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Halo Tops 2002 Video Game Awards
Posted By: REBDate: 3/3/02 5:10 a.m.

'Halo' tops 2002 video game awards

Fifth Annual Interactive Achievement Awards

March 2, 2002 Posted: 1:24 PM EST (1824 GMT)

By Marsha Walton CNN Sci-Tech

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) -- "First person shooters" may still rule the video game world, but the Fifth Annual Interactive Achievement Awards last week showed that themes and story lines are as vast as civilization.

"Halo: Combat Evolved" took two top awards -- game of the year and console game of the year. The game is rated for mature players and deploys a cyber-enhanced soldier whose mission is to keep a threatening alien race from Earth.

"We tried to make a game that was really fun, that really entertained us for the years we were working on it," said lead designer John Howard, after winning the award at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas Thursday night.

The game is one of the flagship products for Microsoft's Xbox, which was introduced into the market last fall.  

"The game does a number of things really well," said Stuart Moulder, general manager of PC games at Microsoft. "It has some interesting tactical decision-making for the player, and it's got an interesting story line," he said.

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The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences presented awards in 29 craft, console, computer and online categories.

The awards were given in conjunction with the DICE Summit (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) for game developers.

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All the winners of the Fifth Annual Interactive Achievement Awards can be found on the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Web site.

For more on this year's awards, see Marsha Walton's report on Next@CNN, Saturday at 1 p.m. EST and Sunday at 4 p.m. EST.




"Halo: Combat Evolved," in which a cyber-enhanced soldier is deployed to try to keep an alien race from Earth, took game of the year and console game of the year at the Fifth Annual Interactive Achievement Awards.

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A scene from "Halo: Combat Evolved," which took two top awards -- game of the year and console game of the year -- at the Fifth Annual Interactive Achievement Awards. The game is one of the flagship products for Microsoft's Xbox, which was introduced into the market last fall.




"Halo: Combat Evolved" is rated for mature players and in it a cyber-enhanced soldier must keep an alien race from conquering Earth.

And finally,

QUICKVOTE

Do you think it would be good to have more games along the lines of "The Sims" -- away from action-adventure -- to open the field to a wider audience?

Yes.
No.
I'm a neutral operative on this one.

When I checked the results, Yes had received 777 votes!

Full Article At CNN.com/Sci-Tech




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