Y como se viene haciendo desde hace tres de años, los profesionales del sector han elegido los mejores juegos del año, con Metroid Prime como máximo ganador.
Cabe destacar el premio honorífico a Gunpei Yokoi, creador de la GameBoy, fallecido en 1997.
Game of the Year
Metroid Prime (Retro Studios)
Original Game Character of the Year
Sly Cooper from Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus by Sucker Punch
Rookie Studio of the Year
Retro Studios for Metroid Prime
Excellence in Audio
Jack Grillo, Rebecca Hanck, Erik Kraber and Yuan Liu for sound effects in Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
Excellence in Game Design
Romain de Waubert de Genlis, Ola Holmdahl, Johan Persson, and Niklas Persson for game design in Battlefield 1942
Excellence in Level Design
Metroid Team for level design in Metroid Prime
Excellence in Programming
Mark Brockington, Scott Greig, Jason Knipe, Don Moar and Don Yakielashek for network programming in Neverwinter Nights
Excellence in Visual Arts
Shinji Hashimoto and Tetsuya Nomura for art direction in Kingdom Hearts
Excellence in Writing
Clint Hocking and JT Petty for writing in Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell
Game Innovation Spotlights
Animal Crossing (Nintendo)
Battlefield 1942 (Digital Illusions)
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (2015, Inc.)
The Thing (Computer Artworks)
Lifetime Achievement Award
Gunpei Yokoi, creator, Game Boy
The First Penguin Award
David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Jim Levy, Alan Miller, and Bob Whitehead, founders, Activision
IGDA Award for Community Contribution
Doug Church, technical director, Eidos
