Traditionen tro blev der delt priser ud i en række kategorier på årets Game Developers Conference. Nedenfor har vi listen over vindere og nominerede.
Ikke uventet var det Grand Theft Auto III som løb med den flotteste pris for Game of the Year. Men også ICO var en af showets store vindere. Da force is strong with the PS2...
Game Developers Choice Awards:
- Game of the Year: GTA3 (DMA Design)
Andre nominerede: Black & White (Lionhead Studios), Halo (Bungie Studios), Ico (Sony Computer Entertainment), og Max Payne (Remedy Entertainment).
- Excellence in Game Design: GTA3 (game design)
Andre nominerede: Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee (story/writing); Black & White (game design); Pikmin (game design); Ico (game design).
- Rookie Studio Award: Bohemia Interactive Studios for Operation Flashpoint
Andre nominerede: Adrenium Games for Azurik: Rise of Perathia; Croteam for Serious Sam; Pseudo Interactive for Cel Damage; TimeGate Studios for Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns.
- Excellence in Level Design: Ico
Andre nominerede: GTA3; Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon; Twisted Metal Black; Super Monkey Ball.
- Excellence in Audio: Halo (sound effects)
Andre nominerede: Clive Barker's Undying (sound design); Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (composition); Frequency (sound design); Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader (sound engineering).
- Excellence in Visual Arts: Ico (art direction)
Andre nominerede: Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (animation); Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec (modeling); Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee (art direction); Rez (art direction).
- Original Character of the Year: Daxter fra Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Andre nominerede: Dante fra Devil May Cry; Ico fra Ico; Max Payne fra Max Payne; Munch fra Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee.
- Excellence in Programming: Black & White (artificial intelligence)
Andre nominerede: Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec (physics); Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (programming); Halo (programming); Return to Castle Wolfenstein (graphics).
- Game Innovation Spotlights (fem vinnere): Black & White; Grand Theft Auto III; Ico; Majestic; Rez
Andre nominerede: Cel Damage; Frequency; Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns; Max Payne; Super Monkey Ball