Lifetime Achievement Award
Eugene Jarvis
Legendary arcade game developer
First Penguin Award
Richard Allan Bartle, Ph.D
Founding father of Multi-User Dungeons (MUDs)
Maverick Award
Matt Adams, Ju Row Farr and Nick Tandavanitj
Founders and leaders of Blast Theory, an internationally renowned interactive media artists' group
IGDA Award for Community Contribution
Sheri Graner Ray
Revered advocate of women's interests in game development
Best Game
Half-Life 2 (Valve Software / Vivendi Universal Games)
- Ken Birdwell, Gabe Newell, Jay Stelly
Burnout 3: Takedown (Criterion Games / Electronic Arts)
- Paul Glancey, Chris Roberts, Paul Cross, 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
Katamari Damacy (Namco)
- Keita Takahashi
World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)
- Mark Kern, Mike Morhaime, Rob Pardo
New Studio
Crytek (Far Cry)
- Avni Yerli, Cevat Yerli, Faruk Yerli
Cryptic Studios (City of Heroes)
- Michael Lewis
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)
- John Baez, Tom Fulp, Brandon LaCava, Dan Paladin
Excellence in Audio
Halo 2 (Bungie Software / Microsoft Game Studios)
- C Paul Johnson, Marty O'Donnell, Jay Weinland
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
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
Game Design
Katamari Damacy (Namco)
- Keita Takahashi
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
Pikmin 2 (Nintendo)
- Masamichi Abe, Hino Shigefumi
World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)
- Chris Metzen, Rob Pardo
Technology
Half-Life 2 (Valve Software / Vivendi Universal Games)
- Yahn Bernier, Brian Jacobson
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
Visual Arts
World of Warcraft (Blizzard Entertainment)
- Sam Didier, William Petras, Justin Thavirat
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
Writing
Half-Life 2 (Valve Software / Vivendi Universal Games)
- Marc Laidlaw
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Rockstar North / Rockstar Games)
- Dan Houser, James Worrall
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
Innovation
Donkey Konga (Namco / Nintendo)
- Hiroshi Igarashi, Hiroyuki Onoda
I Love Bees (4orty2wo Entertainment / Microsoft Game Studios)
- Elan Lee
Katamari Damacy (Namco)
- Keita Takahashi