| Year | Category | Winners and nominees | Developer/Publisher |
|---|
| 2003 [7] | Outstanding Art Direction | Biohazard Ø | Capcom |
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | Rockstar North / Rockstar Games |
| Jet Set Radio Future | Smilebit / Sega |
| Pro Surfer | Beenox / Aspyr |
| Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven | Illusion Softworks / Gathering of Developers |
| Outstanding Character | Shinobi
For "Shinobi". | Overworks / Sega |
Maximo: Ghosts to Glory
For "Maximo". | Capcom |
Ratchet & Clank
For "Ratchet". | Insomniac Games / Sony Computer Entertainment |
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus
For "Sly Cooper". | Sucker Punch Productions / Sony Computer Entertainment |
Spider-Man
For "Spiderman". | Treyarch / Activision |
Outstanding Execution of a Gaming Concept
(Game of the Year) | No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way | Monolith Productions / Sierra Entertainment |
| Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem | Silicon Knights / Nintendo |
| Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven | Illusion Softworks / Gathering of Developers |
| Metroid Prime | Retro Studios / Nintendo |
| The Sims Online | Maxis / Electronic Arts |
| Most Innovative Story Design | Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem | Silicon Knights / Nintendo |
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | Rockstar North / Rockstar Games |
| Medal of Honor: Frontline | DreamWorks Interactive / Electronic Arts |
| Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance | Konami |
| Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos | Blizzard Entertainment |
| 2004 [8] | Outstanding Art Direction | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | EA Redwood Shores/ Electronic Arts |
Battlefield 1942
For the add-on "The Road to Rome". | Electronic Arts / Electronic Arts |
| Final Fantasy XI | Square Enix / Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne | Remedy Entertainment / Rockstar Games |
| SOCOM II U.S. Navy SEALs | Zipper Interactive / Sony Computer Entertainment |
| Outstanding Character | Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
For "Tommy Vercetti" (Ray Liotta). | Rockstar North / Rockstar Games |
Def Jam Vendetta
For "Def Jam Crew" ('DMX'/Ludacris/Method Man/Redman). | Electronic Arts / Electronic Arts |
True Crime: Streets of LA
For "Unknown" (Snoop Dogg). | Luxoflux, LTI Gray Matter / Activision |
XIII
For the XIII Voice (David Duchovny) | Ubisoft / Ubisoft |
Outstanding Execution of a Gaming Concept
(Game of the Year) | Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic | BioWare / LucasArts |
| Call of Duty | Infinity Ward / Activision |
| Enter the Matrix | Shiny Entertainment / Infogrames Entertainment |
| Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne | Remedy Entertainment / Rockstar Games |
| SOCOM II U.S. Navy SEALs | Zipper Interactive / Sony Computer Entertainment |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | EA Redwood Shores / Electronic Arts |
| Most Innovative Story Design | XIII | Ubisoft / Ubisoft |
| PlanetSide | Sony Online Entertainment / Sony Online Entertainment, Ubisoft |
| Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic | BioWare / LucasArts |
| The Sims: Superstar | Maxis / Electronic Arts |
| True Crime: Streets of LA | Luxoflux, LTI Gray Matter / Activision |
