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Past winners

Game of the Year

2005 : Half-Life 2

2004 : Call of Duty

2003 : Battlefield 1942

2002 : Halo: Combat Evolved

2001 : Diablo II

2000 : The Sims

1999 : The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

1998 : GoldenEye 007

Half-Life 2 is a first-person shooter computer game and the highly anticipated sequel to Half-Life, developed by Valve Software. ... Call of Duty (released on October 29, 2003) is a first-person shooter video game based on the Quake III engine. ... Battlefield 1942 is an expansive first-person shooter (FPS) set in World War II developed by Digital Illusions CE and published by Electronic Arts for the Microsoft Windows (2002) and Apple Macintosh (2004). ... Halo: Combat Evolved, or simply Halo, is a video game in the first-person shooter (FPS) genre, created by the Microsoft-owned Bungie Studios. ... Diablo II, sequel to the popular Diablo, is an action-oriented adventure with role-playing game elements in a hack and slash style. ... This article is on The Sims video game. ... The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was a video game released in 1998, and the first Zelda game for the Nintendo 64. ... GoldenEye 007 is a first-person shooter video game for the Nintendo 64 based on the James Bond film GoldenEye. ...

Animation

2005 : Half-Life 2

2004 : Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

2003 : Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus

2002 : Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee

2001 : Final Fantasy IX

2000 : Final Fantasy VIII

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Art Direction

2005 : Half-Life 2

2004 : The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker

2003 : Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus

2002 : ICO

2001 : Final Fantasy IX

2000 : Final Fantasy VIII

1999 : Banjo-Kazooie

1998 : Riven: The Sequel to Myst

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Character Performance -- Female

2005 : Judi Dench in GoldenEye: Rogue Agent

2004 : (tie) Jada Pinkett Smith as Niobe in Enter the Matrix

2004 : (tie) Tara Strong as Rikku in Final Fantasy X-2

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Character Performance -- Male

2005 : Robert Guillaume as Eli Vance in Half-Life 2

2004 : Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

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Character / Story Development

2005 : Fable

2004 : Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

2003 : Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem

2002 : ICO

2001 : Baldur's Gate II

2000 : (tie) Age of Empires II

2000 : (tie) Thief: The Dark Project

1999 : Pokémon

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Family Game of the Year

2004 : (not awarded)

2003 : Mario Party 4

Mario Party 4 is the fourth in a series of board game style video games for Nintendo platforms, featuring popular Nintendo characters. ...

Game Design

2005 : Katamari Damacy

2004 : Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

2003 : Animal Crossing

2002 : Grand Theft Auto III

2001 : The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

2000 : The Sims

1999 : The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

1998 : Parappa the Rapper

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Gameplay Engineering

2005 : Half-Life 2

2004 : Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

2003 : Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

2002 : Grand Theft Auto III

2001 : SSX

2000 : The Sims

Half-Life 2 is a first-person shooter computer game and the highly anticipated sequel to Half-Life, developed by Valve Software. ... Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a third-person action adventure video game published by Ubisoft. ... Tom Clancys Splinter Cell is a critically-acclaimed stealth-based video game, developed by Ubisoft Montreal. ... Grand Theft Auto III, or GTA III, is a video game developed by DMA Design, published by Rockstar Games in October 2001 for the PlayStation 2 video game console, May 2002 for Windows-based PCs, and in November 2003 for the Xbox video game console. ... SSX is a series of snowboarding video games published by EA Sports. ... This article is on The Sims video game. ...

Licensed Soundtrack

2004 : SSX 3

SSX3 is a snowboarding game published by Electronic Arts and developed by EA Sports BIG, which was released in late 2003. ...

Massive Multiplayer / Persistent World

2005 : World of Warcraft

2004 : EverQuest: Lost Dungeons of Norrath

2003 : The Sims Online

2002 : Dark Age of Camelot

2001 : EverQuest: Ruins of Kunark

World of Warcraft (WoW) is a class-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Blizzard Entertainment. ... Lost Dungeons of Norrath (also known as LDoN) was the sixth expansion pack for the EverQuest MMORPG. It was made available as a digital download in September 2003. ... The Sims Online (TSO) is a massively multiplayer online variation of Maxiss highly popular computer game The Sims. ... Dark Age of Camelot is a 3D medieval fantasy MMORPG that revolves around the war between three realms at the end of King Arthurs rule: Great Britains Albion, Scandinavias Midgard and Irelands Hibernia. ... The Ruins of Kunark (RoK, Kunark, or simply the Kunark expansion) was the first expansion to EverQuest; a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). ...

Online Gameplay

2004 : (not awarded)

2003 : Battlefield 1942

2002 : Return to Castle Wolfenstein

2001 : MechWarrior 4

2000 : EverQuest

1999 : Ultima Online: The Second Age (Online Role Playing Game of the Year)

1999 : Starsiege Tribes (Online Action/Strategy Game of the Year)

1999 : Multiplayer Jeopardy! Online (Online Family/Board Game of the Year)

1998 : Ultima Online

Battlefield 1942 is an expansive first-person shooter (FPS) set in World War II developed by Digital Illusions CE and published by Electronic Arts for the Microsoft Windows (2002) and Apple Macintosh (2004). ... Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a first person shooter computer game published by Activision and released in 2001. ... Wikibooks has more about this subject: EverQuest EverQuest (EQ) is a 3D fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in March 1999. ... Starsiege: Tribes (usually called Tribes or Tribes 1) is a sci-fi first-person shooter (FPS) computer game, the first of the Tribes video game series. ... Released on September 30, 1997, by Origin Systems, Ultima Online (UO) is often considered the first popular massively multiplayer computer game. ...

Original Music Composition

2005 : Fable

2004 : Medal of Honor: Rising Sun

2003 : Medal of Honor: Frontline

2002 : Tropico

2001 : Medal of Honor: Underground

2000 : Um Jammer Lammy

Fable is a video game for the Xbox. ... Medal of Honor: Rising Sun is a computer game, released by Electronic Arts in November 2003. ... Medal of Honor: Frontline is the first installment of Electronic Arts popular Medal of Honor series for the Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox, and Nintendo GameCube video game systems. ... Tropico is a real-time strategy computer game developed by PopTop Software and published by Gathering of Developers (Also known as GOD Games, now known as The Gathering). The game is centered around being the ruler (El Presidente) of an island in the Caribbean during the Cold War era from... Medal of Honor: Underground is the direct sequel to the World War II hit Medal of Honor. ... The box cover of UmJammer Lammy UmJammer Lammy is the sequel to the rhythm video game PaRappa the Rapper, released on the Sony PlayStation. ...

Sound Design

2005 : Halo 2

2004 : The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003 : Medal of Honor: Frontline

2002 : Metal Gear Solid 2

2001 : Medal of Honor: Underground

2000 : Medal of Honor

1999 : Road Rash 3D

1998 : Parappa the Rapper

Halo 2 is a first-person shooter developed by Bungie Studios for the Xbox video game console. ... Medal of Honor: Frontline is the first installment of Electronic Arts popular Medal of Honor series for the Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox, and Nintendo GameCube video game systems. ... Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (commonly abbreviated MGS2) is a stealth-based game that was developed and published by Konami for the PlayStation 2 in 2001. ... Medal of Honor: Underground is the direct sequel to the World War II hit Medal of Honor. ... Medal of Honor (MOH) is the name of a series of first-person shooter games set in World War II. The first game was developed by DreamWorks Interactive (currently known as EA Los Angeles) and published by Electronic Arts in 1999 for the PlayStation game console. ... External links MobyGames entry for Road Rash Series Categories: Stub | 1991 computer and video games ... PaRappa the Rapper (Japanese: パラッパラッパー, 1996) is a rhythm video game for the Sony PlayStation created by Masaya Matuuras NanaOn-Sha company. ...

Visual Engineering

2005 : Half-Life 2

2004 : Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

2003 : The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2002 : Halo: Combat Evolved

2001 : SSX

2000 : Unreal Tournament

1999 : The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

1998 : GoldenEye 007

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Handheld Game of the Year

2005 : Metroid Zero Mission

2004 : Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

2003 : Metroid Fusion

2002 : Advance Wars

Metroid: Zero Mission is a part of the Metroid series and a remake of the original Metroid. ... Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is a strategy video game for Nintendos Game Boy Advance. ... Samus having her Power Suit surgically removed. ... Screenshot of Advance Wars Advance Wars is a war strategy game (turn-based) for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance system, and is a continuation from previous Nintendo Wars games on earlier Nintendo systems, such as Super Famicom Wars and GameBoy Wars. ...

Console Game of the Year

2005 : Halo 2

2004 : Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

2003 : Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell

2002 : Halo: Combat Evolved

2001 : SSX

2000 : Soul Calibur

1999 : The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

1998 : GoldenEye 007

Halo 2 is a first-person shooter developed by Bungie Studios for the Xbox video game console. ... Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a third-person action adventure video game published by Ubisoft. ... Tom Clancys Splinter Cell is a critically-acclaimed stealth-based video game, developed by Ubisoft Montreal. ... Halo: Combat Evolved, or simply Halo, is a video game in the first-person shooter (FPS) genre, created by the Microsoft-owned Bungie Studios. ... SSX is a series of snowboarding video games published by EA Sports. ... Soul Calibur is a game in the Soul series of fighting games developed and produced by Namco, consisting of Soul Edge (Soul Blade in the US), Soul Calibur, Soul Calibur II, and Soul Calibur III (to be released in Fall 2005). ... The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was a video game released in 1998, and the first Zelda game for the Nintendo 64. ... GoldenEye 007 is a first-person shooter video game for the Nintendo 64 based on the James Bond film GoldenEye. ...

Console Innovation

(Creativity / Innovation in Console Gaming)

2004 : Eye Toy

2003 : Animal Crossing

2002 : Pikmin

2001 : Shenmue

The Eye Toy is a digital camera device for the PlayStation 2 similar to a webcam. ... Animal Crossing, known as Animal Forest or Dōbutsu no Mori (どうぶつの森) in Japan, is a video game franchise developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development. ... Pikmin (ピクミン in Japanese) is the first of the Pikmin series of video games which are designed by Nintendos Shigeru Miyamoto (of Mario and Zelda fame). ... Shenmue (莎木 or シェンムー) (2000) is a story-based action/RPG for the Sega Dreamcast, produced and directed by Yu Suzuki of Sega AM2. ...

Console Action / Adventure

2005 : Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

2004 : Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge

2003 : Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

2002 : Halo: Combat Evolved

2001 : The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask

2000 : Crazy Taxi

1999 : (action) Banjo-Kazooie

1999 : (adventure) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

1998 : (action) GoldenEye 007

1998 : (adventure) Final Fantasy VII

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is the fifth video game in the Grand Theft Auto series. ... Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (released in October 2002) is the fourth video game in the hit Grand Theft Auto series. ... Halo: Combat Evolved, or simply Halo, is a video game in the first-person shooter (FPS) genre, created by the Microsoft-owned Bungie Studios. ... Crazy Taxi was first released in arcades in 1998 and was ported to the Dreamcast in 1999. ... Banjo-Kazooie is a 3-D platform/adventure video game for the Nintendo 64. ... The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was a video game released in 1998, and the first Zelda game for the Nintendo 64. ... GoldenEye 007 is a first-person shooter video game for the Nintendo 64 based on the James Bond film GoldenEye. ... Final Fantasy VII is a computer role-playing game released by Square Co. ...

Console Children's

2005 : Sly 2: Band of Thieves

2004 : Mario Party 5

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Console Family

2005 : Donkey Konga

2004 : (tie) Eye Toy

2004 : (tie) The Sims: Bustin' Out

2002 : Mario Party 3

2001 : Mario Tennis

2000 : Pokémon Snap

This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Eye Toy is a digital camera device for the PlayStation 2 similar to a webcam. ... Mario Party 3 is the third in a series of board game style video games for Nintendo platforms, featuring popular Nintendo characters. ... Mario Tennis is a video game that was developed by Camelot Software Planning and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color in 2000. ... Pokémon Snap is a Pokémon game released for the Nintendo 64, where the objective is to travel in the ZERO-ONE and take as many quality photographs of Pokémon in their natural habitats as possible. ...

Console Fighting

2005 : Mortal Kombat: Deception

2004 : Soul Calibur II

2003 : Tekken 4

2002 : Dead Or Alive 3

2001 : Dead Or Alive 2

2000 : Soul Calibur

1999 : WCW / NWO Revenge

1998 : WCW vs NWO: World Tour

Mortal Kombat: Deception is the latest game in the controversial and bloody Mortal Kombat video game series by Midway. ... Soul Calibur II is a fighting game in the Soul Calibur series. ... Screenshot of Tekken Tekken (鉄拳 lit. ... Soul Calibur is a game in the Soul series of fighting games developed and produced by Namco, consisting of Soul Edge (Soul Blade in the US), Soul Calibur, Soul Calibur II, and Soul Calibur III (to be released in Fall 2005). ...

Console First Person Action

2005 : Halo 2

2004 : Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3

2003 : Metroid Prime

Halo 2 is a first-person shooter developed by Bungie Studios for the Xbox video game console. ... Metroid Prime is a first-person adventure video game developed by Nintendo-owned Retro Studios and released by Nintendo in 2002 for the GameCube. ...

Console Platform Action / Adventure

2005 : Prince of Persia: Warrior Within

2004 : Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

2003 : Ratchet & Clank

Prince of Persia: Warrior Within Categories: Computer and video game stubs | 2004 computer and video games | Game Boy Advance games | GameCube games | PlayStation 2 games | Windows games | Xbox games | Ubisoft Entertainment games | Action-adventure games ... Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a third-person action adventure video game published by Ubisoft. ... This article is about the first game. ...

Console Racing

2005 : Burnout 3: Takedown

2004 : Need for Speed Underground

2003 : Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2

2002 : Gran Turismo 3

2001 : SSX

2000 : Star Wars: Episode One Racer

1999 : Gran Turismo

1998 : Diddy Kong Racing

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Console Role Playing Game

2005 : Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door

2004 : Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

2003 : Animal Crossing

2002 : Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance

2001 : Final Fantasy IX

2000 : Final Fantasy VIII

1999 : The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

1998 : Final Fantasy VII

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Console Sports

2004 : (split into the Simulation Sports and Action Sports categories)

2003 : Madden NFL 2003

2002 : Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3

2001 : SSX

2000 : Knockout Kings 2000

1999 : 1080° Snowboarding

1998 : International Superstar Soccer

Screenshot Madden NFL 2001 (Nintendo 64) Madden NFL is an American football video game developed by Electronic Arts Tiburon (EA) for EA Sports. ... Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3 is the third video game in the Tony Hawks Pro Skater series. ... SSX is a series of snowboarding video games published by EA Sports. ... Screenshot 1080° Snowboarding 1080° Snowboarding is a one-on-one snowboarding racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 and released on April 1, 1998. ... International Superstar Soccer is the name of a series of football videogames developed by Japanese company Konami, mostly by their Osaka branch, KCEO. It should not be confused with KCETs Pro Evolution Soccer series, which was originally developed for the Sony PlayStation, while ISS was mostly aimed for Nintendo...

Console Sports Simulation

2005 : ESPN NFL 2K5

2004 : Madden NFL 2004

Madden NFL 2004 is the 14th installment of the Madden NFL series. ...

Console Action Sports

2005 : Tony Hawk's Underground 2

2004 : SSX 3

Tony Hawks Underground 2 is the sixth installment in Neversofts Tony Hawks Pro Skater video game series, and is the sequel to 2003s Tony Hawks Underground. ... SSX3 is a snowboarding game published by Electronic Arts and developed by EA Sports BIG, which was released in late 2003. ...

Computer Game of the Year

2005 : Half-Life 2

2004 : Call of Duty

2003 : Battlefield 1942

2002 : Black and White

2000 : Age of Empires II: Age of Kings

1999 : Half-Life

1998 : Starcraft

Half-Life 2 is a first-person shooter computer game and the highly anticipated sequel to Half-Life, developed by Valve Software. ... Call of Duty (released on October 29, 2003) is a first-person shooter video game based on the Quake III engine. ... Battlefield 1942 is an expansive first-person shooter (FPS) set in World War II developed by Digital Illusions CE and published by Electronic Arts for the Microsoft Windows (2002) and Apple Macintosh (2004). ... Black and White is a computer game developed by Lionhead Studios and published by Electronic Arts. ... Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (or simply Age of Kings) is a real-time strategy game set in the middle ages, released in 1999. ... This article describes the computer game. ... StarCraft (SC) is a real-time strategy computer game produced by Blizzard Entertainment in 1998. ...

Computer Innovation

(Creativity / Innovation In Computer Gaming)

2005 : Half-Life 2

2004 : Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

2003 : Battlefield 1942

2002 : Black and White

2001 : Deus Ex

2000 : Disney's Magic Artist Studio

1999 : (tie) 3-D Castle Creator

1999 : (tie) Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera & CD-ROM

1998 : Orly's Draw-A-Story

Half-Life 2 is a first-person shooter computer game and the highly anticipated sequel to Half-Life, developed by Valve Software. ... Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a third-person action adventure video game published by Ubisoft. ... Battlefield 1942 is an expansive first-person shooter (FPS) set in World War II developed by Digital Illusions CE and published by Electronic Arts for the Microsoft Windows (2002) and Apple Macintosh (2004). ... Black and White is a computer game developed by Lionhead Studios and published by Electronic Arts. ... Deus Ex is a computer game developed by Ion Storm Inc. ...

Computer Action / Adventure

2005 : Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

2004 : Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

2003 : Grand Theft Auto III

2002 : Return to Castle Wolfenstein

2001 : Deus Ex

2000 : Half-Life: Opposing Force

1999 : (action) Half-Life

1999 : (adventure) Grim Fandango

1998 : (action) Quake II

1998 : (adventure) Blade Runner

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a third-person action adventure video game published by Ubisoft. ... Grand Theft Auto III, or GTA III, is a video game developed by DMA Design, published by Rockstar Games in October 2001 for the PlayStation 2 video game console, May 2002 for Windows-based PCs, and in November 2003 for the Xbox video game console. ... Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a first person shooter computer game published by Activision and released in 2001. ... Deus Ex is a computer game developed by Ion Storm Inc. ... Opposing Force is the critically acclaimed first expansion pack for the popular first-person shooter Half-Life, developed by Gearbox Software and released by Valve Software on October 31, 1999. ... This article describes the computer game. ... Grim Fandango is a graphical adventure computer game released by LucasArts in 1998. ... Quake II, released on November 30, 1997, is a first person shooter game developed by id Software and distributed by Activision. ... Front cover Blade Runner was a Westwood Studios PC game loosely based on the 1982 movie of the same name. ...

Computer Downloadable

2005 : The Incredibles: Escape from Nomanisan Island

2004 : Hamster Ball

Computer Educational / Skills

2004 : (not awarded)

2002 : Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?: Treasures of Knowledge

2001 : (not awarded)

2000 : Jump Start Phonics Learning System

1999 : (age 9-16) Thinkin' Science ZAP!

1999 : (under 8) Jump Start Preschool

1998 : (educational) Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego?

1998 : (skills) Carmen Sandiego Word Detective

Computer Family / Children's

2005 Children's : Backyard Skateboarding

2005 Family : Zoo Tycoon 2

2004 : Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection

2002 : Backyard Basketball

2001 : Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions

2000 Children's : Disney's Villains' Revenge

2000 Family : 3-D Ultra Lionel Traintown

1999 Children's : Disney/Pixar's A Bug's Life Action Game

1999 Family : National Geographic Maps

1998 : Lego Island

Backyard Sports is a successful series of video games that play on both consoles and computers. ... Backyard Sports is a successful series of video games that play on both consoles and computers. ...

Computer First Person Action

2005 : Half-Life 2

2004 : Call of Duty

2003 : Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

Half-Life 2 is a first-person shooter computer game and the highly anticipated sequel to Half-Life, developed by Valve Software. ... Call of Duty (released on October 29, 2003) is a first-person shooter video game based on the Quake III engine. ... Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (MoH:AA) is a first-person shooter (FPS) computer game by Electronic Arts. ...

Computer Role Playing Game

2005 : Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker

2004 : Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

2003 : Neverwinter Nights

2002 : Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal

2001 : Diablo II

2000 : Asheron's Call

1999 : Baldur's Gate

1998 : Dungeon Keeper

Computer role-playing games (CRPGs), often shortened to simply role-playing games (RPGs), are a type of video or computer game that traditionally use gameplay elements found in paper-and-pencil role-playing games. ... Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (KotOR) is an RPG video game originally for the Microsoft Xbox and later for PCs running Microsoft Windows. ... Neverwinter Nights (NWN), produced by BioWare and published by Infogrames Entertainment (now Atari), is a third-person perspective computer role-playing game that uses the Third Edition of the Dungeons & Dragons rules (with minor changes). ... Diablo II, sequel to the popular Diablo, is an action-oriented adventure with role-playing game elements in a hack and slash style. ... Asherons Call (AC) is a fantasy MMORPG for Microsoft Windows-based PCs released in late 1999. ... Baldurs Gate is a popular series of computer role_playing games that take place along the Sword Coast, a location from Dungeons & Dragonss Forgotten Realms campaign setting. ... ...

Computer Simulation

2005 : The Sims 2

2004 : The Sims: Superstar

2003 : The Sims Unleashed

2002 : Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002

2001 : MechWarrior 4

2000 : Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Professional

1999 : Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit

1998 : Microsoft Flight Simulator 98

The Sims 2 is a strategy/simulation computer game from Maxis and is the sequel to the popular game The Sims. ... The Sims Superstar is an expansion for The Sims computer game. ... The Sims is a strategy/simulation computer game, created by game designer Will Wright and published by Maxis. ... Microsoft Flight Simulator Microsoft Flight Simulator is a flight simulator program for Microsoft Windows. ... Microsoft Flight Simulator Microsoft Flight Simulator is a flight simulator program for Microsoft Windows. ... Need for Speed (NFS) is a series of video games by EA Games released on platforms including personal computers, Nintendo, and PlayStation 2 consoles. ... Microsoft Flight Simulator Microsoft Flight Simulator is a flight simulator program for Microsoft Windows. ...

Computer Sports

2005 : Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005

2004 : Madden NFL 2004

2003 : Madden NFL 2003

2002 : FIFA 2002

2001 : (tie) Motocross Madness 2

2001 : (tie) FIFA 2001

2000 : FIFA 2000

1999 : FIFA '99

1998 : FIFA Road To World Cup '98

Tiger Woods PGA Tour is a series of video games developed and published by Electronic Arts featuring professional golfer Tiger Woods. ... Madden NFL 2004 is the 14th installment of the Madden NFL series. ... Screenshot Madden NFL 2001 (Nintendo 64) Madden NFL is an American football video game developed by Electronic Arts Tiburon (EA) for EA Sports. ... Mega Drive FIFA International Soccer cover The FIFA Series is a popular series of football (soccer) video games, released yearly by EA under the EA Sports label since late 1993. ... Mega Drive FIFA International Soccer cover The FIFA Series is a popular series of football (soccer) video games, released yearly by EA under the EA Sports label since late 1993. ... Mega Drive FIFA International Soccer cover The FIFA Series is a popular series of football (soccer) video games, released yearly by EA under the EA Sports label since late 1993. ... Mega Drive FIFA International Soccer cover The FIFA Series is a popular series of football (soccer) video games, released yearly by EA under the EA Sports label since late 1993. ...

Computer Strategy

2005 : Rome: Total War

2004 : Command & Conquer: Generals

2003 : Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos

2002 : Sid Meier's Civilization III

2001 : Age of Kings II: The Conquerors

2000 : Age of Empires II: Age of Kings

1999 : Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

1998 : (tie) Age of Empires

1998 : (tie) Starcraft

Rome: Total War is a grand strategy computer game where players fight historical and fictious battles during the era of the Roman Republic, from 270 BCE to 14 CE. The game was developed by Creative Assembly and released on September 22, 2004. ... Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, released by Blizzard Entertainment in 2002, is a real-time strategy computer game and the second sequel to Warcraft. ... Sid Meiers Civilization III is a turn-based strategy computer game by Firaxis Games, the sequel to Sid Meiers Civilization II. Also called Civ 3 for short, the game is the third generation of the original Civilization. ... Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (or simply Age of Kings) is a real-time strategy game set in the middle ages, released in 1999. ... Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (or simply Age of Kings) is a real-time strategy game set in the middle ages, released in 1999. ... Sid Meiers Alpha Centauri (sometimes abbreviated to SMAC) is a turn-based strategy 4X computer game created by Brian Reynolds and Sid Meier under the auspices of Firaxis Games in 1999. ... Age of Empires, abbreviated to AoE, is a history-based real-time strategy computer game developed by Rick Goodman at Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft, released in 1997. ... StarCraft (SC) is a real-time strategy computer game produced by Blizzard Entertainment in 1998. ...

External links

• AIAS: Complete lists of the annual finalists of the IA Awards