The 5th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards was the 5th edition of the Interactive Achievement Awards, an annual awards event that honored the best games in the video game industry during 2001. The awards were arranged by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS), and were held at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada on . It was also held as part of the Academy's first annual D.I.C.E. Summit. It was hosted by stand-up comedian Patton Oswalt, and featured presenters included Cliff Bleszinski, Richard Garriott, Richard Hilleman, Don James, American McGee, Lorne Lanning, Sid Meier, Shigeru Miyamoto, Ray Muzyka, Natalie Raitano, Lucia Rijker, Jason Rubin, Jez San, George Sanger, and Steve Schirripa.
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- Halo: Combat Evolved — Bungie, Microsoft Game Studios
- Black & White — Lionhead Studios, Electronic Arts
- Ico — SCE Japan Studio
- Sid Meier's Civilization III — Firaxis Games, Atari Interactive
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Craft Awards
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- Grand Theft Auto III — DMA Design, Rockstar Games
- Dark Age of Camelot — Mythic Entertainment, Vivendi Universal Games
- Halo: Combat Evolved — Bungie, Microsoft Game Studios
- Ico — SCE Japan Studio
- Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment
- Pikmin — Nintendo EAD
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- Ico — SCE Japan Studio
- Black & White — Lionhead Studios, Electronic Arts
- Conker's Bad Fur Day — Rare
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty — Konami
- Myst III: Exile — Presto Studios, Ubisoft
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- Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee — Oddworld Inhabitants, Microsoft Game Studios
- Black & White — Lionhead Studios, Electronic Arts
- Dead or Alive 3 — Team Ninja, Tecmo
- Super Smash Bros. Melee — HAL Laboratory, Nintendo
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 — Neversoft, Activision
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- Ico — SCE Japan Studio
- Halo: Combat Evolved — Bungie, Microsoft Game Studios
- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty — Konami
- Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee — Oddworld Inhabitants, Microsoft Game Studios
- Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader — Factor 5, LucasArts
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- Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty — Konami
- Frequency — Harmonix, Sony Computer Entertainment
- Ico — SCE Japan Studio
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon — Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft
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- Tropico — PopTop Software, Gathering of Developers
- Batman Vengeance — Ubisoft Montreal
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone — KnowWonder, Electronic Arts
- Myst III: Exile — Presto Studios, Ubisoft
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- Grand Theft Auto III — DMA Design, Rockstar Games
- Black & White — Lionhead Studios, Electronic Arts
- Halo: Combat Evolved — Bungie, Microsoft Game Studios
- Monopoly Tycoon — Deep Red Games, Infogrames
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- Halo: Combat Evolved — Bungie, Microsoft Game Studios
- Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec — Polyphony Digital, Sony Computer Entertainment
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 — Microsoft Simulation Group
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein — Gray Matter Studios, Activision
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 — Neversoft, Activision
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Console Awards
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- Halo: Combat Evolved — Bungie, Microsoft Game Studios
- Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec — Polyphony Digital, Sony Computer Entertainment
- Ico — SCE Japan Studio
- Pikmin — Nintendo EAD
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- Pikmin — Nintendo EAD
- Halo: Combat Evolved — Bungie, Microsoft Game Studios
- Ico — SCE Japan Studio
- Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee — Oddworld Inhabitants, Microsoft Game Studios
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- Halo: Combat Evolved — Bungie, Microsoft Game Studios
- Conker's Bad Fur Day — Rare
- Grand Theft Auto III — DMA Design, Rockstar Games
- Ico — SCE Japan Studio
- Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy — Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment
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- Mario Party 3 — Hudson Soft, Nintendo
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone — Argonaut Games, Electronic Arts
- Tarzan: Untamed — Ubisoft Montreal
- Monsters, Inc. — Kodiak Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment
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- Dead or Alive 3 — Team Ninja, Tecmo
- Super Smash Bros. Melee — HAL Laboratory, Nintendo
- Victorious Boxers: Ippo's Road to Glory — New Corporation, Empire Interactive
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- Advance Wars — Intelligent Systems, Nintendo
- Golden Sun — Camelot Software Planning, Nintendo
- Mario Kart: Super Circuit — Intelligent Systems, Nintendo
- The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons — Flagship/Capcom, Nintendo
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 — Vicarious Visions, Activision
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- Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance — Snowblind Studios, Black Isle Studios, Interplay Entertainment
- Castlevania: Circle of the Moon — Konami
- Dark Cloud — Level-5, Sony Computer Entertainment
- Golden Sun — Camelot Software Planning, Nintendo
- Paper Mario — Intelligent Systems, Nintendo
- The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages — Flagship/Capcom, Nintendo
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- Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec — Polyphony Digital, Sony Computer Entertainment
- NASCAR Thunder 2002 — EA Tiburon
- Project Gotham Racing — Bizarre Creations, Microsoft Game Studios
- Splashdown — Rainbow Studios, Infogrames, Atari Interactive
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- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 — Neversoft, Activision
- Madden NFL 2002 — EA Tiburon
- NBA 2K2 — Visual Concepts, Sega
- SSX Tricky — EA Canada
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Online Awards
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- Return to Castle Wolfenstein — Gray Matter Studios, Activision
- Aliens Versus Predator 2 — Monolith Productions, Sierra On-Line
- MechWarrior 4: Black Knight Expansion — FASA Interactive, Microsoft Game Studios
- Monopoly Tycoon — Deep Red Games, Infogrames
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon — Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft
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- Dark Age of Camelot — Mythic Entertainment, Vivendi Universal Games
- Asheron's Call: Dark Majesty — Turbine, Microsoft
- Phantasy Star Online — Sonic Team, Sega
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PC Awards
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- Black & White — Lionhead Studios, Electronic Arts
- Dark Age of Camelot — Mythic Entertainment, Vivendi Universal Games
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein — Gray Matter Studios, Activision
- Sid Meier's Civilization III — Firaxis Games, Atari Interactive
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- Black & White — Lionhead Studios, Electronic Arts
- Dark Age of Camelot — Mythic Entertainment, Vivendi Universal Games
- Majestic — Anim-X, Electronic Arts
- The Sims: Hot Date — Maxis, Electronic Arts
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- Return to Castle Wolfenstein — Gray Matter Studios, Activision
- Aliens Versus Predator 2 — Monolith Productions, Sierra On-Line
- Clive Barker's Undying — EA Los Angeles
- Myst III: Exile — Presto Studios, Ubisoft
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- Backyard Basketball — Humongous Entertainment, Infogrames
- Disney's Stanley Tiger Tales — Artech Studios, Disney Interactive
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone — KnowWonder, Electronic Arts
- Scan Command: Jurassic Park — Knowledge Adventure
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- Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Treasures of Knowledge — The Learning Company, Riverdeep
- Disney Learning: Phonics Quest — Disney Interactive
- Spy Masters: Unmask the Prankster — Knowledge Adventure
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- Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal — BioWare, Black Isle Studios, Interplay Entertainment
- Diablo II: Lord of Destruction — Blizzard North
- Wizardry 8 — Sir-Tech Canada
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- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 — Microsoft Simulation Group
- IL-2 Sturmovik — 1C: Maddox Games, Ubisoft
- Microsoft Train Simulator — Kuju Entertainment, Microsoft
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- FIFA 2002 — EA Canada
- Madden NFL 2002 — EA Tiburon
- NHL 2002 — EA Canada
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- Sid Meier's Civilization III — Firaxis Games, Atari Interactive
- Battle Realms — Liquid Entertainment, Crave Entertainment, Ubisoft
- Black & White — Lionhead Studios, Electronic Arts
- Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns — TimeGate Studios, Strategy First
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Hall of Fame Award
- Will Wright
Multiple nominations and awards
Multiple Nominations
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|+ Games that received multiple nominations
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! scope="col" | Nominations
! scope="col" | Game
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|rowspan=2 | 8
| Halo: Combat Evolved
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| Ico
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| 7
| Black & White
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|rowspan=2 | 4
| Dark Age of Camelot
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| Return to Castle Wolfenstein
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|rowspan=8 | 3
| Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
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| Grand Theft Auto III
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| Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
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| Myst III: Exile
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| Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
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| Pikmin
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| Sid Meier's Civilization III
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| Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
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|rowspan=11 | 2
| Aliens Versus Predator 2
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| Conker's Bad Fur Day
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| Dead or Alive 3
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| Golden Sun
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| Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (PC)
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| Jak & Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
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| Madden NFL 2002
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| Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002
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| Monopoly Tycoon
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| Super Smash Bros. Melee
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| Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
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|+ Nominations by company
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! scope="col" | Nominations
! scope="col" | Games
! scope="col" | Company
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| 19
| 11
| Electronic Arts
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| 17
| 7
| Microsoft Game Studios
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| 16
| 6
| Sony Computer Entertainment
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| 13
| 9
| Nintendo
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| 9
| 6
| Ubisoft
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|rowspan=2 | 8
| 3
| Activision
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|rowspan=2 | 1
| Bungie
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| 7
| Lionhead Studios
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|rowspan=6 | 4
| 3
| Infogrames
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|rowspan=2 | 2
| Atari Interactive
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| Konami
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|rowspan=3 | 1
| Gray Matter Studios
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| Mythic Entertainment
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| Vivendi Universal Games
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|rowspan=9 | 3
| 3
| Intelligent Systems
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|rowspan=8 | 1
| Argonaut Games
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| DMA Design
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| Firaxis Games
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| Neversoft
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| Oddworld Inhabitants
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| Polyphony Digital
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| Presto Studios
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| Rockstar Games
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|rowspan=16 | 2
|rowspan=6 | 2
| Black Isle Studios
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| Disney Interactive
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| Flagship
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| Interplay Entertainment
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| Knowledge Adventure
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| Sega
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|rowspan=10 | 1
| Camelot Software Planning
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| Deep Red Games
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| HAL Laboratory
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| Monolith Productions
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| Naughty Dog
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| Rare
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| Red Storm Entertainment
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| Sierra On-Line
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| Team Ninja
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| Tecmo
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Multiple awards
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|+
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! scope="col" | Awards
! scope="col" | Game
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| 4
| Halo: Combat Evolved
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|rowspan=4 | 2
| Black & White
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| Grand Theft Auto III
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| Ico
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| Return to Castle Wolfenstein
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{| class="wikitable floatright" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" background: #f6e39c;
|+ Awards by company
|-
! scope="col" | Awards
! scope="col" | Games
! scope="col" | Company
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| 6
| 3
| Microsoft Game Studios
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| 4
| 1
| Bungie
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|rowspan=4 | 3
| 3
| Nintendo
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|rowspan=4 | 2
| Activision
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| Electronic Arts
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| Sony Computer Entertainment
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|rowspan=5 | 2
| Interplay Entertainment
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|rowspan=4 | 1
| DMA Design
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| Gray Matter Studios
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| Lionhead Studios
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| Rockstar Games
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