News - AIAS-Awards bekannt gegeben : Die Abräumer des Jahres 2001 für alle Plattformen ...

Am 28. Februar wurden im Rahmen einer Gala in Las Vegas im Hard Rock Hotel & Casino die Gewinner der fünften Interactive Achievement Awards bekannt gegeben. Die Awards werden von der Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) verliehen und zählen als Oscar der Spielewelt. Vor erlesenem Publikum wurden Auszeichnungen in insgesamt 29 Kategorien verliehen.

Hier die Gewinner:

I. CRAFT AWARDS

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction
ICO (Play Station 2)
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc./Sony Computer Entertainment America

Outstanding Achievement in Animation
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee (XBOX)
Oddworld Inhabitants/Microsoft

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design
Metal Gear Solid 2 (Play Station 2)
Konami/Konami

Outstanding Achievement in Musical Composition
Tropico (PC)
Pop Top Software/God Games

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design
Grand Theft Auto III (Play Station 2)
DMA Design/Rockstar Games

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering
Halo: Combat Evolved (XBOX)
Bungie/Microsoft

Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering
Grand Theft Auto III (Play Station 2)
DMA Design/Rockstar Games

Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development
ICO (Play Station 2)
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc./Sony Computer Entertainment America


II. CONSOLE

Action/Adventure Game of the Year
Halo: Combat Evolved (XBOX)
Bungie/Microsoft

Children's Title of the Year
Mario Party 3 (Nintendo 64)
Hudson Soft Co. Ltd./Nintendo of America

Fighting Game of the Year
Dead or Alive 3 (XBOX)
Tecmo/Tecmo

Hand-Held Game of the Year
Advance Wars (GameBoy Advance)
Nintendo Co. Ltd./ Nintendo of America

Role Playing Game of the Year
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (Play Station 2)
Snow Blind Studios/ Black Isle Studios

Racing Game of the Year
Gran Turismo 3 (Play Station 2)
Sony Computer Entertainment Inc./ Sony Computer Entertainment America

Sports Game of the Year
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (Play Station 2)
Neversoft Entertainment/Activision

Innovation in Console Gaming
Pikmin (GameCube)
Nintendo Co. Ltd./Nintendo of America

Console Game of the Year
Halo: Combat Evolved (XBOX)
Bungie/Microsoft


III. ONLINE

Online Gameplay of the Year
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
id Software/Activision

Massive Multiplayer/Persistent World Game of the Year
Dark Age of Camelot
Mythic Entertainment/ Mythic Entertainment


IV. PERSONAL COMPUTER

Action/Adventure Game of the Year
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
id Software/Activision

Children's Title of the Year
Backyard Basketball
Humongous Entertainment/Infogrames

Educational Title of the Year
Where in the World is Carmen San Diego? Treasures of Knowledge
Learning Company/Learning Company

Role Playing Game of the Year
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
BioWare Corp./Interplay

Simulation Game of the Year
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002
Microsoft/ Microsoft

Sports Game of the Year
FIFA 2002
EA Canada/Electronic Arts

Strategy Game of the Year
Sid Meier's Civilization III
Firaxis Games/Infogrames

Innovation in Computer Gaming
Black & White
Lionhead Studios/Electronic Arts

Computer Game of the Year
Black & White
Lionhead Studios/Electronic Arts


V. GAME OF THE YEAR

Game of the Year
Halo: Combat Evolved (XBOX)
Bungie/Microsoft