3rd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

The winners in each category are as follows:

Game of the Year

• Game of the Year: The Sims
  (D: Maxis Software, P: Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    Age of Empires II: Age of Kings (D: Ensemble Studios, P: Microsoft)
    Donkey Kong 64 (D: RARE, P: Nintendo)
    Pokemon Yellow (D: Creatures Inc./Game Freak, P: Nintendo)
    Soul Calibur (D/P: Namco)
    Unreal Tournament (D: Epic Games, P: GT Interactive)

• Computer Game of the Year: Age of Empires II: Age of Kings
  (D: Ensemble Studios, P: Microsoft)
  • other nominees:
    Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (D: Westwood Studios, P: Electronic Arts)
    Homeworld (D: Relic Entertainment, P: Sierra Online)
    RollerCoaster Tycoon (D: Chris Sawyer Productions, P: Atari/MicroProse Software)
    Unreal Tournament (D: Epic Games, P: GT Interactive Software)

• Console Game of the Year: Soul Calibur
  (D/P: Namco)
  • other nominees:
    Crazy Taxi (D/P: Sega of America Dreamcast)
    Donkey Kong 64 (D/P: Rare)
    Driver (D: Reflections Interactive, P: GT Interactive)
    Gran Turismo 2 (D: Polyphony Digital Inc., P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    Pokemon Yellow (D/P: Nintendo)
    Tony Hawk's Pro-Skater (D: Neversoft, P: Activision)

Outstanding Achievement

• Outstanding Achievement in Animation: Final Fantasy VIII
  (D/P: Square Co.)
  • other nominees:
    Age of Empires II: Age of Kings (D: Ensemble Studios, P: Microsoft)
    Disney's Villiains' Revenge (D/P: Disney Interactive)
    Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage (D: Insomniac Games, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)

Final Fantasy VIII box art

• Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction: Final Fantasy VIII
  (D/P: Square Co.)
  • other nominees:
    Disney's Villiains' Revenge (D/P: Disney Interactive)
    Pharoah (D: Impressions Games, P: Sierra Online)
    Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage (D: Insomniac Games, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    The Sims (D: Maxis Software, P: Electronic Arts)

• Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development: Age of Empires II: Age of Kings & Thief: The Dark Project
  (D: Ensemble Studios, P: Microsoft) & (D: Looking Glass Studios, P: Eidos Interactive)
  • other nominees:
    NOX (D: Westwood Studios, P: Electronic Arts)
    Omikron: The Nomad Soul (D: Quantic Dream, P: Eidos Interactive)
    Planescape: Torment (D: Black Isle Studios, P: Interplay Entertainment)

• Outstanding Achievement in Game Design: The Sims
  (D: Maxis Software, P: Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    Age of Empires II: Age of Kings (D: Ensemble Studios, P: Microsoft)
    Gran Turismo 2 (D: Polyphony Digital, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    NOX (D: Westwood Studios, P: Electronic Arts)
    Syphon Filter (D: Eidetic Inc., P: 989 Studios)

• Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering: The Sims
  (D: Maxis Software, P: Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    Age of Empires II: Age of Kings (D: Ensemble Studios, P: Microsoft)
    Crazy Taxi (D: Hitmaker, P: Sega)
    NFL 2K (D: Visual Concepts, P: Sega)

• Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition: Um Jammer Lammy
  (D: NanaOn-Sha Co., P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
  • other nominees:
    Outcast (D: Appeal, P: Infogrames)
    Silver (D/P: Infogrames)

• Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design: Medal of Honor
  (D: DreamWorks Interactive, P: Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    NFL 2K (D: Visual Concepts, P: Sega)
    Thief: The Dark Project (D: Looking Glass Studios, P: Eidos Interactive)

• Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering: Unreal Tournament
  (D: Epic Games, P: GT Interactive Software)
  • other nominees:
    NBA 2K (D: Visual Concepts, P: Sega)
    NFL 2k (D: Visual Concepts, P: Sega)
    Sonic Adventure (D: Sonic Team, P: Sega)

Genre Game of the Year (Computer)

• Computer Action Game of the Year: Half-Life: Opposing Force
  (D: Gearbox Software, P: Sierra Online)
  • other nominees:
    Quake III: Arena (D: id Software, P: Activision)
    Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six (D/P: Red Storm Entertainment)
    Unreal Tournament (D: Epic Games, P: GT Interactive Software)

• Computer Adventure/Role Playing Game of the Year: Asheron's Call
  (D: Turbine Entertainment, P: Microsoft)
  • other nominees:
    Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned (D/P: Sierra Online)
    Outcast (D: Appeal, P: Infogrames)
    Planescape: Torment (D: Black Isle Studios, P: Interplay Entertainment)
    Ultima IX: Ascension (D: ORIGIN Systems, P: Electronic Arts)

• Computer Children's Entertainment Title of the Year: Disney's Villiains' Revenge
  (D/P: Disney Interactive)
  • other nominees:
    LEGO Racers (D: High Voltage Software, P: LEGO Media International)
    Miss Spider's Tea Party (D/P: Simon & Schuster Interactive)
    Sesame Street Music Maker (D: CTW, P: Mattel Interactive)

• Computer Creativity Title of the Year: Disney's Magic Artist Studio
  (D/P: Disney Interactive)
  • other nominees:
    Cosmopolitan Virtual Makeover 2 (D/P: Mattel Interactive)
    LEGO Friends (D/P: LEGO Media International)
    Total 3D Home Deluxe (D/P: Mattel Interactive)

• Computer Educational Title of the Year: Jump Start Phonics Learning System
  (D/P: Knowledge Adventure)
  • other nominees:
    Bear in the Big Blue House: Bear's Sense (D/P: Knowledge Adventure)
    Blue's 1 2 3 Time Activities (D/P: Humongous Entertainment)
    Math Blaster for 1st Grade (D/P: Knowledge Adventure)
    Space Academy GX-1 (D/P: Edmark Corp.)
    The Clue Finder's Fifth Grade Adventures (D/P: The Learning Company/Mattel Interactive)

• Computer Family Title of the Year: 3-D Ultra Lionel Traintown
  (D: Dynamix, Inc., P: Sierra Online)
  • other nominees:
    Complete National Geographic (D: National Geographic Interactive, P: Mattel Interactive)
    Miss Spider's Tea Party (D/P: Simon & Schuster Interactive)
    Pandora's Box (D: Viewpoint Digital, P: Microsoft)
    The Sims (D: Maxis Software, P: Electronic Arts)
    You Don't Know Jack' Offline (D: Jellyvision, P: Sierra Online/Berkeley Systems)

• Computer Simulation Game of the Year: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000: Professional Edition
  (D/P: Microsoft)
  • other nominees:
    F/A-18 Simulator (D: Jane's Combat Simulations, P: Electronic Arts)
    Freespace 2 (D: Volition, P: Interplay Entertainment)
    Mig Alley (D: Rowan Software, P: Interplay Entertainment)
    Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance (D: Totally Games, P: LucasArts)

• Computer Sports Game of the Year: FIFA 2000
  (D: Electronic Arts - Canada, P: Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    Backyard Football (D: Left Field Productions, P: Humongous Entertainment)
    High Heat Baseball 2000 (D: Team .366, P: The 3DO Company)
    NHL 2000 (D: Electronic Arts - Canada, P: Electronic Arts)

• Computer Strategy Game of the Year: Age of Empires II: Age of Kings
  (D: Ensemble Studios, P: Microsoft)
  • other nominees:
    Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun (D: Westwood Studios, P: Electronic Arts)
    Homeworld (D: Relic Entertainment, P: Sierra Online)
    RollerCoaster Tycoon (D: Chris Sawyer Productions, P: Atari/MicroProse Software)
    Unreal Tournament (D: Epic Games, P: GT Interactive Software)

Genre Game of the Year (Console)

• Console Action Game of the Year: Crazy Taxi
  (D: Hitmaker, P: Sega)
  • other nominees:
    Armada (D/P: Metro 3D)
    Gauntlet Legends (D/P: Midway Games)
    Super Smash Bros. (D: HAL Laboratory, P: Nintendo)
    Syphon Filter (D: Eidetic Inc., P: 989 Studios)

• Console Adventure/Role Playing Game of the Year: Final Fantasy VIII
  (D/P: Square Co.)
  • other nominees:
    Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (D: Crystal Dynamics, P: Eidos Interactive)
    Legend of Legaia (D: Contrail, P: Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.)

• Console Children's/Family Title of the Year: Pokemon Snap
  (D: HAL Laboratory, P: Nintendo)
  • other nominees:
    LEGO Racers (D: High Voltage Software, P: LEGO Media International)
    Mario Party (D: Hudson Soft, P: Nintendo)
    Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage (D: Insomniac Games, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue (D: Disney Interactive, P: Activision)

• Console Fighting Game of the Year: Soul Calibur
  (D/P: Namco)
  • other nominees:
    Ready 2 Rumble (D/P: Midway Games)
    Super Smash Bros. (D: HAL Laboratory, P: Nintendo)
    WWF Wrestlemania 2000 (D: AKI Corporation, P: THQ)

• Console Racing Game of the Year: Star Wars: Episode One Racer
  (D/P: LucasArts)
  • other nominees:
    Crash Team Racing (D: Naughty Dog, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)
    Driver (D: Reflections Interactive, P: GT Interactive Software)
    Gran Turismo (D: Polyphony Digital, P: Sony Computer Entertainment America)

• Console Sports Game of the Year: Knockout Kings 2000
  (D: Black Ops Entertainment, P: Electronic Arts)
  • other nominees:
    NFL 2K (D: Visual Concepts, P: Sega)
    Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (D: Neversoft Entertainment, P: Activision)

Other Awards

• Online Game of the Year: Everquest
  (D: Verant Interactive, P: 989 Studios)
  • other nominees:
    Asheron's Call (D: Turbine Entertainment, P: Microsoft)
    Get the Picture (D/P: Berkely Systems)
    Pop-Tarts "Pop" Trivia (D/P: Magnet Interactive, P: Magnet Interactive)
    Wordox (D: Landor Design Associates, P: World Opponent Network)

• Entertainment Site of the Year: TheOnion.com
  (D: Jack Szwergold, P: Peter Haise)
  • other nominees:
    ABC.com (D/P: Go.com)
    Banja.com (D/P: CHMAN)
    CalendarLive.com (D: Leah Gentry, Editor, P: Los Angeles Times)
    Tony the Tiger Website (D/P: Magnet Interacitive)
    www.entertaindom.com (D: Jim Moloshok (CEO))
    IGN.com (D/P: Snowball.com)

• News/Information Site of the Year: GameSpot.com
  (D/P: GameSpot Inc.)
  • other nominees:
    CNN.com (D/P: CNN Interactive)

External links

• The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences :: Awards