Award Winner Runners-up Game of the Year Grand Theft Auto III (Rockstar Games)[1] Halo (Microsoft Studios), Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (EA Games) Online Game of the Year Counter-Strike (Vivendi Universal Games) Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (EA Games), Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (Vivendi Universal Games) PC Game of the Year Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (EA Games) Grand Theft Auto III (Rockstar Games), Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (Vivendi Universal Games) Best Use of a Film Licence The Thing (Vivendi Universal Games) Spider-Man (Activision), The Sum of All Fears (Ubi Soft) Sports Game of the Year Pro Evolution Soccer (Konami) Championship Manager (Eidos), FIFA 2002 (EA Sports) Game Innovation of the Year Grand Theft Auto III (Rockstar Games) Max Payne (Take 2 Interactive), The D-Day landing in Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (EA Games) Hardware of the Year Microsoft Xbox AMD Athlon XP Processor, Nintendo GameCube British Developer of the Year Rockstar North Electronic Arts Rare Publisher of the Year Electronic Arts Activision/LucasArts, Microsoft Game Studios Retailer of the Year Gameplay.com GAME, Amazon.co.uk Most Wanted Game for Christmas Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Rockstar Games) Splinter Cell (UbiSoft), Super Mario Sunshine (Nintendo of Europe) Xbox Game of the Year Halo (Microsoft Game Studios) Dead or Alive 3 (Tecmo), Max Payne (Take 2 Interactive) GameCube Game of the Year Resident Evil (Capcom Eurosoft) Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader (Activision/LucasArts), Super Smash Bros. Melee (Nintendo of Europe) Handheld Game of the Year Golden Sun (Nintendo) Mario Kart: Super Circuit (Nintendo), Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 (Nintendo of Europe) PS2 Game of the Year Grand Theft Auto III (Rockstar Games) Final Fantasy X (SCEE), Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Konami)