21-23 Mart 2002’de San Jose-California’da yapılacak olan, Oyun Geliştiricileri Conferansı’nda, ödül verilecek geliştiricilerin belirlenmesi için yönetim kurulu oluşturuldu. Buna göre aşağıda ki kişiler, bu kurulda bulunacaklar.
Hal Barwood, project leader, LucasArts (USA)
Ellen Guon Beeman, CEO/designer, Beemania (USA)
Cliff Bleszinkski, lead designer, Epic Games (USA)
Louis Castle, general manager & co
founder, Westwood Studios (USA)
Martin de Ronde, managing director, Lost Boys Games B.V. (Netherlands)
Graeme Devine, project manager/designer, id Software (USA)
Noah Falstein, president, The Inspiracy (USA)
Nicolas Gaume, president, Kalisto Entertainment (France)
Demis Hassabis, CEO & designer, Elixir Studios (England)
Chris Kingsley, CTO, Rebellion Developments Ltd. (England)
Gabe Newell, managing director and founder, Valve Software (USA)
Dave Perry, president, Shiny Entertainment (USA)
Kim Quirk, CEO, CogniToy (USA)
Matthew Stibbe, director, Intelligent Games (England)
Ragnar Tornquist, creative director, Funcom (Norway)
Greg Zeschuk, joint CEO & co
founder, BioWare Corp. (Canada)