IGDA Announces Game Developers Choice Awards Nominees 2

GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY (Rockstar North)

METROID PRIME (Retro Studios)

NEVERWINTER NIGHTS (BioWare Corp.)

TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL (Ubi Soft Montreal) Original Game Character of the Year

Blinx from BLINX THE TIME SWEEPER

Ratchet from RATCHET AND CLANK

Rau from THE MARK OF KRI

Sam Fischer from TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL

Sly Cooper from SLY COOPER AND THE THIEVIUS RACCOONUS Rookie Studio of the Year

Arkane Studios for ARX FATALIS

Day 1 Studios for MECHASSAULT

Gas Powered Games for DUNGEON SIEGE

Pipeworks Software for GODZILLA: DESTROY ALL MONSTERS MELEE

Retro Studios for METROID PRIME Excellence in Audio

GTA Team for sound design in GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY

Rich Briggs, Latch Brothers, Takayuki Kawagoe, Noah Musler, Hideki Naganuma and Fumitaka Shibata for sound design in JET SET RADIO FUTURE

EA Sound Studio for sound effects in MEDAL OF HONOR: ALLIED ASSAULT

Metroid Team for sound effects in METROID PRIME

Andrew Boyd, Chris Hegstrom and Robb Mills for composition in THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS Excellence in Game Design

Romain de Waubert de Genlis for game design in BATTLEFIELD 1942

GTA Team for game design in GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY

Metroid Team for game design in METROID PRIME

Satoru Iwata, Yoshiaki Koizumi, Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka and Kenta Usui for game design in SUPER MARIO SUNSHINE

Splinter Cell Team leaders for game design in TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL Excellence in Level Design

Metroid Team for level design in METROID PRIME

Brian Allgeier, Mark Cerny, Lesley Mathieson and Colin Munson for level design in RATCHET & CLANK

Brendan McNamara, Chun Wah Kong and the SCEE Design Team for level design in THE GETAWAY

François Pelland and Team for level design in TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL

Pancho Eekels, Dave Ewing and James Schmalz for level design in UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2003 Excellence in Programming

Mike Biddlecombe, Scott Bilas, Bartosz Kijanka, James Loe, Eric Tams and Chad Queen for programming in DUNGEON SIEGE

Metroid Team for programming in METROID PRIME

Mark Brockington, Scott Greig, Jason Knipe, Don Moar and Don Yakielashek for network programming in NEVERWINTER NIGHTS

Antoine Dodens and Team for graphics programming in TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL

WarCraft III Team for programming in WARCRAFT III: REIGN OF CHAOS Excellence in Visual Arts

Jonathan Chey, Ken Levine and Team for art direction in FREEDOM FORCE

Shinji Hashimoto and Tetsuya Nomura for art direction in KINGDOM HEARTS

Hokyo Lim, Suzanne Kaufman, Dev Madan, Augie Pagan and Karin Yamagiwa for art direction in SLY COOPER AND THE THIEVIUS RACCOONUS

Nicolas Cantin, Frédérick Gagné and Benoit Sokal for art direction in SYBERIA

Jay Beard, Erik Medina, Jeff Merghart , Dan Mueller and Tim Neveu for animation in THE MARK OF KRI Excellence in Writing

Denis Dyack and Ken McCulloch for writing in ETERNAL DARKNESS: SANITY'S REQUIEM

GTA Team for writing in GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY

Lukas Kure and Dan Vavra for writing in MAFIA: THE CITY OF LOST HEAVEN

Craig Hubbard and Team for writing in NO ONE LIVES FOREVER 2: A SPY IN H.A.R.M.S. WAY

Clint Hocking and JT Petty for writing in TOM CLANCY'S SPLINTER CELL An advisory committee from the IGDA will select the recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award, First Penguin Award and the IGDA Award for Community Contribution.