Audio Archive
The Audio Award recognizes the overall excellence of audio in a game - including, but not limited to, sound effects, musical composition, sound design, orchestration, etc.
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Recipient
Portal 2 (Valve)
- Valve Team
Nominees
Bastion (Supergiant Games)
LittleBigPlanet 2 (Media Molecule)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Game Studios)
Dead Space 2 (Visceral Games) |
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Recipient
Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar San Diego)
- Rockstar San Diego Team
Nominees
Limbo (Playdead)
Halo: Reach (Bungie)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (DICE)
Mass Effect 2 (BioWare)
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Recipient
Uncharted 2 (Naughty Dog)
- Bruce Swanson, Phil Kovats
Nominees
Dragon Age: Origins (BioWare)
- Simon Pressey, Jeremie Voillot, Michael Kent, Matt Besler, Rock Band
Rock Band: The Beatles (Harmonix)
- Eric Brosius, Giles Martin, Paul Hicks, Josh Randall
Flower (thatgamecompany)
- Vincent Diamante, Steve Johson, Jenova Chen, Martin Middleton
Brutal Legend (Double Fine Productions)
- Emily Ridgway, Brian Min |
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Recipient
Dead Space (EA Redwood Shores)
- Don Veca, Dave Feise, David Swenson, Andrew Lackey
Nominees
LittleBigPlanet (Media Molecule)
Metal Gear Solid 4 (Kojima Productions)
Left 4 Dead (Valve Software)
Gears of War 2 (Epic Games)
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Recipient
BioShock (2K Boston / 2K Australia / 2K Games)
- Eric Brosius, Pat Balthrop, Emily Ridgway, Justin Mullins
Nominees
Call of Duty 4 (Infinity Ward / Activision)
- Jason West, Grant Collier, Vince Zampella
Everyday Shooter (Queasy Games)
- Jonathan Mak
God of War II (Sony Santa Monica / Sony Computer Entertainment)
- David Murrant, Clint Bajakian, Chuck Doud, Phil Kovats
Mass Effect (Bioware / Microsoft Game Studios)
- Steven Sim, Michael Kent, Jack Wall, Sam Hulick
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Recipient
Guitar Hero II (Harmonix Music Systems / RedOctane)
- Jeff Allen, Eric Brosius, Izzy Maxwell
Nominees
- Company of Heroes (Relic Entertainment / THQ)
- Crispin Hands, John Johnson, Jennifer Lewis, John Tennant
- DEFCON: Everybody Dies (Introversion Software)
- Alistair Lindsay, Michael Maidment
- Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend (Crystal Dynamics / Eidos Interactive)
- Troels Folmann, Karl Gallagher, Mike Peaslee, Gregg Stephens
- LocoRoco (Sony Computer Entertainment)
- Kemmei Adachi, Tomonobu Kikuchi, Kouji Niikura, Nobuyuki Shimizu
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Recipient
Guitar Hero (Harmonix Music Systems / RedOctane)
- Eric Brosius, Kasson Crooker
Nominees
Call of Duty 2 (Infinity Ward / Activision)
- Mark Ganus
Electroplankton (Nintendo)
- Toshio Iwai, Koichi Kyuma, Yuichi Ozaki
God of War (Sony Computer Entertainment America)
- Brad Aldredge, Clint Bajakian, Chuck Doud, Dave Murrant
Project Gotham Racing 3 (Bizarre Creations / Microsoft Game Studios)
- Nick Bygrave, Guy Whitmore, Nick Wiswell
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Recipient
Halo 2 (Bungie Software / Microsoft Game Studios)
- C Paul Johnson, Marty O'Donnell, Jay Weinland
Nominees
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
Katamari Damacy (Namco)
- Yu Miyake
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Recipient
Chuck Russom for sound effects in CALL OF DUTY
Nominees
Koji Igarashi and Ms. Michiru Yamane for composition in CASTLEVANIA: LAMENT OF INNOCENCE
David Henry and Stan LePard for composition in CRIMSON SKIES: HIGH ROAD TO REVENGE
Laurent Betbeder, Paul Gorman, Howard Shore, Charles Stockley, and Don Veca for composition in THE LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING
Christopher L. Clanin and Tim Larkin for sound design in URU: AGES BEYOND MYST
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Recipient
Jack Grillo, Rebecca Hanck, Erik Kraber and Yuan Liu for sound effects in MEDAL OF HONOR: ALLIED ASSAULT
Nominees
GTA Team for sound design in GRAND THEFT AUTO: VICE CITY
Takayuki Kawagoe, Hideki Naganuma and Fumitaka Shibata for sound design in JET SET RADIO FUTURE
Metroid Team for sound effects in METROID PRIME
Andrew Boyd, Chris Hegstrom, Robb Mills and Howard Shore for composition in THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS |
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Recipient
Marty O'Donnell & team for sound effects in HALO: COMBAT EVOLVED
Nominees
Erik Kraber & Jack Grillo for sound design in CLIVE BARKER'S UNDYING
Harry Gregson-Williams for composition in METAL GEAR SOLID 2: SONS OF LIBERTY
Josh Randall for sound design in FREQUENCY
Thomas Engel, Rudolf Stember & Chris Huelsbeck for sound engineering in STAR WARS ROGUE SQUADRON II: ROGUE LEADER |
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Recipient
Matt Uelmen, Jason Hayes, Glenn Stafford & Andrea Pessino for composition in DIABLO II
Nominees
Michael Sweet for music in BLIX
Fumitaka Shibata for music in SAMBE DE AMIGO
Naofumi Hataya & Kenichi Tokoi for music in SPACE CHANNEL 5
Kemal Amarasingham & Eric Brosius for sound effects in THIEF II: THE METAL AGE
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