The ''3rd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards'' was the 3rd edition of the

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, an annual awards event that honored the best games in the

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within the last nine months of

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and the first two months of

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. The awards were arranged by the

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(AIAS), and were held at the

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on May 11, 2000 during E3 2000. It was hosted by

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, and featured presenters included Martin Lewis,

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, Stevie Case, Brian Fargo,

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, Elisa Donovan, Leah Lail, Carmine Giovinazzo, Delroy Lindo, and

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. This would be the final year the awards ceremony would be held during E3. Several craft awards were split up into separate categories: "Outstanding Achievement in Art/Graphics" would be separated into the categories of "

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" and "

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", "Outstanding Achievement in Sound and Music" would be separated into the categories of "

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" and " Original Music Composition", and "Software Engineering" would be replaced with " Visual Engineering" and " Gameplay Engineering". The content awards for "

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" and "

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", both for console and PC, were combined into "Adventure/Role-Playing Game of the Year". The console award for " Children's/Family Title of the Year" was introduced while still having a separate PC award. Only one "Educational Title of the Year" award was offered instead of having separate awards for ages 0–8 and 9-16. There were no genre-specific awards for " Online Game of the Year". This would be the final year that categories for websites would be offered. '' Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings'' received the most nominations. It also tied for winning the most awards along with ''

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'', with the latter winning " Game of the Year".

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received the most nominations, won the most awards, and had the most nominated and award-winning games. There was also a tie for the " Outstanding Achievement in Character or Story Development".

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, creator of ''

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'', was inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame.

Winners and Nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().

Craft Awards

Content Awards

Console

Personal Computer

Online

Hall of Fame Award

Multiple nominations and awards

Multiple Nominations

Multiple awards

Notes

External links

Archived Finalists List Portal

References

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