Game of the year 1998

Half - Life (Developer : Valve/Publisher : Sierra)

Runners-up : Battlezone (Activision), Rainbow Six (Red Storm)

Best Action Game of the year 1998

Rainbow Six (Red Storm/Take 2 Interactive)

Runners-up : Battlezone (Activision), Descent : Freespace (Interplay)

Best Real - Time Strategy Game of the year 1998

Starcraft (Blizzard/Blizzard)

Runners-up : Battlezone (Activision), Caesar III (Sierra), Railroad Tycoon II (G.O.D)

Best Role - playing Game of the year 1998

Baldur's Gate (Bioware/Interplay)

Runners-up : Final Fantasy VII (Eidos), Might & Magic VI

Best Turn - based Strategy Game of the year 1998

Worms 2 (Team 17/Microprose)

Best Adventure Game of the year 1998

Grim Fandago (LucasArts/LucasArts)

Runners-up : Redguard (Bethesda), Sanitarium (ASC Games)

Best Simulation Game of the year 1998

Falcon 4.0 (Microprose/Microprose)

Runners-up : European Air War (Microprose), Jane's F-15 (Jane's Combat Simulation)

Best Racing Game of the year 1998

 Motocross Madness (Rainbow Studio/Microsoft)

Runners-up : F1 Racing Simulation (UbiSoft), Need For Speed III (Electronic Arts)

Best Sports Game of the year 1998

NBA Live 99 (EA/EA)

Runners-up : Links LS 99 (Access), NCAA Football 99 (EA)

Best Wargame of the year 1998

The Operational Art of War (Incredible Simulations/Talonsoft)

Runners-up : The People's General (SSI)

Best Arcade game of the year 1998

NFL Blitz (Midway)

Runners-up : Rogue Squadron (LucasArts), The House of the Dead (Sega)

Best Multiplayer Game of the year 1998

Rainbow Six (Take 2 Interactive/Red Storm)

Runners-up : StarCraft (Blizzard), Worms 2 (Microprose)

Most innovative Game of the year 1998

Battlezone (Activision)

Special Achievement in Hardware

nVidia Riva TNT (nVidia)

Special Achievement in Graphics

Unreal (Epic MegaGames)

Special Achievement in Art Direction

Grim Fandago (LucasArts)

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