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Prince of Persia wins Game of the Year honors
by Jolex Del Pilar
Friday, March 5, 2004
POP takes home 9 awards from Interactive Achievement Awards.
Ubisoft was awarded nine awards last night in Las Vegas at the 2004 Interactive Achievement Awards, including Best Console Game of the Year for its game, Prince of Persia The Sands of Time. Prince of Persia The Sands of Time took home more awards than any other game in the industry, including: Computer Action/Adventure Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Game Design, Outstanding Achievement in Animation, Outstanding Achievement in Platform Action Adventure, Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering, Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering and Outstanding Innovation in Computer Gaming. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 was also acknowledged as the Console First Person Action Game of the Year.
In addition to Prince of Persia and Rainbow Six 3, Beyond Good & Evil, XIII, Uru: Ages Beyond MYST, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell and IL2 Sturmovik were also nominated for awards. Similar to the Academy Awards for the film industry, the awards hosted by the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences are granted by members of the video game industry.
--- Jolex Del Pilar |
