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01-21-2005, 01:35 PM
Game finalists for the 8th annual interactive achievement award categories are listed below, along with the corresponding publishers and developers, respectively.
1. Game Of The Year Awards
* Game Of The Year
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Take2/Rockstar North)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
Halo 2 (Microsoft/Bungie)
Katamari Damacy (Namco/Namco Limited)
World of Warcraft (Vivendi Universal Games/Blizzard)
* Console Game Of The Year
Burnout 3 (Electronic Arts/Criterion)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Take2/Rockstar North)
Halo 2 (Microsoft/Bungie)
Katamari Damacy (Namco/Namco Limited)
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (Sony/Insomniac Games)
* Computer Game Of The Year
City of Heroes (NCSoft/Cryptic Studios)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
Doom 3 (Activision/id Software)
World of Warcraft (Vivendi Universal Games/Blizzard)
Sid Meier’s Pirates! (Atari/Firaxis Games)
2. Innovation Awards
* Innovation in Computer Gaming
Doom 3 (Activision/id Software)
City of Heroes (NCSoft/Cryptic Studios)
Rome: Total War (Activision/Creative Assembly)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
The Sims 2 (Electronic Arts/Maxis)
* Innovation In Console Gaming
Fable (Microsoft/Big Blue Box)
Halo 2 (Microsoft/Bungie)
Donkey Konga (Nintendo/Namco)
Eye Toy: Anti Grav (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Harmonix)
Katamari Damacy (Namco Hometek Inc./Namco Limited)
3. Craft Awards
* Outstanding Achievement In Art Direction
Doom 3 (Activision/id Software)
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo/Retro Studios)
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal)
Sly Cooper 2 (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Sucker Punch)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
* Outstanding Achievement In Animation
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal)
Sly Cooper 2 (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Sucker Punch)
Jak 3 (Sony/Naughty Dog)
Rachet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Insomniac Games)
* Outstanding Character Performance â€" Male
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
The Bard’s Tale (InXile Entertainment/Inxile Entertainment)
Metal Gear Solid 3 (Konami/KCEJ)
Demon Stone (Atari/Stormfront Studios)
Chronicles of Rid**** (Vivendi Universal Games/Starbreeze)
* Outstanding Character Performance â€" Female
Demon Stone (Atari/Stormfront Studios)
Judy Dench â€" Golden Eye: Rouge Agent (Electronic Arts/EA/LA)
Zoo Tycoon 2 (Microsoft/Blue Fang Games)
* Outstanding Achievement In Soundtrack
Need For Speed Underground 2 (Electronic Arts/EA Canada)
Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 (Activision/Neversoft)
Donkey Konga (Nintendo/Namco)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games/Rockstar North)
* Outstanding Achievement In Original Musical Composition
Rome: Total War (Activision/Creative Assembly)
NBA Ballers (Midway/Midway Chicago)
Katamari Damacy (Namco/Namco Limited)
Killzone (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Guerilla)
Fable (Microsoft/Big Blue Box)
* Outstanding Achievement In Sound Design
Rome: Total War (Activision/Creative Assembly)
Halo 2 (Microsoft/Bungie)
Doom 3 (Activision/id Software)
Rachet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Insomniac Games)
Sly Cooper 2 (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Sucker Punch)
* Outstanding Achievement In Game Play Engineering
Donkey Konga (Nintendo/Namco)
Spider-Man 2 (Activision/Treyarch)
Eye Toy: Anti Grav (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Harmonix)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
Fable (Microsoft/Big Blue Box)
* Outstanding Achievement In Online Game Play
Halo 2 (Microsoft/Bungie)
Rome: Total War (Activision/Creative Assembly)
Unreal Tournament 2004 (Atari/Epic Games)
Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War (THQ/Relic)
* Outstanding Achievement In Visual Engineering
Doom 3 (Activision/id Software)
Metroid Prime: Echoes (Nintendo/Retro Studios)
Demon Stone (Atari/Stormfront Studios)
Rachet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Insomniac Games)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
* Outstanding Achievement In Game Design
Fable (Microsoft/Big Blue Box)
City of Heroes (NCSoft/Cryptic Studios)
Katamari Damacy (Namco Hometek Inc./Namco Limited)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games/Rockstar North
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
* Outstanding Achievement In Character Or Story Development
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games/Rockstar North)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
Demon Stone (Atari/Stormfront Studios)
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (Midway/Midway)
Fable (Microsoft/Big Blue Box)
3. Genre Awards
A. Console
* Platform Action/Adventure Game Of The Year
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal)
Rachet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Insomniac Games)
Jak 3 (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Naughty Dog)
* Action/Adventure Game Of The Year
Pikmin 2 (Nintendo/Nintendo)
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (Midway/Midway)
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Shanghai, Paris, Annecy Studios)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Konami/KCEJ)
* Action Sports Game Of The Year
NFL Street 2 (Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts Tiburon)
Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 (Activision/Neversoft)
NBA Ballers (Midway/Midway Chicago)
Mario Power Tennis (Nintendo/Camelot)
* First Person Action Game Of The Year
Halo 2 (Microsoft/Bungie)
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts LA)
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo/Tetro Studios)
Chronicles of Rid**** (Vivendi Universal Games/Starbreeze)
* Children’s Title Of The Year
Shrek 2 (Activision/Luxoflux)
Backyard Baseball 2005 (Atari/Humongous Entertainment)
Mario Party 6 (Nintendo/Hudson Soft)
Pokemon Colosseum (Nintendo/Genius Sonority)
Sly Cooper 2 (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Sucker Punch)
* Fighting Game Of The Year
Def Jam: Fight for NY (Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts Canada)
Dragonball Z: Budokai 3 (Atari/Dimps Corporation)
Mortal Kombat: Deception (Midway/Midway Chicago)
* Racing Game Of The Year
Burnout 3 (Electronic Arts/Criterion)
Rallisport Challenge 2 (Microsoft/Digital Illusions)
* Role Playing Game Of The Year
X-Men Legends (Activision/Raven Software)
The Bard’s Tale (InXile Entertainment/Inxile Entertainment)
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (Nintendo/Intelligent Systems)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (Nintendo/Square Enix)
Tales of Symphonia (Namco Hometek Inc./Namco Limited)
* Sports Simulation Game Of The Year
Madden NFL 2005 (Electronic Arts/Tiburon)
ESPN NHL 2K5 (Sega/Kush Games)
ESPN NFL 2K5 (Sega/Visual Concepts)
Winning Eleven 7 (Konami/Konami)
B. Wireless & Handheld
* Wireless Game Of The Year
Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen (Nintendo/Creatures, Inc/GAMEFREAK)
Super Mario 64 DS (Nintendo)
* Handheld Game Of The Year
Metroid: Zero Mission (Nintendo)
Super Mario 64 DS (Nintendo)
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (Square Enix)
C. Computer
* Action/Adventure Game Of The Year
Myst IV Revelation (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal)
Full Spectrum Warrior (THQ/Pandemic Studios)
The Suffering (Midway/SURREAL Software)
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Shanghai, Paris, Annecy Studios)
* Children’s Game Of The Year
Backyard Skateboarding (Atari/Humongous Entertainment)
* Downloadable Game Of The Year
Mahjong Garden To G (Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts Pogo)
The Incredibles: Escape from Nomanisan Island (Disney Online)
Shroomz â€" Quest for Puppy (Game Trust, Inc./The Planet)
Diner Dash (PlayFirst/gameLab)
* Family Game Of The Year
Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban (Electronic Arts/AMAZE/Know Wonder)
Scrabble On-Line (Atari/Boston Animation)
Zoo Tycoon 2 (Microsoft/Blue Fang Games)
* First Person Action Game Of The Year
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault (Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts LA)
Doom 3 (Activision/id Software)
Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising (NovaLogic/NovaLogic, Inc.)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
Unreal Tournament 2004 (Atari/Epic Games)
* Role Playing Game Of The Year
Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker (BioWare/BioWare)
Vampires: Bloodline (Activision/Troika)
* Simulation Game Of The Year
The Sims 2 (Electronic Arts/Maxis)
Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 (Atari/Frontier Developments)
Pacific Fighters (Ubisoft/1C)
* Sports Game Of The Year
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 (Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts Redwood Shores)
* Strategy Game Of The Year
Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth (Electronic Arts/EA LA)
WarHammer 40K: Dawn of War (THQ/Relic)
Rome: Total War (Activision/Creative Assembly)
D. Online
* Massive Multiplayer/Persistent World Game Of The Year
World of WarCraft (Vivendi Universal Games/Blizzard)
City of Heroes (NCSoft/Cryptic Studios)
StarWars Generations: Jump to Lightspeed (Sony Online LucasArts)
Final Fantasy XI Chains of Promathia (Square Enix, Inc./Square Eniz Co. Ltd.)
Winners will be announced at the 8th Annual Interactive Achievements Awards ceremony, taking place February 1, 2005, the second evening of the D.I.C.E. Summit. The Awards event will be held at the Grande Ballroom of the Green Valley Ranch Resort and will showcase the industry’s best games of 2004.
1. Game Of The Year Awards
* Game Of The Year
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Take2/Rockstar North)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
Halo 2 (Microsoft/Bungie)
Katamari Damacy (Namco/Namco Limited)
World of Warcraft (Vivendi Universal Games/Blizzard)
* Console Game Of The Year
Burnout 3 (Electronic Arts/Criterion)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Take2/Rockstar North)
Halo 2 (Microsoft/Bungie)
Katamari Damacy (Namco/Namco Limited)
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (Sony/Insomniac Games)
* Computer Game Of The Year
City of Heroes (NCSoft/Cryptic Studios)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
Doom 3 (Activision/id Software)
World of Warcraft (Vivendi Universal Games/Blizzard)
Sid Meier’s Pirates! (Atari/Firaxis Games)
2. Innovation Awards
* Innovation in Computer Gaming
Doom 3 (Activision/id Software)
City of Heroes (NCSoft/Cryptic Studios)
Rome: Total War (Activision/Creative Assembly)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
The Sims 2 (Electronic Arts/Maxis)
* Innovation In Console Gaming
Fable (Microsoft/Big Blue Box)
Halo 2 (Microsoft/Bungie)
Donkey Konga (Nintendo/Namco)
Eye Toy: Anti Grav (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Harmonix)
Katamari Damacy (Namco Hometek Inc./Namco Limited)
3. Craft Awards
* Outstanding Achievement In Art Direction
Doom 3 (Activision/id Software)
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo/Retro Studios)
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal)
Sly Cooper 2 (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Sucker Punch)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
* Outstanding Achievement In Animation
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal)
Sly Cooper 2 (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Sucker Punch)
Jak 3 (Sony/Naughty Dog)
Rachet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Insomniac Games)
* Outstanding Character Performance â€" Male
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
The Bard’s Tale (InXile Entertainment/Inxile Entertainment)
Metal Gear Solid 3 (Konami/KCEJ)
Demon Stone (Atari/Stormfront Studios)
Chronicles of Rid**** (Vivendi Universal Games/Starbreeze)
* Outstanding Character Performance â€" Female
Demon Stone (Atari/Stormfront Studios)
Judy Dench â€" Golden Eye: Rouge Agent (Electronic Arts/EA/LA)
Zoo Tycoon 2 (Microsoft/Blue Fang Games)
* Outstanding Achievement In Soundtrack
Need For Speed Underground 2 (Electronic Arts/EA Canada)
Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 (Activision/Neversoft)
Donkey Konga (Nintendo/Namco)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games/Rockstar North)
* Outstanding Achievement In Original Musical Composition
Rome: Total War (Activision/Creative Assembly)
NBA Ballers (Midway/Midway Chicago)
Katamari Damacy (Namco/Namco Limited)
Killzone (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Guerilla)
Fable (Microsoft/Big Blue Box)
* Outstanding Achievement In Sound Design
Rome: Total War (Activision/Creative Assembly)
Halo 2 (Microsoft/Bungie)
Doom 3 (Activision/id Software)
Rachet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Insomniac Games)
Sly Cooper 2 (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Sucker Punch)
* Outstanding Achievement In Game Play Engineering
Donkey Konga (Nintendo/Namco)
Spider-Man 2 (Activision/Treyarch)
Eye Toy: Anti Grav (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Harmonix)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
Fable (Microsoft/Big Blue Box)
* Outstanding Achievement In Online Game Play
Halo 2 (Microsoft/Bungie)
Rome: Total War (Activision/Creative Assembly)
Unreal Tournament 2004 (Atari/Epic Games)
Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War (THQ/Relic)
* Outstanding Achievement In Visual Engineering
Doom 3 (Activision/id Software)
Metroid Prime: Echoes (Nintendo/Retro Studios)
Demon Stone (Atari/Stormfront Studios)
Rachet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Insomniac Games)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
* Outstanding Achievement In Game Design
Fable (Microsoft/Big Blue Box)
City of Heroes (NCSoft/Cryptic Studios)
Katamari Damacy (Namco Hometek Inc./Namco Limited)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games/Rockstar North
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
* Outstanding Achievement In Character Or Story Development
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games/Rockstar North)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
Demon Stone (Atari/Stormfront Studios)
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (Midway/Midway)
Fable (Microsoft/Big Blue Box)
3. Genre Awards
A. Console
* Platform Action/Adventure Game Of The Year
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal)
Rachet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Insomniac Games)
Jak 3 (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Naughty Dog)
* Action/Adventure Game Of The Year
Pikmin 2 (Nintendo/Nintendo)
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (Midway/Midway)
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Shanghai, Paris, Annecy Studios)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Konami/KCEJ)
* Action Sports Game Of The Year
NFL Street 2 (Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts Tiburon)
Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 (Activision/Neversoft)
NBA Ballers (Midway/Midway Chicago)
Mario Power Tennis (Nintendo/Camelot)
* First Person Action Game Of The Year
Halo 2 (Microsoft/Bungie)
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts LA)
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo/Tetro Studios)
Chronicles of Rid**** (Vivendi Universal Games/Starbreeze)
* Children’s Title Of The Year
Shrek 2 (Activision/Luxoflux)
Backyard Baseball 2005 (Atari/Humongous Entertainment)
Mario Party 6 (Nintendo/Hudson Soft)
Pokemon Colosseum (Nintendo/Genius Sonority)
Sly Cooper 2 (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Sucker Punch)
* Fighting Game Of The Year
Def Jam: Fight for NY (Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts Canada)
Dragonball Z: Budokai 3 (Atari/Dimps Corporation)
Mortal Kombat: Deception (Midway/Midway Chicago)
* Racing Game Of The Year
Burnout 3 (Electronic Arts/Criterion)
Rallisport Challenge 2 (Microsoft/Digital Illusions)
* Role Playing Game Of The Year
X-Men Legends (Activision/Raven Software)
The Bard’s Tale (InXile Entertainment/Inxile Entertainment)
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (Nintendo/Intelligent Systems)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (Nintendo/Square Enix)
Tales of Symphonia (Namco Hometek Inc./Namco Limited)
* Sports Simulation Game Of The Year
Madden NFL 2005 (Electronic Arts/Tiburon)
ESPN NHL 2K5 (Sega/Kush Games)
ESPN NFL 2K5 (Sega/Visual Concepts)
Winning Eleven 7 (Konami/Konami)
B. Wireless & Handheld
* Wireless Game Of The Year
Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen (Nintendo/Creatures, Inc/GAMEFREAK)
Super Mario 64 DS (Nintendo)
* Handheld Game Of The Year
Metroid: Zero Mission (Nintendo)
Super Mario 64 DS (Nintendo)
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (Square Enix)
C. Computer
* Action/Adventure Game Of The Year
Myst IV Revelation (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal)
Full Spectrum Warrior (THQ/Pandemic Studios)
The Suffering (Midway/SURREAL Software)
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Shanghai, Paris, Annecy Studios)
* Children’s Game Of The Year
Backyard Skateboarding (Atari/Humongous Entertainment)
* Downloadable Game Of The Year
Mahjong Garden To G (Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts Pogo)
The Incredibles: Escape from Nomanisan Island (Disney Online)
Shroomz â€" Quest for Puppy (Game Trust, Inc./The Planet)
Diner Dash (PlayFirst/gameLab)
* Family Game Of The Year
Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban (Electronic Arts/AMAZE/Know Wonder)
Scrabble On-Line (Atari/Boston Animation)
Zoo Tycoon 2 (Microsoft/Blue Fang Games)
* First Person Action Game Of The Year
Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault (Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts LA)
Doom 3 (Activision/id Software)
Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising (NovaLogic/NovaLogic, Inc.)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
Unreal Tournament 2004 (Atari/Epic Games)
* Role Playing Game Of The Year
Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker (BioWare/BioWare)
Vampires: Bloodline (Activision/Troika)
* Simulation Game Of The Year
The Sims 2 (Electronic Arts/Maxis)
Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 (Atari/Frontier Developments)
Pacific Fighters (Ubisoft/1C)
* Sports Game Of The Year
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 (Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts Redwood Shores)
* Strategy Game Of The Year
Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth (Electronic Arts/EA LA)
WarHammer 40K: Dawn of War (THQ/Relic)
Rome: Total War (Activision/Creative Assembly)
D. Online
* Massive Multiplayer/Persistent World Game Of The Year
World of WarCraft (Vivendi Universal Games/Blizzard)
City of Heroes (NCSoft/Cryptic Studios)
StarWars Generations: Jump to Lightspeed (Sony Online LucasArts)
Final Fantasy XI Chains of Promathia (Square Enix, Inc./Square Eniz Co. Ltd.)
Winners will be announced at the 8th Annual Interactive Achievements Awards ceremony, taking place February 1, 2005, the second evening of the D.I.C.E. Summit. The Awards event will be held at the Grande Ballroom of the Green Valley Ranch Resort and will showcase the industry’s best games of 2004.