Interactive Achievement Awards Announced
 

In Las Vegas this week, the winners of the Interactive Achievement Awards were announced. These awards were presented by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences. Thirty awards were handed out for the best games of 2002. Electronic Arts was the big winner with the most awards, thirteen, with Battlefield 1942 being its bread winner.

Computer Game of the Year
Battlefield 1942

Computer Action Game of the Year
Grand Theft Auto III

Computer First-Person Action Game of the Year
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

Computer Role-Playing Game of the Year
Neverwinter Nights

Computer Simulation Game of the Year
The Sims Unleashed

Computer Sports Game of the Year
Madden NFL 2003

Computer Strategy Game of the Year
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos

Console Game of the Year
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

Console Action-Adventure Game of the Year
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Console Fighting Game of the Year
Tekken 4

Console First-Person Action Game of the Year
Metroid Prime

Console Platform Game of the Year
Ratchet & Clank

Console Racing Game of the Year
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2

Console Role-Playing Game of the Year
Animal Crossing

Console Sports Game of the Year
Madden NFL 2003

Family Game of the Year
Mario Party 4

Handheld Game of the Year
Metroid Fusion

Innovation in Computer Gaming
Battlefield 1942

Innovation in Console Gaming
Animal Crossing

Massively Multiplayer / Persistent World Game of the Year
The Sims Online

Online Gameplay Game of the Year
Battlefield 1942

Outstanding Achievement in Animation
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus

Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story
Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
Animal Crossing

Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition
Medal of Honor: Frontline

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
Medal of Honor: Frontline

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Game of the Year
Battlefield 1942

Source: Gamers.com

Oh man I just got the add-on today, Road To Rome, at Best Buy for Battlefield 1942. Let me tell you, if you have BF1942 this add-on is a must buy. It is incredible and is only $20. It is worth every penny. :D

cool great games

w00t Madden won! best sports game franchise ever IMO. :D

congrats to NFS: Hot Pursuit 2. second best racing game ever IMO. :D

*kills the sports game genre* has their ever been a decent sports game? NO :p *doesn't count UT as sport btw*

yah blades of steel was good :)

morrowind shoulda won rpg :( nwn nights is pretty good, but as far as comparing rpg's morrowind was better.

I thought morrowind came out in late 2001 not 2002

Ratchet and Clank is an awesome game, btw. Really fun, sorta like the older Sonic type games. Check it out if you haven't played it.

Oh, and yeah, sports games suck. Only "sportish" game I have is Legends of Wrestling II. I just don't understand the hype that surrounds them.

I have played the demo of Ratchet and Clank and yeah it's a pretty fun platform game.

cries no UT2k3?

I gotta play battlefield 1942 and Splinter Cell

pretty sure it came out early 2002, it was in the nomminee list.