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« on: October 25, 2002, 11:24:09 AM »
Xbox Game of the Year
Winner: Halo (Microsoft Game Studios)
Runners-up: Dead or Alive 3(Tecmo), Max Payne(Take Two)

GameCube Game of the Year
Winner: Resident Evil (Capcom)
Runners-up: Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader(LucasArts), Super Smash Bros. Melee (Nintendo)

Handheld Game of the Year
Winner: Golden Sun (Nintendo)
Runners-up: Mario Kart: Super Circuit (Nintendo), Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (Nintendo)

PS2 Game of the Year
Winner: Grand Theft Auto III Rockstar Games
Runners-up: Final Fantasy X (SCEE), Metal Gear Solid 2: Son of Liberty (Konami)

Online Game of the Year
Winner: Counter-Strike (Vivendi Universal Games)
Runners-up: Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (EA Games), Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (Vivendi Universal Games)

PC Game of the Year
Winner: Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (EA Games)
Runners-up: Grand Theft Auto III (Rockstar Games), Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (Vivendi Universal Games)

Best Use of a Film Licence
Winner: The Thing (Vivendi Universal Games)
Runners-up: Spider-Man (Activision), The Sum of All Fears (Ubi Soft Entertainment)

Sports Game of the Year (voted for by listener\'s to Radio 1\'s breakfast show)
Winner: Pro Evolution Soccer (Konami)
Runners-up: Championship Manager (Eidos), FIFA 2002 (EA Sports)

Game Innovation of the Year
Winner: \'Open-ended play\' in Grand Theft Auto III (Rockstar Games)
Runners-up: \'Bullet time\' in Max Payne (Rockstar Games), The D-Day landing in Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (EA Games)

Hardware of the Year (sponsored by Vivendi)
Winner: Microsoft Xbox
Runners-up: AMD Athlon XP Processor, Nintendo GameCube

British Developer of the Year
Winner: Rockstar North
Runners-up: Electronic Arts, Rare

Publisher of the Year (sponsored by Macrovision)
Winner: Electronic Arts
Runners-up Activision/LucasArts, Microsoft Game Studios

Retailer of the Year (Sponsored by Electronic Arts)
Winner: Gameplay.com
Runners-up: GAME, Amazon.co.uk

Most Wanted Game for Christmas (voted for by readers of The Sun and The Sun Online)
Winner: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Rockstar Games)
Runners-up: Splinter Cell (Ubi Soft), Super Mario Sunshine (Nintendo)

Editors\' Award (voted for by the editorial staff at Dennis Publishing)
Winner: Pro Evolution Soccer (Konami)
Runners-up: Grand Theft Auto III (Rockstar Games), Halo (Microsoft Game Studios)

Game of the Year (sponsored by Jungle.com)
Winner: Grand Theft Auto III (Rockstar Games)
Runners-up: Halo (Microsoft Game Studios), Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (EA Games)


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« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2002, 12:02:27 PM »
Good to see GTA3 and Rockstar North getting the recognition they deserve.

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« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2002, 01:28:47 PM »
Did I miss something? Why are most those games last year\'s games? Halo? Golden Sun? The list goes on and on...

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« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2002, 04:25:33 PM »
Well, it seems to be an English thing.  And all those games were released this year in England.

 

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