Game Developers Choice Awards 2001

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The first annual Game Developers Choice Awards celebrated the best games of 2000.

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Overview

The first annual Game Developers Choice Awards were held on March 23, 2001 at the San Jose Civic Auditorium in San Jose, California.

Personal Awards

These three special honors, selected by the Game Developers Choice Awards advisory board, were also presented at the ceremony.

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Will Wright (Person)

First Penguin Award

• Chip Morningstar (Person) & F. Randall Farmer

Community Contribution

• John Carmack (Person)

Game of the Year

===The Sims (Game)=== Developer: Maxis Software (Company) Publisher: Electronic Arts (Company) Runners-Up Deus Ex (Game) - Ion Storm / Eidos Interactive (Company) Jet Grind Radio (Game) - Smilebit (Company) / Sega (Company) No One Lives Forever - Monolith Productions / Sierra Entertainment & Fox Interactive (Company) Shenmue (Game) - SEGA-AM2 / Sega||

Rookie Studio Award

===Counter-Strike Team for Counter-Strike=== Runners-Up Free Radical Design for TimeSplitters (Game) Massive Entertainment (Company) for Ground Control (Game) Nihilistic Software (Company) for Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption Planet Moon Studios (Company) for Giants: Citizen Kabuto||

Original Game Character of the Year

===Seaman (Character) in Seaman (Game)=== Developer: Jackbox Games (Company) Publisher: Sega (Company) Runners-Up Cate Archer (Character) in No One Lives Forever Kabuto (Character) in Giants: Citizen Kabuto Tamale Loco in Tamale Loco Ulala (Character) in Space Channel 5 (Game)||

Excellence in Audio

===Diablo II (Game)=== Recipients: Matt Uelmen (Person), Jason Hayes (Person), Glenn Stafford (Person), Andrea Pessino (Person) Developer: Blizzard North (Company) Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment (Company) Runners-Up BliX Samba De Amigo (Game) - Sonic Team (Company) / Sega (Company) Space Channel 5 (Game) - United Game Artists (Company) / Sega Thief II: The Metal Age - Looking Glass Studios / Eidos Interactive (Company)||

Excellence in Game Design

===Deus Ex (Game)=== Recipients: Harvey Smith (Person), Warren Spector (Person) Developer: Ion Storm Publisher: Eidos Interactive (Company) Runners-Up Escape from Monkey Island (Game) - LucasArts The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo (Company) The Longest Journey (Game) - Funcom Productions / 1C Company (Company) Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 - Neversoft Entertainment (Company) / Activision (Company)||

Excellence in Level Design

===American McGee's Alice=== Recipients: American McGee (Person), Jim Molinets (Person) Developer: Rogue Entertainment (Company) Publisher: Electronic Arts (Company) Runners-Up No One Lives Forever - Monolith Productions / Sierra Entertainment & Fox Interactive (Company) Rayman 2: The Great Escape - Ubisoft Montpellier / Ubisoft SSX (Game) - EA Canada (Company) / Electronic Arts Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force - Raven Software (Company) / Activision (Company)||

Excellence in Programming

===The Sims (Game)=== Developer: Maxis Software (Company) Publisher: Electronic Arts (Company) Runners-Up F355 Challenge - SEGA-AM2 / Sega (Company) Giants: Citizen Kabuto - Planet Moon Studios (Company) / 1C Company (Company) NFL 2K1 (Game) - Visual Concepts (Company) / Sega Sacrifice (Game) - Shiny Entertainment / 1C Company||

Excellence in Visual Arts

===Jet Grind Radio (Game)=== Recipients: Ryuta Ueda (Person), Kazuki Hosokawa (Person) Developer: Smilebit (Company) Publisher: Sega (Company) Runners-Up American McGee's Alice - Rogue Entertainment (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) Dead or Alive 2 (Game) - Team Ninja (Company) / Tecmo (Company) Sacrifice (Game) - Shiny Entertainment / 1C Company (Company) Spyro: Year of the Dragon - Insomniac Games (Company) / SCEA||

Game Spotlight Awards

===Counter-Strike=== Developer: Counter-Strike Team Publisher: Valve Corporation (Company) Crazy Taxi (Game) Developer: Sega AM3 Publisher: Sega (Company) Deus Ex (Game) Developer: Ion Storm Publisher: Eidos Interactive (Company) Jet Grind Radio (Game) Developer: Smilebit (Company) Publisher: Sega No One Lives Forever Developer: Monolith Productions Publisher: Sierra Entertainment & Fox Interactive (Company) Runners-Up American McGee's Alice - Rogue Entertainment (Company) / Electronic Arts (Company) The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask - Nintendo EAD (Company) / Nintendo (Company) NFL 2K1 (Game) - Visual Concepts (Company) / Sega Sacrifice (Game) - Shiny Entertainment / 1C Company (Company) Samba De Amigo (Game) - Sonic Team (Company) / Sega Seaman (Game) - Vivarium / Sega Shenmue (Game) - SEGA-AM2 / Sega The Sims (Game) - Maxis Software (Company) / Electronic Arts SSX (Game) - EA Canada (Company) / Electronic Arts Virtua Tennis (Game) - Hitmaker (Company) / Sega||

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• American McGee's Alice (Game)
• Crazy Taxi (Game)
• Deus Ex (Game)
• Half-Life: Counter-Strike (Game)
• Jet Grind Radio (Game)
• The Operative: No One Lives Forever (Game)
• The Sims (Game)

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Game Developers Choice Awards 2001

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GDC Awards 2001,GDCA 2001

Games

• American McGee's Alice (Game)
• Crazy Taxi (Game)
• Deus Ex (Game)
• Half-Life: Counter-Strike (Game)
• Jet Grind Radio (Game)
• The Operative: No One Lives Forever (Game)
• The Sims (Game)
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• Has locations: California (Location)

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• Has related concepts: Game Developers Choice Awards (Concept), Game Developers Conference (Concept)