The nominations have been announced for one of the video game industry's most prestigious award ceremonies.
by Mike Viscel on Wednesday, February 25, 2004
Today the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) announced the nominations for the 4th annual Game Developers Choice Awards. As the name suggests, these awards are for developers by developers, which makes it one of the most prestigious awards a company can receive.
Awards will be recognized within eight categories including Game of the Year, Rookie Studio of the Year and Excellence in Visual Arts at the Game Developers Conference. The conference is set to take place in the Civic Auditorium on March 24, 2004.
The nominations were open to all professional game designers regardless of membership or association. In addition, awards will also be received for the Lifetime Achievement, First Penguin, Community Contribution and Innovation Spotlight categories.
"The industry has seen an exceptional year from developers. We are proud to honor those who have dedicated their careers to making innovative games," said Jason Della Rocca, Program Director, IGDA. "This award is a tremendous honor as nominees have been selected by their peers."
The Nominees are:
Game of the Year
Beyond Good andEvil (Ubisoft Pictures)
Call of Duty (Infinity Ward)
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Ubisoft Montreal)
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (BioWare Corp.)
The Legend of Zelda:: The Wind Waker (Nintendo EAD)
Original Game Character of the Year
Glitch from Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
HK-47 from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Jade from Beyond Good andEvil
Joe from Viewtiful Joe
Vince from Voodoo Vince
Rookie Studio of the Year
Big Huge Games for Rise of Nations
eGenesis for A Tale in the Desert
Infinity Ward for Call of Duty
S2 Games LLC for Savage: The Battle for Newerth
Swingin' Ape Studios for Metal Arms: Glitch in the System
Excellence in Audio
Chuck Russom for sound effects in Call of Duty
Koji Igarashi and Ms. Michiru Yamane for composition in Castlevania: Lament of Innocence
David Henry and Stan LePard for composition in Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge
Laurent Betbeder, Paul Gorman, Howard Shore, Charles Stockley, and Don Veca for composition in The Lord of the Rings: Return of The King
Christopher L. Clanin and Tim Larkin for sound design in URU: Ages Beyond MYST
Excellence in Game Design
Michel Ancel, Jacques Exertier, Frederic Houde, and Sebastien Morin for game design in Beyond Good andEvil
David Chateauneuf, Patrice Desilets, Jordan Mechner and team for game design in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
The Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando team for game design in Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
Casey Hudson, James Ohlen and team for game design in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Goro Abe, Hirofumi Matsuoka, Kazuyoshi Ohsawa and Ko Takeuchi for game design in Warioware Inc.: Mega Microgame$
Excellence in Programming
Jak II team for programming in JAK II
Kim Salo, Markus Stein and Olli Tervo for physics programming in Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Dominic Couture, Feng Quan Wang and team for graphics programming in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
David Worswick for network programming in Project Gothem Racing 2
Mike Rayner, Jon Spencer and team for programming in SSX 3
Excellence in Visual Arts
Mickael Labat, Raphael Lacoste, Celine Tellier and team for art direction in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Akira Yamaoka for art direction in Silent Hill 3
Masanao Arimoto, Yoshiki Haruhana, and Satoru Takizawa for art direction in The Legend of Zelda:: The Wind Waker
Eric Kohler and team for art direction in Tron 2.0
Atsushi Inaba, Hideki Kamiya and team for art direction in Viewtiful Joe
Excellence in Writing
Michel Ancel and Jacques Exertier for writing in Beyond Good andEvil
Charles Cecil, Steve Ince, Neil Richards, and Tony Warriner for
writing in Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon
Sheldon Pacotti and Sarah Paetsch for writing in Deus Ex: Invisble War
Takehiro Izushi for writing in Fire Emblem
David Gaider, Drew Karpyshyn, Luke Kristjanson, and Peter Thomas for writing in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
We congratulate all those nominated for a job well done.
GameDaily
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