- Name
- Spike Video Game Awards 2003
- Aliases
- VGA 2003,Spike VGA 2003,Spike Video Game Awards 2003,Spike 2003
Spike Video Game Awards 2003
The Spike Video Game Awards recognized the best games of 2003.
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Overview
The first annual Video Game Awards were hosted in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada on December 2, 2003. They were hosted by David Spade. There were guest appearances by Lil’Kim, Jaime Pressly, DMX, P.O.D., Orlando Jones, Cedric the Entertainer, and wrestling superstars, Rey Mysterio, Chris Jericho, Trish Stratus, and Victoria.
Nominees
Game of the Year
Madden NFL 2004
Madden NFL 2004 (Game) – EA Tiburon (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)
Freedom Fighters (Game) – IO Interactive (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – Rockstar North (Company) / Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker – Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo (Company)
SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs – Zipper Interactive (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America
SSX 3 (Game) – EA Sports BIG (Company) / Electronic Arts
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell – Ubisoft Montreal Studios (Company) / Ubisoft Entertainment (Company)
Star Wars Galaxies – An Empire Divided– Sony Online Entertainment / LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC (Company)
Tony Hawk’s Underground– Neversoft Entertainment (Company) / Activision (Company)
Best Action Game
True Crime: Streets of LA
True Crime: Streets of LA – Luxoflux Corp. / Activision (Company)
Freedom Fighters (Game) – IO Interactive (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin – IO Interactive (Company) / Eidos Interactive (Company)
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne – Remedy Entertainment Ltd. / Rockstar Games (Company)
Panzer Dragoon Orta (Game) – Smilebit (Company) / Sega (Company)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War – Gray Matter Interactive Studios, Inc. / Activision (Company)
SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs – Zipper Interactive (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III – Rebel Strike –Factor 5, LLC / LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC (Company)
XIII (Game) – Ubisoft Paris Studios (Company) / Ubisoft Entertainment (Company)
Best Sports Game
Tony Hawk's Underground
Tony Hawk’s Underground – Neversoft Entertainment (Company) / Activision
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball (Game)– Tecmo Koei Co., Ltd. / Tecmo Koei Co., Ltd.
ESPN NFL Football (Game) – Visual Concepts (Company) / Sega (Company)
Madden NFL 2004 (Game) – EA Tiburon (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)
NBA Live 2004 (Game) – EA Canada (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)
NBA Street Vol. 2– EA Sports BIG (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)
SSX 3 (Game) – EA Sports BIG (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 (Game) – Digital Eclipse Software, Inc. / Electronic Arts (Company)
World Series Baseball 2K3 (Game) – Blue Shift, Inc. / Sega (Company)
WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain – Yuke’s Co. Ltd. / THQ (Company)
Best Animation Game
Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City – Rockstar North (Company) / Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
Resident Evil: Code: Veronica X – Capcom (Company) / Capcom (Company) The Getaway (Game) – SCEE Studio Soho (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Griptonite Games (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)
True Crime: Streets of LA – Luxoflux Corp. / Activision (Company)
Warcraft III: Frozen Throne – Blizzard Entertainment (Company) / Blizzard Entertainment (Company)
Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht – Monolith Software, Inc. / Namco Bandai Games Inc.
XIII (Game) – Ubisoft Paris Studios (Company) / Ubisoft Entertainment (Company)
Best Driving Game
Nascar Thunder 2004
NASCAR Thunder 2004 (Game) – EA Tiburon (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)
Colin McRae Rally 3 (Game) – Codemasters (Company) / Codemasters (Company)
F1 Career Challenge (Game) – Image Space Inc. / Electronic Arts (Company) MotoGP 2 (Game) – Climax Group, The / THQ (Company) Midnight Club II (Game) – Rockstar San Diego (Company) / Rockstar Games (Company) The Getaway (Game) – SCEE Studio Soho (Company) / Sony Computer Entertainment America
F-Zero GX – Sega (Company) / Nintendo (Company)
Best Game Based on a Movie
Enter the Matrix
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – LightWeight Co., Ltd. / Ubisoft Entertainment (Company)
Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup – Mere Mortals (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)
Hulk (Game) – Radical Entertainment Inc. / Vivendi Games (Company)
Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb – The Collective (Company) / LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC (Company)
007: Nightfire – Gearbox Software LLC (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Griptonite Games (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III – Rebel Strike – Factor 5, LLC / LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC (Company) Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic – BioWare (Company) / LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC (Company)
Best Music in a Game
Def Jam: Vendetta
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City– Rockstar North (Company) / Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
Madden NFL 2004 (Game) – EA Tiburon (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)
NBA Live 2004 (Game) – EA Canada (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)
NBA Street Vol. 2– EA Sports BIG (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)
SSX 3 (Game)– EA Sports BIG (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)
Tony Hawk’s Underground – Neversoft Entertainment (Company) / Activision (Company)
True Crime: Streets of LA – Luxoflux Corp. / Activision (Company)
Wakeboarding Unleashed featuring Shaun Murray (Game)– Small Rockets (Company) / Activision (Company)
Best Performance by a Human
Ray Liotta
Ray Liotta (Person) in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Christina Aguilera in The Sims: Superstar
Christopher Walken (Person) in True Crime: Streets of LA David Duchovny (Person) in XIII (Game) DMX (Person), Method Man (Person) & More in Def Jam: Vendetta Giovani Ribisi in Call of Duty (Game) Jada Pinkett-Smith in Enter the Matrix (Game)
Jenna Jameson (Person) in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Snoop Dogg (Person) in True Crime: Streets of LA
Most Anticipated Game
Halo 2
Halo 2 (Game) – Bungie Studios / Microsoft Game Studios
Dead or Alive ONLINE - Tecmo Koei Co., Ltd.
Doom 3 (Game) – id Software (Company) / Activision (Company) Driv3r (Game) – Reflections Interactive Limited / Atari SA (Company) Fable (Game) – Lionhead Studios Ltd. / Microsoft Game Studios Full Spectrum Warrior (Game) – Pandemic Studios (Company) / THQ (Company) Gran Turismo 4 (Game) – Polyphony Digital Inc. / Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated Half-Life 2 – Valve Corporation (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) 007 : Everything or Nothing – Visceral Games (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Medal of Honor: Rising Sun – EA Los Angeles (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater – Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, Inc. / Konami Corporation The Sims 2 (Game) – Maxis Software (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)
Starcraft Ghost– Blizzard Entertainment (Company) / Blizzard Entertainment (Company)
Most Addictive Game
Soul Calibur II
Soul Calibur II – Project Soul / Namco Bandai Games Inc.
Anarchy Online: Shadowlands – Funcom Oslo A/S / Funcom Oslo A/S
Donkey Kong Country (Game) (GBA) – Rare, Ltd. / Nintendo (Company) ESPN NHL Hockey (Game) – Kush Games (Company) / Sega (Company) Madden NFL 2004 (Game) (Online (Concept)) – EA Tiburon (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Planetside – Sony Online Entertainment / Sony Online Entertainment The Sims: Superstar– Maxis Software (Company)/ Electronic Arts (Company) Viewtiful Joe (Game) – Clover Studio (Company) / Capcom (Company)
Virtua Fighter 4: Evolution – SEGA-AM2 /Sega (Company)
Best PC Game
Halo: Combat Evolved
Halo: Combat Evolved – Bungie Studios / Microsoft Game Studios
Age of Mythology: The Titans – Ensemble Studios (Company) / Microsoft Game Studios
Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome – Digital Illusions CE AB / Electronic Arts (Company)
Command andamp;amp; Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour – EA Los Angeles (Company) / Aspyr Media, Inc.
Freedom Fighters (Game)–IO Interactive (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne – Remedy Entertainment Ltd. / Rockstar Games (Company) The Sims: Superstar –Maxis Software (Company)/ Electronic Arts (Company) Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy – Raven Software (Company) / LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC (Company)
Warcraft III: Frozen Throne – Blizzard Entertainment (Company)/ Blizzard Entertainment (Company)Best Online Game
Final Fantasy XI Online
Final Fantasy XI Online (Game) – Square Enix (Company)/ Ubisoft Entertainment
Anarchy Online: Shadowlands – Funcom Oslo A/S / Funcom Oslo A/S
Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome –Digital Illusions CE AB / Electronic Arts (Company) Everquest – Westlake Interactive (Company) / Sony Online Entertainment Midnight Club II (Game) –Rockstar San Diego (Company) /Rockstar Games (Company) Neverwinter Nights –BioWare (Company) / Atari SA (Company) Planetside – Sony Online Entertainment / Sony Online Entertainment The Sims: Online – Maxis Software (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company)
Star Wars Galaxies – An Empire Divided – Sony Online Entertainment / LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC
Best Handheld Game
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell – Ubisoft Montreal Studios (Company) / Ubisoft Entertainment (Company)
Best Fighting Game
WWE Smackdown! Here Comes the Pain – Yuke’s Co. Ltd. / THQ (Company)
Best First Person Action Game
Call of Duty (Game) – Infinity Ward (Company) / Activision (Company)
Best Fantasy Game
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic –BioWare (Company) / LucasArts Entertainment Company LLC (Company)
Games view all →]
- Call of Duty (Game)
- Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball (Game)
- Def Jam: Vendetta (Game)
- Enter the Matrix (Game)
- Final Fantasy XI Online (Game)
- Halo: Combat Evolved (Game)
- Madden NFL 2004 (Game)
- NASCAR Thunder 2004 (Game)
- Soulcalibur II (Game)
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (Game)
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell (Game)
- Tony Hawk's Underground (Game)
- True Crime: Streets of LA (Game)
- WWE SmackDown! Here Comes the Pain (Game)