NEWS : GAME DEVELOPERS CHOICE AWARDS

Le 9 mars aura lieu a San Francisco le Game Developers Choice Awards qui designera les meilleurs jeux de l'année écoulée selon les programmeurs de jeux eux-mêmes. Hal life 2 est la star avec 6 nominations.

Les nominés sont :

Meilleur Jeu

• Burnout 3: Takedown (Criterion Games / Electronic Arts)
  - Paul Glancey, Chris Roberts, Paul Ross, Fiona Sperry, Alex Ward
  
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar North / Rockstar Games)
  - Leslie Benzies, Adam Fowler, Aaron Garbut, Sam Houser, Alexander Roger, Obbe Vermeij
  
• Half-Life 2 (Valve Software / Vivendi Universal Games)
  - Ken Birdwell, Gabe Newell, Jay Stelly
  
• Katamari Damacy (Namco)
  - Keita Takahashi
  
• World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)
  - Mark Kern, Mike Morhaime, Rob Pardo
  
  

Meilleur nouveau studio

• Cryptic Studios (City of Heroes)
  - Michael Lewis
  
  Crytek (Far Cry)
  - Avni Yerli, Cevat Yerli, Faruk Yerli
  
• inXile entertainment (The Bard's Tale)
  - Brian Fargo, Matthew Findley
  
• Obsidian Entertainment (Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords)
  - Chris Avellone, Chris Jones, Darren Monahan, Chris Parker, Feargus Urquhart
  
• the Behemoth (Alien Hominid)
  - Tom Fulp, Brandon LaCava, Dan Paladin
  
  

Meilleur son

• Call of Duty: Finest Hour (Spark Unlimited / Activision)
  - Jack Grillo, Caleb Sweazy
  
  Doom 3 (id Software / Activision)
  - Christian Antkow, John Carmack, Tim Willits
  
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar North / Rockstar Games)
  - Craig Conner, Allan Walker
  
• Halo 2 (Bungie Software / Microsoft Game Studios)
  - C Paul Johnson, Marty O'Donnell, Jay Weinland
  
• Katamari Damacy (Namco)
  - Yu Miyake
  
  

Meilleur "Character Design"

• Half-Life 2 (Valve Software / Vivendi Universal Games)
  - Ted Backman, Dhabih Eng, Bill Fletcher, Bill Van Buren
  
• Katamari Damacy (Namco)
  - Keita Takahashi
  
• Prince Of Persia: Warrior Within (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Entertainment)
  - Nicolas Bouvier, Mickael Labat
  
• Sly 2: Band Of Thieves (Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Computer Entertainment America)
  - Travis Kotzebue, Dev Madan
  
• World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)
  - Brandon Idol, Chris Metzen
  
  

Meilleur "Game Design"

• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar North / Rockstar Games)
  - Leslie Benzies, Adam Fowler, Aaron Garbut, Sam Houser, Alexander Roger, Obbe Vermeij
  
  Half-Life 2 (Valve Software / Vivendi Universal Games)
  - Gabe Newell, Jay Stelly
  
• Katamari Damacy (Namco)
  - Keita Takahashi
  
• Pikmin 2 (Nintendo)
  - Masamichi Abe, Hino Shigefumi
  
• World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)
  - Chris Metzen, Rob Pardo
  
  

"Technology"

• Burnout 3: Takedown (Criterion Games / Electronic Arts)
  - Alex Fry, Ciaran Rooney, Paul Ross, Hamish Young
  
  Doom 3 (id Software / Activision)
  - John Carmack, Robert Duffy, Jan Paul van Waveren
  
• EyeToy: AntiGrav (Harmonix Music Systems / Sony Computer Entertainment America)
  - Eran Egozy, Eric Malafeew
  
• Far Cry (Crytek / Ubisoft Entertainment)
  - Timur Davidenko, Vladimir Kajalin, Andrey Khonich, Anton Knyazyev, Cevat Yerli
  
• Half-Life 2 (Valve Software / Vivendi Universal Games)
  - Yahn Bernier, Brian Jacobson
  
  

Realisation artistique

• Doom 3 (id Software / Activision)
  - Andy Chang, Seneca Menard, Kenneth Scott
  
  Half-Life 2 (Valve Software / Vivendi Universal Games)
  - Viktor Antonov, Randy Lundeen
  
• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Intelligent Systems / Nintendo)
  - Hiroyuki Hayashi, Chie Kawabe
  
• Prince Of Persia: Warrior Within (Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Entertainment)
  - Mickael Labat, Patrick Limoges
  
• World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)
  - Sam Didier, William Petras, Justin Thavirat
  
  

"Writing"

• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar North / Rockstar Games)
  - Dan Houser, James Worrall
  
• Half-Life 2 (Valve Software / Vivendi Universal Games)
  - Marc Laidlaw
  
• Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (High Voltage Software / Vivendi Universal Games)
  - Matt Entin, Ed Kuehnel, Eric Nofsinger
  
• Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Intelligent Systems / Nintendo)
  - Nate Bihldorff, Ryota Kawade
  
  Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (Obsidian Entertainment / LucasArts Entertainment)
  - Chris Avellone