GamePro Announces Readers' Choice Winners
Who were the winners of these “highly coveted” awards? Below, you’ll find out. All GameCube-exclusive winners are bolded, and non-exclusive winners that were on the GameCube are italicized.
GamePro Magazine Announces Its 13th Annual Readers’ Choice Awards Winners! Coveted Awards Reveal Top Games According to GamePro’s Vast Audience Of Video Gaming Enthusiasts
OAKLAND, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–April 8, 2003–IDG Games Media Group, the world’s largest interactive entertainment information provider and publisher of GamePro magazine, the world’s largest independent multiplatform gaming magazine, today announced its 13th Annual Readers’ Choice Awards Winners.
Thousands of GamePro’s readers participated in the 2002 Readers’ Choice Awards that ran in GamePro magazine and on GamePro.com. Winning games are announced in GamePro’s May 2003 issue, on sale now on newsstands nationwide.
GamePro readers are the ultimate early adopters of video gaming products and collectively account for $1.9 billion in purchasing power on the gaming sector alone!(1). GamePro’s audience of over 3 million readers (2) are the leading opinion-makers and spenders on many consumer products – including video gaming, personal electronics, music, fashion and much more – and greatly influence their peers’ purchasing habits. As multiplatform enthusiasts, over 80 percent of the publication’s readers own more than one gaming console (3).
Following are the winners by category for GamePro’s 2002 Readers’ Choice Awards:
Best Action Game: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (By EA Games – PS2/GameCube/Xbox)
Best Combat Game: Metroid Prime (By Nintendo – GameCube)
Best Adventure Game: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (By Rockstar – PS2)
Best Platform Game: Super Mario Sunshine (By Nintendo – GameCube)
Best Role-Playing Game: Kingdom Hearts (By Square EA – PS2)
Best Racing Game: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (By EA Games – PS2/GameCube/Xbox)
Best Fighting Game: Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance (By Midway – PS2/GameCube/Xbox)
Best Brain/Reflex Game: Mario Party 4 (By Nintendo – GameCube)
Best Sports Game – Football: Madden NFL 2003 (By EA Sports – PS2/GameCube/Xbox)
Best Sports Game – Basketball: NBA 2K3 (By Sega Sports – PS2/GameCube/Xbox)
Best Sports Game – Other: Hot Shots Golf 3 (By Sony – PS2)
Best Action Sports Game: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 (By Activision – PS2/GameCube/Xbox/PlayStation)
Best PC Game: WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos (By Blizzard)
Best Handheld Game: Metroid Fusion (By Nintendo – Game Boy Advance)
Console of the Year: PlayStation 2
Game of the Year: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (By Rockstar – PS2)
“Every year, GamePro readers look forward to voicing their opinion by participating in the Readers’ Choice Awards. These selections represent some of their favorite games, and they are eagerly awaiting all the blockbuster games launching this year,” said Wes Nihei, Vice President, IDG Games Media Group and Editor-in-Chief, GamePro magazine. “The 2002 Readers’ Choice Award winners are especially significant because many of the games are sequels or based on an established franchise, mirroring the trend across video game publishers’ titles.”
For a detailed list of winners and runners-up, look in the May 2003 issue of GamePro on newsstands now.
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