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Special: I love you... You hate me...
Adventure Game Award
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Winner: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Rockstar once again steals the awards, but this year, the series comes dressed in the style of the 80s before to get the job done.
| The Runner-Up: Onimusha 2
Action Game Award
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Winner: Contra: Shattered Soldier
It's admireable to see Contra is still confined to 2D and even more extrodinary that it can compete any action game to date.
| The Runner-Up: SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs
Platform Game Award
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Winner: Ratchet & Clank
Spyro may be spinning out of control while in the hands of Universal, but Insomniac Games has has a tight grip this dynamic looking duo.
| The Runner-Up: Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
First-Person Shooter Award
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Winner: TimeSplitters 2
Free Radical can't seem to shake that GoldenEye 007 connection with another fast-paced FPS that has everything except online play.
| The Runner-Up: Medal of Honor: Frontline
Role-Playing Game Award
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Winner: Kingdom Hearts
Square and Disney may be an odd match on paper, but playing the end result once will keep you hooked until it's been beat.
| The Runner-Up: Suikoden III
Sports Award
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Winner: Madden NFL 2003
EA Sports doesn't seem to be loosing a step on the field and online match-ups make this football game first string in our playbook.
| The Runner-Up: High Heat Baseball 2003
Extreme Sports Award
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Winner: Aggressive Inline
Acclaim made a big impact when Aggressive Inline took off earlier this year. In fact, it was enough to knock off Tony Hawk for one year at least.
| The Runner-Up: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
Racing Award
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Winner: Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
In addition to speeding away with our prize for racing, Hot Pursuit 2 might have also taken first if we had an award for best commerical.
| The Runner-Up: Burnout 2
Fighting Award
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Winner: Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
Midway has fought its way back to the top by creating a Deadly Alliance that remains undefeated on each current platform.
| The Runner-Up: Virtua Fighter 4
Visuals GOTY
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Winner: Ratchet & Clank
Spyro may be spinning out of control while in the hands of Universal, but Insomniac Games has has a tight grip this dynamic looking duo.
| The Runner-Up: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Sound Effects GOTY
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Winner: Medal of Honor: Frontline
EA was not only able to capture the sight, but also the sound of World War II from each bullet to every bombshell.
| The Runner-Up: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Music GOTY
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Winner: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Rockstar once again steals the awards, but this year, the series comes dressed in the style of the 80s before to get the job done.
| The Runner-Up: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
Storyline GOTY
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Winner: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Rockstar once again steals the awards, but this year, the series comes dressed in the style of the 80s before to get the job done.
| The Runner-Up: Kingdom Hearts
Online GOTY
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Winner: SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs
The new war between seals and terrorists can be fought online with 16 players and a headseat, making it the ideal online shooter for PS2.
| The Runner-Up: Madden NFL 2003
Surprise GOTY
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Winner: Rez
Sega took a unique approach by combining both shooter and music apsects into one. Out of nowhere and unfortunately out of print.
| The Runner-Up: Suikoden III
Disappointing GOTY
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Winner: State of Emergency
Just months after Rockstar released GTA3, everyone looked down the release list to see this game. However, no one really saw all that much.
| The Runner-Up: BMX XXX
Worst GOTY
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Winner: Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt.
My. God. Worst. Game. This. Year. This awful game with an irritating name shouldn't be in stores for fear of contamination to other quality products.
| The Runner-Up: Shifters
BEST GOTY
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Winner: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Rockstar once again steals the awards, but this year, the series comes dressed in the style of the 80s before to get the job done.
| The Runner-Up: Medal of Honor: Frontline
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