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2nd Annual Game Developers Choice Awards

Honoring the Best Games of 2001

 

Nominees & Awards Recipients

Each award recipient is highlighted in yellow.

 

Three special honors, selected by the Game Developers Choice Awards advisory board, were also presented at the ceremony.

 

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Yuji Naka - president and CEO of Sega's SONICTEAM, for the innovative and award-winning work he has produced during his career, including the creation of SEGA mascot, Sonic The Hedgehog(TM).

 

First Penguin Award

• Hubert Chardot - for his risk-taking work on Alone in the Dark, a game that started the "survival-horror" genre.

 

IGDA Award for Community Contribution

• Jeff Lander - for his writings on game development, community building efforts and student outreach.

 

	Game of the Year GRAND THEFT AUTO III (DMA Design/Rockstar Games) BLACK & WHITE (Lionhead Studios) HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED (Bungie Studios) ICO (Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.) MAX PAYNE (Remedy Entertainment)

 

 

	Rookie Studio of the Year Bohemia Interactive Studio for OPERATION FLASHPOINT Adrenium Games for AZURIK: RISE OF PERATHIA Croteam for SERIOUS SAM Pseudo Interactive for CEL DAMAGE TimeGate Studios for KOHAN: IMMORTAL SOVEREIGNS

 

 

	Original Game Character of the Year Daxter from JAK & DAXTER: THE PRECURSOR LEGACY Dante from DEVIL MAY CRY Ico from ICO Max Payne from MAX PAYNE Munch from ODDWORLD: MUNCH'S ODDYSEE

 

 

	Excellence in Audio Marty O'Donnell & team for sound effects in HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED Erik Kraber & Jack Grillo for sound design in CLIVE BARKER'S UNDYING Harry Gregson-Williams for composition in METAL GEAR SOLID 2: SONS OF LIBERTY Josh Randall for sound design in FREQUENCY Thomas Engel, Rudolf Stember & Chris Huelsbeck for sound engineering in STAR WARS ROGUE SQUADRON II: ROGUE LEADER

 

 

	Excellence in Level Design Fumito Ueda & team for level design in ICO Craig Filshie, William Mills, Chris Rothwell & James Worrall for level design in GRAND THEFT AUTO III Ghost Recon team for level design in TOM CLANCY'S GHOST RECON Scott Campbell, Dave Jaffe, Kellan Hatch & team for level design in TWISTED METAL: BLACK Toshihiro Nagoshi & team for level design in SUPER MONKEY BALL

 

 

	Excellence in Programming Richard Evans for artificial intelligence in BLACK & WHITE Akihiko Tan & team for physics in GRAN TURISMO 3 A-SPEC Andy Gavin & Stephen White for programming in JAK & DAXTER: THE PRECURSOR LEGACY Jason Jones & team for programming in HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED Sherman Archibald, John Carmack & Ryan Feltrin for graphics in RETURN TO CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN

 

 

	Excellence in Game Design GTA3 team for game play in GRAND THEFT AUTO III Fumito Ueda & team for game design ICO Lorne Lanning & Chris Ulm for story/writing in ODDWORLD: MUNCH'S ODDYSEE Peter Molyneux & team for game design in BLACK & WHITE Shigeru Miyamto & team for game design in PIKMIN

 

 

Excellence in Visual Arts Fumito Ueda & team for art direction in ICO Greg Griffith, Bill Harper, John Kim, Jordan Pitchon, Bob Rafei, Josh Scherr & Rob Titus for animation in JAK & DAXTER: THE PRECURSOR LEGACY Kazunori Yamauchi & team for modeling in GRAN TURISMO 3 A-SPEC Lorne Lanning & Farzad Varahramyan for art direction in ODDWORLD: MUNCH'S ODDYSEE Tetsuya Mizuguchi, Jun Kabayashi & team for art direction in REZ

 

 

	Game Innovation Spotlights BLACK & WHITE (Lionhead Studios) GRAND THEFT AUTO III (DMA Design) ICO (Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.) MAJESTIC (Electronic Arts) REZ (United Game Artists) CEL DAMAGE (Pseudo Interactive) FREQUENCY (Harmonix Music Systems) KOHAN: IMMORTAL SOVEREIGNS (TimeGate Studios) MAX PAYNE (Remedy Entertainment) SUPER MONKEY BALL (Amusement Vision)

 

 

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Photos

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Press Releases

• Game Developers Choice Awards Recipients Named; Grand Theft Auto III, Yuji Naka Take Top Honors (March 22, 2002)
• SEGA's Yuji Naka to Receive IGDA'S Lifetime Achievement Award (March 12, 2002)
• Hubert Chardot to Receive IGDA's First Penguin Award; Jeff Lander to be Recognized for Community Contribution (March 5, 2002)
• Game Developers Choice Awards to be Presented by Industry Leaders (February 28, 2002)
• Nominees Named for Game Developers Choice Awards (February 12, 2002)
• Game Developers Choice Awards Nominations Now Open (January 3, 2002)
• The Gama Network Appoints Stellar Advisory Board For The 2002 Game Developers Choice Awards (November 26, 2001)