5th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
| 5th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards | |
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| Date | February 28, 2002 |
| Venue | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino |
| Country | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| Hosted by | Patton Oswalt |
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| Most awards | Halo: Combat Evolved (4) |
| Most nominations | Halo: Combat Evolved, Ico (8) |
| Game of the Year | Halo: Combat Evolved |
| Hall of Fame | Will Wright |
The 5th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards is the 5th edition of the Interactive Achievement Awards, an annual awards event that honors the best games in the video game industry. The awards are arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), and were held at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 28, 2002. It was also held as part of the Academy's 1st annual D.I.C.E. Summit. It was hosted by Patton Oswalt, and featured presenters included Cliff Bleszinski, Richard Garriott, Richard Hilleman, Don James, American McGee, Lorne Lanning, Sid Meier, Shigeru Miyamoto, Ray Muzyka, Natalie Raitano, Lucia Rijker, Jason Rubin, Jez San, George Sanger, and Steve Schirripa.[1][2]
Halo: Combat Evolved won the most awards, including Game of the Year, and was tied with Ico for having the most nominations. Microsoft received the most nominations and won the most awards as a publisher.
Will Wright was also the received the of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame Award.
Winners and Nominees
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (
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Game Design
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Gameplay Engineering
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Character or Story Development
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Visual Engineering
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Animation
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Original Music Composition
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Console Game of the Year
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Computer Game of the Year
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Hand-Held Game of the Year
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Massive Multiplayer/Persistent World
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Console Innovation
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Computer Innovation
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PC Educational
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Hall of Fame Award
Games with multiple nominations and awards
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The following 25 games received multiple nominations:
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The following five games received multiple awards:
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Companies with multiple nominations
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Companies that received multiple nominations as either a developer or a publisher.
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Companies that received multiple awards as either a developer or a publisher.
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External links
References
- ^ "Interactive Achievement Awards 2002". Giant Bomb. Giant Bomb. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "2002 DICE Summit Archived Files". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "D.I.C.E. Special Awards". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 1 June 2022.