Game Developers Choice Awards 2002

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The second annual Game Developers Choice Awards celebrated the best games of 2001.

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The second annual Game Developers Choice Awards were held on March 21, 2002 at the San Jose Civic Auditorium in San Jose, California.

Personal Awards

These three special honors, selected by the Game Developers Choice Awards advisory board, were also presented at the ceremony.

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Yuji Naka (Person)

First Penguin Award

• Hubert Chardot (Person)

Community Contribution

• Jeff Lander (Person)

Game of the Year

===Grand Theft Auto III (Game)=== Developer: DMA Design Publisher: Rockstar Games (Company) Runners-Up Black andamp;amp;amp;amp; White - Lionhead Studios / Electronic Arts (Company) Halo: Combat Evolved - Bungie (Company) / Microsoft Studios ICO (Game) - Team Ico (Company) / SCEA Max Payne (Game) - Remedy Entertainment / Rockstar Games||

Rookie Studio of the Year

===Bohemia Interactive Studio (Company) for Operation Flashpoint=== Runners-Up Adrenium Games (Company) for Azurik: Rise of Perathia Croteam for Serious Sam Pseudo Interactive (Company) for Cel Damage (Game) TimeGate Studios for Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns||

Original Game Character of the Year

===Daxter (Character) from Jak andamp;amp;amp; Daxter: The Precursor Legacy=== Developer: Naughty Dog Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Runners-Up Dante (Character) from Devil May Cry (Game) Ico (Character) from ICO (Game) Max Payne (Character) from Max Payne (Game) Munch (Character) from Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee||

Excellence in Audio

===Halo: Combat Evolved=== Recipient: Martin O'Donnell Developer: Bungie (Company) Publisher: Microsoft Studios Runners-Up Clive Barker's Undying - Westlake Interactive (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Frequency (Game) - Harmonix Music Systems (Company) / SCEA Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty - Kojima Productions (Company) / Konami (Company) Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader - Factor 5 / LucasArts||

Excellence in Level Design

===ICO (Game)=== Recipient: Fumito Ueda (Person) Developer: Team Ico (Company) Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Runners-Up Grand Theft Auto III (Game) - DMA Design / Rockstar Games (Company) Super Monkey Ball (Game) - Amusement Vision / Sega (Company) Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon - Red Storm Entertainment / Ubisoft Twisted Metal: Black - Incognito Entertainment (Company) / SCEA||

Excellence in Programming

===Black andamp;amp;amp; White=== Recipient: Richard Evans (Person) Developer: Lionhead Studios Publisher: Microsoft Studios Runners-Up Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec - Polyphony Digital / SCEA Halo: Combat Evolved - Bungie (Company) / Microsoft Studios Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy - Naughty Dog / SCEA Return to Castle Wolfenstein (Game) - Gray Matter (Company) / id Software (Company) ||

Excellence in Game Design

===Grand Theft Auto III (Game)=== Developer: DMA Design Publisher: Rockstar Games (Company) Runners-Up Black andamp;amp;amp;amp; White - Lionhead Studios / Electronic Arts (Company) ICO (Game) - Team Ico (Company) / SCEA Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee - Oddworld Inhabitants (Company) / Microsoft Studios Pikmin (Game) - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo (Company)||

Excellence in Visual Arts

===ICO (Game)=== Recipients: Fumito Ueda (Person) Developer: Team Ico (Company) Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Runners-Up Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec - Polyphony Digital / SCEA Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy - Naughty Dog / SCEA Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee - Oddworld Inhabitants (Company) / Microsoft Studios Rez (Game) - United Game Artists (Company) / Sega (Company)||

Game Innovation Spotlights

===Black andamp;amp;amp; White=== Developer: Lionhead Studios Publisher: Electronic Arts (Company) Grand Theft Auto III (Game) Developer: DMA Design Publisher: Rockstar Games (Company) ICO (Game) Developer: Team Ico (Company) Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment America Majestic (Game) Developer: Anim-X Publisher: Electronic Arts Rez (Game) Developer: United Game Artists (Company) Publisher: Sega (Company) Runners-Up Cel Damage (Game) - Pseudo Interactive (Company) / Electronic Arts Frequency (Game) - Harmonix Music Systems (Company) / SCEA Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns - TimeGate Studios / Strategy First Max Payne (Game) - Remedy Entertainment / Rockstar Games (Company) Super Monkey Ball (Game) - Amusement Vision / Sega||

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• Black & White (Game)
• Grand Theft Auto III (Game)
• Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (Game)
• Majestic (Game)
• Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis (Game)
• Rez (Game)

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Game Developers Choice Awards 2002

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GDC Awards 2002,GDCA 2002

Games

• Black & White (Game)
• Grand Theft Auto III (Game)
• Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy (Game)
• Majestic (Game)
• Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis (Game)
• Rez (Game)
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• Has locations: California (Location)

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• Has related concepts: Game Developers Choice Awards (Concept), Game Developers Conference (Concept)