7th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

7th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
7th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards
Date	March 4, 2004
Venue	Palms Casino Resort
Country	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Hosted by	Diane Mizota
Highlights
Most awards	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (8)
Most nominations	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (13)
Game of the Year	Call of Duty
Hall of Fame	Peter Molyneux

The 7th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards is the 7th edition of the Interactive Achievement Awards, an annual awards event that honors the best games in the video game industry. The awards are arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), and were held at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 4, 2004 (2004-03-04). It was also held as part of the academy's 2004 D.I.C.E. Summit. It was hosted by Diane Mizota.[1][2]

Call of Duty won Game of the Year. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time received the most nominations and won the most awards. Electronic Arts received the most nominations and was tied with Ubisoft for winning the most awards. There was also a tie for two categories: Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance - Female and Console Family Game of the Year.

Peter Molyneux was also the recipient of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame Award.

Winners and Nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).[1][3]

Game of the Year Call of Duty — Infinity Ward, Activision‡ Command & Conquer: Generals — EA Pacific Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne — Remedy Entertainment, Rockstar Games Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time — Ubisoft Montreal Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment Rise of Nations — Big Huge Games, Microsoft Game Studios SSX 3 — EA Canada Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic — BioWare, LucasArts The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker — Nintendo EAD
Console Game of the Year Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time — Ubisoft Montreal‡ Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment SSX 3 — EA Canada Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic — BioWare, LucasArts The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker — Nintendo EAD	Computer Game of the Year Call of Duty — Infinity Ward, Activision‡ Command & Conquer: Generals — EA Pacific Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne — Remedy Entertainment, Rockstar Games Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time — Ubisoft Montreal Rise of Nations — Big Huge Games, Microsoft Game Studios Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic — BioWare, LucasArts

Innovation Awards

Outstanding Innovation in Computer Gaming Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time — Ubisoft Montreal‡ Call of Duty — Infinity Ward, Activision Rise of Nations — Big Huge Games, Microsoft Game Studios Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic — BioWare, LucasArts Tron 2.0 — Monolith Productions, Buena Vista Games	Outstanding Innovation in Console Gaming EyeToy: Play — SCE London Studio‡ Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time — Ubisoft Montreal SSX 3 — EA Canada Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic — BioWare, LucasArts The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker — Nintendo EAD

Craft Awards

Outstanding Achievement in Animation Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time — Ubisoft Montreal‡ Beyond Good & Evil — Ubisoft Montpellier Jak II — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment Soulcalibur II — Project Soul, Namco	Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker — Nintendo EAD‡ Final Fantasy X-2 — SquareSoft, Square Electronic Arts Jak II — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time — Ubisoft Montreal Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment
Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance - Male Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) — EA Redwood Shores‡ Method Man (Def Jam Vendetta) — AKI Corporation, EA Canada James McCaffrey as Max Payne (Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne) — Remedy Entertainment, Rockstar Games Michael Ironside as Sam Fisher (Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell) — Ubisoft Montreal	Outstanding Achievement in Character Performance - Female Jada Pinkett Smith as Niobe (Enter the Matrix) — Shiny Entertainment, Atari‡ Tara Strong as Rikku (Final Fantasy X-2) — SquareSoft, Square Electronic Arts‡ Christina Milian as Angel (Def Jam Vendetta) — AKI Corporation, EA Canada Anna Garduño as Keira (Jak II) — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment Anna Edwards as Yasmin (The Getaway) — SCE Team Soho
Outstanding Achievement in Licensed Soundtrack SSX 3 — EA Canada‡ Madden NFL 2004 — EA Tiburon NBA Live 2004 — EA Canada Tony Hawk's Underground — Neversoft, Activision True Crime: Streets of LA — Luxoflux, Activision	Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition Medal of Honor: Rising Sun — EA Los Angeles‡ Beyond Good & Evil — Ubisoft Montpellier Call of Duty — Infinity Ward, Activision Grabbed by the Ghoulies — Rare, Microsoft Game Studios XIII — Southend Interactive, Ubisoft Paris
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — EA Redwood Shores‡ Amplitude — Harmonix, Sony Computer Entertainment Beyond Good & Evil — Ubisoft Montpellier Call of Duty — Infinity Ward, Activision Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield — Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Milan	Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time — Ubisoft Montreal‡ Jak II — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic — BioWare, LucasArts The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker — Nintendo EAD
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time — Ubisoft Montreal‡ Jak II — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment SSX 3 — EA Canada The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker — Nintendo EAD	Outstanding Achievement in Game Design Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time — Ubisoft Montreal‡ Amplitude — Harmonix, Sony Computer Entertainment Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic — BioWare, LucasArts The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker — Nintendo EAD Tony Hawk's Underground — Neversoft, Activision Snoop Dogg (True Crime: Streets of LA) — Luxoflux, Activision
Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic — BioWare, LucasArts‡ Beyond Good & Evil — Ubisoft Montpellier Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time — Ubisoft Montreal Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker — Nintendo EAD

Console Awards

Platform Action/Adventure Game of the Year Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time — Ubisoft Montreal‡ Jak II — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando — Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker — Nintendo EAD Viewtiful Joe — Clover Studio, Capcom	Console Action Sports Game of the Year SSX 3 — EA Canada‡ NBA Street Vol. 2 — EA Canada NHL Hitz Pro — Next Level Games, Midway Games Tony Hawk's Underground — Neversoft, Activision
Console Sports Simulation Game of the Year Madden NFL 2004 — EA Tiburon‡ ESPN NHL Hockey — Kush Games, Sega NCAA Football 2004 — EA Tiburon Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 — EA Redwood Shores Top Spin — PAM Development, Microsoft Game Studios World Soccer Winning Eleven 6 International — Konami	Console Children's Game of the Year Mario Party 5 — Hudson Soft, Nintendo‡ Backyard Basketball — Humongous Entertainment, Atari SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom — Heavy Iron Studios, THQ Tak and the Power of Juju — Avalanche Software, THQ
Console First-Person Action Game of the Year Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield — Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Milan‡ Deus Ex: Invisible War — Ion Storm, Eidos Interactive	Console Family Game of the Year EyeToy: Play — SCE London Studio‡ The Sims Bustin' Out — Maxis, Electronic Arts‡ Amplitude — Harmonix, Sony Computer Entertainment Grabbed by the Ghoulies — Rare, Microsoft Game Studios
Console Action/Adventure Game of the Year Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge — FASA Interactive, Microsoft Game Studios‡ Manhunt — Rockstar North Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne — Remedy Entertainment, Rockstar Games Metal Arms: Glitch in the System — Swingin' Ape Studios, Mass Media Games, Sierra Entertainment, Vivendi Universal Games The Simpsons: Hit & Run — Radical Entertainment, Sierra Entertainment, Vivendi Universal Games	Console Racing Game of the Year Need for Speed: Underground — EA Black Box‡ Burnout 2: Point of Impact — Criterion Games, Acclaim Entertainment F-Zero GX — Amusement Vision, Nintendo Mario Kart: Double Dash — Nintendo EAD Project Gotham Racing 2 — Bizarre Creations, Microsoft Game Studios
Console Role-Playing Game of the Year Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic — BioWare, LucasArts‡ Dark Cloud 2 — Level-5, Sony Computer Entertainment Disgaea: Hour of Darkness — Nippon Ichi Software, Atlus Final Fantasy X-2 — SquareSoft, Square Electronic Arts Xenosaga Episode I — Monolith Soft, Namco

Handheld Awards

Handheld Game of the Year Final Fantasy Tactics Advance — SquareSoft, Nintendo‡ Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising — Intelligent Systems, Nintendo Fire Emblem — Intelligent Systems, Nintendo Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga — Alphadream, Nintendo Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire — Game Freak, Nintendo

Computer Awards

Computer Action/Adventure Game of the Year Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time — Ubisoft Montreal‡ Grand Theft Auto: Vice City — Rockstar North Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne — Remedy Entertainment, Rockstar Games The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — EA Redwood Shores Uru: Ages Beyond Myst — Cyan Worlds, Ubisoft	Computer Downloadable Game of the Year Hamsterball — Raptisoft, Real.com‡ Poppit! To Go — Pogo.com, Electronic Arts Word Whomp To Go — Pogo.com, Electronic Arts Zuma Deluxe — PopCap Games
Computer Family Game of the Year Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection — Blue Fang Games, Microsoft Game Studios‡	Computer First-Person Action Game of the Year Call of Duty — Infinity Ward, Activision‡ Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII — DICE, Electronic Arts Tron 2.0 — Monolith Productions, Buena Vista Games
Computer Role-Playing Game of the Year Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic — BioWare, LucasArts‡ Deus Ex: Invisible War — Ion Storm, Eidos Interactive Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna — Gas Powered Games, Mad Doc Software, Microsoft Game Studios Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide — BioWare, Floodgate Entertainment, Atari The Temple of Elemental Evil — Troika Games, Atari	Computer Simulation Game of the Year The Sims: Superstar — Maxis, Electronic Arts‡ Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight — Aces Game Studio, Microsoft Games Studios IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles — Maddox Games, Ubisoft Trainz Railroad Simulator 2004 — Auran, Oteeva
Computer Sports Game of the Year Madden NFL 2004 — EA Tiburon‡ Championship Manager 4 — Sports Interactive, Eidos Interactive Out of the Park 5 — .400 Software Studios Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 — EA Redwood Shores, Headgate Studios	Computer Strategy Game of the Year Command & Conquer: Generals — EA Pacific‡ Empires: Dawn of the Modern World — Stainless Steel Studios, Activision Homeworld 2 — Relic Entertainment, Sierra Entertainment, Vivendi Universal Games Praetorians — Pyro Studios, Eidos Interactive Rise of Nations — Big Huge Games, Microsoft Game Studios

Online Awards

Massive Multiplayer/Persistent World Game of the Year EverQuest: Lost Dungeons of Norrath — Sony Online Entertainment‡ A Tale in the Desert — eGenesis, Desert Nomad Studios Eve Online: Second Genesis — CCP Games, Simon & Schuster Interactive Horizons: Empire of Istaria — Virtrium, Artifact Entertainment Puzzle Pirates — Three Rings Design

Hall of Fame Award

Peter Molyneux[4]

Games with multiple nominations and awards

The following 25 games received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Game
13	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
10	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
9	The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
7	Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando
6	Call of Duty
	Jak II
	SSX 3
5	Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
4	Beyond Good & Evil
4	Rise of Nations
3	Amplitude
	Command & Conquer: Generals
	Def Jam Vendetta
	Final Fantasy X-2
	Madden NFL 2004
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
	Tony Hawk's Underground
2	Deus Ex: Invisible War
	EyeToy: Play
	Grabbed by the Ghoulies
	Soulcalibur II
	Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004
	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
	Tron 2.0
	True Crime: Streets of LA

The following seven games received multiple awards:

Awards	Game
8	Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
3	Call of Duty
3	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
2	EyeToy: Play
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
	Madden NFL 2004
	SSX 3

Companies with multiple nominations

Companies that received multiple nominations as either a developer or a publisher.

Nominations	Game
33	Electronic Arts
23	Ubisoft
22	Sony Computer Entertainment
17	Nintendo
12	Activision
12	Microsoft Game Studios
11	BioWare
10	LucasArts
7	Insomniac Games
7	Rockstar Games
6	Atari
	Infinity Ward
	Naughty Dog
5	Remedy Entertainment
4	Big Huge Games
	SquareSoft
	Eidos Interactive
3	AKI Corporation
	Harmonix
	Namco
	Neversoft
	Sierra Entertainment
	THQ
	Vivendi Universal Games
2	Buena Vista Games
	Ion Storm
	Luxoflux
	Maxis
	Monolith Productions
	Pogo.com
	Project Soul
	Rare
	Red Storm Entertainment
	Sega

Companies that received multiple awards as either a developer or a publisher.

Awards	Game
11	Electronic Arts
9	Ubisoft
3	Activision
	BioWare
	Infinity Ward
	LucasArts
	Nintendo
	Sony Computer Entertainment
2	Maxis
	Microsoft Game Studios
	SquareSoft

External links

Archived Winners List

References

"AIAS Announces Finalists for Annual Interactive Achievement Awards". GameZone. GameZone. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
"Interactive Achievement Awards 2004". Giant Bomb. Giant Bomb. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
"7th Annual Interactive Achievement Award Winners Announced". Writers Write. Writers Write, Inc. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
"D.I.C.E. Special Awards". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

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[Finalists-1] "AIAS Announces Finalists for Annual Interactive Achievement Awards". GameZone. GameZone. Retrieved 9 January 2023.

[2] "Interactive Achievement Awards 2004". Giant Bomb. Giant Bomb. Retrieved 8 June 2022.

[Winners-3] "7th Annual Interactive Achievement Award Winners Announced". Writers Write. Writers Write, Inc. Retrieved 9 January 2023.

[SpecialAwards-4] "D.I.C.E. Special Awards". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 1 June 2022.

D.I.C.E. Awards
Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Game of the Year Mobile Online Independent Game Immersive Reality (Technical Achievement)
Craft Awards	Game Direction Game Design Animation Art Direction Character Original Music Composition Audio Design Story Technical
Genre Awards	Action Adventure Family Fighting Racing Role-Playing Sports Strategy/Simulation
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