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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF VIDEO GAME TESTERS AND REVIEWERS CORP.™ ANNOUNCES AWARD RECIPIENTS WHO ARE “PRESUMED ELIGIBLE”
 
For more information on how the NAViGaTR awards are assigned and accepted by individuals, see the Award Acceptance Form.  The names that follow are “presumed eligible” unless challenged.  Developers and talent can accept their awards at any time.  The list is alphabetized by developer name. 

DEVELOPER
 WINNER
 CATEGORY
 YEAR
 PUBLISHER
 
AMUSEMENT VISION
 Super Monkey Ball
Toshihiro Nagoshi
 Game…Orig Children’s
 2001
 SEGA
 
ATOMIC PLANET
 Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
Award recipients to be determined.
 Game…Sequel Puzzle
 2003
 CAPCOM
 
BETHESDA
 Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
Todd Howard
Ashley Cheng
Todd Vaughn
 Game…Sequel RPG
 2002
 BETHESDA
 
BIOWARE
 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Michael Gallo
Julio Torres
Casey Hudson
Nathan Plewes (eligible with permission)
 Game…Orig RPG
 2003
 LUCASARTS
 
BIOWARE
 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Drew Karpyshyn
 Writing…Story
 2003
 LUCASARTS
 
BLIZZARD
 Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Chris Sigaty
Frank Gilson
Chris Millar
Frank Pearce (eligible with permission)
 Game…Strategy
 2002
 BLIZZARD
 
BLIZZARD World of Warcraft
Mark E. Kern
Shane Dabiri
Carlos Guerrero
 Game…Orig RPG
 2004
 BLIZZARD 
BLUE SHIFT
 ESPN Major League Baseball
Award recipients to be determined.
 Game…Orig Sports
 2004
 SEGA
 
BUNGIE
 Halo
Chris Butcher, Bernie Freidin, Charles Gough, Mat Noguchi, Matt Segur, Eamon McKenzie, Stefan Sinclair, Ben Wallace, Michael Evans, Chris Carney, David Dunn, Peter Marks, Derrick Moore, Stephen Okasaki, Adrian Perez,
 Control Precision
 2001
 MICROSOFT
 
BUNGIE
 Halo
Chris Butcher, Bernie Freidin, Charles Gough, Mat Noguchi, Matt Segur, Eamon McKenzie, Stefan Sinclair, Ben Wallace
 Graphics…Technical
 2001
 MICROSOFT
 
BUNGIE
 Halo
Chris Butcher, Bernie Freidin, Charles Gough, Mat Noguchi, Matt Segur, Eamon McKenzie, Stefan Sinclair, Ben Wallace, Michael Evans, Chris Carney, David Dunn, Peter Marks, Derrick Moore, Stephen Okasaki, Adrian Perez,
 Innovation…Tech
 2001
 MICROSOFT
 
BUNGIE
 Halo 2
Joseph Staten
 Direction…Cinema
 2004
 MICROSOFT
 
BUNGIE
 Halo 2
Marty O’Donnell
 Original Musical Score
 2004
 MICROSOFT
 
CAPCOM
 Devil May Cry
Makoto Tsuchibayashi
 Costume Design
 2001
 CAPCOM
 
CAPCOM
 Steel Battalion
Award recipients to be determined.
 Control Design
 2002
 CAPCOM
 
CAPCOM
 Steel Battalion
Award recipients to be determined.
 Game…Simulation Game
 2002
 CAPCOM
 
CAPCOM Viewtiful Joe 2
Award recipients to be determined.
 Character Design
 2004
 CAPCOM
CRAVE
 Mojo!
Award recipients to be determined.
 Game…Orig Puzzle
 2003
 CRAVE
 
CREATIVE ASSEMBLY
 Rome: Total War
Mike Simpson (Project Director)
Rich Blenkinsop
Guy Cunis
Ed Turkington
Christian Astillero
Erick Fernandez
Ross Manton (eligible with permission)
Luci Black (eligible with permission)
George Fidler (eligible with permission)
 Game…Strategy
 2004
 ACTIVISION
 
CRITERION
 Burnout 2: Point of Impact
Joe Bonar
Rupert Brooker
 Game…Sequel Racing
 2002
 ACCLAIM
 
CRITERION
 Burnout 3: Takedown
Shiobhan Reddy
Rupert Brooker
Catherine Schell
Adrian Selby
 Game…Sequel Racing
 2004
 ELECTRONIC ARTS
 
DIGITAL ILLUSIONS
 Battlefield 1942
Lars Gustavsson
Niklas Persson
Ken Balthaser
Jamil Dawsari
 Game…Orig Action
 2002
 ELECTRONIC ARTS
 
ELECTRONIC ARTS
 Command & Conquer: Generals
Harvard Bonin
Michael Verdu
Julio Valladares, Jill Goodall
Shawn Jacoby (eligible with permission)
 Game…Strategy
 2003
 ELECTRONIC ARTS
 
ELECTRONIC ARTS
 Madden NFL 2003
Jeremy Strauser
Phil Frazier
Jason Barnes, Kenny Ilko
 Game…Sequel Sports
 2002
 ELECTRONIC ARTS
 
ELECTRONIC ARTS
 Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
Barry Jackson, Chris Silagyi
 Direction…Cinema
 2003
 ELECTRONIC ARTS
 
ELECTRONIC ARTS
 Need for Speed Underground
Arn , Andy Bakken, Ryan Bedard, Mike Vlad Cora, Spencer Craske, Daniel Chitan, James Grieve, Euan Forrester, Robinson Huff, Phil Ibis, Jeff Johnston, Cliff Kondratiuk, David Lam, David Merriman, John Newton, Scott Patterson, Chris Robertson, Wes Santee, Martin Sikes, Stewart Sockett, Lawrence Sparling, Tom Spencer-Smith, Steve Tolin, John Twigg, Greg Vance, Jason Verhiel
 Graphics…Technical
 2003
 ELECTRONIC ARTS
 
ELECTRONIC ARTS
 SSX 3
Larry LaPierre
J. David Elton, Conor Lumpkin
 Game…Sequel Sports
 2003
 ELECTRONIC ARTS
 
HARMONIX
 Amplitude
Award recipients to be determined.
 Song Album
 2003
 SONY
 
HARMONIX
 Frequency
Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom
Tim Ryan
Mike Benton
Greg LoPiccolo
 Game…Special Class
 2001
 SONY
 
ID SOFTWARE
 Doom 3
Adrian Carmack
Kevin Cloud
Andy Chang
Seneca Menard
Kenneth Scott (Lead Artist)
Patrick Thomas
 Art Dir…Engine
 2004
 ACTIVISION
 
ID SOFTWARE
 Doom 3
John Carmack (Technical Director)
Timothee Besset
Jim Dose
Robert A. Duffy (Lead Programmer)
Jan Paul van Waveren
Jonathan Wright
Adrian Carmack
Kevin Cloud
Andy Chang
Seneca Menard
Kenneth Scott (Lead Artist)
Patrick Thomas
 Lighting/Texturing Effects
 2004
 ACTIVISION
 
ID SOFTWARE
 Doom 3
Rik Schaffer
 Sound Editing in a Game Cinema
 2004
 ACTIVISION
 
ID SOFTWARE
 Doom 3
Christian Antkow
Ed Lima
Rik Schaffer
Chris Vrenna (eligible with permission)
 Sound Effects
 2004
 ACTIVISION
 
INCOG
 Downhill Domination
Award recipients to be determined.
 Game…Orig Racing
 2003
 SONY
 
INCOG
 War of the Monsters
Award recipients to be determined.
 Game…Orig Fighting
 2003
 SONY
 
INFINITY WARD
 Call of Duty
Vince Zampella
Thaine Lyman
Ken Murphy
Eric Grossman, Daniel Hagerty
Eric W. Adams (eligible with permission)
 Game…Orig Action
 2003
 ACTIVISION
 
INFINITY WARD
 Call of Duty
Rik W. Schaffer
Chuck Russom
Jack Grillo
 Sound Effects
 2003
 ACTIVISION
 
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
 Advance Wars
Takehiro Izushi
 Game…Strategy
 2001
 NINTENDO
 
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Shigeru Miyamoto
Ryouichi Kitanishi
 Game…Sequel Children’s
 2004
 NINTENDO
 
INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS
 Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door
Award recipients to be determined.
 Writing…Dialogue
 2004
 NINTENDO
KONAMI
 Dance Dance Revolution Extreme
Award recipients to be determined.
 Game…Music or Performance
 2004
 KONAMI
 
KONAMI
 DDRMAX: Dance Dance Revolution
Yoshihiko Ota
Hirotaka Ishikawa, Gozo Kitao
Ken Ogasawara
 Game…Special Class
 2002
 KONAMI
 
KONAMI
 Metal Gear Solid 2
So Toyota (eligible with permission), Kyle Cooper (eligible with permission), Ellerey Gave (eligible with permission), Jennifer Gallo (eligible with permission), Asa Hammond (eligible with permission), Ben Lopez (eligible with permission), Christian Severin (eligible with permission)

 Direction…Cinema
 2001
 KONAMI
 
KONAMI
 Metal Gear Solid 2
Hideo Kojima
 Game…Sequel Adventure
 2001
 KONAMI
 
KONAMI
 Metal Gear Solid 2
Harry Gregson-Williams
Norihiko Hibino
Rika Muranaka
 Original Musical Score
 2001
 KONAMI
 
KONAMI
 Metal Gear Solid 2
Kazuki Muraoka
Akihiro Honda, Maki Kirioka, Syuichi Kobori, Kazuki Muraoka
Alan Meyerson
 Use of Sound
 2001
 KONAMI
 
KONAMI
 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Hajime Yashiro
So Toyota (eligible with permission)
Masahiro Yoshinaga (eligible with permission)
Makoto Akashi (eligible with permission)
Goro Kaneko (eligible with permission)
 Animation…Cinema
 2004
 KONAMI
 
KONAMI
 Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
Hideo Kojima
Yoshikazu Matsuhana
 Game…Sequel Adventure
 2004
 KONAMI
 
KONAMI
 Silent Hill 2
Akira Yamaoka
 Sound Effects
 2001
 KONAMI
 
KONAMI
 Silent Hill 3
Akira Yamaoka
 Original Musical Score
 2003
 KONAMI
 
KONAMI
 Silent Hill 3
Akira Yamaoka
 Use of Sound
 2003
 KONAMI
 
KONAMI
 Silent Hill 4: The Room
Award recipients to be determined.
 Use of Sound
 2004
 KONAMI
 
KONAMI
 World Soccer: Winning Eleven 6 International
Award recipients to be determined.
 Game…Orig Sports
 2003
 KONAMI
 
MAXIS
 Sim City 4
Award recipients to be determined.
 Game…Simulation Game
 2003
 ELECTRONIC ARTS
 
MAXIS
 The Sims 2
Tim LeTourneau
Jonathan Knight
Margaret Ng
 Game…Simulation Game
 2004
 ELECTRONIC ARTS
 
MICROSOFT
 Xbox Live
Award recipients to be determined.
 Innovation…Tech
 2002
 MICROSOFT
 
MIDWAY
 Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
John Podlasek
Paulo Garcia, Brian LeBaron
Ed Boon
 Game…Sequel Fighting
 2002
 MIDWAY
 
MIDWAY
 Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
Brian Eddy
Alexander W. Offermann
 Game…Orig Adventure
 2004
 MIDWAY
 
N/A
 Adam West, “XIII”
 Voice Performance
 2003
 UBISOFT
 
NADEO
 TrackMania
Pascal Herold

 Game…Orig Racing
 2004
 ENLIGHT SOFTWARE
 
NAMCO
 Katamari Damacy
Mitsumasa Fujita
Toshiya Hara
Lindsay Gray
Noriko Wada
 Game…Orig Children’s
 2004
 NAMCO
 
NAMCO
 Katamari Damacy
Award recipients to be determined.
 Innovation…Game Play
 2004
 NAMCO
 
NAMCO
 Klonoa 2
Award recipients to be determined.
 Game…Sequel Children’s
 2001
 NAMCO
 
NAMCO
 Soul Calibur II
Shinobu Nimura
Yoshihito Iwanaga
Takashi Koshigoe, Tadashi Obama, Masaaki Hoshino, Hiroyuki Kobota, Ken Matsumoto, Junji Hata, Shoichi Isowaki, Sei Nakatani, Hidenori Iwakiri
 Control Precision
 2003
 NAMCO
 
NAMCO
 Soul Calibur II
Hiroaki Yotoriyama
Akiko Tange, Koh Onda
 Game…Sequel Fighting
 2003
 NAMCO
 
NAUTILUS
 Shadow Hearts: Covenant
Miyako Kato
 Costume Design
 2004
 MIDWAY
 
NEVERSOFT
 Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3
Scott Pease
Nicole Willick
Stacey Drellishak
 Game…Sequel Sports
 2001
 ACTIVISION
 
NEVERSOFT
 Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4
Award recipients to be determined.
 Control Precision
 2002
 ACTIVISION
 
NINTENDO
 Animal Crossing
Takashi Tezuka
 Game…Orig Children’s
 2002
 NINTENDO
 
NINTENDO
 Animal Crossing
Naoki Mori (eligible with permission)
Katsuya Eguchi (eligible with permission),
Hisashi Nogami (eligible with permission)
 Innovation…Game Play
 2002
 NINTENDO
 
NINTENDO
 Custom Robo
Award recipients to be determined.
 Game…Orig Fighting
 2004
 NINTENDO
 
NINTENDO
 Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
Award recipients to be determined.
 Art Dir…Engine
 2003
 NINTENDO
 
NINTENDO
 Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Shigeru Miyamoto, Tetsuo Mizuno
Takuji Hotta (eligible with permission), Satoshi Kira (eligible with permission), Takashi Tezuka (eligible with permission)
 Game…Orig Children’s
 2003
 NINTENDO
 
NINTENDO
 Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
Shigeru Miyamoto, Tadashi Sugiyama, Shinya Takahashi, Takashi Tezuka
 Game…Sequel Racing
 2003
 NINTENDO
 
NINTENDO
 Nintendo DS
Award recipients to be determined.
 Innovation…Tech
 2004
 NINTENDO
 
NINTENDO
 Pikmin
Hiroaki Takenaka
Masamichi Abe (eligible with permission), Shigefumi Hino (eligible with permission)
 Control Design
 2001
 NINTENDO
 
NINTENDO
 Pikmin
Hiroaki Takenaka
Masamichi Abe (eligible with permission), Shigefumi Hino (eligible with permission)
 Innovation…Game Play
 2001
 NINTENDO
 
NINTENDO
 Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3
Takashi Tezuka
 Game…Sequel Children’s
 2003
 NINTENDO
 
NINTENDO
 Super Mario Sunshine
Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka
 Game…Sequel Children’s
 2002
 NINTENDO
 
NuFX
 NBA Street
William M. Mozell, Josh Holmes, Thomas Singleton
 Game…Orig Sports
 2001
 ELECTRONIC ARTS
 
OBSIDIAN ENTERT.
 Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
Award recipients to be determined.
 Game…Sequel RPG
 2004
 LUCASARTS
 
ODDWORLD
 Oddworld Munch’s Oddysee
Award recipients to be determined.
 Character Design
 2001
 MICROSOFT
 
PIPEWORKS
 Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee
Kirby Fong
Kyle Peschel
 Game…Orig Fighting
 2002
 ATARI
 
PLANET MOON
 Armed and Dangerous
Aaron Loeb, Timothy Williams
 Writing…Dialogue
 2003
 LUCASARTS
 
POLYPHONY DIGITAL
 Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec
Kazunori Yamauchi, Sean Kelly, Shiho de Ruiter - Miyazaki, Taku Imasaki, Kenneth Chan, Nicole Nokes (eligible with permission)
 Game…Sequel Racing
 2001
 SONY
 
RADICAL ENTERT.
 Tetris Worlds
Kirsten Forbes
Nathan Rose
Curtis R. Cherrington
Jason Garwood
 Game…Sequel Puzzle
 2002
 THQ
 
RAINBOW STUDIOS
 Splashdown
Ken George
Mark Mahler
 Game…Orig Racing
 2001
 ATARI
 
REMEDY ENTERT.
 “Late Goodbye,” Max Payne 2
Sami Järvi (eligible with permission), Kärtsy Hatakka (eligible with permission), Kimmo Kajasto (eligible with permission)
 Orig/Adapt Song
 2003
 ROCKSTAR
 
REMEDY ENTERT.
 Max Payne
Petri Jarvilehto, George Broussard, Scott Miller, Kevin Hoare
 Game…Orig Action
 2001
 ROCKSTAR
 
REMEDY ENTERT.
 Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Markus Maki, Kaweh Kazemi, Stefan Willixhofer, Hannes Seifert, Gregor Eigner (eligible with permission), Frank Kern (eligible with permission), Brandon Rose
 Game…Sequel Action
 2003
 ROCKSTAR
 
RETRO STUDIOS
 Metroid Prime
Todd Keller, Mike Sneath, Chris Voellmann, James Dargie, Chuck Crist, Don Hogan, Andrew Jones, Gene Kohler Jr., Ryan Powell, Elizabeth Foster Pugh, Luis Ramirez, Danny Richardson, Alejandro Roura, Elben Schafers, LeRoy Strauss
 Art Dir…Cinema
 2002
 NINTENDO
 
RETRO STUDIOS
 Metroid Prime
Todd Keller, Mike Sneath, Chris Voellmann, James Dargie, Chuck Crist, Don Hogan, Andrew Jones, Gene Kohler Jr., Ryan Powell, Elizabeth Foster Pugh, Luis Ramirez, Danny Richardson, Alejandro Roura, Elben Schafers, LeRoy Strauss
 Art Dir…Engine
 2002
 NINTENDO
 
ROCKSTAR
 Grand Theft Auto III
Leslie Benzies, Dan Houser, Jamie King, Renaud Sebbane, Gary J. Foreman, Jeremy Pope
 Game of the Year
 2001
 ROCKSTAR
 
ROCKSTAR
 Grand Theft Auto III
Leslie Benzies, Dan Houser, Jamie King, Renaud Sebbane, Gary J. Foreman, Jeremy Pope
 Game…Sequel Action
 2001
 ROCKSTAR
 
ROCKSTAR Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Aaron Garbut
Alex Horton
 Art Dir…Cinema
 2004
 ROCKSTAR
ROCKSTAR Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Dan Houser
Navid Khonsari
Tim Sweeney (eligible with permission)
Heinz Henn (eligible with permission)
 Song Album
 2004
 ROCKSTAR
 
ROCKSTAR Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Dan Houser
James Worrall
DJ Pooh
 Writing…Story
 2004
 ROCKSTAR
 
ROCKSTAR
 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Award recipients to be determined.
 Direction…Cinema
 2002
 ROCKSTAR
 
ROCKSTAR
 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Andrew Duthie, Craig Filshie, William Mills, Chris Rothwell, Imran Sarwar, James Worrall, John Haime
 Game Design
 2002
 ROCKSTAR
 
ROCKSTAR
 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Leslie Benzies, Dan Houser, Jeremy Pope, Jamie King
 Game of the Year
 2002
 ROCKSTAR
 
ROCKSTAR
 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Leslie Benzies, Dan Houser, Jeremy Pope, Jamie King
 Game…Sequel Action
 2002
 ROCKSTAR
 
ROCKSTAR
 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Allan Walker, Craig Conner, Raymond Usher, Stuart Ross, Will Morton, Dan Houser, Navid Khonsari
 Use of Sound
 2002
 ROCKSTAR
 
ROCKSTAR
 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Dan Houser, James Worrall
 Writing…Dialogue
 2002
 ROCKSTAR
 
ROCKSTAR Peter Fonda, “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas”
 Voice Performance, Supporting
 2004
 ROCKSTAR
 
ROCKSTAR
 Ray Liotta, “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City”
 Voice Performance
 2002
 ROCKSTAR
 
ROCKSTAR Young Maylay, “Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas”
 Voice Performance, Lead
 2004
 ROCKSTAR
 
SCi
 Italian Job
Peter Hickman, Ben Gunstone
 Game…Orig Racing
 2002
 ROCKSTAR
 
SECRET LEVEL
 Karaoke Revolution
Josh Randall, Tracy Rosenthal-Newsom, Michael McHale, Shawn R. Green,
 Game…Special Class
 2003
 KONAMI
 
SILICON KNIGHTS
 Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem
Denis Dyack, Karyn DePetris, Shigeru Miyamoto, Satoru Iwata, Kenji Miki
 Game…Orig Adventure
 2002
 NINTENDO
 
SILICON KNIGHTS
 Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem
Steven S. Henifin
 Sound Effects
 2002
 NINTENDO
 
SILICON KNIGHTS
 Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem
Award recipients to be determined.
 Writing…Story
 2002
 NINTENDO
 
SMILEBIT
 Jet Set Radio Future
Award recipients to be determined.
 Game…Orig Sports
 2002
 SEGA
 
SMILEBIT
 Panzer Dragoon Orta
Robert Schonfisch, Vicki Morawietz (eligible with permission)
 Art Dir…Cinema
 2003
 SEGA
 
SNOWBLIND
 Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance
Darren L. Monahan, Kevin Osburn
 Game…Orig RPG
 2001
 INTERPLAY
 
SONIC TEAM
 Feel the Magic:  XY/XX (DS)
Yuji Naka
Yojiro Ogawa
 Game…Special Class
 2004
 SEGA
 
SONIC TEAM
 Puyo Pop
Award recipients to be determined.
 Game…Orig Puzzle
 2002
 THQ
 
SONY
 Eye Toy
Richard Marks, Ph.D.
 Innovation…Tech
 2003
 SONY
 
SONY
 Eye Toy Play
Ron Festejo

 Innovation…Game Play
 2003
 SONY
 
SONY
 Ico
Takeshi Ambe (Ico, Yorda, Queen), Atsuko Fukuyama (Ico, Yorda, Queen), Mizuki Muramatsu (Smokeman, Ico), Fumito Ueda (Lead Animator)
 Animation…Engine
 2001
 SONY
 
SONY
 Ico
Katsuhiko Abe, Taijuro Hachiya, Kaihei Hayano, Tsutomu Kouno, Atsushi Morioka, Kazuhiro Numata, Nanako Ohmura, Mitsuhiro Shimooki, Mikiko Takeda, Chikara Ueno
 Art Dir…Engine
 2001
 SONY
 
SONY
 Ico
Hajime Sugiyama
 Camera Dir…Engine
 2001
 SONY
 
SONY
 Ico
Fumito Ueda
 Game Design
 2001
 SONY
 
SONY
 Ico
Kenji Kaido
Darren Yager
Ron Allen, Kenneth Chan
 Game…Orig Adventure
 2001
 SONY
 
SONY
 Ico
Katsuhiko Abe, Taijuro Hachiya, Kaihei Hayano, Tsutomu Kouno, Atsushi Morioka, Kazuhiro Numata, Nanako Ohmura, Mitsuhiro Shimooki, Mikiko Takeda, Chikara Ueno, Takuya Seki, Hajime Sugiyama, Roland Herrington (eligible with permission)
 Lighting/Texturing
 2001
 SONY
 
SQUARE
 Final Fantasy X
Hiroshi Kuwabara (eligible with permission)
Kengo Sasaoka (eligible with permission)
 Animation…Cinema
 2001
 SQUARE
 
SQUARE
 Final Fantasy X
Yusuke Naora, Shintaro Takai, Tetsuya Takahashi
 Art Dir…Cinema
 2001
 SQUARE
 
SQUARE
 Final Fantasy X
Yoshinori Kitase
 Game…Sequel RPG
 2001
 SQUARE
 
SQUARE
 Final Fantasy X
Award recipients to be determined.
 Writing…Dialogue
 2001
 SQUARE
 
SQUARE
 Final Fantasy X-2
Tetsuya Nomura, Tetsu Tsukamoto
 Costume Design
 2003
 SQUARE ENIX USA
 
SQUARE
 Final Fantasy XI
Award recipients to be determined.
 Game…Sequel RPG
 2003
 SQUARE ENIX USA
 
SQUARE
 Kingdom Hearts
Tatsuya Kando
 Animation…Cinema
 2002
 SQUARE
 
SQUARE
 Kingdom Hearts
Tetsuya Nomura, Fumi Nakashima, Tomoyuki Sato, Takuya Iwasaki, Mihoko Ishii
 Costume Design
 2002
 SQUARE
 
SQUARE
 Kingdom Hearts
Shinji Hashimoto, Yoshinori Kitase, Peter Wyse, Patrick Larkin, Emiko Yamamoto
 Game…Orig RPG
 2002
 SQUARE
 
SQUARE
 Kingdom Hearts
Yoko Shimomura
 Original Musical Score
 2002
 SQUARE
 
SQUARE ENIX
 Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls
Masafumi Miyamoto
Hironobu Sakaguchi
 Game…Classic Revival
 2004
 NINTENDO
 
SUCKER PUNCH
 Sly 2: Band of Thieves
Bruce Oberg
 Camera Dir…Engine
 2004
 SONY
 
SUCKER PUNCH
 Sly 2: Band of Thieves
Nate Fox
 Control Design
 2004
 SONY
 
SUCKER PUNCH
 Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
Award recipients to be determined.
 Animation…Engine
 2002
 SONY
 
SUCKER PUNCH
 Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
Bruce Oberg
 Camera Dir…Engine
 2002
 SONY
 
SUCKER PUNCH
 Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
Award recipients to be determined.
 Character Design
 2002
 SONY
 
TEAM NINJA
 Dead or Alive 3
Award recipients to be determined.
 Game…Sequel Fighting
 2001
 TECMO
 
TEAM NINJA
 Dead or Alive: Ultimate
Award recipients to be determined.
 Game…Sequel Fighting
 2004
 TECMO
 
TEAM NINJA
 Dead or Alive: Xtreme Beach Volleyball
Yasushi Nakakura, Hideyuki Kato, Muneaki Kubota, Haruhiko Shikata, Akiko Matsui
 Character Design
 2003
 TECMO
 
TEAM NINJA Ninja Gaiden
Award recipients to be determined.
 Control Precision
 2004
 TECMO
THE BEHEMOTH
 Alien Hominid
John Baez
 Game…Orig Action
 2004
 O3 ENTERTAINMENT
 
UBISOFT
 Beyond Good & Evil
Michel Ancel, Jean-Sebastien Morin, Bertrand Israël, Francois Emery, Jean-Francois Le Quéré, Nicolas Carré, Mehdi Daou El Makane, Mohamed Gambouz, Vincent Monnier, Mounir Riday, Nicolas Soulier
 Game Design
 2003
 UBISOFT
 
UBISOFT
 Beyond Good & Evil
Yves Guillemot
 Game…Orig Adventure
 2003
 UBISOFT
 
UBISOFT
 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Richard Arroyo, Bruno Rochefort, Omar Morsy, Patrick Tassé, Patrick Pelletier, Allan Treitz, Dominic Vincent, Frederic Madore
 Animation…Cinema
 2003
 UBISOFT
 
UBISOFT
 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Yannick Bergeron, Joseph Nasrallah, François Royer, Alexandre Vinet, Steve Ouellet, Sonia Pronovost, Jean-Thierry Roy
 Animation…Engine
 2003
 UBISOFT
 
UBISOFT
 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Dany Joannette
 Camera Dir…Engine
 2003
 UBISOFT
 
UBISOFT
 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Jordan Mechner
 Control Design
 2003
 UBISOFT
 
UBISOFT
 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Yannis Mallat
 Game of the Year
 2003
 UBISOFT
 
UBISOFT
 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Yannis Mallat
 Game…Sequel Adventure
 2003
 UBISOFT
 
UBISOFT
 Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
Raphaël Lacoste, Dany Joannette, Yannick Joly, Patrick Beland, Mark Besner, Éric Bibeau, Matthew Clarke, Dominic Couture, Marc Desfossés, Nathalie Dubois, Richard Dumas, Stéphane Girard, Lysanne Martin, Wang Feng Quan, Mathieu Laforce, Martin Sevigny, Yann Masson, François Queinnec
 Lighting/Texturing
 2003
 UBISOFT
 
UBISOFT
 Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell
Mathieu Ferland, Reid Schneider, Roxane Gosselin, Francois Coulon
 Game…Sequel Adventure
 2002
 UBISOFT
 
UBISOFT
 Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell
Antoine Dodens, Frédéric Blais, David Chabot, Mathieu Laforce, Alain Turcotte, Yannick Létourneau, Jean-Francois Prévost
 Graphics…Technical
 2002
 UBISOFT
 
UBISOFT
 Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell
Hugo Dallaire, Yves Allaire, Antoine Dodens, Frédéric Blais, David Chabot, Mathieu Laforce, Alain Turcotte, Yannick Létourneau, Jean-Francois Prévost
 Lighting/Texturing
 2002
 UBISOFT
 
VALVE
 Half-Life 2
Award recipients to be determined.
 Animation…Engine
 2004
 VIVENDI UNIVERSAL
 
VALVE
 Half-Life 2
Award recipients to be determined.
 Game Design
 2004
 VIVENDI UNIVERSAL
 
VALVE
 Half-Life 2
Award recipients to be determined.
 Game of the Year
 2004
 VIVENDI UNIVERSAL
 
VALVE
 Half-Life 2
Award recipients to be determined.
 Game…Sequel Action
 2004
 VIVENDI UNIVERSAL
 
VALVE
 Half-Life 2
Award recipients to be determined.
 Graphics…Technical
 2004
 VIVENDI UNIVERSAL
 
VALVE / GEARBOX
 Half-Life
Matthew Armstrong, Brian Hess, Randall S. Pitchford II
 Writing…Story
 2001
 SIERRA
 
VISUAL CONCEPTS
 ESPN NFL 2K5
Jeffrey J. Thomas
Asif Chaudhri
Eric Sorenson (eligible with permission)
Rick Brown (eligible with permission)
Brandon Justice (eligible with permission)
Abe Navarro (eligible with permission)
Matt Underwood (eligible with permission)
Dave Zdyrko (eligible with permission)
 Game…Sequel Sports
 2004
 SEGA
 

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