Leading Trade Magazine for the Interactive Entertainment Industry Announces Annual Best of the Best Awards December 4, 1997
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WILTON, Conn., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ via Individual Inc. -- The interactive entertainment industry's leading trade publication, VideoGame Advisor, today announced that the magazine's staff has
completed their selections for their annual Best of the Best awards for 1997. Products were nominated and voted upon by the staff and tabulated based upon a variety of criteria.
Cyberactive Publishing Publisher, Hal Halpin, commented, "For the past few years the magazine's Best of the Best awards have been counted among the most prestigious industry achievements, as they represent the beliefs of our editors ... professionals who regularly take into consideration the saleability of a product in addition to its gameplay and enjoyment factors. On behalf of our staff and readership, it is our distinct honor and pleasure to present the best interactive entertainment products with this token of our appreciation."
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In the expansive arena of "Hardware"-based technology the awards go to: blah.... Best New Technology -- Force Feedback; blah blah; Best Overall Controller -- Microsoft Force Feedback Pro; ; Best Joystick -- Microsoft Force Feedback Pro; Best Steering Wheel -- CH Products Racing System.
In the sub-category "Game Genres" the winners are: Best Racing Game -- Need for Speed 2 SE Electronic Arts);
And finally, in our "Certificate Awards" category the awards go to: Best Game Company Internet Site -- Activision ( activision.com ); Best Retail Internet Site -- The Electronics Boutique ( ebworld.com ).
Executive Editor, Jeff Tschiltsch, said, "All year long we review products and assign grades based on how well we think they will sell at retail. With the Best of the Best awards, the editors have a chance to single out their personal favorites from amongst the hundreds of new products that crossed our desks this year. Our winners might not have been the absolute biggest sellers, but they're the products we as a group thought were the best."
Cyberactive Publishing, Inc., based in Wilton, Connecticut, is the interactive entertainment industry's leading source of trade information dissemination through its publications GameWEEK/VGA, The Official E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) Show Daily, The Official Video Game Yellow Pages and its network of trade-related web sites, Cyberactive.Net ( cyberactive.net ).
SOURCE Cyberactive Publishing, Inc.
/CONTACT: Jeff Tschiltsch, Editorial, 203-761-6182, or Bill Kelchner,
Advertising, 203-761-6164, or fax, 203-761-6184, both of Cyberactive
Publishing/ /Web site: cyberactive.net /
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