On February 27, 2003. The Academy will present awards in 30 craft, console, computer, and
online categories. Award highlights include an overall Game of the Year as well as Game of
the Year in different genres, and the prestigious Hall of Fame Award.“Each year we see even
more games that demonstrate the innovation, creativity and diversity with which videogames
push the envelope of modern entertainment,†said Paul Provenzano, President of the Academy
of Interactive Arts & Sciences. “It is satisfying to see such an exceptional mix of savvy veteran
videogame developers and bold new studios among the finalists.
Metroid® Prime from Nintendo of America Inc. and Retro Studios earned an Interactive
Achievement Awards record ten nominations. Several games received six nominations apiece
including, Electronic Arts’ Battlefield 1942™, Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto: Vice City,
Sony Computer Entertainment of America’s Ratchet and Clank™ and Ubi Soft’s Splinter Cell™. Nintendo of America and
Electronic Arts lead the field of videogame publishers with 26 and 25
total nominations respectively.
SEGA®’s Yu Suzuki will receive the Academy’s coveted Hall of Fame award.
The finalists for 2003’s Console Game of the Year include:Splinter Cell for the Xbox, Ratchet & Clank
for the PlayStation 2, Metroid Prime for the Ninetendo Gamecube,Grand Theft Auto: Vice City for the
PlayStation 2,Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem™ for the Ninetendo Gamecube and, Animal Crossing
for the Ninetendo Gamecube.
For a full list of finalists in all categories, visit www.interactive.org.
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