Nominierungen der Academy Awards

Die Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences hat die Finalisten für die diesjährigen Interactive Achievement Awards bekannt geben. Ab dem 6. Februar stimmen die Mitglieder der Academy ab, welches Spiel in welcher Kategorie einen der begehrten Preise erhält. Am 27. Februar findet dann im Las Vegas die Verleihung der Awards im Rahmen einer festlichen Gala-Veranstaltung statt. Die Nominierten in den jeweiligen Kategorien sind:

"Spiel des Jahres 2003" "Animal Crossing" GCN (Nintendo) "Battlefield 1942" PC (Electronic Arts/Digital Illusions) "Ratchet & Clank" PS2 (Sony Computer Entertainment/Insomniac Games) "Metroid Prime" GCN (Nintendo/Retro Studios) "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" PS2 (Rockstar Games/Rockstar North)

"PC-Spiel des Jahres 2003" "Age of Mythology" (Microsoft/Ensemble Studios) "Battlefield 1942" (EA/Digital Illusions) "Medal of Honor Allied Assault" (EA/2015 Inc.) "Neverwinter Nights" (Infogrames/BioWare) "Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos" (Blizzard)

"Konsolenspiel des Jahres 2003" "Splinter Cell" Xbox (UbiSoft/UbiSoft Montreal) "Ratchet & Clank" PS2 (SCE/Insomniac Games) "Metroid Prime" GCN (Nintendo/Retro Studios) "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" PS2 (Rockstar Games/Rockstar North) "Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem" GCN (Nintendo/Silicon Knights) "Animal Crossing" GCN (Nintendo)

"Innovation im Bereich PC-Games" "Battlefield 1942" (EA/Digital Illusions) "Dungeon Siege" (Microsoft Game Studios/Gas Powered Games) "Grand Theft Auto III" (Rockstar/Rockstar North) "Medal of Honor: Allied Assault" (EA/2015 Inc.) "Neverwinter Nights" (Infogrames/Bioware) "Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos" (Blizzard Entertainment)

"Innovation im Bereich Konsolen-Games" "Animal Crossing" GCN (Nintendo) "Eternal Darkness" GCN (Nintendo) "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" PS2 (Rockstar/Rockstar North) "Metroid Prime" GCN (Nintendo/Retro Studios) "Splinter Cell" Xbox (Ubi Soft/Ubi Soft Montreal)

"Action-Spiel des Jahres 2003 (Konsole)" "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" PS2 (Rockstar/Rockstar North) "Splinter Cell" Xbox (Ubi Soft/Ubi Soft Montreal) "Hitman 2" Xbox (Eidos/IO Interactive) "JSRF - Jet Set Radio Future" Xbox (SEGA/Smilebit) "Rez" PS2 (SEGA/United Game Artists) "Fighting-Spiel des Jahres 2003 (Konsole)" "Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee" GCN (Infogrames/Pipeworks Software) "Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance" PS2 (Midway) "Capcom VS. SNK 2: EO" PS2 (Capcom) "Tekken 4" PS2 (Namco) "Virtua Fighter 4" PS2 (SEGA/AM2)

"First-Person-Action-Spiel des Jahres 2003 (Konsole)": "Metroid Prime" GCN (Nintendo/Retro Studios) "Medal of Honor: Frontline" PS2 (EA/EA LA) "James Bond 007: Nightfire" PS2 (EA/Eurocom Entertainment) "Timesplitters2" PS2 (Eidos/Free Radical Design Ltd.) "Ghost Recon" Xbox (Ubi Soft/Red Storm Entertainment)

Action/Adventure-Spiel des Jahres 2003 (Konsole)" "Ratchet and Clank" PS2 (SCE/Insomniac Games) "Sly Cooper and the Thievious Raccoonus" PS2 (SCEA/Sucker Punch) "Super Mario Sunshine" GCN (Nintendo) "Rennspiel des Jahres 2003 (Konsole)" "ATV Offroad Fury 2" PS2 (SCE/Rainbow Studios) "Moto GP: Ultimate Racing Technology" Xbox (THQ/Climax) "RalliSport Challenge" Xbox (Microsoft Game Studio/Digital Illusions) "NASCAR Thunder 2003" PS2 (EA/EA Tiburon) "Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2" PS2 (EA/EA Black Box) "Rollenspiel des Jahres 2003 (Konsole)" "Animal Crossing" GCN (Nintendo) "Kingdom Hearts" PS2 (Square EA/Squaresoft) " Wild Arts 3" PS2 (SCE/MediaVision) "Final Fantasy X" PS2 (Square EA/Squaresoft) "Suikoden 3" PS2 (Konami/KCET) "Sportspiel des Jahres 2003 (Konsole)" "NCAA Football 2003" PS2 (EA/EA Tiburon) "Aggressive Inline" PS2 (Acclaim/Z-AXIS) "NHL 2K3" Xbox (SEGA/Visual Concepts/Treyarch) "Madden NFL 2003" PS2 (EA/EA Tiburon) "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4" PS2 (Activision/Neversoft) "Familienspiel des Jahres 2003" "Back Yard Football" GCN (Infogrames/Humongous Entertainment) "Mario Party 4" GCN (Nintendo/Hudson Soft) "Scooby Doo! Night of 100 Frights" PS2 (THQ/Heavy Iron) "Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets" PC (EA/Know Wonder) "SpongeBob Squarepants: Employee of the Month" PC (THQ/AWE Games) "Handheld-Spiel des Jahres 2003" "Metroid Fusion" GBA (Nintendo) "The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past / Four Swords" GBA (Nintendo) "Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3" GBA (Nintendo) "Castlevania - Harmony of Dissonance" GBA (Konami/KCET) "Bestes Online Gameplay des Jahres 2003" "Twisted Metal Black Online" PS2 (SCE/Incog Entertainment) "Command and Conquer: Renegade" PC (EA/EA Westwood) "Battlefield 1942" PC (EA/Digital Illusions) "Action/Adventure-Spiel des Jahres 2003 (PC)" "Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast" (Lucas Arts/Raven) "Grand Theft Auto III" (Rockstar/Rockstar North) "Syberia" (Microids) "The Thing" (Black Label Games/Computer Artworks. "First-Person-Action-Spiel des Jahres 2003 (PC)" "No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way" (Sierra Entertainment/Monolith) "Medal of Honor: Allied Assault" (EA/2015 Inc.) "America's Army" (US Army) "Massively Multiplayer/Persistent World-Spiel des Jahres 2003 PC)" "Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings" (Microsoft/Turbine Entertainment) "The Sims Online" (EA/EA Maxis) "Disney's Toontown Online" (Disney Online/ALT Disney Internet Group) "Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles" (Mythic Entertainment) "Anarchy Online: The Notum Wars" (Funcom) "Rollenspiel des Jahres 2003 (PC)" "Dungeon Siege" (Microsoft/Gas Powered Games) "Neverwinter Nights" (Infogrames/Bioware) "The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind" (Bethesda Softworks) "Arx Fatalis, (JoWood Productions/Arkane Studios) "Freedom Force" (Crave/EA/Irrational Games) "Simluation des Jahres 2003 (PC)" "MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries" (Microsoft/Cyberlore Studios/FASA Studios) "Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe" (Microsoft/ACES Game Studio) "The Sims Unleashed" (EA/EA Maxis) "The Aurora Neverwinter Toolset" (Infogrames/Bioware) "Sportspiel des Jahres 2003 (PC)" "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003" (EA/Headgate Studios) "High Heat 2003" (3DO/Team.366) "Links 2003" (Microsoft/Salt Lake Games) "Madden NFL 2003" (EA/EA Tiburon) "NBA Live 2003" (EA/EA Canada) "Strategie-Spiel des Jahres (PC)" "Age of Mythology, (Microsoft Game Studios/Ensemble Studios) "Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos" (Blizzard Entertainment) "Medieval: Total War" (Activision/The Creative Assembly) "Outstanding Achievement Award für Game Design": "Animal Crossing" GCN (Nintendo) "Battlefield 1942" PC (EA/Digital Illusions) "Metroid Prime" GCN (Nintendo/Retro Studios) "Neverwinter Nights" PC (Infogrames/Bioware) "Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos" (Blizzard Entertainment) "Outstanding Achievement Award für Gameplay Engineering" "Animal Crossing" GCN (Nintendo) "Metroid Prime" GCN (Nintendo/Retro Studios) "Splinter Cell" Xbox (Ubi Soft/Ubi Soft Montreal) "Ratchet & Clank PS2, (SCE/Insomniac Games) "Outstanding Achievement Award für Art Direction": "Kingdom Hearts" PS2 (Square EA/Squaresoft) "Metroid Prime" GCN (Nintendo/Retro Studios) "Sly Cooper and the Thievious Raccoonus" PS2 (SCE/Sucker Punch) "Eternal Darkness" GCN (Nintendo/Silicon Knights) "Ratchet & Clank" PS2 (SCE/Insomniac Games) "Outstanding Achievement Award für Animation": "Kingdom Hearts" PS2 (Square EA/Squaresoft) "Sly Cooper and the Thievious Raccoonus" PS2 (SCE/Sucker Punch) "The Mark of Kri" PS2 (SCE/SCEA San Diego) "Ratchet & Clank" PS2 (SCE/Insomniac Games) "Final Fantasy X" PS2 (Square EA/Squaresoft) "Outstanding Achievement Award für Character-Entwicklung Story-Line": "Eternal Darkness" GCN (Nintendo/Silicon Knights) "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" PS2 (Rockstar/Rockstar North) "Kingdom Hearts" PS2 (Square EA/Squaresoft) "The Mark of Kri" PS2 (SCE/SCEA San Diego) "Syberia" PC (Microids) "Outstanding Achievement Award für Musikkomposition" "Medal of Honor: Frontline" PS2 (EA/EA LA) "Metroid Prime" GCN (Nintendo/Retro Studios) "The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind" PC (Bethesda Softworks) "Rygar: The Legendary Adventure" PS2 (Tecmo) "Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos" PC (Blizzard Entertainment) "Outstanding Achievement Award für Sound Design" "Eternal Darkness" GCN (Nintendo/Silicon Knights) "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" PS2 (Rockstar/Rockstar North) "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" PS2 (EA/Stormfront Studios) "Medal of Honor: Frontline" PS2 (EA/EA LA) "Metroid Prime" GCN (Nintendo/Retro Studios) "No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way" PC (Sierra Entertainment/Monolith) "Splinter Cell" Xbox (Ubi Soft/Ubi Soft Montreal) "Outstanding Achievement Award für Visual Engineering" "Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings" PC (Microsoft/Turbine Entertainment) "Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" PS2 (EA/Stormfront Studios) "Metroid Prime" GCN (Nintendo/Retro Studios) "Splinter Cell" Xbox (Ubi Soft/Ubi Soft Montreal) "Unreal Tournament 2003" PC (Infogrames/Digital Extremes)