News: Edge Awards

The popular gaming magazine Edge have just announced the winners for their awards.

Nintendo did well in this year's awards, winning in each of the main categories in some way or another. The full list of winners can be found below.

Game of the year:
1st: Metroid Prime (NGC)
2nd: Neverwinter Nights (PC)
3rd: Super Mario Sunshine (NGC)

Finalists:
Animal Crossing (NGC)
GTA: Vice City (PS2)
TimeSplitters 2 (PS2, X BOX, NGC)

Publisher of the Year:
1st: Nintendo
2nd: EA Games
3rd: Ubi Soft

Finalists:
Capcom
Konami
Microsoft
Sega

Developer of the Year:
1st: Tecmo
2nd: Treasure
3rd: Retro Studios

Finlists:
Bioware
Rockstar
Nintendo
Koei
Climax Motersports

Gameplay Innovation of the Year:
1st: Animal Crossing (NGC)
2nd: Neverwinter Nights (PC)
3rd: LOTR: Two Towers (PS2)

Finalists:
Dead or Alive: Vollyball (X Box)
Eternal Darkness (NGC)
The Mark of Kri (PS2)

Graphical Achievement of the Year:
1st: O.TO.GI (X BOX)
2nd: Ikaruga (DC/NGC)
3rd: Panzer Dragoon Orta (X BOX)

Finalists:
Super Mario Sunshine (NGC)
Metriod Prime (NGC)
Auto Modellsta (PS2)
Gio Gio's Bizairre Adventure (PS2)

Audio Achievement of the Year:
1st: Metroid Prime (NGC)
2nd: O.TO.GI (XBOX)
3rd: GTA:Vice City (PS2)

Finalists:
Burnout 2 (PS2)
Colin McRae Rally 3 (PS2)
MOH: Froutline (PS2, XBOX)
Eternal Darkness (NGC)

Technical Achievement of the Year:
1st: MotoGP (XBOX)
2nd: Street Fighter Alpha 3 (GBA)
3rd: Burnout 2 (PS2)

Finalists:
LOTR: Two Towers (PS2)
Super Monkey Ball Jr (GBA)
Timesplitters 2 (PS2)

Hardward Innovation of theYear:
1st: Steel Battalion Controller
2nd: GP32
3rd: GBA SP

Finalists:
Nintendo E-reader
GBA/NGC link-up cable

Other:

Best use of a licence:
LOTR: Two Towers (PS2)

Posthumous developer:
Rage

Surprise of the Year:
Rocky (PS2, XBOX,NGC)

Biggest Disappointment of the Year:
Blink: The Time Sweeper (XBOX)


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