Video game award ceremony
The4th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Interactive Achievement Awards , an annual awards event that honored the best games in thevideo game industry during the last ten months of2000 . The awards were arranged by theAcademy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) and were held at Polly Esther's inSan Jose, California on March 22, 2001 (2001-03-22 ) . It was hosted byMartin Lewis , and featured presenters includedScott Campbell ,Louis Castle ,Tony Goodman ,Lorne Lanning ,Sid Meier ,Ray Muzyka ,Gabe Newell ,Chris Taylor ,Will Wright , andGreg Zeschuk .[ 1]
Innovation awards for console gaming and PC gaming were introduced. The console and PC awards for "Action " and "Adventure/Role-Playing" were replaced with "Action/Adventure" and "Role-Playing ". Both console and PC awards had a "Family Title of the Year " game category. "Online Game of the Year" was relabeled as "Online Gameplay of the Year ". This was the first year online awards for websites were not offered. The category for "Massive Multiplayer/Persistent World Game of the Year " was also introduced. This was the final year games could be nominated for more than one console or PC genre award.[ 2]
Diablo II Game of the Year ". ThePlayStation 2 launch titleSSX Jet Grind Radio SquareSoft games outside of Japan. Electronic Arts also had the most nominated games and the most award-winning games. There was also a tie betweenFIFA 2001 Motocross Madness 2 PC Sports Game of the Year ".
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Winners and Nominees [ edit ] Winners are listed first, highlighted inboldface , and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Diablo II Blizzard North ,Blizzard Entertainment Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Ensemble Studios ,Microsoft Asheron's Call Turbine ,Microsoft Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn BioWare ,Black Isle Studios ,Interplay Entertainment Banjo-Tooie Rare ,Nintendo Chrono Cross SquareSoft , Square Electronic ArtsCommand & Conquer: Red Alert 2 Westwood Pacific ,Electronic Arts Deus Ex Ion Storm ,Eidos Interactive Disney's Magic Artist 3D Disney Interactive EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark Verant Interactive , Sony Online EntertainmentFIFA 2001 EA Canada Final Fantasy IX SquareSoft , Square Electronic ArtsJet Grind Radio Smilebit ,Sega Links 2001 Access Software ,Microsoft Madden NFL 2001 EA Tiburon MechWarrior 4: Vengeance FASA Interactive ,Microsoft Rayman 2: The Great Escape Ubisoft RollerCoaster Tycoon: Loopy Landscapes MicroProse ,Hasbro Interactive Sacrifice Shiny Entertainment ,Interplay Entertainment Shenmue Sega AM2 Skies of Arcadia Overworks ,Sega Spyro: Year of the Dragon Insomniac Games ,Sony Computer Entertainment SSX EA Canada Tekken Tag Tournament Namco The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Nintendo EAD The Operative: No One Lives Forever Monolith Productions ,Fox Interactive Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 Neversoft ,Activision Virtua Tennis Sega AM-3 WWF No Mercy AKI Corporation ,THQ
Console Game of the Year
Innovation in Console Gaming
PC Game of the Year
Diablo II Blizzard North ,Blizzard Entertainment Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Ensemble Studios ,Microsoft Asheron's Call Turbine ,Microsoft Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn BioWare ,Black Isle Studios ,Interplay Entertainment Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 Westwood Pacific ,Electronic Arts Deus Ex Ion Storm ,Eidos Interactive Disney's Magic Artist 3D Disney Interactive EverQuest: The Ruins of Kunark Verant Interactive , Sony Online EntertainmentFIFA 2001 EA Canada Links 2001 Access Software ,Microsoft MechWarrior 4: Vengeance FASA Interactive ,Microsoft RollerCoaster Tycoon: Loopy Landscapes MicroProse ,Hasbro Interactive Sacrifice Shiny Entertainment ,Interplay Entertainment The Operative: No One Lives Forever Monolith Productions ,Fox Interactive Innovation in Computer Gaming
Multiple nominations and awards [ edit ] Multiple Nominations [ edit ]
^ Includes all finalists forConsole Game of the Year andPC Game of the Year .[ 7] [ 8] ^ Game Boy Color version ^ Tie between finalists. ^ "All Star Industry Guests Scheduled to Present at the 4th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards" .Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . Archived fromthe original on April 13, 2001. RetrievedDecember 19, 2023 .^a b "Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Announces Recipients of Fourth Annual Interactive Achievement Awards" .Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . Archived fromthe original on April 6, 2001. RetrievedDecember 29, 2023 .^ "4th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards: Winners" .Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived fromthe original on June 4, 2002. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2023 .^ "The 4th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards Nominations" .AWN . RetrievedMarch 24, 2024 .^ "Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Interactive Achievement Awards Winners" .GamesFirst! . RetrievedMarch 24, 2024 .^ "GDC 2001: Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences 2001 Awards" .IGN . IGN. RetrievedJanuary 10, 2023 .^ "Game of the year 2001" .Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived fromthe original on December 5, 2001. RetrievedJanuary 15, 2023 .^ "Finalists For Interactive Achievement Awards Revealed" .Game Developer . Informa. RetrievedJanuary 15, 2023 .^ "D.I.C.E. Special Awards" .Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences . Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. RetrievedJune 1, 2022 .
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