Tradisjonen tro ble det delt ut priser i en rekke kategorier på årets Came Developers Conference. Nedenfor har vi listen over vinnere og nominasjoner.
Ikke uventet var det Grand Theft Auto III som gikk av med den gjeveste prisen for Game of the Year. Men også ICO var en av showets store vinnere. Da force is strong with the PS2...
Game Developers Choice Awards:
- Game of the Year: GTA3 (DMA Design)
Andre nominerte: Black & White (Lionhead Studios), Halo (Bungie Studios), Ico (Sony Computer Entertainment), og Max Payne (Remedy Entertainment).
- Excellence in Game Design: GTA3 (game design)
Andre nominerte: 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 nominerte: 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 nominerte: GTA3; Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon; Twisted Metal Black; Super Monkey Ball.
- Excellence in Audio: Halo (sound effects)
Andre nominerte: 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 nominerte: 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 nominerte: 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 nominerte: 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 nominerte: Cel Damage; Frequency; Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns; Max Payne; Super Monkey Ball