6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

The 6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards is the 6th edition of the Interactive Achievement Awards, an annual awards event that honors the best games in the video game industry. The awards are arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) and were held at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on 27 February 2003 as part of the academy's 2003 D.I.C.E. Summit. It was hosted by Dave Foley with presenters including Cliff Bleszinski, Xander Berkeley, Don James, Shigeru Miyamoto, Julie Benz, Blue Man Group, Tony Hawk, Ed Fries, Kelly Hu, David Jones, Nina Kaczorowski, Doug Lowenstein, Syd Mead, Mike Metzger, Vince Neil, Tommy Tallarico, Amy Weber and Victor Webster. It had musical performances by Unwritten Law and The Players Band.

Battlefield 1942 won the most awards, including Game of the Year. Metroid Prime received the most nominations. Electronic Arts received the most nominations and won the most awards.

Yu Suzuki received the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame Award.

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().

Game of the Year Battlefield 1942 — DICE, Electronic Arts Animal Crossing — Nintendo EAD Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — Rockstar North Metroid Prime — Retro Studios, Nintendo Ratchet & Clank — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment

Craft Awards

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design Animal Crossing — Nintendo EAD Battlefield 1942 — DICE, Electronic Arts Metroid Prime — Retro Studios, Nintendo Neverwinter Nights — BioWare, Atari Interactive Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos — Blizzard Entertainment	Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem — Silicon Knights, Nintendo Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — Rockstar North Kingdom Hearts — SquareSoft, Square Electronic Arts Syberia — Microïds, The Adventure Company The Mark of Kri — SCE San Diego Studio
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus — Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem — Silicon Knights, Nintendo Kingdom Hearts — SquareSoft, Square Electronic Arts Metroid Prime — Retro Studios, Nintendo Ratchet & Clank — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment	Outstanding Achievement in Animation Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus — Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment Final Fantasy X — SquareSoft, Square Electronic Arts Kingdom Hearts — SquareSoft, Square Electronic Arts Ratchet & Clank — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment The Mark of Kri — SCE San Diego Studio
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition Medal of Honor: Frontline — EA Los Angeles Metroid Prime — Retro Studios, Nintendo Rygar: The Legendary Adventure — Tecmo The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind — Bethesda Game Studios Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos — Blizzard Entertainment	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design Medal of Honor: Frontline — EA Los Angeles Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem — Silicon Knights, Nintendo Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — Rockstar North Metroid Prime — Retro Studios, Nintendo No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way — Monolith Productions, Sierra Entertainment, Vivendi Universal Games The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — Stormfront Studios, Electronic Arts Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell — Ubisoft Montreal
Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell — Ubisoft Montreal Animal Crossing — Nintendo EAD Metroid Prime — Retro Studios, Nintendo Ratchet & Clank — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment	Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers — Stormfront Studios, Electronic Arts Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings — Turbine, Microsoft Game Studios Metroid Prime — Retro Studios, Nintendo Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell — Ubisoft Montreal Unreal Tournament 2003 — Epic Games, Digital Extremes, Atari Interactive

Computer Awards

Computer Game of the Year Battlefield 1942 — DICE, Electronic Arts Age of Mythology — Ensemble Studios, Microsoft Game Studios Medal of Honor: Allied Assault — 2015, Inc., Electronic Arts Neverwinter Nights — BioWare, Atari Interactive Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos — Blizzard Entertainment	Innovation in Computer Gaming Battlefield 1942 — DICE, Electronic Arts Dungeon Siege — Gas Powered Games, Microsoft Game Studios Grand Theft Auto III — Rockstar North Medal of Honor: Allied Assault — 2015, Inc., Electronic Arts Neverwinter Nights — BioWare, Atari Interactive Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos — Blizzard Entertainment
Computer Action/Adventure Game of the Year Grand Theft Auto III — Rockstar North Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast — Raven Software, LucasArts Syberia — Microïds, The Adventure Company The Thing — Computer Artworks, Black Label Games	Computer First-Person Action Game of the Year Medal of Honor: Allied Assault — 2015, Inc., Electronic Arts America's Army — United States Army No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way — Monolith Productions, Sierra Entertainment, Vivendi Universal Games
Computer Role-Playing Game of the Year Neverwinter Nights — BioWare, Atari Interactive Arx Fatalis — Arkane Studios, JoWooD Productions Dungeon Siege — Gas Powered Games, Microsoft Game Studios Freedom Force — Irrational Games, Crave Entertainment, Electronic Arts The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind — Bethesda Game Studios	Computer Simulation Game of the Year The Sims: Unleashed — Maxis, Electronic Arts Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe — Aces Game Studio, Microsoft Games Studios MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries — FASA Studio, Microsoft Game Studios The Aurora Neverwinter Toolset — BioWare, Atari Interactive
Computer Sports Game of the Year Madden NFL 2003 — EA Tiburon High Heat Major League Baseball 2003 — Team .366, The 3DO Company Links 2003 — Access Software, Microsoft Game Studios NBA Live 2003 — EA Canada Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 — Headgate Studios, Electronic Arts	Computer Strategy Game of the Year Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos — Blizzard Entertainment Age of Mythology — Ensemble Studios, Microsoft Game Studios Medieval: Total War — Creative Assembly, Activision

Console Awards

Console Game of the Year Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell — Ubisoft Montreal Animal Crossing — Nintendo EAD Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem — Silicon Knights, Nintendo Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — Rockstar North Metroid Prime — Retro Studios, Nintendo Ratchet & Clank — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment	Innovation in Console Gaming Animal Crossing — Nintendo EAD Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem — Silicon Knights, Nintendo Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — Rockstar North Metroid Prime — Retro Studios, Nintendo Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell — Ubisoft Montreal
Console Action/Adventure Game of the Year Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — Rockstar North Hitman 2: Silent Assassin — IO Interactive, Eidos Interactive Jet Set Radio Future — Smilebit, Sega Rez — United Game Artists, Sega Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell — Ubisoft Montreal	Console Fighting Game of the Year Tekken 4 — Namco Capcom vs. SNK 2 EO — Capcom Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee — Pipeworks Software, Atari Interactive Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance — Midway Games Virtua Fighter 4 — Sega AM2
Console First-Person Action Game of the Year Metroid Prime — Retro Studios, Nintendo James Bond 007: Nightfire — Eurocom, Electronic Arts Medal of Honor: Frontline — EA Los Angeles TimeSplitters 2 — Free Radical Design, Eidos Interactive Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon — Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft	Console Platform Action/Adventure Game of the Year Ratchet & Clank — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus — Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment Super Mario Sunshine — Nintendo EAD
Console Racing Game of the Year Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 — EA Black Box ATV Offroad Fury 2 — Rainbow Studios, Sony Computer Entertainment MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology — Climax Brighton, THQ NASCAR Thunder 2003 — EA Tiburon RalliSport Challenge — DICE, Microsoft Game Studios	Console Role-Playing Game of the Year Animal Crossing — Nintendo EAD Final Fantasy X — SquareSoft, Square Electronic Arts Kingdom Hearts — SquareSoft, Square Electronic Arts Suikoden III — Konami Wild Arms 3 — Media.Vision, Sony Computer Entertainment
Console Sports Game of the Year Madden NFL 2003 — EA Tiburon Aggressive Inline — Z-Axis, Acclaim Entertainment NCAA Football 2003 — EA Tiburon NHL 2K3 — Treyarch, Sega Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 — Neversoft, Activision	Family Game of the Year Mario Party 4 — Hudson Soft, Nintendo Backyard Football — Left Field Productions, Humongous Entertainment, Infogrames Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — EA UK Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights — Heavy Iron Studios, THQ SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month — AWE Productions, THQ
Handheld Game of the Year Metroid Fusion — Nintendo R&D1 Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance — Konami The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Four Swords — Flagship, Capcom, Nintendo R&D2 Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi's Island — Nintendo R&D2

Online Awards

Online Gameplay Battlefield 1942 — DICE, Electronic Arts Command & Conquer: Renegade — Westwood Studios, Electronic Arts Twisted Metal: Black - Online — Incognito Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment

Massive Multiplayer/Persistent World Game of the Year The Sims Online — Maxis, Electronic Arts Anarchy Online: The Notum Wars — Funcom Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings — Turbine, Microsoft Game Studios Dark Age of Camelot: Shrouded Isles — Mythic Entertainment, Vivendi Universal Games ToonTown Online — Disney Interactive

Hall of Fame Award

• Yu Suzuki

Games with multiple nominations and awards

The following 23 games received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Game
10	Metroid Prime
6	Animal Crossing
	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
	Ratchet & Clank
	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
5	Battlefield 1942
	Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
	Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
4	Kingdom Hearts
	Neverwinter Nights
3	Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
	Medal of Honor: Frontline
	Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
2	Age of Mythology
	Asheron's Call 2: Fallen Kings
	Dungeon Siege
	Final Fantasy X
	Grand Theft Auto III
	Madden NFL 2003
	No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way
	Syberia
	The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
	The Mark of Kri

The following six games received multiple awards:

Awards	Game
4	Battlefield 1942
3	Animal Crossing
2	Madden NFL 2003
	Medal of Honor: Frontline
	Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
	Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

Companies with multiple nominations

Companies that received multiple nominations as either a developer or a publisher.

Nominations	Game
34	Electronic Arts
26	Nintendo
14	Sony Computer Entertainment
10	Microsoft Game Studios
	Retro Studios
8	Rockstar North
7	Atari Interactive
6	DICE
	Insomniac Games
	SquareSoft
	Ubisoft
5	Blizzard Entertainment
	BioWare
	Silicon Knights
4	Sega
3	2015, Inc.
	Sucker Punch Productions
	THQ
	Vivendi Universal Games
2	Activision
	Bethesda Game Studios
	Capcom
	Eidos Interactive
	Ensemble Studios
	Gas Powered Games
	Konami
	Maxis
	Microïds
	Sierra Entertainment
	Stormfront Studios
	The Adventure Company
	Turbine

Companies that received multiple awards as either a developer or a publisher.

Awards	Game
13	Electronic Arts
7	Nintendo
4	DICE
3	Sony Computer Entertainment
2	Maxis
	Rockstar North
	Sucker Punch Productions
	Ubisoft Montreal

External links

• Archived Winners/Finalists Page