Game Developers Conference Awards, le nomination:
Miglior software house appena nata:
Counter-Strike team (Counter-Strike)
Free Radical Design (TimeSplitters)
Massive Entertainment (Ground Control)
Nihilistic Software (Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption)
Planet Moon Studios (Giants: Citizen Kabuto)
Personaggio dei videogames dell'anno:
Cate Archer (No One Lives Forever)
Kabuto (Giants: Citizen Kabuto)
Ulala (Space Channel 5) > Seaman (Seaman)
Tamale Loco (Tamale Loco @ shockwave.com)
Miglior audio:
Michael Sweet - BliX (music)
Matt Uelmen, Jason Hayes, Glenn Stafford & Andrea Pessino - Diablo II (composition)
Fumitaka Shibata - Samba de Amigo (music)
Naofumi Hataya & Kenichi Tokoi - Space Channel 5 (music)
Kemal Amarasingham & Eric Brosius - Thief II: The Metal Age (sound effects)
Miglior Game Design:
Harvey Smith & Warren Spector - Deus Ex (game design)
Sean Clark & Michael Stemmle - Escape from Monkey Island (puzzles)
Shigeru Miyamoto & Eiji Aonuma - Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (gameplay)
Ragnar Tornquist - The Longest Journey (story)
Neversoft Entertainment - Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (gameplay)
Miglior designer di Livelli e mappe :
American McGee, Jim Molinets & team - American McGee's Alice
NOLF level design team - No One Lives Forever
Michel Ancel & team - Rayman 2: The Great Escape
SSX level design team - SSX
Christopher Foster, Tom Odell & team - Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force
Miglior programmazione:
Yu Suzuki & team - F355 Challenge (physics)
Scott Guest & Andy Astor - Giants: Citizen Kabuto (graphics)
Visual Concepts dev team - NFL2K1 (networking)
Martin Brownlow - Sacrifice (graphics)
Sims programming team - The Sims (AI)
Miglior Grafica:
American McGee - American McGee's Alice (art direction)
Tomonobu Itagaki, Hiroaki Matsui & team - Dead or Alive 2 (animation)
Ryuta Ueda & Kazuki Hosokawa - Jet Grind Radio (art direction)
Joby Otero - Sacrifice (art direction)
Insomniac art team - Spyro: Year of the Dragon (art direction)
Gioco dell'anno:
Deus Ex (ION Storm Austin)
Jet Grind Radio (Smilebit)
No One Lives Forever (Monolith)
Shenmue (Sega AM2)
The Sims (Maxis)
