I PR di Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hanno inviato una press release con le nomination definitive per l'Interactive Achievement Awards 2005. I premi saranno consegnati durante il D.I.C.E Summit a Las Vegas il primo Febbraio. Ecco la lista delle nominations:

1.Game Of The Year

Game Of The Year



Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Take2/Rockstar North)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
Halo 2 (Microsoft/Bungie)
Katamari Damacy (Namco/Namco Limited)
World of Warcraft (Vivendi Universal Games/Blizzard)

Console Game Of The Year


Burnout 3 (Electronic Arts/Criterion)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Take2/Rockstar North)
Halo 2 (Microsoft/Bungie)
Katamari Damacy (Namco/Namco Limited)
Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (Sony/Insomniac Games)

Computer Game Of The Year


City of Heroes (NCSoft/Cryptic Studios)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
Doom 3 (Activision/id Software)
World of Warcraft (Vivendi Universal Games/Blizzard)
Sid Meier’s Pirates! (Atari/Firaxis Games)

2. Innovation Awards

Innovation in Computer Gaming


Doom 3 (Activision/id Software)
City of Heroes (NCSoft/Cryptic Studios)
Rome: Total War (Activision/Creative Assembly)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
The Sims 2 (Electronic Arts/Maxis) Innovation In Console Gaming


Fable (Microsoft/Big Blue Box)
Halo 2 (Microsoft/Bungie)
Donkey Konga (Nintendo/Namco)
Eye Toy: Anti Grav (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Harmonix)
Katamari Damacy (Namco Hometek Inc./Namco Limited)

3. Craft Awards

Outstanding Achievement In Art Direction


Doom 3 (Activision/id Software)
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo/Retro Studios)
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal)
Sly Cooper 2 (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Sucker Punch)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)

Outstanding Achievement In Animation


Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal)
Sly Cooper 2 (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Sucker Punch)
Jak 3 (Sony/Naughty Dog)
Rachet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Insomniac Games)

Outstanding Character Performance – Male


Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
The Bard’s Tale (InXile Entertainment/Inxile Entertainment)
Metal Gear Solid 3 (Konami/KCEJ)
Demon Stone (Atari/Stormfront Studios)
Chronicles of Riddick (Vivendi Universal Games/Starbreeze)

Outstanding Character Performance – Female


Demon Stone (Atari/Stormfront Studios)
Judy Dench – Golden Eye: Rouge Agent (Electronic Arts/EA/LA)
Zoo Tycoon 2 (Microsoft/Blue Fang Games)

Outstanding Achievement In Soundtrack


Need For Speed Underground 2 (Electronic Arts/EA Canada)
Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 (Activision/Neversoft)
Donkey Konga (Nintendo/Namco)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games/Rockstar North)

Outstanding Achievement In Original Musical Composition


Rome: Total War (Activision/Creative Assembly)
NBA Ballers (Midway/Midway Chicago)
Katamari Damacy (Namco/Namco Limited)
Killzone (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Guerilla)
Fable (Microsoft/Big Blue Box)

Outstanding Achievement In Sound Design


Rome: Total War (Activision/Creative Assembly)
Halo 2 (Microsoft/Bungie)
Doom 3 (Activision/id Software)
Rachet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Insomniac Games)
Sly Cooper 2 (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Sucker Punch)

Outstanding Achievement In Game Play Engineering


Donkey Konga (Nintendo/Namco)
Spider-Man 2 (Activision/Treyarch)
Eye Toy: Anti Grav (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Harmonix)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
Fable (Microsoft/Big Blue Box)

Outstanding Achievement In Online Game Play


Halo 2 (Microsoft/Bungie)
Rome: Total War (Activision/Creative Assembly)
Unreal Tournament 2004 (Atari/Epic Games)
Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War (THQ/Relic)

Outstanding Achievement In Visual Engineering


Doom 3 (Activision/id Software)
Metroid Prime: Echoes (Nintendo/Retro Studios)
Demon Stone (Atari/Stormfront Studios)
Rachet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Insomniac Games)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)

Outstanding Achievement In Game Design


Fable (Microsoft/Big Blue Box)
City of Heroes (NCSoft/Cryptic Studios)
Katamari Damacy (Namco Hometek Inc./Namco Limited)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games/Rockstar North)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)

Outstanding Achievement In Character Or Story Development


Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar Games/Rockstar North)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
Demon Stone (Atari/Stormfront Studios)
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (Midway/Midway)
Fable (Microsoft/Big Blue Box)

3. Genre Awards A. Console

Platform Action/Adventure Game Of The Year


Prince of Persia: Warrior Within (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal)
Rachet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Insomniac Games)
Jak 3 (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Naughty Dog)

Action/Adventure Game Of The Year


Pikmin 2 (Nintendo/Nintendo)
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (Midway/Midway)
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Shanghai, Paris, Annecy Studios)
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Konami/KCEJ)

Action Sports Game Of The Year


NFL Street 2 (Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts Tiburon)
Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 (Activision/Neversoft)
NBA Ballers (Midway/Midway Chicago)
Mario Power Tennis (Nintendo/Camelot)

First Person Action Game Of The Year


Halo 2 (Microsoft/Bungie)
GoldenEye: Rogue Agent (Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts LA)
Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo/Tetro Studios)
Chronicles of Riddick (Vivendi Universal Games/Starbreeze)

Children’s Title Of The Year


Shrek 2 (Activision/Luxoflux)
Backyard Baseball 2005 (Atari/Humongous Entertainment)
Mario Party 6 (Nintendo/Hudson Soft)
Pokemon Colosseum (Nintendo/Genius Sonority)
Sly Cooper 2 (Sony Computer Entertainment America/Sucker Punch)

Fighting Game Of The Year


Def Jam: Fight for NY (Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts Canada)
Dragonball Z: Budokai 3 (Atari/Dimps Corporation)
Mortal Kombat: Deception (Midway/Midway Chicago)

Racing Game Of The Year


Burnout 3 (Electronic Arts/Criterion)
Rallisport Challenge 2 (Microsoft/Digital Illusions)

Role Playing Game Of The Year


X-Men Legends (Activision/Raven Software)
The Bard’s Tale (InXile Entertainment/Inxile Entertainment)
Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door (Nintendo/Intelligent Systems)
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (Nintendo/Square Enix)
Tales of Symphonia (Namco Hometek Inc./Namco Limited)

Sports Simulation Game Of The Year


Madden NFL 2005 (Electronic Arts/Tiburon)
ESPN NHL 2K5 (Sega/Kush Games)
ESPN NFL 2K5 (Sega/Visual Concepts)
Winning Eleven 7 (Konami/Konami)

Wireless Game Of The Year


Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen (Nintendo/Creatures, Inc/GAMEFREAK)
Super Mario 64 DS (Nintendo)

Handheld Game Of The Year


Metroid: Zero Mission (Nintendo)
Super Mario 64 DS (Nintendo)
Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (Square Enix)

C. Computer

Action/Adventure Game Of The Year


Myst IV Revelation (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Montreal)
Full Spectrum Warrior (THQ/Pandemic Studios)
The Suffering (Midway/SURREAL Software)
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow (Ubisoft/Ubisoft Shanghai, Paris, Annecy Studios)

Children’s Game Of The Year


Backyard Skateboarding (Atari/Humongous Entertainment)

Downloadable Game Of The Year


Mahjong Garden To G (Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts Pogo)
The Incredibles: Escape from Nomanisan Island (Disney Online)
Shroomz – Quest for Puppy (Game Trust, Inc./The Planet)
Diner Dash (PlayFirst/gameLab)

Family Game Of The Year


Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban (Electronic Arts/AMAZE/Know Wonder)
Scrabble On-Line (Atari/Boston Animation)
Zoo Tycoon 2 (Microsoft/Blue Fang Games)
First Person Action Game Of The Year


Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault (Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts LA)
Doom 3 (Activision/id Software)
Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising (NovaLogic/NovaLogic, Inc.)
Half-Life 2 (Vivendi Universal Games/Valve)
Unreal Tournament 2004 (Atari/Epic Games)

Role Playing Game Of The Year


Neverwinter Nights: Kingmaker (BioWare/BioWare)
Vampires: Bloodline (Activision/Troika)
Simulation Game Of The Year


The Sims 2 (Electronic Arts/Maxis)
Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 (Atari/Frontier Developments)
Pacific Fighters (Ubisoft/1C)

Sports Game Of The Year


Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005 (Electronic Arts/Electronic Arts Redwood Shores)

Strategy Game Of The Year


Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth (Electronic Arts/EA LA)
WarHammer 40K: Dawn of War (THQ/Relic)
Rome: Total War (Activision/Creative Assembly)

Massive Multiplayer/Persistent World Game Of The Year


World of WarCraft (Vivendi Universal Games/Blizzard)
City of Heroes (NCSoft/Cryptic Studios)
StarWars Generations (that should be Galaxies): Jump to Lightspeed (Sony Online LucasArts)
Final Fantasy XI Chains of Promathia (Square Enix, Inc./Square Eniz Co. Ltd.)


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