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The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) named recipients of the Game Developers Choice Awards last night at the 3rd annual ceremony during the 2003 Game Developers Conference (GDC)  in San Jose, California. The Choice Awards are true peer recognition honors, as all nominees and recipients are voted on by professional game developers. The evening event celebrates creativity and artistry as well as technological genius. 

Nintendo's Retro Studios received a number of honors at the conference. Metroid Prime was awards Game of the Year, the Metroid Team was given the award for Excellence in Level Design, and Retro Studios walked away with Rookie Studio of the Year. Animal Crossing by Nintendo was highlighted for Game Innovation. The IGDA also recognized legendary game developer Gunpei Yokoi for the innovative work he produced during his career.

IGDA Press Release:

  
IGDA Presents Game Developers Choice Awards; Metroid Prime Takes Game of the Year

SAN JOSE, CA - March 7, 2003 - The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) named recipients of the Game Developers Choice Awards last night at the 3rd annual ceremony during the 2003 Game Developers Conference (GDC). The Oscars of games, the Choice Awards are true peer recognition honors, as all nominees and recipients are voted on free of charge, by professional game developers. The evening event celebrates creativity and artistry as well as technological genius.

"A Game Developers Choice Award is a stamp of excellence and innovation," said IGDA chairperson Graeme Devine of id Software. "These titles and developers have the cachet among the game insiders."

3rd Annual Game Developer's Choice Awards recipients are:

Game of the Year
METROID PRIME by Retro Studios

Original Game Character of the Year
Sly Cooper from SLY COOPER AND THE THIEVIUS RACCOONUS

Rookie Studio of the Year
Retro Studios for METROID PRIME

Excellence in Audio
Jack Grillo, Rebecca Hanck, Erik Kraber and Yuan Liu for sound effects in MEDAL OF HONOR: ALLIED ASSAULT

Excellence in Game Design
Romain de Waubert de Genlis and Team for game design in BATTLEFIELD 1942

Excellence in Level Design
Metroid Team for level design in METROID PRIME

Excellence in Programming
Mark Brockington, Scott Greig, Jason Knipe, Don Moar and Don Yakielashek for network programming in NEVERWINTER NIGHTS

Excellence in Visual Arts
Tetsuya Nomura for art direction in KINGDOM HEARTS

Excellence in Writing
Clint Hocking and JT Petty for writing in TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL

Game Innovation Spotlights
ANIMAL CROSSING by Nintendo
BATTLEFIELD 1942 by Digital Illusions
MEDAL OF HONOR: ALLIED ASSAULT by 2015, Inc.
THE THING by Computer Artworks

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

Lifetime Achievement Award
Gunpei Yokoi, creator, Game Boy

The First Penguin Award
David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Jim Levy, Alan Miller and Bob Whitehead, founders, Activision

IGDA Award for Community Contribution
Doug Church, technical director, Eidos

February 4, 2003

Release - Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences


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