theglobe.com's Computer Games Magazine, the Definitive Print Source for Computer Gamers, Announces Winners for "Computer Games Magazine Awards 2000"

Business Wire, March 5, 2001

Entertainment Editors

NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--March 5, 2001

Fox Interactive's "No One Lives Forever"

Tops The List As "Game Of The Year"

and "Action Game Of The Year"

theglobe.com's Computer Games Magazine, part of theglobe.com games network (http://games.theglobe.com) has announced the winners for its annual awards honoring the best in computer game entertainment.

Fox Interactive's "No One Lives Forever" tops the list of winners as "Game Of the Year" and "Action Game Of The Year."

Set in a swinging '60s, "No One Lives Forever" stars the cat-suited "Operative" Cate Archer, a former thief turned agent for secret spy outfit UNITY who is battling an organization called H.A.R.M. The game was rewarded for being full of surprises and twists and for featuring a thoroughly refreshing setting, varied gameplay, superb dialogue and voice acting, and for being the most entertaining game in ages.

Descriptions of all the winning games and a list of the finalists in the fifteen categories is featured in the April issue of Computer Games Magazine to hit newsstands March 6. The magazine will also include winners in irreverent categories such as the "Worst Games Of The Year," "Biggest Disaster We All Saw Coming," "Best Worst Fighting Game," "Best Waste of 90 Minutes" and "Most Like To Be Blamed For Poor Earnings." Finally, CGM predicts the standout games for the year 2001.

"The first year of the new millennium was an interesting year for computer games, with some traditional styles falling out of favor and being replaced with new hybrid games that mix the old and new," said Steve Bauman, editor, Computer Games Magazine. "We'd like to congratulate all recipients of this year's awards, particularly the team from Monolith Productions that created 'No One Lives Forever', the year's most vivid game, both in a literal and figurative sense."

      Following are the winners:

                           Game of the Year
                        Action Game of the Year
                        "No One Lives Forever"
            Developer: Monolith/Publisher: Fox Interactive

                          Add-on of the Year
                  "Age of Empires II: The Conquerors"
           Developer: Ensemble Studios/Publisher: Microsoft

                      Adventure Game of the Year
                         "The Longest Journey"
                  Developer: Funcom/Publisher: Funcom

                       Classic Game of the Year
                       "Shanghai Second Dynasty"
         Developer: Quicksilver Software/Publisher: Activision

                         Hardware of the Year
                               GeForce 2
                          Manufacturer NVIDIA

                        Online Game of the Year
                      "Half-Life: Counter-Strike"
              Developer: Minh Le/Valve/Publisher: Sierra

                        Peripheral of the Year
                         Sidewinder Game Voice
                        Manufacturer Microsoft

                        Racing Game of the Year
                         "Motocross Madness 2"
            Developer: Rainbow Studios/Publisher: Microsoft

                  Real-time Strategy Game of the Year
                              "Sacrifice"
          Developer: Shiny Entertainment/Publisher: Interplay

                     Role-playing Game of the Year
                          "Baldur's Gate II"
               Developer: BioWare/Publisher: Black Isle

                     Sci-Fi Simulation of the Year
                            "Crimson Skies"
          Developer: Zipper Interactive/Publisher: Microsoft

                        Simulation of the Year
                            "Steel Beasts"
            Developer: eSim Games/Publisher: Shrapnel Games

                        Sports Game of the Year
                              "NHL 2001"
               Developer: EA Sports/Publisher: EA Sports

                       Strategy Game of the Year
                          "Shogun: Total War"
        Developer: Creative Assembly/Publisher: Electronic Arts

                          Wargame of the Year
                   "Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord"
        Developer: Big Time Software/Publisher: battlefront.com

Since the launch of the October 1990 inaugural issue, Computer Games Magazine has evolved into the most engaging, entertaining and trusted print consumer game magazine on the market today. Geared towards active gamers, CGM provides useful, well-written, accurate information on the best games and how to win them. When CGM first appeared on newsstands almost 10 years ago, it described itself as "Serious Fun," and that approach to reporting on games is still relevant today.

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