studios, Nintendo
* Ratchet & Clank — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development

* Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem — Silicon Knights, Nintendo‡
* Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — Rockstar North
* Kingdom Hearts — SquareSoft, Square Electronic Arts
* Syberia — Microïds, The Adventure Company
* The Mark of Kri — SCE San Diego Studio

### Console Awards[edit]

Console Platform Action/Adventure Game of the Year

* Ratchet & Clank — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment‡
* Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus — Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment
* Super Mario Sunshine — Nintendo EAD

Console Action/Adventure Game of the Year

* Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — Rockstar North‡
* Hitman 2: Silent Assassin — IO Interactive, Eidos Interactive
* Jet Set Radio Future — Smilebit, Sega
* Rez — United Game Artists, Sega
* Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell — Ubisoft Montreal

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Console First-Person Action Game of the Year

* Metroid Prime — Retro Studios, Nintendo‡
* James Bond 007: Nightfire — Eurocom, Electronic Arts
* Medal of Honor: Frontline — EA Los Angeles
* TimeSplitters 2 — Free Radical Design, Eidos Interactive
* Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon — Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft

Family Game of the Year[a]

* Mario Party 4 — Hudson Soft, Nintendo‡
* Backyard Football — Left Field Productions, Humongous Entertainment, Infogrames
* Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — EA UK
* Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights — Heavy Iron Studios, THQ
* SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month — AWE Productions, THQ

Console Fighting Game of the Year

* Tekken 4 — Namco‡
* Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO — Capcom
* Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee — Pipeworks Software, Atari Interactive
* Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance — Midway Games
* Virtua Fighter 4 — Sega AM2

Console Racing Game of the Year

* Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 — EA Black Box‡
* ATV Offroad Fury 2 — Rainbow Studios, Sony Computer Entertainment
* MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology — Climax Brighton, THQ
* NASCAR Thunder 2003 — EA Tiburon
* RalliSport Challenge — DICE, Microsoft Game Studios

Console Role-Playing Game of the Year

* Animal Crossing — Nintendo EAD‡
* Final Fantasy X — SquareSoft, Square Electronic Arts
* Kingdom Hearts — SquareSoft, Square Electronic Arts
* Suikoden III — Konami
* Wild Arms 3 — Media.Vision, Sony Computer Entertainment

Console Sports Game of the Year

* Madden NFL 2003 — EA Tiburon‡
* Aggressive Inline — Z-Axis, Acclaim Entertainment
* NCAA Football 2003 — EA Tiburon
* NHL 2K3 — Treyarch, Sega
* Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 — Neversoft, Activision

Handheld Game of the Year

* Metroid Fusion — Nintendo R&D1‡
* Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance — Konami
* The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Four Swords — Flagship, Capcom, Nintendo R&D2
* Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island — Nintendo R&D2

### Computer Awards[edit]

Computer Action/Adventure Game of the Year

* Grand Theft Auto III — Rockstar North‡
* Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast — Raven Software, LucasArts
* Syberia — Microïds, The Adventure Company
* The Thing — Computer Artworks, Black Label Games

Computer First-Person Action Game of the Year

* Medal of Honor: Allied Assault — 2015, Inc., Electronic Arts‡
* America's Army — United States Army
* No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way — Monolith Productions, Sierra Entertainment, Vivendi Universal Games

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Computer Role-Playing Game of the Year

* Neverwinter Nights — BioWare, Atari Interactive‡
* Arx Fatalis — Arkane Studios, JoWooD Productions
* Dungeon Siege — Gas Powered Games, Microsoft Game Studios
* Freedom Force — Irrational Games, Crave Entertainment, Electronic Arts
* The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind — Bethesda Game Studios

Computer Simulation Game of the Year

* The Sims: Unleashed — Maxis, Electronic Arts‡
* Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe — Aces Game Studio, Microsoft Games Studios
* MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries — FASA Studio, Microsoft Game Studios
* The Aurora Neverwinter Toolset — BioWare, Atari Interactive

Computer Sports Game of the Year

* Madden NFL 2003 — EA Tiburon‡
* High Heat Major League Baseball 2003 — Team .366, The 3DO Company
* Links 2003 — Access Software, Microsoft Game Studios
* NBA Live 2003 — EA Canada
* Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 — Headgate Studios, Electronic Arts

Computer Strategy Game of the Year

* Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos — Blizzard Entertainment‡
* Age of Mythology — Ensemble Studios, Microsoft Game Studios
* Medieval: Total War — Creative Assembly, Activision

### Online Awards[edit]

Massive Multiplayer/Persistent World Game of the Year

* The Sims Online — Maxis, Electronic Arts‡
* Anarchy Online: The Notum Wars — Funcom
* Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings — Turbine, Microsoft Game Studios
* Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles — Mythic Entertainment, Vivendi Universal Games
* ToonTown Online — Disney Interactive

Online Gameplay of the Year

* Battlefield 1942 — DICE, Electronic Arts‡
* Command & Conquer: Renegade — Westwood Studios, Electronic Arts
* Twisted Metal: Black - Online — Incognito Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment

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### Hall of Fame Award[edit]

* Yu Suzuki[7]

### Multiple nominations and awards[edit]

#### Multiple Nominations[edit]

Games that received multiple nominations  Nominations  | Game

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10  | Metroid Prime
6  | Animal Crossing
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Ratchet & Clank
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
5  | Battlefield 1942
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
4  | Kingdom Hearts
Neverwinter Nights
3  | Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Medal of Honor: Frontline
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
2  | Age of Mythology
Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings
Dungeon Siege
Final Fantasy X
Grand Theft Auto III
Madden NFL 2003
No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way
Syberia
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Mark of Kri

Nominations by company  Nominations  | Games  | Company

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34  | 18  | Electronic Arts
26  | 8  | Nintendo
13  | 5  | Sony Computer Entertainment
10  | 7  | Microsoft Game Studios
1  | Retro Studios
8  | 2  | Rockstar North
7  | 3  | Atari Interactive
6  | 2  | SquareSoft
1  | DICE
Insomniac Games
Ubisoft
5  | 2  | BioWare
1  | Blizzard Entertainment
Silicon Knights
4  | 4  | Sega
3  | 3  | THQ
2  | Vivendi Universal Games
1  | 2015, Inc.
Sucker Punch Productions
2  | 2  | Activision
Capcom
Eidos Interactive
Konami
Maxis
1  | Bethesda Game Studios
Ensemble Studios
Gas Powered Games
Microïds
Sierra Entertainment
Stormfront Studios
The Adventure Company
Turbine

#### Multiple awards[edit]

Games that received multiple awards Awards  | Game

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4  | Battlefield 1942
3  | Animal Crossing
2  | Madden NFL 2003
Medal of Honor: Frontline
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

Awards by company  Awards  | Games  | Company

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13  | 8  | Electronic Arts
7  | 5  | Nintendo
4  | 1  | DICE
3  | 2  | Sony Computer Entertainment
2  | Maxis
Rockstar North
Ubisoft Montreal
1  | Sucker Punch Productions

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Finalists included games for both console and PC.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "2002 AIAS Awards Results". Blues News. Stephen Heaslip. Archived from the original on 26 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
2. ^ "6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on 24 October 2002. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
3. ^ "Sixth Annual Interactive Achievement Awards - Nomination Form" (PDF). Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2002. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
4. ^ "6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on 18 February 2003. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
5. ^ "6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards: Winners". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on 5 February 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
6. ^ Colayco, Bob. "2002 AIAS award winners announced". GameSpot. GameSpot. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
7. ^ "D.I.C.E. Special Awards". Academy of Interactive Arts ad Sciences. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

## External links[edit]

* Archived Winners/Finalists Page

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D.I.C.E. Awards

* Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences

* Game of the Year
* Mobile
* Online
* Independent Game
* Immersive Reality (Technical Achievement)

Craft Awards|

* Game Direction
* Game Design
* Animation
* Art Direction
* Character
* Original Music Composition
* Audio Design
* Story
* Technical

Genre Awards|

* Action
* Adventure
* Family
* Fighting
* Racing
* Role-Playing
* Sports
* Strategy/Simulation

Ceremonies|

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Related|

* Cybermania '94

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D.I.C.E. Awards' Game of the Year

* GoldenEye 007 (1997/1998)
* The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998/1999)
* The Sims (1999/2000)
* Diablo II (2000)
* Halo: Combat Evolved (2001)
* Battlefield 1942 (2002)
* Call of Duty (2003)
* Half-Life 2 (2004)
* God of War (2005)
* Gears of War (2006)
* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (2007)
* LittleBigPlanet (2008)
* Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (2009)
* Mass Effect 2 (2010)
* The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
* Journey (2012)
* The Last of Us (2013)
* Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014)
* Fallout 4 (2015)
* Overwatch (2016)
* The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017)
* God of War (2018)
* Untitled Goose Game (2019)
* Hades (2020)
* It Takes Two (2021)
* Elden Ring (2022)

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