The winners of the 1999 Best of E3 Game Critics Awards were as follows:
BEST OF
SHOW
Freelancer (PC) - Digital
Anvil/Microsoft
Runner Up: Giants: Citizen Kabuto (PC) -
Planet Moon/Interplay
BEST ORIGINAL GAME
Black & White (PC) - Lionhead
Studios/EA
Runner Up: Giants: Citizen Kabuto (PC) -
Planet Moon/Interplay
BEST
GAME, PC
Freelancer (PC) - Digital
Anvil/Microsoft
Runner Up: Black & White (PC) -
Lionhead Studios/EA
BEST GAME, CONSOLE
Perfect Dark (N64) - Rare Ltd./Nintendo
of America
Runner Up: Ready 2 Rumble (DC) -
Midway
BEST
ACTION
Team Fortress 2 (PC) -
Valve/Sierra Studios
Runner Up: Giants: Citizen Kabuto (PC) -
Planet Moon/
BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE
Oni (PC) - Bungie
Runner Up: Dino Crisis (PS) -
Capcom
BEST PLATFORMER
Donkey Kong 64 (N64) - Rare Ltd./Nintendo
of America
Runner Up: Ape Escape (PS) -
Sony Computer Entertainment America
BEST FLIGHT-SIM
Jane's USAF (PC) - Jane's
Simulations
No Runner Up
BEST FIGHTING
Soul Calibur (DC) - Namco
Runner Up: Power Stone (DC) -
Capcom
BEST
RPG
Vampire: The Masquerade, Redemption (PC) -
Nihilistic/Activision
Runner Up: Deus Ex (PC) -
Ion Storm/Eidos
BEST NEW PERIPHERAL/HARDWARE, PC
Riva TNT2 - NVIDIA
Runner Up: 3dfx Voodoo 3500TV -
3dfx
BEST NEW PERIPHERAL/HARDWARE, CONSOLE
The Dreamcast - Sega of America
Runner Up: Neo Geo Pocket Color -
SNK Corp.
BEST
RACING
Driver (PC/PS) - Reflections/
GT Interactive
Runner Up: Gran Turismo 2 (PS) - Polyphony/
Sony Compter Entertainment America
BEST SIMULATION
Freelancer (PC) - Digital
Anvil/Microsoft
Runner Up: The Sims (PC) -
Maxis
BEST
SPORTS
NFL 2000 (DC) - Visual Concepts/Sega
of America
Runner Up: NBA Live 2000 (PC Version) -
EA Sports
BEST STRATEGY
Homeworld (PC) - Relic
Entertainment/Sierra Studios
Runner Up: Black & White (PC) -
Lionhead Studios/EA
BEST PUZZLE/TRIVIA/PARLOR
Um Jammer Lammy (PS) - Sony Computer
Entertainment America
Runner Up: Austin Powers Operation: Trivia (PC) -
Berkeley Systems Sierra
Attractions
BEST ONLINE MULTIPLAYER
Team Fortress 2 (PC) -
Valve/Sierra Studios
Runner Up: Quake 3: Arena (PC) -
id Software
BEST
BOOTH
Electronic Arts
Runner Up:
Sony Computer Entertainment America
SPECIAL COMMENDATIONS
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN GRAPHICS
Freelancer (PC) - Digital
Anvil/Microsoft
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND
Outcast (PC) - Infogrames
Um Jammer Lammy (PS) - Sony Computer
Entertainment America