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Video Game of the Year
The five nominees...
Special Achievement Awards
Best Gaming Peripheral
Best Game Based on a TV or
  Film Property
Best Multiplatform Game
Most Innovative Game
Best Voice Acting
Best Classic Game
  Compilation
Best Japanese Import
Biggest News Item
Funniest Game (Purposely)
Funniest Game (Inadvertently)
Best Crossover Since
  Capcom vs. SNK
Best Name for a Game
Best Use of Taxpayers' Dollars
Most Regrettable
  Licensing Deal
Most Deserving of a Remake
Most Disappointing Delay



GameSpot's Video Game of the Year, Nominees
 
 
 Simply put, of the more than 100 award categories featured in GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2002, this category is the single biggest and most important, and in some ways, it's the most controversial. It is here that we put all the current video game platforms in direct competition against each other and choose from all the hundreds of games released for each of these impressive systems just five nominees to be considered for GameSpot's Video Game of the Year award. These games are simply the best of the best--the ones we'll look back on years from now to remember just how great a year in gaming we had in 2002. But only one among the following five will be declared winner. Which will it be? Here are the nominees for GameSpot's Video Game of the Year:

Animal Crossing (GC)

 
 Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Nintendo
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Though not a challenging game by any means, Animal Crossing more than makes up for that with its sheer number of activities and a good sense of humor.
 
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (PS2)

 
 Publisher: Rockstar Games
Developer: Rockstar North
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Grand Theft Auto: Vice City provides just about everything you'd want in a follow-up to an outstanding game.
 
MechAssault (Xbox)

 
 Publisher: Microsoft
Developer: Day 1 Studios
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If you're going to buy one game with your Xbox Live Starter Kit, MechAssault is the one to get.
 
Metroid Prime (GC)

 
 Publisher: Nintendo
Developer: Retro Studios
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It's not just one of the single most atmospheric games ever created, but it's also quite simply one of the best.
 
Ratchet & Clank (PS2)

 
 Publisher: SCEA
Developer: Insomniac Games
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Ratchet & Clank skillfully avoids most of the traps that hold back the majority of modern platform games and presents a fantastic, well-balanced, story-driven adventure.
 

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