SAN FRANCISCO, May 17 /PRNewswire/ -- IGN.com, a Snowball.com network and
the highest-trafficked destination on the Internet for males, today announced
the winners of the IGN.com Best of E3 Awards. The awards honor the top new
games, innovations and surprises of the E3 Expo, the gaming industry's
premiere trade show, which took place May 11-13, 2000 in Los Angeles.
IGN.com is presenting a total of 65 awards, including overall show awards
and honors for individual games. The seven overall show categories are: Best
of Show, Best Visuals, Best Technology, Most Innovative, Best Sound, Coolest
Booth, Biggest Surprise, and Best Hardware/Peripheral. In addition, gaming
awards are being presented in selected genres for each of six gaming
platforms-N64, PS2, PSX, Dreamcast, Handhelds, and PC. Genre awards include:
Best Action Game, Best Adventure Game, Best Fighting Game, Best Platform Game,
Best Puzzle Game, Best RPG Game, Best Racing Game, Best Simulation Game, Best
Sports Game, and Best Strategy Game, as well as Best of Show awards in each
category.
The list of nominees was compiled by the IGN.com editors throughout the
convention, and posted on the official Best of E3 web site,
http://www.bestofe3.com. The list was continuously updated as the editors
viewed the different games throughout the show. The winning games were
selected by the editors, from the list of nominees, at the conclusion of the
show.
"For the three days of the E3 Expo, the IGN.com editors have had the
privilege of playing thousands of outstanding new games, and the difficult
task of having to decide which ones are the best," said Simon Whitcombe, Vice
President of Networks, Snowball.com. "Based on the quality of games we have
seen at this year's E3 Expo and the new hardware systems being introduced,
this is sure to be a banner year in the gaming industry."
Winners for overall show awards and best of gaming platform are listed
below. A complete list of winners in all genres can be found at
http://www.bestofe3.com.
Best of Show: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Konami, KCEJ)
Best Visuals: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Konami, KCEJ)
Best Technology: SegaNet
Most Innovative: Black & White (Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS),
Lionhead Studios)
Best Sound: Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future (Sega,
Appaloosa Interactive)
Coolest Booth: Sega
Biggest Surprise: Conker's Bad Fur Day (Rare)
Best Hardware/
Peripheral: Xbox (Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT))
Best Game N64 Game: Conker's Bad Fur Day (Rare)
Best Dreamcast Game: Samba De Amigo (Sega)
Best PC Game: Black & White (Electronic Arts, Lionhead Studios)
Best PlayStation
Game: Vagrant Story (Square EA, Squaresoft)
Best PlayStation 2
Game: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Konami, KCEJ)
Best Handheld Game: Perfect Dark (Nintendo, Rare)
About IGN.com (http://www.ign.com):
With more than 3.9 million unique visitors in March 2000 (Media Metrix,
March 2000), IGN.com (http://www.ign.com) is the highest trafficked
entertainment destination on the Internet for males. IGN.com publishes
original content about movies, television, science fiction, anime, comics,
gadgets, gear, wrestling, PC games, video games and issues important to young
men. The site was recently awarded honors as "Best Entertainment Site" by
Wired Magazine's Readers' Raves. IGN.com is based in San Francisco and is a
property of Snowball.com (http://www.snowball.com).
About Snowball.com (http://www.snowball.com):
Snowball.com (Nasdaq: SNOW) is the leading online network for Generation I
and the companies that want to reach its population of Web-centric young
adults. Snowball aggregates top Generation-i produced Web sites and brings its
active Net-centric audience to companies that offer products and services
targeted to the demographic. The company is consistently ranked by Media
Metrix as one of the largest consolidated properties on the Internet. Its
primary networks include ChickClick.com, IGN.com and PowerStudents.com.
Snowball.com is a publicly traded company headquartered in San Francisco, CA,
with locations in New York and Los Angeles.
SOURCE IGN.com
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CONTACT:
Kelly Zavislak of IGN.com, 415-508-2253,
kelly@ign.com; or Keith Fernbach, 212-714-1280, ext. 270,
keith@alantaylor.com, or Bret Werner, 212-714-1280, ext. 238,
both of Alan Taylor Communications, for IGN.com
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