Satellite Award for Outstanding Sports Game explained

There were different kinds of now retired Satellite Awards including Sports Games given as an annual award by the International Press Academy, such as

Satellite Award for Outstanding Sports Game (2004 & 2006)
Satellite Award for Outstanding Sports/Fighting/Racing Game (2005)
Satellite Award for Outstanding Sports/Racing Game (2008 & 2011-2013 & 2016)
Satellite Award for Outstanding Sports/Rhythm/Music Game (2007)

Furthermore, there was only one non-sports related Satellite Award referring to Music Games in 2008:

Satellite Award for Outstanding Music/Rhythm Game

Winners and nominees

Outstanding Sports/Other Game

Year	Category	Winners and nominees	Developer	Publisher
2004 (winner unknown)^[1]	Sports	ESPN NFL 2K5
		Major League Baseball 2005
		NBA Ballers		Midway Games
		NFL Street		Electronic Arts
		MX Unleashed	Rainbow Studios, Humagade	THQ
		Tony Hawk's Underground 2		Activision
	Sports/Fighting/Racing	*Burnout Revenge*	*Criterion Games*	*Electronic Arts*
		187 Ride or Die

		L.A. Rush		Midway Games, Zoo Digital Publishing
		NBA Street Volume 3		EA Sports Big
		Tekken 5		Namco, Sony Computer Entertainment
	Sports	*FIFA 07*	*Electronic Arts, Exient Entertainment*	*Electronic Arts*

		NCAA Football 2007		Electronic Arts
		Pro Evolution Soccer 5
		Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis		Rockstar Games
	Sports/Rhythm/Music	*Guitar Hero II*	*Harmonix*	*Activision*
		Elite Beat Agents
		Forza Motorsport 2
		Wii Sports		Nintendo
		Pro Evolution Soccer 2007		Konami
2008^[2]	Sports/Racing	*NHL 09*	*Electronic Arts, HB Studios*	*Electronic Arts*
		Burnout Paradise
		FIFA 09
		Mario Kart Wii		Nintendo
				Sony Computer Entertainment
		Wii Fit		Nintendo
	Sports/Racing	*Forza Motorsport 4*	*Turn 10 Studios*	*Microsoft Studios*
		FIFA 12
				Sony Computer Entertainment
		NBA 2K12
	Sports/Racing	*Forza Horizon*	*Playground Games, Turn 10 Studios*	*Microsoft Studios*
		FIFA 13
		LittleBigPlanet Karting		Sony Computer Entertainment
		Madden NFL 13
		Pro Evolution Soccer 2013		Konami
	Sports/Racing	*Need for Speed Rivals*	*Ghost Games*	*Electronic Arts*
		FIFA 14
		Forza Motorsport 5		Microsoft Studios
		Grid 2		Codemasters, Feral Interactive
		NBA 2K14		2K Sports
	Sports/Racing	*NHL 17*	*Electronic Arts*	*Electronic Arts*
		FIFA 17		Electronic Arts
		Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games		Nintendo
		MLB The Show 16		Sony Interactive Entertainment
		Pro Evolution Soccer 2017		Konami

Outstanding Music/Rhythm Game

Winner and nominees	Developer	Publisher
*Rock Band 2*	*Harmonix, Pi Studios*	*MTV Games*
Guitar Hero World Tour
Patapon		Sony Computer Entertainment
Rock Band
Singstar		Sony Computer Entertainment

External links

International Press Academy website

Notes and References

Web site: Satellite Awards for 2004. Internet Movie Database. imdb.com. IMDb. December 8, 2015. December 8, 2015.
Web site: 2008 Categories International Press Academy. IPA. pressacademy.com. February 3, 2017.