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smellslikenintendospirit
03-08-2003, 02:07 AM
source: http://xbox.ign.com/articles/388/388478p1.html

March 07, 2003 - At yesterday's opening of the 2003 Game Developers Conference in San Jose, CA, the International Game Developers Association (IGDA) announced the many winners of its annual Game Developers Choice Awards -- what it considers to be "the Oscars of games." The awards are voted on by the many videogame industry professionals attending the conference each year and represent the voice of talented game developers across the world.

Microsoft's Xbox saw but one award for Splinter Cell in the Best Writing category. GameCube fans will be pleased to learn that Nintendo performed quite favorably this year, as its flagship Metroid Prime title beat out all other competition to bring home the coveted "Game of the Year" award. Retro Studios, the talented development studio behind the project, also garnered recognition in receiving the "Rookie Studio of the Year" award and "Excellence in Level Design" award for its work on Prime.

Nintendo's Animal Crossing was also mentioned with a "Game Innovation Spotlight," earning a nod for its creative focus on communication-based gameplay.

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

IGN would like to congratulate Nintendo, Retro Studios, and all of the 2003 GDC Award winners, and thank them for bringing us some of the best titles in the history videogaming.

Read on for the full list award winners below:

Game of the Year
Metroid Prime (Retro Studios)

Original Game Character of the Year
Sly Cooper from Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus by Sucker Punch

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, Ola Holmdahl, Johan Persson, and Niklas Persson 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
Shinji Hashimoto and 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 (Nintendo)
Battlefield 1942 (Digital Illusions)
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (2015, Inc.)
The Thing (Computer Artworks)

The GDC Awards advisory board also presented three special awards to the following:

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

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Nintendo was the star of this awards show, as well as one of the biggest stars of the last one, where it took home 7 awards out of many nominees, second to only publising giant Electronic Arts. Xbox, although scoring with Splinter Cell for the AIAS, performed poorly here.
advancemonkey
03-08-2003, 02:19 AM
Yipee go nintendo see that all xbox fans
Michael Bluth
03-08-2003, 02:30 AM
See what? I'm just waiting for Rare to come out of hiding and then win awards up the ass.
C.J.
03-08-2003, 03:16 AM
I hope they aren't big awards in that case.
coolwiteverybody
03-08-2003, 03:46 AM
Originally posted by Phantagram
See what? I'm just waiting for Rare to come out of hiding and then win awards up the ass.

Look at now, all that talk ya'll put on Nintendo, and they won everything from your precious Microsoft Xbox.
Michael Bluth
03-08-2003, 04:23 AM
Originally posted by coolwiteverybody
Look at now, all that talk ya'll put on Nintendo, and they won everything from your precious Microsoft Xbox.

Except sales and third party support.
coolwiteverybody
03-08-2003, 04:34 AM
Originally posted by Phantagram
Except sales and third party support.

We'll see once Zelda is unleashed!
Michael Bluth
03-08-2003, 04:40 AM
Originally posted by coolwiteverybody
We'll see once Zelda is unleashed!

Didn't Nintendo fans say that when Resident Evil came out? Eternal Darkness? Super Mario Sunshine? Metroid Prime?


It gets old after awhile. :o
Prince
03-08-2003, 04:51 AM
Don't forget Star Fox Adventures...oh wait..they wanted that to bomb because Rare left :p

btw: splinter cell won GoTY at AIAS - where it counts as official GoTY
smellslikenintendospirit
03-08-2003, 04:58 AM
Originally posted by Prince
btw: splinter cell won GoTY at AIAS - where it counts as official GoTY

You wish it got GOTY. Battlefield 1942 did. SC got "console goty" and wasn't even on the nominated list for the real GOTY.
coolwiteverybody
03-08-2003, 06:35 AM
Originally posted by smellslikenintendospirit
You wish it got GOTY. Battlefield 1942 did. SC got "console goty" and wasn't even on the nominated list for the real GOTY.

busted! And those games (re etc) aren't the 'great Zelda', your luck changed cuz they decided to deprive the woman of DOA of their dignity.
Kenshin2
03-08-2003, 06:45 AM
Except sales and third party support.

*gets hit with a brick* Ouch, that one hurt.
Dwhitten
03-08-2003, 09:27 PM
Originally posted by Phantagram
See what? I'm just waiting for Rare to come out of hiding and then win awards up the ass. Rare will indeed start winning awards once they get off their lazy ass and at least make one game for Microsoft.
Blaksmoke
03-08-2003, 10:52 PM
If Microsoft doesn't do Banjo justice I will personally hunt down the Stampers and stab them to death with a pencil.:uhh:
Nigel
03-08-2003, 10:56 PM
How much worse could it be then the others. Banjo, DK, Star Fox are all boring games. Rare needs to understand that collecting stuff over and over again sucks. And it should not be the bases for a game.
Blaksmoke
03-08-2003, 10:59 PM
Banjo Kazooie is not a boring game you fool. DK and Starfox are, but not BK.
coolwiteverybody
03-08-2003, 11:26 PM
Originally posted by Blaksmoke
Banjo Kazooie is not a boring game you fool. DK and Starfox are, but not BK.

I resent that! DK is a fun ass game, a lot better than Banjo Kazooie.
DLX
03-09-2003, 12:20 AM
Originally posted by Phantagram
See what? I'm just waiting for Rare to come out of hiding and then win awards up the ass.

I Wouldnt hold my Breath.
advancemonkey
03-09-2003, 12:34 AM
Third party support is once agian returning to the gcn so that phantogram is a lie.
Michael Bluth
03-09-2003, 01:18 AM
Originally posted by advancemonkey
Third party support is once agian returning to the gcn so that phantogram is a lie.

What? You're such a moron :rolleyes:
Sendok
03-09-2003, 02:58 AM
What is wrong with Nintendo, Microsoft or Sony's games getting some props? Sure Nintendo got more awards this year, MS got some last year. What I was most supprised was VC not getting the sound award. But then again the sound for MoH was outstanding.
Travis
03-09-2003, 05:47 AM
Phanta edit!
advancemonkey
03-09-2003, 05:49 AM
Originally posted by Phantagram
What? You're such a moron :rolleyes: No i am not if really look what third party companies are saying now from what they were saying a week ago you will see a increase in them actually mentioning nintendo the only people to stop support is rare. Sega said it will support nintendo in more ways other than sports games.
Prince
03-09-2003, 07:04 AM
Originally posted by advancemonkey
No i am not if really look what third party companies are saying now from what they were saying a week ago you will see a increase in them actually mentioning nintendo the only people to stop support is rare. Sega said it will support nintendo in more ways other than sports games.

What the hell are you talking about? Nobody said anything, the only one that "came back" was EA. Nintendo probably realized the importance of them and struck a deal.
HylianKWG
03-09-2003, 10:00 AM
Man this bored is infested with X-box fanboys!!
Future Starlocke
03-09-2003, 05:03 PM
...I will find Phantagram and Prince's address and dick slap them if Banjo Kazooie becomes an X-Box best seller, and they still give shit about "Wind Waker".
Kenshin2
03-09-2003, 05:24 PM
[QUOTE][Man this bored is infested with X-box fanboys!!/QUOTE]

So true, ban them all! Haha!
coolwiteverybody
03-09-2003, 08:08 PM
Originally posted by Kenshin
[QUOTE][Man this bored is infested with X-box fanboys!!/QUOTE]

So true, ban them all! Haha!

roll eyes I still don't see the point of someone coming to a Nintendo site if their a Microsoft fan? Are they expecting to see Xbox news here, because now they really should! Theres more Xbox news than Nintendo news on these boards.
Colin™
03-09-2003, 08:51 PM
I don't believe in either system, I come here for the people, not the news.

If ya want news, go to an actual site not a forum
Travis
03-10-2003, 04:35 AM
Originally posted by Suzuki Fanboy
Phanta edit!

Aww...oh well. I guess it was for the better. Could have incited a flame war...I trust your judgement, Phantagram :D