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5th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards

Honoring the Best Games of 2004

Nominees & Awards Recipients

Each award recipient is highlighted in yellow.

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

Eugene Jarvis - legendary arcade game developer

Richard Allan Bartle, Ph.D - founding father of Multi-User Dungeons (MUDs)

Matt Adams, Ju Row Farr and Nick Tandavanitj - founders and leaders of Blast Theory, an internationally renowned interactive media artists' group

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

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

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