Nominees für den Game Developers Choice Award
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Zum ersten Mal werden auf der Games Developer Conference (GDC) im kalifornischen San José die Game Developers Choice Awards verliehen. Die Jury hat heute die Anwärter für die heißbegehrten Preise bekannt gegeben.
In den einzelnen Kategorien wurden nominiert:
Lifetime Achievement Award
Gewinner wird erst im Rahmen der Preisverleihung bekannt gegeben
The First Penguin Award
Gewinner wird erst im Rahmen der Preisverleihung bekannt gegeben
Rookie Studio Award
Counter-Strike team Counter Strike Free Radical Design TimeSplitters Massive Entertainment Ground Control Nihilistic Software Vampire: Die Maskerade - Redemption Planet Moon Studios Giants - Citizen Kabuto
IGDA Award for Community Contribution
Chris Crawford John Carmack Michael Abrash Robert Huebner Warren Spector
Excellence in Audio
Michael Sweet - BliX (music) Matt Uelmen, Jason Hayes, Glenn Stafford & Andrea Pessino - Diablo II (composition) Fumitaka Shibata - Samba De Amigo (music) Naofumi Hataya & Kenichi Tokoi - Space Channel 5 (music) Kemal Amarasingham & Eric Brosius - Dark Project II - The Metal Age (sound effects)
Excellence in Game Design
Harvey Smith & Warren Spector - Deus Ex (game design) Sean Clark & Michael Stemmle - Die Flucht von Monkey Island - Monkey Island 4 (puzzles) Shigeru Miyamoto & Eiji Aonuma - The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask (gameplay) Ragnar Tornquist - The Longest Journey (story) Neversoft Entertainment - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (gameplay)
Excellence in Level Design
American McGee, Jim Molinets & team - American McGee's Alice NOLF level design team - No One Lives Forever Michel Ancel & team - Rayman 2 - The Great Escape SSX level design team - SSX Christopher Foster, Tom Odell & team - ST Voyager: Elite Force
Excellence in Programming
Yu Suzuki & team - F355 Challenge (physics) Scott Guest & Andy Astor - Giants - Citizen Kabuto (graphics) Visual Concepts dev team - NFL2K1 (networking) Martin Brownlow - Sacrifice (graphics) Sims programming team - Die Sims (AI)
Excellence in Visual Arts
American McGee - American McGee's Alice (art direction) Tomonobu Itagaki, Hiroaki Matsui & team - Dead Or Alive 2 (animation) Ryuta Ueda & Kazuki Hosokawa - Jet Set Radio (art direction) Joby Otero - Sacrifice (art direction) Insomniac art team - Spyro The Dragon 3 - Year Of The Dragon (art direction)
Game of the Year
Deus Ex Ion Storm Austin Jet Set Radio Smilebit No One Lives Forever Monolith Shenmue Sega AM2 Die Sims Maxis
Game Spotlight Awards
American McGee's Alice Rogue/EA Counter-Strike Counter-Strike team Crazy Taxi Sega AM3 Deus Ex Ion Storm Austin Jet Set Radio Smilebit The Legend Of Zelda: Majora's Mask Nintendo NFL2K1 Visual Concepts No One Lives Forever Monolith Sacrifice Shiny Samba De Amigo Sega Sonic Team Seaman Vivarium Shenmue Sega AM2 SSX EA Canada Die Sims Maxis Virtua Tennis Sega
Original Game Character of the YearCate Archer No One Lives Forever Kabuto Giants: Citizen Kabuto Ulala Space Channel 5 Seaman Seaman Tamale Loco Tamale Loco@shockwave.com
