Everyone,
The winners of the first annual GAMEPEN'S BEST OF E3 SHOW AWARDS
([link lost in import] have been anounced. 10 Game Publications
publications participated in the judging. Awards were Presented in 20
Categories for Excellence in ***. Judging publications included,
GamePen.Com, Arcadium.Com, Online Game Review, Computer & Net Player,
Game Demo Depot, Game Revolution, Gameslice, PC Games Magazine, PCM&E
and Game Briefs.
The categories, winners, and nominees are:
***** Best Racing *****
Winner: Test Drive 4 (Accolade)
Nominees:
Andretti Racing '98 (EA Sports)
F/Zero 64 (Nintendo)
F1 Racing Simulation (UbiSoft)
Formula 1 97 (Psygnosis)
***** Most Promising New Game *****
(Awarded to an innovative title NOT part of an existing franchise)
Winner: Myth: The Fallen Lords (Bungie)
Nominees:
Unreal (GT Interactive/Epic)
Dungeon Keeper (Bullfrog)
Half Life (Sierra/Valve)
***** Most Promising New Peripheral *****
Winner: SideWinder Force Feedback Pro (Microsoft)
Nominees:
The Glove (Reality Quest)
***man 2 (Logitech)
PC-Dash (Saitek)
ACT Labs Racing System (ACT Labs)
***** Best Game -- PC *****
Winner: Dungeon Keeper (Bullfrog)
Nominees:
Quake 2 (Activision/id)
Myth: The Fallen Lords (Bungie)
Blade Runner (Westwood)
***** Best Game -- PlayStation *****
Winner: Abe's Oddworld Oddysee (GT Interactive/Oddworld Inhabitants)
Nominees:
Final Fantasy VII (Sony/Squaresoft)
Crash Bandicoot 2 (Sony)
Jurassic Park: Lost World (Dreamworks)
***** Best Game -- Saturn *****
Winner: Enemy Zero (Sega/WARP)
Nominees:
Duke Nukem 3D (Sega/3D Realms)
Panzer Dragoon Saga (Sega)
Sonic R (Sega)
***** Best Game -- N64 *****
Winner: Star Fox 64 (Nintendo)
Nominees:
Zelda 64 (Nintendo)
Goldeneye (Nintendo)
Banjo Kazooie (Nintendo)
***** Best Action Game *****
Winner: Half-Life (Sierra/Valve)
Nominees:
Quake 2 (Activision/id)
Unreal (GT Interactive/Epic)
Hexen 2 (Activision/Raven)
***** Best Adventure Game *****
Winner: Riven (Red Orb)
Nominees:
Blade Runner (Westwood)
Curse of Monkey Island (LucasArts)
WarCraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans (Blizzard)
***** Best Real-Time Strategy *****
Winner: Age of Empires (Microsoft/Ensemble)
Nominees:
Total Annihilation (GT Interactive/Cavedog)
Dark Reign (Activision)
Starcraft (Blizzard)
***** Best Turn Based Strategy *****
Winner: X-Com: Apocalypse (Microprose)
Nominees:
Panzer General II (SSI)
Guardians: Agents of Justice (Microprose)
Jagged Alliance 2 (Sir-Tech)
Warlords III (Red Orb)
***** Best Combat Sim *****
Winner: Longbow 2 (Jane's)
Nominees:
F-15 (Jane's)
if22 (Interactive Magic)
Falcon 4.0 (Microprose)
Saber Ace (*** Interactive)
Heavy Gear (Activision)
***** Best Non-Combat Sim *****
Winner: Flight Unlimited 2 (Eidos/Looking Glass)
Nominees:
Populous III (Bullfrog)
Flight Simulator 98 (Microsoft)
Sim City 3000 (Maxis)
***** Best Fighting *****
Winner: Star Wars: Masters of Ters Ksi (LucasArts)
Nominees:
Bushido Blade (Sony/Squaresoft)
Die By The Sword (Interplay)
Last Bronx (Sega)
***** Best Sports *****
Winner: Baseball 3D (Microsoft)
Nominees:
World Wide Soccer 98 (Sega)
Powerplay 98 (*** Interactive)
Links LS 98 (Access)
***** Best RPG *****
Winner: Might & Magic VI (New World Computing)
Nominees:
Lands of Lore 2 (Westwood)
Final Fantasy VII (Sony/Squaresoft)
Wizardry 8 (Sir-Tech)
***** Best Online Only *****
Winner: Ultima Online (Origin)
Nominees:
Fighter Ace (Microsoft/VR-1)
Asheron's Call (Microsoft/Turbine)
FireTeam (Multitude)
***** Best Puzzle/Trivia *****
Winner: You Don't Know Jack: TV (Berkeley)
Nominees:
Tetrisphere (Nintendo)
Saturn Bomberman (Sega)
Acrophobia (Berkeley)
***** Best Booth *****
Winner: Sony
Nominees:
Activision
Eidos
Electronic Arts (EA Sports, Bullfrog, Origin, Jane's)
***** Best Party *****
Winner: Eidos
Nominees:
SegaSoft's HEAT
Activision's Apocalypse
SouthPeak Interactive
This is not to dispute who won or who lost, but how were the
nominations made?...Just wondering because there were a few
other race titles at E3 (both sim and arcade) that didn't seem
to make the above list.
Cheers!
Marc J. Nelson
Sim Racing Online / Sim Racing News / The Sim Project
http://members.aol.com/simracing
